Jiandui is a kind of fried round cake made of wheat and rice flour and something to sweeten them.

福建晋江一带，端午节家家户户要吃煎堆。

I went on untiringly, frying cake after cake. Every now and then it seemed to me that there was some noise in the direction of my rooms, upstairs.

我不知疲倦地继续，一个接一个地煎饼。在我看来，楼上我房间的方向时不时地传来一些噪音。