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

“If she is quite good-looking, why is she

abandoned?”

“She is not abandoned. She has refused quite a

lot of single men.”

“Is she too picky?”

“Yes, she is too picky. She wants to choose a

perfect husband. She has seen dozens of single men

run after her, but she was not happy with any of them.

She was a Communist Party member. But you are

not an ideological, progressive young man. I was told

when you were studying at university, you didn’t

even apply for a Communist League Membership.

You had been an ideologically backward student.

After you came to our school, you gave people the

impression that you have no interest in politics. In

political meetings, you never make speeches. I’m

afraid she might not be happy with you. But you look

honest. She might become fond of you. She is over

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