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

“Don’t try to quibble for yourself. We’ll

investigate the matter. If you listen to the Voice of

America on purpose, you’ll be in trouble. You should

know US imperialism is our worst enemy. You have

to think about your problem well.” Then he let me go.

In our bedroom, there were four people. Besides

Monkey King and me, there were another two

Stinking Old Ninths. They also had semiconductor

receivers and would listen to the Voice of America at

night secretly. It was an open secret. One day they

talked about “the Empress of Red China” and I put in

a few words. Monkey King happened to be present.

He heard that and squealed on me again. And so I

was in trouble again.

Bear was overjoyed to hear the news. He decided

that I was by no means listening to VOA by chance. I

must have been listening to it every night. He

suspected that I could be a hidden spy. He decided to

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