Of course, now that we「ve left that place there」s no reason to bring up past grievances; in Beijing people don「t have to crowd together under a single skin coverlet in a mud dwelling, so there」s no reason to speak of the past.
当然啦,我们离开那里以后就不提旧帐啦,在北京人和人用不着挤在一个地窝子里的一条皮被子下头,所以没有必要说那些往事。