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and rude man, but his wife was rather good looking.
His wife used to be a village girl. He married her and
brought her to the city. At first, she had no job. He
managed to get a temporary job for her in the mine.
She could only earn half as much money as her
husband, but she was happy. She had become a
worker. She had gotten rid of the village. But she had
to do hard labour.
The vice-manager was a lecher. One day he went
to the coal pit to check a project and happened to see
her. He took a fancy to her at once. When he learned
that she was a temporary worker, he asked her to his
house. He lived alone in a flat. His family was in
Beijing, which was more than one thousand
kilometers away. He was over fifty and was a veteran
cadre (official). The first time she went there, he
seemed very enthusiastic. He talked warmly to her.
He asked about her, about her family, about her
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