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

made fun of me. They took me as the biggest fool.

They took me as a clown to play jokes on. I had

become the laughing stock of the school. They

discriminated against me and looked down upon me.

But Black Peony was different. She was sympathetic

with me. She had a good opinion of me. She stood up

for me. She was a chivalrous woman, and was the

kind who would do anything for a friend. She had a

strong sense of justice.

One day a group of women teachers got together

and were gossiping about me. A tall and strong

woman teacher was speaking. While she was vividly

describing how I was denounced by the students

while the other woman teachers were shaking with

laughter. Just at that moment, Black Peony passed by.

She seriously censured them.

“We are all teachers,” she said. “We have the

same fate. Soapy is a new teacher. He does not know

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