1980年,年仅16岁的我高中毕业后被招聘为小学教师,分配到了草庙乡。年末两个月,学区没有安排我的具体工作,第二学期开学后,我被分配到距离乡镇三十里的刘源村小学任教。山村的二月依然春寒料峭,这日的天空是晴朗的,阳光中还透出一丝暖意。接我的是一个中年男子,自称是校长,拉着一辆驴车。我的行李有两大件:一捆铺盖和一个红色木箱,再加上 In 1980, after I graduated from high school, I was hired as a primary school teacher only after I was 16 and was assigned to Cao Miaoxiang. At the end of the two months, the school district did not arrange my specific work. After the second semester started, I was assigned to Liu Yuancun Elementary School, which is 30 miles from the township. The village of February is still chilly, today’s sky is clear, the sun also revealed a trace of warmth. Pick me up is a middle-aged man, claiming to be the principal, took a donkey cart. My luggage has two big pieces: a bundle of blankets and a red wooden box, plus