Jennifer’s Photo Stories (12) 曾錚的圖片故事（12）
Banned Books Mean Everything 莊稼地裏的「祕密通道」
The girl with me in these two photos was THE best friend of mine in primary school. Her name was Rong. Other than my parents, she was the one who influenced me most, and was almost a mentor for me in many ways.
這兩張照片是我與兒時最好的朋友蓉的合影。除父母外，她对童年的我影響最大，從許多方面講，她都起到了啓蒙的作用。
I remember she only transferred to our school when we were already in grade 4. She was assigned to sit at the same desk with me.
我記得她是小學四年級時從別的學校轉來的，老師安排她與我同桌。
At that time I had almost no friends at all in school. My father was relocated to that remote small town as a “black pawn of reactionary capitalist-roader” during the Great Cultural Revolution. Intellectuals were regarded as the Communist Party’s enemies; and our family was almost the only intellectual family in the town. In order not to get ourselves into more troubles, my mother didn’t encourage me to play with other kids. If I became involved in a fight, it could be interpreted as a “class struggle” and bring disastrous consequences to our entire family.
