我的故乡座落在豫北太行、王层山脚下,毗邻滔滔的黄河,是传说中愚公移山的地方。在上世纪六七十年代,是出了名的贫困地区,生活十分拮据,每年从衣服到粮食都要依靠政府救济,我与红薯就是在那艰苦的岁月中结识的,由于它多次填饱我饥饿的肚子,所以至今已走向富裕生活的我,依然对它情有独钟、恋恋不舍。说来也怪,在社队时,麦子、稻谷等细粮从不增产,倒是那些粗粮连年丰 My hometown is located in the north of Taihang, Henan Province, at the foot of Wang layer, adjacent to the surging Yellow River, is the legendary foolish old man. In the sixties and seventies of last century, it was notoriously poor areas, life is very tight, every year from clothing to food rely on government relief, sweet potato I was met in that difficult time, because it repeatedly filled I am hungry belly, so I have been to affluent life, still fond of it, reluctantly. Strange to say, in the commune team, wheat, rice and other fine grain never increase production, but added those even coarse grains