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

The first friend of hers told her I had made a

speech at the meeting and made a good speech. That

was Old Aunt. She was kind. She wanted to make

Big Wang happy. But later, her other friends told her

the truth. They said I was a fool and made a poor

show at the meeting. I even couldn’t sing the praise

of the Communist Party well. I couldn’t sing the

praise of the greatest leader Mao as well. I was

laughed at by the people present at the meeting. They

also said that she would be laughed at by her

colleagues because she had such a fool as her lover.

They were amazed that she would have me as a lover.

After hearing these reports, she became very angry

with me and was ashamed of me. She hadn’t met me

for over three weeks. I thought she would abandon

me.

I decided to make a great show of myself to win

her heart. I wrote her a letter expressing my

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