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

Big Wang laughed again and then she said, “It’s

too early for you to say so. You haven’t understood

me yet.”

“I think I understood you from the moment I first

looked at you! You are as transparent as a crystal.”

She smiled and said, “You are not slow of

tongue and clumsy of speech as the Old Aunt said.

You’ve got a glib tongue and are good at ingratiating

yourself with a woman. But fine words butter no

parsnips.”

I realized that I had stroked the fur the wrong

way. I flushed. I had to be careful with my tongue,

otherwise what was sure to be gained would be lost.

A moment later she said,

“Do you know what impression you first gave

me?”

“I don’t know.”

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