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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
somebody knocking on the door. Old Aunt ran to
open the door. I stood up to greet Big Wang. After I
heard the two women greet each other loudly, Old
Aunt brought in a tall woman. She was quite good
looking and had a fair complexion. She looked
younger than her age. With a proportioned body, she
seemed like an athlete. She took a look at me and
smiled. I greeted her with a smile too.
Old Aunt introduces us. “This is Big Wang-” she
pointed at Big Wang, “-and this is Soapy.” She
pointed at me.
“Soapy?” Big Wang laughed. “It sounds like a
foreign name!”
“Yes, it is. That’s his nickname. We are used to
calling him by it. Soapy is an English major,” Old
Aunt said.
“English is the language of the US imperialist.
Who’d want to learn it?”
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