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pitied. You are not worthy to be my lover. You are

not honest at all. Your honesty is a disguise. You

have a sharp tongue. What’s wrong with speaking

dirty languages? We workers all speak dirty

languages. But our hearts are clean - very clean - as

we are most loyal to Chairman Mao. We are loyal to

the Communist Party. I’m not abandoned because no

man wants to marry me. To tell you the truth, I have

too many followers. But I’m too hypercritical when it

comes to choosing my future husband. So my

marriage has been delayed. I’ve seen at least two

dozen young men including quite a few Stinking Old

Ninths. But I’ve turned all of them down. None of

them are a match for me! But many of them are still

unwilling to give up their hope to marry me. They

still court me. They keep writing to me. Look, I’ve

got so many love letters from them.” She took a wad

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