As a result, many farmers across the hills from us were mutilating themselves, cutting off their fingers and getting their wives to put out one of their eyes.

• 这样，一方面，那些失去了一切的人们横下一条心要报仇；另一方面，那些担心失掉现在依然占有并视为珍宝的东西的人们看到，除了拿起武器没有其他办法以自保。