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

Then she hinted that I should buy it for her. I took a

look at the price and was scared out of my wits. It

cost me half my month’s salary! The girl was

gluttonous and fond of shopping. If I married her,

how could I get enough money to provide for her?

This time it was I that walked away without saying

good bye.

The fifth woman I saw was a primary school

teacher. According to the regulation, as a primary

school teacher he or she had to teach both Chinese

and mathematics. But she had specialized in teaching

mathematics. She was a good mathematics teacher

and was proficient at calculating. In her school, both

the teachers and students spoke highly of her. She

was in her early thirties. She belonged to the “left

group”. She had been working as a primary school

teacher since she was only fourteen. That’s because

her family was poor and needed money. When she

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