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

you want to have me, you have to forget your mother!

A castle can only have one king!”

I was very unhappy. Before she married me, she

was going to fight my mother. I said nothing. Then

she said, “If you decide to marry me, we have to

make two rules. Firstly: I’ll do my best to refuse

seeing your mother. If I must see her, I’ll be prepared

to fight her. Once I fight her, you must stand by my

side. You can’t speak for her! Secondly, every month,

I must give all my salary to my mother. We’ll depend

on your salary for a living.”

Oh, my god! I had understood at last why the

woman was single. No man dared marry her! The

first rule would make me have to forget my mother

as soon as I got married! The second rule proved that

she was indeed a filial daughter and a smart

mathematics teacher. She was very good at

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