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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
“You refused the pork. That means you refused
his love. At present, every girl wants to get a PLA
officer as her lover. However you’ve abandoned one
who volunteered to be your husband. If you have him,
you’ll have a comfortable house, you’ll have money,
you’ll have fame, you’ll have all the beautiful things
that a woman pursues in life. You will be envied by-”
“Please don’t try to persuade me anymore. I
don’t want to have a PLA officer as my husband. I
don’t want to have all those beautiful things. I don’t
want to be envied!” Xi Si said adamantly.
Elephant sighed and left angrily. A few days
later, the regimental commander went into Xi Si’s
office, accompanied by Cock and Elephant. He
formally asked Xi Si, in front of several other
teachers, “Now I formally ask you to marry me. I
sincerely hope you can accept my request.”
“I can’t,” Xi Si said.
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