![]() There were nearly three dozen girls I knew through theirs introducing. So they introduced one and one, but the one and one passed me and didn’t become my wife. In one of his letters, he described how he had relied on matchmaking relatives to find a wife: From graduating Fuling Teachers College, my parents and relatives all wanted to introduce girlfriends to me. He had named himself after seeing a photograph of the actor Morgan Freeman in an American magazine. Freeman sent notes that had been printed out by computer, which was unusual in rural areas. LIKE MOST CHINESE from the countryside, my former students tended to marry early, and that spring I often received letters describing their courtships. “The student named Peter,” he said, “is possibly the stupidest student in the class.” When he spoke again, I could hear his smile. Adam Meier had been the other Peace Corps instructor who arrived with me in 1996. ![]()
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