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office and put on the ground, close to the door. I

happened to rush into the office and kick the basket

over, breaking all the eggs. I was stupefied and kept

apologizing for my rudeness. I guaranteed to pay for

them.

She laughed and said, “That’s nothing! That’s

nothing! You don’t have to pay!” She cleaned the

floor and went back to her seat to prepare her lessons,

as if nothing had happened. I felt guilty and decided

to pay. So, when school was over, I went to the

market and bought one kilogram of eggs with my

ticket (at that time everything needed a ticket. To buy

meat, you had to have a meat ticket. To buy eggs,

you had to have an egg ticket. All nutritional food

was rationed). Then I went to look for her home. Her

home was in the coal worker’s area. I asked the

residents for her address as I walked along. They

watched me with suspicious eyes. I was a Da Guang

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