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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
Monkey King showed me the socks I had thrown
away when Great Smoker came in.
“Soapy, look at the socks! Great Smoker has
mended them for you. She is a good woman. You
have hugged and kissed her, but now you are trying
hard to abandon her. She was still concerned about
you. She is very kind. You should be happy to have
such a good woman as wife! Take a look at yourself
in a mirror! You look no better than a ghost! What
kind of a girl do you want to marry? Great Smoker
fits you very well! She and you make a nice couple!”
“Why don’t you marry her? Elephant has
introduced her to you first. However you turned her
down!”
“She is not fit for me. She fits you!”
“Why does she fit me?”
“As I said before, you have five unfavorable
factors to marry a girl. With the five unfavorable
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