Chapter 131 Undercover Agent: My body shone with the light of righteousness.
After the busy summer season, Feiyan Textile Factory recruited a new batch of workers, including local high school graduates, commune members, educated youth sent to the countryside, military dependents from the army and navy, and textile workers and peasants. A large group of over a hundred people entered the factory.
Upon entering the factory, personnel were immediately given unified training and assigned to corresponding positions as apprentices.
Looking at the thriving scene before him, Master Li felt very gratified: "We've got new people here again. The factory is getting more and more lively."
Chen Xiaomei, the younger sister of Chen Ruifeng, the original male protagonist in the family building, was one of the new female workers. She had two braids and felt very excited to enter the textile factory.
"When working as a female factory worker in the factory, you either have to cut your hair short or put it all up. Female employees are strictly prohibited from having their hair down in the factory. Your braid can't be this long. In the factory, everyone has to put their hair up, or you have to cut it short."
Nowadays, Feiyan Textile Factory does not require female workers to cut their hair short, but it requires all female employees to tie their hair up while at the factory. They can let their hair down when going out to the mall or visiting relatives, but they must tie their hair up on the day they are on duty.
This is to prevent female workers from rushing into the workshop without having time to fix their hair, and if they accidentally get their hair caught in the machine, it could cause a major production accident.
"Okay, okay, I'll just get my hair cut tomorrow. I'm too lazy to style it, and long hair is too hot."
"But I can't bear to part with it, I have to keep it."
Chen Xiaomei tugged at her braids, and could only follow her master's instructions to coil the two braids together and gather them on top of her head. She felt that it looked ugly, but there was nothing she could do.
Old Mrs. Chen advised her to "get" a job at the factory, preferably as a stepping stone to find a male employee as a husband, or a factory cadre or military representative. At that time, every state-owned factory had a resident military representative, who was mostly an officer, at least a deputy company-level technical cadre.
As soon as Chen Xiaomei entered the factory, she started thinking about finding a boyfriend. She was assigned to an eight-person dormitory and had a bed in the dormitory. The other seven people in the dormitory were also new female workers, including two textile school students.
“Xiaxia, you could have been assigned to a better factory, why did you come to Feiyan Textile Factory on this island? I really don’t understand you.” A textile trainee squatted down to tie his shoelaces.
Yang Zhixia had a stern face. She had a delicate face, and her skin was a bit tanned after a summer, making her look like a tomboy. If she wore a green military uniform, she would look like a handsome male soldier, with a straight posture and an imposing presence.
Yang Zhixia is not tall, less than 1.6 meters, but she was elected as the dormitory head.
"You could have been assigned to the Mingzhou Textile Factory; the conditions there are much better. This Feiyan Textile Factory doesn't even have a storefront, and it's located on this remote island with inconvenient transportation."
Yang Zhixia said coldly, "I have my own ideas."
Yang Zhixia raised her head with a touch of arrogance, thinking to herself: I've come here to infiltrate with the principles of righteousness and justice!
Yang Zhixia is Guo Youcai's niece, while Guo Youcai is her uncle, a fact that many people are unaware of.
Guo Youcai was the one who came with the investigation team last time, intending to reap the benefits, but ended up leaving in a sorry state.
When Yang Zhixia learned about this, she was furious. Her uncle, Guo Youcai, was already condescending to become a leader in a remote small factory, but the textile factory had produced a local tyrant who refused to step down. It was disgusting.
Yang Zhixia firmly believed that there was definitely something wrong with Feiyan Textile Factory and that there must be a conspiracy behind it. She was determined to investigate it thoroughly and uncover the truth behind it all.
“I radiate the light of righteousness.”
With a spirit of self-sacrifice and heroic dedication, Yang Zhixia chose to come to Feiyan Textile Factory. She wanted to dig deep into the secrets of this textile factory and expose the problems behind it.
Especially the factory director, this female factory director Qin Xiangxiang definitely has a problem!
Besides the factory director Qin Xiangxiang, the factory director's assistant surnamed He had the biggest problem. It was said that he was a very scheming bespectacled man who looked like a traitor in an anti-Japanese war film. He exuded a sleazy and lewd aura, and spoke in a sarcastic and aggressive tone, like an old eunuch in front of an emperor in the old days.
That's right! This guy is Li Yinglian, who served Empress Dowager Cixi! She's now the number one lackey of the director of Feiyan Textile Factory.
Factory director Qin thought it best to call her "Qin Cixi". When the investigation team came that day, she did not show up herself at first, but stirred up trouble behind the scenes and incited the emotions of the masses. She was an extremely evil empress dowager.
Yang Zhixia vowed: We must punish Empress Dowager Cixi and her henchman Li Yinglian.
