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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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