Prose on the payment slip

There is a copy of the money order in the plastic pencil case used in my middle school. This is the first payment I got. Although it's not much, only 19 yuan, but it is of unusual significance to me.

I can't remember when the tenth Teacher's Day is. The school leaders called on us to write some articles to celebrate Teachers' Day. For a junior high school Chinese teacher, this seems to be an unshirkable responsibility, but how should we write it? Originally, I never wrote anything seriously, and I never published a word. Since it was written to celebrate Teachers' Day, it must have something to do with teachers. Although I haven't been a teacher for a long time, I have a deep understanding of the teacher's life, so I decided to write about it. At that time, there was a lyric in the most popular song "Plain is True", so I decided to choose the form of a poem that best summed up my life with this lyric as the topic. It took about a few nights to finally write it, about a dozen lines. I don't know if it's good or not, and I dare not read it to others. But after writing it, there was no news from the school and it was not handed in, so the matter went away. Later, after a while, I thought, since I spent a lot of time writing, I might as well send it out, see if it can be published and test my writing ability. But where to send it? When I was studying in Qujing, I knew that Qujing had a magazine called "The Source of the Pearl River", so I bought manuscript paper and copied it neatly. With the psychology that "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", I got the nerve to send it out, but others didn't know anyway. I thought about it at first, but after a long time and no news, I gave up hope.

Later, I was transferred to a cultural primary school. 1997 At a meeting one night in June, a teacher suddenly handed me a money order with the address of my old school-Pan Xin School in Zhongshu Town, and the sentence "Transfer to Cultural Primary School" added on it. The time is1996101October 6th. This name is my pen name-Wen Tao. I was embarrassed to use my real name at that time. I changed the name "Wen Tao" by one word, which I think is very good and poetic, so it has been used until now. The address is Qujing Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Because this is the first time I have received the payment, and it is also the first time I have written it in the form of a poem. In fact, I never know how to write a poem. Up to now, I have only written it twice. The other time was 1999 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the May 4th Movement, and the Youth League Committee organized an essay activity. I won the third prize for my masterpiece. The prize is a stainless steel kettle. In that case, I'm afraid I'll laugh my head off if I read it to those real poets. At best, they are just slogans. For me, writing poetry has always lacked self-confidence, so I will strengthen my study and try more in the future. These can be published and won prizes, which only shows that I am lucky. Before I went to collect the manuscript fee, I took it to the copy shop to make a copy. When I took the money, because I used a pseudonym, it didn't match the name on my ID card. Fortunately, I don't have much money, otherwise I have to go to the unit to open a certificate. I also thank the staff of the post office for their trust in me, and I have always kept it in mind. Because just before writing this article, I went to the post office to send a book to Beijing. I have sent it several times before, and the staff inside remember me. But when it arrived this time, we had to open the inspection first, but we could only open the book sealed with tape paper. After she read it, I sealed it again. At this moment, she asked me, "Do you have your ID card?" I was stumped by this question. I only heard that I have to check my ID card when I take things. How to send something by ID card? I definitely didn't bring it, and then she asked me to go back and get my ID card. At this time, I asked her, "I have my ID card. Do you want to open it again?" She was speechless. Finally I said, "Let's put the book here first. I don't have time to get my ID card now. I'll get my ID card tomorrow ... "This is beside the point.

I got the manuscript fee, but due to the job transfer, the sample magazine may have been sent to the original school, and I don't know where it went. Judging from the time, it should be published in the ninth issue of 1997. Since then, I have been looking for the ninth issue of the Pearl River Source magazine, especially the old bookstore. I have never found it, but I believe I will find it in the future. I am looking forward to it. ...