Yo’q meni aslim qishloqligu, hozir shu yerlikman, Bo’rijarda Etikdo’z mahallani bilarsiz, o’sha yerga tushganman. – dedi oqroqdan kelgan semiz xotin.

Ko’chishga hozirlanish kerak, bir dunyo har xil ishlarni qilish – tegirmonga, bozorga, etikdo’zga, internatga, o’g’lining oldiga borib kelish kerak.

Tunov kuni shu mahallaning devkor etikdo‘zlaridan Buvamat ota butun qolip-u shon-u so‘zan, bigizlarini ulgurjisiga ikki pud jo‘xori unga movoza qildi. 

I come from countryside, but now I settle here. You know that Cobblers' neighborhood in Borijar, I live there, - said whitish fat lady.

It was time to get ready, there were a million things to do: he had to go to the mill, to the market, to the shoemaker's, to the boarding school to see his son, but Tanabai moved about in a cloud of gloom.

A few days ago, Buvemet Ata, one of the best shoe-makers in this neighborhood, traded all his wooden models, thread, awls and other tools for thirty-two kilos of sorghum flour.