一峰骆驼被抵顶了学费，并在枯湖之畔的一个小学里占了一个民办教师名额，这个安静的村庄由此发生了一系列的变故，一峰骆驼从顶替了人的岗位到骆驼的岗位被人顶替，在叙述一个村庄生态恶化的同时，小说通过叙述一系列荒诞而富有逻辑的戏剧性故事，深刻揭示了人类精神生态的恶化，揭示了西北贫穷背后的人性之本，是一部视角独特的小说。(Camel Yi Feng was mortgaged for tuition and occupied a place as a private school teacher. As a result, the silent village underwent a series of changes from Camel Yi Feng's replacing human to human's replacing the camel's position. The novel not only describes the ecological deterioration of the village, by the narration of a series of absurd yet logical dramatic stories, the novel also deeply discloses the falling of human spirit and the human nature behind the poverty of Northwest China. It is indeed a novel with unique perspective.)