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

Maybe I was not able to win Xi Si’s heart, but I was

full of bright hope.

Ever since Xi Si had been condemned because

she had learnt English from me, I had not touched

my English. But I had been worrying about myself. I

thought I might forget all of it. I was eager to review

it but dared not. But then I thought, why don’t I read

the Beijing Review? It was an English magazine to

propagate Mao Zedong thought. No one could say

anything about me. One day I bought a copy of the

Beijing Review and openly read it. The news was

immediately reported to Cock. He flew into a rage

and immediately held a meet to denounce me.

He said, “Soapy, you are audacious to the

extreme. You dare to openly challenge the

revolutionary teachers. Not long ago we condemned

Xi Si. Why did we condemn her and you? Because

she was learning English from you! Since then you

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