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

“It’s none of your business whether we sleep or

not. Just tell us!” we urged him together.

“When you hug a girl, you’ll caress her, but your

caress must follow a sequence. Do remember the

sequence. You must begin at the twin peaks.

Between the twin peaks is a valley. As you proceed

down the valley you come to a great plain. After you

walk across the great plain you’ll reach a small wood.

Through the small wood, you reach your destination

at last - the bottomless abyss…”

That night, I suffered insomnia and wondered for

a long time, ‘Is there a sequence to caress a woman?’

Big Li’s right hand had six fingers. On his small

thumb there was another small finger. He was not

ashamed of it. On the contrary, he was proud of it.

He often said that the sixth small finger brought him

good luck.

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