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


                       “I am the exception. Maybe I am a fool. But I


               like to be a fool! Take it back. I resolutely refuse to



               accept it!” Xi Si  exclaimed. At  this  point, she was


               unhappy.



                       The regimental commander was put on the spot


               and unable to find a way out of the embarrassment.



               But he said, “Now that I’ve carried it here, I will not


               carry it back. The pork is yours. I don’t care how you



               deal with it!” With that, he was going to leave. But



               Xi Si stopped  him and shouted, “Comrades, I’ll


               proclaim in front of the officer that the pork is not


               mine. I will not be responsible for what happens to it!”



                       “You can do whatever you like. Either which



               way, I will leave it here,” the officer said. He left the


               office  and drove the jeep away,  leaving  the  large



               piece of pork on Xi Si’s table.


                       The teachers  in  Xi  Si’s  office saw  the  whole



               scene and  then ran to the  school  leader’s office  to





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