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

At the restaurant, she found a table laid with a

range of delicacies. Cock and the regimental

commander were already there. When they saw Xi Si

and Elephant, they stood up to greet them. The

atmosphere was cheerful and light-hearted at first.

Xi Si didn’t want to spoil the happy atmosphere.

She kept silent. Cock, Elephant and the regimental

commander kept proposing toasts. She drank a little

bit. The regimental commander didn’t force her to

drink. Cock and Elephant drank a lot. The regimental

commander drank a lot too. Soon, he began to talk a

lot. Xi Si was sitting beside him. He kept speaking to

her with a strong smell of alcohol on his breath.

He told her how he had grown up to be a high

officer from when he was an orphan. He was born in

a village. His parents died soon after he was born. He

was brought up by eating the meals provided by each

family in the village. Later, he joined the PLA. He

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