I remember that Ye Er was in the fifth grade in this primary school at that time, and our school was very small, with one class per grade, and there were only about 30 students in each class at most. Because we were all resident teachers at the time, we knew almost every child in this elementary school, we were able to call almost every child by name, and we knew their class.

At that time, as soon as we graduated, we were flooded into these remote rural primary schools as teachers, and we were eighteen or nineteen years old. And because these children in remote villages are generally older when they enter school, they are generally fourteen or fifteen years old when they reach the fifth or sixth grade. Barren land, poor life does not hinder the physical development of these children at all, remember, at that time Ye Er was in the fifth grade, always wearing big or small ill-fitting clothes, and later learned that Ye Er had two sisters above, because the past life was so poor, so people with many children for the children's clothes are big and new, two old, three worn. That is, parents only need to buy a new dress, first for the big sister to wear, and so on the second year, the big sister is a year older, the clothes become smaller, so the old clothes for the second sister to wear, another year, the second sister has also grown up a year old, the clothes have become smaller, parents will have this old or a little torn clothes, sew and sew for the third child in the family to continue to wear, this is the helplessness of life, but also a kind of wisdom of life.

At that time, Ye'er was estimated to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and every time he saw us, the teachers always greeted him warmly, especially liked to laugh, and said that those who love to laugh will not have bad luck. At that time, Ye'er's face was always red, and his whole body was filled with a maturity that was a little asymmetrical with his age, and what impressed me the most was Ye'er's feet, Ye'er's feet were very large, wide and fat, which was the shape of the fisherman's children's unique feet. Because fishermen work on boats all year round, for convenience and not to get their shoes wet, they hardly wear shoes when they go on the boat, and for a long time, these fishermen's feet have a specific foot shape: broad, fat, strong, with five toes tied together, but not together. Ye'er may have inherited the specific foot shape of this fisherman, and it is still this foot shape to this day.

In the morning or noon, the children usually come early, and the bold and lively children will come to the door of our teachers' dormitory to play with us, because we are actually not grown up yet, and these students are not a few years older than us.

Ye'er sometimes asks me some math problems, and through my conversations with Ye'er, I learned that Ye'er has two older sisters and an older brother. Among them, the eldest sister has been married, the family has a small fishing boat, her parents fish on the boat all the year round, that year, the fish are wild, and the price is very cheap, but there are still few people who care, and life is still so tight. Because the rivers were not polluted at that time, a lot of fish could always be caught in a net, but people at that time did not need fish, what people needed at that time was fragrant oil and high-calorie fat!

The tribulations of life did not hinder Ye'er's physical development at all, although Ye'er was thirteen or fourteen years old, the restlessness of youth had already appeared. I remember that Ye'er had a round and bulging face, belonging to the kind of healthy apple-colored meat, the meat was pouty, very cute, and her academic performance was not so bad, and when she saw us teachers who were not a few years older than her, she always greeted us with a smile and was very polite. However, I always feel that behind that kind of smile, it is not behind it, but there is an indescribable feeling at the end of Ye'er's laughter! Please? Scorn? Ruse?...... I can't describe it anyway, I just feel that the end of that smile shouldn't be suitable for her age.

When we were bored at night, we would walk along the embankment in front of the school, and as we walked, we would meet many children and their parents who lived nearby, and after a long time, we would go in and sit down, and as soon as a few people entered, their little houses were immediately crowded, and these parents were always embarrassed to explain while wiping their sleeves on the stools or chairs to give us seats. For these fishermen who fish on their boats all year round, even the low-rise houses on the shore are considered to be much bigger than their boats, and they are simply high-rise buildings.

Ye'er's family lives halfway up the hill, and there is a small pond at the foot of the mountain, and there is a path by the pond, along which you can go directly to Ye'er's house, but you need to bypass a large rock that is exposed to the ground in the middle. Ye'er said that every time her parents returned from fishing, they would always stop at the place of the big rock to rest for a while, and while resting their feet, they would shout at the top of their voices to call their sisters to go down and help them catch the catch in their hands, or the delicious snacks and dishes they bought on the street.

As soon as Ye'er and her sisters heard their parents' shouts, they would immediately run down the hill with joy to welcome their parents' return, which was the warmest picture in the world, every time I think of this scene, even now, my eyes are always moist. Ye'er and the others also knew that their parents were shouting for them to help carry things, but they didn't really want them to carry any multiple items, but their parents felt that this was the greatest happiness in life. The expectation of children in the family is the greatest hope and happiness of the parents' hard work, and they are willing to have no regrets.