一九九零年三月末的一天,我在西安,本该向东赶回北京的,却鬼使神差地冒出一个念头:往西,回阔别二十多年的故乡看看。这念头来得突兀,又执拗得不可抗拒,连一分钟也等不得了,我像急于找回什么东西似的,当晚跳上西去的火车。过路车拥挤。去贵川甚至远如两湖一带的劳工、在蔡家坡、宝鸡等站一股一股住上拥,他们要到西部去发财。等我意识到,该赶快上趟厕所时,一切都来不及 One day in late March 1990, when I was in Xi’an, I was supposed to be heading back to Beijing to the east. However, I made a fantastic remark: Go west and go back home for more than 20 years. This idea came unexpectedly, but also stubbornly irresistible, even a minute can not wait, I was anxious to recover something like that night, jumped to the west of the train. Crossing the road crowded. To Guchuan as far as the labor force in the vicinity of Hunan and Hubei Provinces, such as Caijiapo, Baoji and other stations live in ownership, they have to go to the west to make a fortune. When I realized that it was too late to go to the toilet, it was too late