Page 551 - updated on July

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

discriminated against by both the teachers and the

students. They said, behind her back, “How could

such an excellent girl marry a hoodlum?” She was in

a dilemma. She was considering divorcing me.

One day, the principal asked me to see him. I

came to his office. He said that Xi Si had applied for

a divorce from me. I was sad. He then asked me

whether I agreed. I said I didn’t want to separate

from her. (in China, at that time, if a person wanted

to divorce his or her spouse, he or she first had to get

permission from the leader of the organization where

he or she works).

A few days later, the principal called both Xi Si

and me to his office. He tried his best to mediate for

us. He wanted to save our marriage. I expressed that

I would go all out to make her happy. But Xi Si

548