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

day, I plucked up my courage and wrote a letter to

one of my relatives, asking him to introduce me to

some girls. He responded quickly and promised that

he would be very happy to play matchmaker. Soon I

went to see the first girl.

She was a textile worker. She was not very

beautiful, but sexy. She was fair in her complexion.

She was full and round, with a pair of buttocks like

those of Company Commander’s. She would make a

good “soft mattress”. Her two eyes were alluring, as

if they could speak. I took a fancy to her the moment

I met her. When she took her first look at me, her

face lit up with happiness. Her two eyes were not big,

but they sparkled like stars in a dark sky. She seemed

to be happy with me. She said that I looked honest,

and she was fond of honest men. She said she would

like to take me as her friend first, and maybe a lover

later. For a moment, life was wonderful and the love

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