老家座落于一条黄土岗上,是个穷地方。下三天雨,就塘满渠满,地里的肥土全部被雨水冲走;只要晴几天,土地又干得发裂,须搬水抗旱。70年代,垸里人对外出吃“商品粮”的都称之为“神仙”;进入80年代,垸里人又把考上学的娃子,一律称为天上的“星宿”,歆羡至极。恢复高考制度以来,垸里共有3人“考”了出来,一个大专,一个中专,再一个就是我——教了8年“民办”后考取了县师范。垸里谁家的娃子考取了学,每一家都要上门庆贺,哪怕再穷。一般人家送10至20元,亲房 Hometown is located in a loess hill, is a poor place. The next three days of rain, the pond full drainage, the soil all the sweat washed away; as long as a few sunny days, the land has done cracked, water and drought. In the 1970s, embarked people eat “food products” are called “gods”; into the 80’s, the embankment people again admitted to the test of the baby son, all in the sky called “stars”, Xin Xian extreme. Since the resumption of the entrance examination system, a total of 3 embankment “test” came out, a college, a secondary school, and the other is me - taught 8 years “private” after the county teacher. Who in the embankment Wazi admitted to the school, every one must come home celebration, even then poor. The average person to send 10 to 20 yuan, relatives