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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
She said, “English is the language of US
imperialism. Why do we have to learn it?”
When Big Wang appeared in our school, she was
overjoyed. She helped her, encouraged her, and
prodded her to harass me.
Big Wang’s incident caused a big dispute in our
school. Both the students and teachers were talking
about it. Fat Pig stirred up trouble everywhere. She
helped Big Wang to attack me, insult me and slander
me.
For a whole day, Xi Si ignored me and was
pulling a long face. In the evening, when I got home,
Xi Si still kept her silence. She didn’t cook, nor did
she say anything. She was sitting on the edge of the
bed, carrying my baby daughter in arms, without
taking a glance at me. I was trying to beg her to
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