Childhood

       I was born in a remote village in the heart of Funu Mountain, China, a family of teachers, oldest.  There were only about 85 people in our quite, clean village, no crime, no bad people. We did not have any modern transportation either, wherever we went, we walked. We used shoulders to carry water, crops, fertilizer, and used arms to carry kids.
        Movies were our favorite entertainments, and a higher administration unit assigned somebody to play movies in our village and our neighbor villages several times a year. When we knew a movie was going to be played, everybody was so excited, and we would finish dinner early, and come to the (打麥場，英語怎麽寫？）far before it was started with stools, benches, or nothing. Adults chatted about crops, price of seeds or fertilizers, crop growing conditions, how much they might make to sell the products, etc., etc.;  Kids played hide-seek games, wrestling games, or just sat next to parents to listen to their chatting. Because much energy was consumed during waiting, many people fell asleep just after the movies started.
       The air was so refreshing, sky was so blue, wild flowers were so pretty and smiled so sweet, and people were so nice and kids were so happy. Many year from then, the pictures of my village are still so clear in my mind, as they were taken yesterday.
       My childhood dream was to be the female leader in our village after I grew up. My mom said:  "It will be a hard task because you are too shy, but try your best, everything is possible." My daddy, who obtained his degree from a school out of our mountain, did not agree with us. He required me to study hard, pursue good education before I think about  future plan. He bought me a lot of books to read, including the stories of world famous scientists, and the kings and the generals in our country's history.