When I went to Xujiagou Coal Mine, it was my first time to work, when I was 12 years old, and on May 9, 1974, I will never forget it. I took a long-distance bus from Xi'an to Tongchuan, looking for the gypsy-like troupe, and my stepfather put me there, and when a teacher told me, "Your stepfather is gone," I shivered, and I thought to myself, from then on, my life alone began. At night, when I walked backstage, I saw a basin full of oil paint, and I squatted down to wash it with soap!

I we

t to xujiagou coal mi

e fo

the fi

st time. I was twelve yea

s old that yea

. O

May 9, 1974, I could

eve

fo

get the day. F

om xi 'a

to to

gchua

by bus, looki

g fo

a t

oupe like the gypsies, My stepfathe

put me the

e, whe

the

e was a teache

to me said, you

stepfathe

left, I played a cold shive

, I thought, f

om

ow o

, I a pe

so

's life bega

. I

the eve

i

g, walked to the backstage, saw a washbasi

is oil, I squat dow

with soap to wash clea

!

No one tells you what to do, you have to find a job with your own eyes, and integrating yourself into the unit from the beginning is a conscious awakening that I have had since I was a child.

No o

e told you what to do, to fi

d thei

ow

wo

k with thei

eyes, the begi

i

g of thei

ow

i

to the u

it,

Since then, in addition to practicing every day, I have carried the gong behind the stage, chased the light in the lighting building, wrote subtitles in the morning, taught myself Chinese in the afternoon, painted canvas scenes, posted acting advertisements I wrote on the street, and sometimes, bought vegetables with the master, and spent a year as an electrician to earn a pair of gloves!

I have bee

co

scious of disillusio

me

t. F

om the

o

, I i

additio

to the p

actice eve

y day, afte

the stage to ca

y a go

g, lights o

the floo

playi

g chasi

g light, w

iti

g subtitles i

the mo

i

g, afte

oo

self-study Chi

ese, pai

ti

g sets, st

eet paste I w

ite acti

g ads, sometimes, with the maste

to buy food, but also use a yea

whe

elect

icia

, ea

a pai

of gloves!

Wangshiwa Coal Mine, is the largest coal mine in Tongchuan, there is a good theater here, one day 4 canteens, there is a mountain-like slope, there are two train carriages on the slope, driven by a big winch, one up and down, fun is very much. The most unforgettable thing is that after the acting, there is a meal at 12 o'clock, fried fish! Happy childhood, if you don't want to come, go quickly!

No matter how tired I am from work, I can persevere, no matter how hard life is, I can endure it, but the thing I am most afraid of is coming, the troupe is on vacation, and I am homeless, standing alone in the back ditch of the stage, looking at the two large urns tied up with ropes at the bottom of the ditch, and inside is the body of a murderer, extremely frightened! Looking at the dazzling sun in the sky, there is no trace of warmth, and the wind on the Loess Plateau is cold and ruthless!

No matte

how ti

ed the wo

k is, I ca

stick to it,

o matte

how bitte

the life is, I ca

also bea

it. Howeve

, my g

eatest fea

came whe

the t

oupe was o

vacatio

a

d I was homeless. I stood alo

e i

the back ditch of the stage, looki

g at the dazzli

g su

i

the sky without a t

ace of wa

mth.

On that day, all the women of the troupe left tears for the orphans! People who have no home are full of despair for the future, but they are full of strong fighting spirit to overcome difficulties! They have nothing and are fearless. Overcoming problems is like divine help. Suffering is like sweetness, and my heart is as calm as water, and at this time, I have grown. I went back to my aunt's house alone, paid for food, and fostered at my own expense! I was 12 years old!

O

that day, all the wome

i

the t

oupe c

ied fo

the o

pha

s! No home, the futu

e is full of despai

, but also full of st

o

g will to ove

come difficulties! Nothi

g,

othi

g to fea

. Ove

comi

g difficulties is a godlike task. Suffe

i

g such as sweet, calm wate

, at this time, I g

ew up. I we

t back to my au

t's teachi

g alo

e, a

d paid fo

my boa

d a

d foste

ca

e! I was 12 yea

s old!