Chapter 267 Announces Praise for the Amazing Female Student "Qin Xiangxiang". ...
Even though Qin Xiangxiang received joint approval from the light industry and education departments, allowing her to commute to school and not have to attend every class, theoretically only needing to take the final exam, Qin Xiangxiang still had to go to school from time to time.
On the campus of East China Textile University, the plane trees are bursting with new green leaves, and the air is filled with the fragrance of books. The first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination cherish their time on campus and their precious college life.
The students at the school, mostly dressed in simple blue-gray uniforms, carried various textbooks in their arms and walked hurriedly.
Some students come from well-off families and have bought bicycles, making them "bicycle owners" at school, which is the envy of others.
Qin Xiangxiang's appearance on campus was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples all around.
She was beautiful, dressed in striking colors, and strolled leisurely toward the Textile Engineering Department building, stretching comfortably in the sun, completely out of place with the fast-paced academic atmosphere around her.
"That's Qin Xiangxiang! She's a big celebrity! I heard she's the director of a textile factory!"
Some students whispered, "I heard she's a factory manager, so she doesn't have to attend classes. That's so unfair."
"She's the factory director of the Shanghai Textile Factory. After we graduate from university, we might even be assigned to work in her factory. We can't afford to offend her; she's a leader!"
"Pfft—what kind of amazing factory manager do you think she is? I've heard that she used to be a factory manager in some poor, remote third-tier city. After coming to Shanghai, she was the manager of a dilapidated, old-fashioned textile factory. Because no one wanted to take over that textile factory, it suffered losses for many years! I've never seen anything like it. A state-owned textile factory can lose money and waste cotton... Only a fool would work in a textile factory like that!"
"Anyone who gets assigned to work in her factory after graduation is incredibly unlucky!"
Some students commented: "??? Oh, she's so pitiful, she's so unlucky."
After learning these details, many classmates couldn't help but look at Qin Xiangxiang with pity and hoped that they would never be assigned to the textile factory where Qin Xiangxiang worked.
Many people apply to textile universities because they know that textile factories offer good benefits and high profits. In the commune, cloth coupons are extremely hard to come by! Cloth coupons are a harder form of currency than meat coupons.
Pork is equivalent to cotton cloth.
In many people's simple mindset, becoming a textile factory worker meant becoming a superior person, and that they would never have to worry about clothes in the future.
Therefore, textile universities are currently very popular universities, and the required scores are also high.
"Yes, Qin Xiangxiang is really pitiful." Lin Xiuqin heard the discussion around her classmates and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
She was wearing a brand-new Dacron shirt, and her face showed sympathy for "Qin Xiangxiang". Sigh... what can you do when this guy is so unlucky!
After Lin Xiuqin came to Shanghai to study, she inquired about the situation of Shangpu Textile Factory and shed a crocodile tear of sympathy for Qin Xiangxiang. This "proud phoenix" had been tricked!
Some people refer to Shangpu Textile Factory as a "garbage dump," saying it was dirty, chaotic, and poorly managed. The area outside the walls resembled a garbage dump, while the inside was filled with old machines from the Republican era. The workers' treatment was also ridiculously poor, ranking at the bottom among all the textile factories in the city.
The workers were unruly and formed several groups to resist the new factory manager. It's likely that Qin Xiangxiang was already overwhelmed by the situation at Shangpu Textile Factory before she even came to the school.
"Lin Xiuqin, it turns out we were classmates! You also got into the Textile University."
When Qin Xiangxiang saw Lin Xiuqin, she couldn't help but sigh with admiration. This female lead in front of her was truly blessed with good fortune! She was indeed born to be a leading lady!
She went on blind dates with many handsome men and even got into a textile university, where there were even more young students.
Qin Xiangxiang guessed that with Lin Xiuqin's knack for romantic encounters, she must have had several poignant "love stories" unfold on the university campus.
Unexpectedly, her "spectator supporting character" persona remains unchanged, and she will ultimately be by the side of the female lead, Lin Xiuqin, to witness her love story. What kind of new male lead will she choose?
Will Chen Ruifeng rekindle their romance?
"Qin Xiangxiang?" Lin Xiuqin was a little confused when she saw Qin Xiangxiang. She felt that the scene in front of her was too familiar. Even though Qin Xiangxiang was now a mother of four, she still remembered the freshman girl Qin Xiangxiang that she had met on campus when she was eighteen years old.
Because she always had the innocent, naive look of a pampered young lady who had never experienced the ways of the world.
It also has a pure and innocent air about it, as if everything is taken for granted, and it is lazy, pretentious, and willful.
Even though she's not young anymore, she still has this face, a rosy complexion, and a pair of beautiful big eyes without eye bags or dark circles. Her clear almond-shaped eyes show no signs of scheming.
