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

the gate, we had a good view of it from the northern

window of our office.

Since I was allowed to read the Beijing Review,

I had restored my old habit: staying in my office to

enjoy my privacy after school. I put a copy of the

Beijing Review on the top of my desk for people to

see. I just wanted to tell people that I was reading it.

But actually I was carrying out my reading plan.

Xi Si dared not stay with me in my office. She

feared the rumors. She was afraid that people would

say she was learning English from me again. On the

other hand, she did not want to interfere with my

reading. She encouraged it. She wanted me to make

progress. She wanted me to be an expert of English.

She said that English had been left in the cold for

many years. It would flourish soon. She said that I

would have ample scope to show my ability. I

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