" Did you have a thousand puncheons this year, father" ?

“你今年打了一千拳了吗，父亲”？

He takes my vintage at two hundred francs the puncheon, half down.

他以两百法郎的价格拿走了我的葡萄酒，半价。

He would lay a puncheon floor, and make beds and tables and chairs.

他会铺地板，铺床、铺桌椅。

" You can't beat a good puncheon floor, " he said, and Ma said she was glad to be up off the dirt.

“你无法打败一个好的 puncheon 地板， ”他说，而妈妈说她很高兴能摆脱泥土。

A hot season makes him rich, a rainy season ruins him; in a single morning puncheons worth eleven francs have been known to drop to six.

炎热的季节使他富有，雨季使他破产；众所周知，在一个早上，价值 11 法郎的 puncheons 就减少到 6 个。