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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
“Who?”
“Plump Doll.”
White Swan was right. Plump Doll might poke
her nose into our business. She was the secretary of
the Communist Youth League and the top student
leader in our class. She was invested with
considerable power. She was the eyes and ears for
the leaders of the department. She was required to
report on the class members regarding matters of
morality, intelligence and physique. In the event of
an outbreak of ugly individualism, she would bring
the class together to show the wayward member the
error of his or her ways and gently draw him or her
back into the fold. We called her Plump Doll, ”pang
wawa”, because when she smiled she looked like a
charming little plump doll.
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