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

He was all smiles. He was looking at Xi Si with

some sort of expectation on his face. He expected

that she would appreciate him and that she would be

happy and excited. He thought she would accept it

happily and would be so grateful to him that she

would fall into his embrace. It was a time when the

great cultural revolution was on the rise. But people’s

lives were very hard in the Northeast. Pork was

strictly rationed. It was very precious. Each month,

each person was provided with only half a kilogram

of it. People were very greedy. Their eyes would

glow whenever they saw pork. Some people were so

greedy that even the mention of it would make them

slobber. They had a good stomach for it. So he

thought Xi Si would at least smile when she saw it.

But to his astonishment, Xi Si pulled a long face and

resolutely refused to accept it. She said sternly,

“What do you mean by this? Why do you bring such

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