Lin Xiuqin cursed inwardly: This is too much of an acting!
Believing her to be naive is like believing I am Qin Shi Huang.
"Qin Xiangxiang, things must be very difficult at Shangpu Textile Factory, right? Your classmates at school all feel very sorry for you; you've really had a tough time..."
As she spoke, Lin Xiuqin suddenly felt that Qin Xiangxiang was playing the role of a female protagonist in a period drama.
Always being forced to take over dilapidated factories at the last minute, her first husband... was impotent? Or did he prefer men?
Yes, it's a period drama with a tragic female lead. These kinds of female leads always inexplicably have amazing careers. No matter how bad people try to harm her, her career just keeps going strong, and no matter how much suffering she endures, she always looks beautiful and is always loved by all sorts of men.
She also had a perfect first husband who was like an incompetent accessory, but most husbands like this die young, leaving her and her children to depend on each other.
"I... have it tough?" Qin Xiangxiang was speechless. Even the female lead started to sympathize with her.
But she actually slacked off at work every day, reading novels and watching movies at the factory instead of attending classes.
Lin Xiuqin: "When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it first tests their will and strengthens their body..."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Thank you.
Qin Xiangxiang stopped coming to school. The classmates who knew the inside story—most of whom were informed by Lin Xiuqin—knew that Qin Xiangxiang had taken over a mess and felt sorry for her.
Some teachers at the school, such as Professor Zheng, who teaches "Textile Materials Science," are rigorous to the point of being rigid and old-fashioned, and they can't stand "privileged students" like Qin Xiangxiang.
"Difficulties? Does having difficulties mean you can skip school? No matter how big the difficulties are, you have to overcome them!"
"So what if you're a factory manager?"
"What do you mean by cleaning up a mess... Since she became a model worker, she should shoulder her responsibilities. She can sleep only four hours a day! She comes to school during the day and goes back to the factory to manage at night. Who stopped her?"
“If she were truly ambitious, how could I sleep at her age! I would only sleep two or four hours a day, and I would manage to handle both the school and the factory issues without neglecting either.”
"If you're not willing to put in the effort, don't make excuses for yourself!"
A teacher nearby reminded her, "Professor Zheng, she has four children."
Professor Zheng was speechless for a few seconds: "..."
"Children? Where is her husband? In Shanghai, it's common for men to stay home, do laundry, cook, and take care of children. There's no need for women to take care of children."
One classmate said timidly, "But I heard her husband is a naval officer, and soldiers are never home."
Professor Zheng: "..."
This amazing female student, "Qin Xiangxiang," seems to have all the special qualities one could wish for: a husband who is an officer who is rarely home, four children at home, and a textile factory that has fallen into disarray. Yet, she still manages to study hard through the night and gets into the best textile university in the country as soon as the college entrance examination is reinstated... She's practically the protagonist of the novel "How the Steel Was Tempered."
If inspirational movies don't use her as a model, it would be a disservice to her unique experience.
"This Qin Xiangxiang is really amazing! How can we expect so much from her? She's not made of steel."
"If we wait a few more years, I think our classmate Qin will probably be starring in an inspirational movie, and we'll have a chance to appear on screen?"
"It's really not easy."
...
The more sentimental female teachers would almost always take out a handkerchief to wipe away their tears.
"We should take better care of Qin Xiangxiang; she's been working so hard!"
"Qin Xiangxiang, you've worked hard!"
"I hope she will have the opportunity to be selected as a national model worker in the future."
Qin Xiangxiang went to the teacher's office to get some materials, and as she stood at the door, she heard the female teacher's words of sympathy. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Qin Xiangxiang's crime doesn't warrant this.
"Oh, it's Qin Xiangxiang! You've really been through a lot. These are my study notes for you."
"No matter how hard it is, you must take good care of your health!"
"Look how thin you are. Eat more in the future, and don't make yourself suffer."
...
Clutching the documents, Qin Xiangxiang drifted aimlessly down the corridor. "No way, no way," she thought, "surely I, a lazy bum, could become a national model worker?"
Perhaps this was a mistake from the beginning. She was supposed to go to the island with the army and be a lazy bum, so how did she become a model worker and factory director?
Her mother, Zhou Aodong, is the real model worker!
Just then, the school's loudspeaker came on:
"Breaking news! The 'Shanghai Style-78' diplomat uniform designed by the team led by Qin Xiangxiang, the director of Feiyan United Textile Factory, a freshman of the Class of '77 in the Department of Textile Engineering of our school, has successfully won the bid for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs order!"
"This is an honor for our school and a model of industry-academia-research collaboration! The school hereby issues this commendation!"
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