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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
carriage. It was an embarrassing situation. I squatted
there for some time, emitting an occasional grunt.
After a long time, a few marbles of shit came out like
goat droppings.
When I had pulled my trousers up and come
back, the woman said, “You are not a transient from
a village like me. You must be an intellectual. As
peasants, we finish doing our business in one minute,
and thoroughly. It took you half an hour… That’s too
poor!”
“Why do you finish defecating so quickly, so
thoroughly?”
“That’s because of our staple food!”
“What’s your staple food?”
“Sweet potatoes, vegetables and wild herbs!”
“But you are eating pancakes and green Chinese
onion. That’s rare food!”
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