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was badly in need of university graduates, the

government required those graduates from

universities who had been assigned to the border area

to settle down and live there long term. So, it was

very difficult for her husband to be transferred to the

coal capital, Fushun, to reunite them. The task for

their reunion fell on Black Peony’s shoulder. She had

filed an application to the leaders of our school and

asked to be transferred to the border area to reunite

with her family. The revolutionary committee of our

school agreed to discuss her application and said they

would soon give her a reply. So she was happy and

excited.

Black Peony openly proclaimed that she was

fond of me as a brother. She totally took the cudgel

for me. She was always helping me. She was a

heroine, and a loyal friend. One day I said to her, “If

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