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

Book. Just as I was going to choose a quotation to

read, I suddenly found that all the students were

fixing their eyes on the blackboard behind me. I

turned around and saw three big eye-catching

Chinese characters on the blackboard: Da Guang

Gun (A Big Bachelor)! While I was reading the three

characters, the students burst into loud laughter. I

blushed to the root of my hair. I stood stock-still, my

face now red. I really wanted to find a hole to crawl

into.

But then I realized that it was a challenge. I had

to meet it bravely. If I didn’t suppress their swollen

arrogance, I wouldn’t be able to maintain my prestige

as a teacher. On the other hand, as a teacher, I

couldn’t bear the insult when I made my first

appearance. I put on a stern expression and shouted,

“Who? Who wrote that?”

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