在大堂，一位与这个朋友相熟的女士也等在那里。

In the foyer, a woman who also knew our host was waiting.

但是，我们直到也许是三四年之后才一起开始相熟起来的。

But we didn't really strike a note together until maybe three or four years later.

驴仍然是重要的交通工具，村里人人相熟，老妇人从头到脚裹在黑袍中。

Donkeys are still an important means of transportation, everyone knows everyone else, the older women swathe themselves from head to toe in black.