Money is something, not everything, but without money, you cannot do anything in this world.
金钱并不是万能的,但没钱是万万不能的。
and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley, with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
照父亲的说法,我面前应是一个山谷,有农场与村舍,还可远远望见老家村子里的教堂的尖顶。