地处大别山深处的金寨县有个果子园乡,果子园乡有个果子园中学,果子园中学有个民办教师叫田世茂。他用自己全部热情去教育学生,从而赢得了山里人的普遍赞誉。一九六一年夏天,二十二岁的田世茂以优异成绩读完高中了。他和所有热血青年一样有着一个美好的理想:为建设社会主义祖国贡献自己的才智。他要报考清华大学,那是“工程师的摇篮”啊。可是,命运对他是不公平的。就在报考大学的前夕,田世茂收到一封家信,两个哥哥相继饿 There is a fruit garden township in Jinzhai County, which is located in the depths of the Dabie Mountains. There is a fruit garden middle school in the fruit garden township, and a private teacher called Tian Shimao in the fruit garden school. He used all his enthusiasm to educate students, and thus won widespread praise from people in the mountains. In the summer of 1961, Tian Shimao, 22, finished high school with honors. He has the same beautiful ideals as all young people: he contributes his own talents to building a socialist motherland. He wants to apply for Tsinghua University, it is “the cradle of engineers” ah. However, fate is unfair to him. On the eve of applying for university, Tian Shimao received a letter from the family and two brothers were hungry.