1984年,17岁的我远别家乡到厦门一所专科学校读书。学校地处郊区,邻近的几条街,学校的饭菜票竟能和人民币一样通用——可以到路边小摊买油条,可以去书店买书,甚至还可以上邮局寄信。当时我正迷上写诗,常常饿着肚子,省下饭菜票买诗集和投稿用的信封邮票。 In 1984, 17-year-old I was far away from my hometown to study at a college in Xiamen. The school is located in the suburbs, adjacent to a few streets, the school meal ticket can be as common as the renminbi - you can go to the roadside stalls to buy fritters, you can go to the bookstore to buy books, and even the post office can send letters. At that time I was fascinated with writing poetry. I was often hungry and saved food stamps to buy envelopes and postage stamps.