A-kong ê kò͘-sū 02 Ha̍k-hau seng-o͘a̍h The stories grandpa told 02 School Life.

Che sī tùi goân-lâi ê lio̍k-im chhau chhut-lâi keh hoan-e̍k ê.
This is transcribed and translated from the original oral narratives:

Tē jī chiū-sī ha̍k-hāu ê seng-oa̍h. Che sī tē it chiuⁿ ê tē jī.	Second, the school life. This is the second   section of the first chapter.
第二，就是學校的生活。這是第一章的第二。
Tio̍h-ài ji̍p-o̍h. Góa ê lāu-pē iā kā góa pò-miâ. Tī chiah hū-kīn ê hiuⁿ-chng ê tiong-kan, Nâ-á-chhù pò-miâ chòe tē-it ióng-io̍k. Sǹg-sī hū-kīn ê hiong-chhoan chòe tē-it chē ê hak-seng.	School education was compulsory.My father signed me up for attending school. Among the villages in that area, the enrollments from the Basketville was the most enthusiastic. We were considered having the number of pupils enrolled among the villages in the neighboring area.
必須入學。我的父親也替我報名。在這附近的鄉村當中，藍仔厝報名最踴躍。算是在附近的鄉村學生數目最多。
Tong-sî ê chè-tō͘ chi̍t-nî sī saⁿ ha̍k-kî, Tē-it ha̍k-kî tùi sì-goe̍h kàu chhit-goeh. Tē-ji ha̍k-kî sī pe̍h-goe̍h kàu cha̍p-jī goe̍h. Tē-saⁿ ha̍k-kî sī it-goe̍h kàu saⁿ-goe̍h.	The schools at that time utilized a three-semester system. The first semester started in April ending at the end of July. The second semester was from August through December. The third semester began in January ending in March.
當時的制度一年有三個學期。第一學期從四月到七月。第二學期從八月到十二月。第三學期從一月到三月。
Tī múi-ji̍t chái-sî beh khì siōng-khò ê-sî chiū saⁿ-chio khì Sin-káng. Hit-sî kiâⁿ chit-ê chhân-hoāⁿ-lō͘, bô tōa-lō͘. Tī-hia iok-lio̍k ài gō͘-cha̍p hun-cheng, ē keng-kòe Ti-thâu-kau, ū chit-ê chúi ê gûi-hiám. Ū-sî hit-ê kiô nā hō͘ tōa-chúi lâu-khì, tiò kau-thong toān-choa̍t bē-thang khì Sin-káng, koh kiâⁿ tùi pa̍t-ê só͘-chāi khah-hn̄g khì-kàu Sin-káng.		Going to the school every morning, we invited one another to walk together. We had to walk on the ridge that separated the ownership of the fields and there was no street for us to walk on. We had to go through a ditch called “pig’s head” where water might be dangerous to us. Sometimes, the bridge might be washed away and the traffic would be broken keeping us from attending school in Sinkang. We had to take other route with longer distance to Sinkang.
每天上午去學校上課的時候就相邀一起去新港。那是要走田埂路。沒有大馬路可走。大約要走五十分鐘，會經過「豬頭溝」有水的危險。有時那邊的橋被大水沖走交通就斷絕不能去新港。就要從別的地方走去新港，比較遠。
Só͘-í tī chit-ê tha̍k-chheh ê tiong-kan, chit-ê tiong-si̍t iā-sī chi̍t-ê chin chhù-bī ê só͘-chāi. Ha̍k-seng tòa chhâ, bí, chhài, khì lé-pài tn̂g. Kàu-hōe ū kong chàu-kha, siat-hoat tī tiong-tàu-á hō͘ hiah-ê ha̍k-seng ka-kī lâi chú-pn̄g. Ū-sî ka-kī chi̍t-ê lâng, ū-sî nn̄g-lâng, saⁿ-lâng ha̍p-teh chú. Ū-sî tòa-liáu ah-nn̄g, khì chú-liáu chit-ê hù-si̍t. Ū-sî ēng thn̂g lām loh-khì chú-pn̄g chú tiⁿ-moâi. Chióng-chióng ê hong-hoat lóng-ū. Só͘-í iōng-liáu kok-chióng ê hong-hoat lâi chú tiong-si̍t. Múi-ji̍t tiong-ngó͘ ài kàu Lé-pài-tn̂g lâi chú tiong-si̍t, bô tòa piān-tong, bô ēng chîⁿ khì bóe. Só͘-í chiah-ê Ki-tok-tô͘ ê chú-tē tek-pia̍t tī ha̍k-hāu kap kàu-hōe ta̍k-ji̍t the óng-lâi.		During the school years, the lunch is an interesting point of our lives. The pupils would bring firewood, rice, vegetables, etc., to the church. The church had a shareable kitchen and they managed to facilitate cooking lunch by the pupils themselves. Sometimes by oneself, while two or three persons might share the work together at other times. Sometimes, duck eggs might be carried for preparing the non-staple food. Sometimes we added sugar to add flavor to the rice and making sweet porridge. We tried many kinds of cooking methods. We had to go to the church for cooking the lunch everyday, without carrying bento (boxed lunch), nor buying lunch from others. The children of those Christian families were running around between the school and the church every day.
在上學的時期，中餐是個有趣的要點。我們這些學生要自己攜帶木柴、米、蔬菜去禮拜堂。教會有公用的廚房他們設法讓我們那些學生們自己在那邊煮飯。有時一個人，有時兩個人或三個人合煮。有時帶鴨蛋去煮副食。有時在米裡面加糖煮飯或甜粥。每天中午要去禮拜堂煮中飯。沒帶便當、沒用錢去買，所以我們那些基督徒子弟天天在學校跟教會之間往返。
Kàu-hōe ê sian-siⁿ te̍k-piat kap goán iā-sī chin chhin-bi̍t. Só͘-í in-ūi khì-tī kàu-hōe tī-hia kúi-nî kú lâi chú tiong-si̍t. Chin-chiàⁿ chin-chhiū ka-kī ê chhù chi̍t-iūⁿ.			The teacher (the pastor) at the church was specially kind and close to us. Because of the lunch-cooking experiences, we felt that the church was like part of our home.
教會的先生跟我們特別親切（親密）。所以由於我們天天在那邊主中餐，覺得教會就像是我自己的家一樣。