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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)

She knew it would get colder and colder as she

travelled north. By midnight, she put on the cotton

coat she brought with her. But when she found I was

trembling with cold, she took off the cotton coat and

covered me with it. But she was trembling with cold

now. I was moved to tears.

I was thirsty and needed water. She brought

some water in a bottle. She gave all of the water to

me. The closer we got to our destination, the colder it

was. Though I was covered with a cotton coat, I still

felt chilly, and flushed from fever. Soon I went into a

coma again. When I woke again, she was tightly

holding me. I was moved again to tears. Fortunately,

we were very close to our destination. She told me I

had been unconscious and trembling with cold. So

she had been hugging me all the way to the city—

Man Zhuoli. Soon the train pulled into the station.

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