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This book is a novel written by the author based on his own life experience. It consists of two parts. The first part is the author's experience as a child; the second part records the whole process of serving his mother until her death in the form of a diary. The sincere and plain language contains the unpretentious mother-child love between the author and his adoptive mother.

At this time, I remembered that after my hand was stabbed by Wang Lingli, she anxiously shouted to me, "School Doctor! School Doctor Li"; I remembered the seating chart she provided for Teacher Tian, ​​and took the initiative to arrange me and her at the same table; I remembered that during exams, she often pushed the papers to me for copying; I remembered that she collected the draft of the application for joining the Youth League that I typed for her and said, "I won't give it to you." I remembered, I remembered, I remembered that whenever I turned to look at her, she would smile like that. And she filled out her admission application exactly the same as mine, "Datong Middle School, Datong Middle School, Datong Middle School." I couldn't help but feel an indescribable excitement. At the same time, the empty feeling I had before suddenly disappeared.

In October 1978, I was transferred back to the Datong City Public Security Bureau from the Xinzhouyao Police Station in the mining area and worked as a field worker in the Second Industrial and Mining Section. I have to report to the city bureau the next day. Last night, my mother said that tomorrow is a big day, and you and my fourth son will come over to eat dumplings at noon. He also said, call your fifth uncle and cousin here. My wife Zhou Muya's nickname is Si Daughter, and my mother always calls her Si Zi. I said that your temporary worker won't have a long break at noon, so he should be busy with it and wait for Sunday. My mother said that everything is alive and not dead. She will go to work tomorrow, but she will take leave after a short while. I told Team Leader Liu that my son was going to work at the Public Security Bureau, and the whole family was celebrating by eating dumplings. How could she deny it? Whether she arrives or not, I will run away too.

In the summer of 1965, when I received the admission notice from Datong Middle School to attend high school, my seventh uncle also received the notice. He graduated from Datong Coal School and was assigned to a school for children of coal mine workers in the central Jinzhong area called Fujiatan Coal Mine Workers' School to work as a teacher. After breakfast the next day after my uncle left, I packed my notice and had to report to Datong Middle School. My mother asked my cousin to follow me to the school. Three years ago, when I graduated from elementary school and took the junior high school entrance examination, I got into Datong Middle School. When I came to report, my fifth uncle rode a bicycle to see me off. The fifth uncle was carrying my luggage behind me, and I was sitting on the beam in front. This time I rode a bicycle with my cousin.

My father came out of his hometown of Xiamayu Village in Yingxian County in 1944 and participated in revolutionary work, fighting guerrillas against Little Japan in the Beisan District of Datong. The North Third District at that time is now Xinrong District, Datong City. As soon as the counter-revolutionary movement after liberation ended, my father was selected to be sent to the Provincial Party School in Taiyuan to study in residence. After graduating from school for three years, the leadership did not let my father return to Xinrong District, but arranged for him to work in the Datong County Civil Affairs Bureau. Later, Datong County and Huairen County were merged together and were called Daren County. But not long after the merger, they separated and were divided into Datong County and Huairen County. Normally, my father should have returned to work in Datong County, but that was not the case. It turned out that those people from the small county town of Huairen, as long as they knew how to do activities and work in camps, took the opportunity to work in Datong. My father was inactive, waiting to follow the organization's orders.

In the second semester of the sixth grade of elementary school, the class teacher Yang told us that the entrance examination for elementary school and junior high school is called the junior high school entrance examination, the entrance examination for junior high school and high school is called the middle school entrance examination, and the entrance examination for high school and university is called the college entrance examination. We didn't understand these before. In the past, we only knew about the small test and the big test. Teacher Yang also said that students do not fill in the application form for the preliminary examination. Those with average grades will be assigned according to the nearest home address. Those with outstanding academic performance were all admitted to Datong Middle School. If your grades are outstandingly bad, you will not be accepted anywhere. You can just go home and sit there. Chang Eater said, can't you stand? Do you have to sit down? Teacher Yang was not angry at all about eating meat often. She smiled and said, standing is fine. If you can stand if you eat meat often, just stand properly. If you are tired of standing, sit down. The classmates all laughed. Teacher Yang is such a good teacher and makes fun of students.

This book is another long prose by Cao Naiqian after "Four Rhymes of Flowing Water" and "Four Tunes in the Same Sound". The words are like a gentle breeze, filling people's hearts with greenery. The book is divided into three parts: the Industrial and Mining Section, the Publicity and Education Section, and the Editorial Section. Each chapter has nine questions, describing Cao Naiqian's police experience after entering the Datong City Public Security Bureau. The main line is still the deep and pure love of his adoptive mother for him.