1978年8月,我背井离乡,外出求学,从湖南省邵东县来到百里开外的湖南省涟源三中读高二。一根扁担,一头挑着一床被母亲用手洗得发白,虽然有些破烂,却干干净净的棉被;一头挑着一只父亲亲手做的,没有上漆的木箱。那一年,我15岁。在1977年以前,家庭出身很重要,我的祖父曾被划为富农,我上大学在当时是完全没有希望的。但是,我从小喜欢看书,1977 In 1978 August, I left their homes, go to school, from Shaodong County, Hunan Province, Lianyuan, Hunan Province, Barry out to read three. A pole, a lump of a bed was mother hand wash white, although some junk, but clean quilt; lug a father personally do, no painted wooden box. That year, I was 15 years old. Before 1977, family origins were important, my grandfather was once designated as rich peasant, and I was in college with absolutely no hope at the time. However, I grew up reading books, 1977