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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
Two days later, I was asked to attend a meeting.
The meeting was held in the largest classroom of our
school. When I entered it, I found it was crowded
with people. I was asked to take a seat in the front.
Dwarf made a short speech. After that, some
people began to order me. The voice was serious, as
if it spoke to a class enemy.
“Soapy stand up! Stand in the front!”
I remained sitting on my seat, regardless of their
order. One cross-eyed man got angry and came to me,
asking, “Have you heard our revolutionary teachers’
order?”
“I have, but why must I listen to you? I am not
guilty of any crime! I have my own freedom.”
“You have no freedom. You have committed a
crime. You must listen to the revolutionary teachers’
order!” With that, he seized my collar. He was trying
to pull me up. I resisted hard. He tried several times
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