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

On the afternoon of third day, I was taken to the

meeting room. When I entered the room, I found that

it was crowded with people. I was asked to stand in

front of the room facing the people.

Bear stood on the platform and delivered a

speech. The enthusiasm of the mass rose. Monkey

King took the lead to shout a slogan, “Soapy is a

demoralised bad element!” The masses followed.

Then he shouted, “He must be expelled from the

teachers’ team!” The masses followed again.

“Why do people hate Soapy so much? That’s not

because he has made a woman pregnant. What makes

people really angry is that he has been refusing to

admit his responsibility, even if he is facing ironclad

proof. Great Smoker stood before him with a potted

stomach, but he resolutely refused to take

responsibility…”

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