"But so many people in this factory are dressed so beautifully! I was standing in the corridor and saw several female workers wearing red dresses, white shirts on top and red skirts on the bottom. They looked so pretty!"
Chen Xiaomei quickly replied, "I know why! I used to live in the Navy Family Compound, and I heard from my older brother that our factory participated in an arts competition, and we won first place by dancing in red dresses!"
"This is a polyester skirt that we made ourselves in our factory!"
"After winning first place, the factory got its first movie projector. They should be showing a movie tonight, and we'll be able to watch a movie every week from now on."
"Really? That's wonderful!"
Yang Zhixia pursed her lips: "Most large state-owned factories have their own film projection teams."
Chen Xiaomei boasted in her dormitory: "I used to live in the naval compound. There was a female family member on the first floor who also worked in the factory. She said that the braised meat in our factory canteen was delicious, and that it was called 'kindness braised meat'."
"It all started because our factory director and my sister-in-law helped a lost mute child. He had been abducted to the island, taken to the family compound by my sister-in-law, and then taken in by Factory Director Qin."
"This mute child is the grandson of a well-known Chinese painting master. To express his gratitude, the master wrote a calligraphy piece for both Factory Director Qin and my sister-in-law. Do you know what it says?"
What is it?
"It is good, it is extremely good!"
The other new female workers in the dormitory exclaimed in surprise: "Wow!"
“My sister-in-law and Factory Director Qin are both rare kind-hearted people!” Chen Xiaomei said proudly when she saw the female workers from other dormitories gathered around to listen to her. “The master chef’s family even gave Factory Director Qin’s family an old family recipe book as a token of their gratitude for the factory director’s kindness. Factory Director Qin gave the recipe to the chefs in the factory canteen, and the chefs developed the ‘Kindness Braised Meat’.”
"Our factory director, Qin, is such a good person."
"Really? Wow, I never knew there was such a story. It's really amazing."
"An ancestral recipe? It's actually being used in the canteen to benefit the public. I've heard that the braised meat in our factory is delicious, but I never knew it had this origin."
Listening to the whispers around her, Yang Zhixia felt both aggrieved and angry. She thought to herself, "This Factory Director Qin is such a good actress, so good at winning people over. She's absolutely a hypocrite! A hypocrite!"
She will surely uncover the sinister heart beneath Director Qin's seemingly benevolent facade.
Chen Xiaomei: "Director Qin is such a kind person. I heard that she took the child in for a few days, and the child has even gained weight at her house."
Yang Zhixia: "???"
"It's already this time of year, why is it still so hot and humid? I don't have much of an appetite. I'll have some mung bean soup today." Assistant He closed the folder in his hand. It was sweltering outside, but his mood was very cheerful, just like the chirping of cicadas in summer.
"Factory manager, we've already spoken to Chief Engineer Chen. We're adding a garment production workshop here!"
Assistant He closed his eyes, feeling as if he were dreaming: "Factory Director, we are really amazing. You know, only large state-owned textile factories have their own garment workshops."
"Our Feiyan Textile Factory will soon have its own garment workshop, and we'll even be able to exhibit at the Canton Fair. It's like a dream come true!"
Assistant He was dreaming of building his own "10,000-person factory," but on the factory manager's office desk were several brand-new clothes, including T-shirts printed with salted fish and clothes printed with phrases like "stealing half a day of leisure," all of which had been sampled and made.
It's not particularly stunning, but upon closer inspection, it has a certain charm. Placed among floral shirts, it stands out and has a strangely stylish feel; it's quite pretty.
One cotton T-shirt, in particular, uses simple lines and has a very... artistic feel.
These T-shirts haven't been mass-produced yet, but Assistant He and others think they look good. If they are mass-produced, everyone in the factory will wear them.
"Our factory is on an island, so using a 'fish' as our logo is perfect!"
Qin Xiangxiang was dumbfounded, thinking, "This is possible?"
"But this is a painting of a salted fish."
"Salted fish is the best! Who on the island can live without salted fish? Salted fish is the resource we rely on for survival."
"And this salted fish is painted so beautifully by the master. Who could paint such a beautiful fish without some skill?"
"This salted fish has a sunny and happy taste, just like everyone in our factory."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Qin Xiangxiang couldn't figure out whether Assistant He genuinely felt this way, or whether he was acting like Wei Zhongxian, blindly supporting the tyrannical Emperor Qin Xiangxiang's every action.
Assistant He went out and drank a few bowls of mung bean soup. He rushed to Qin Xiangxiang anxiously, "Director Qin, don't take your afternoon nap, something important has happened!"
"There's a spy in our factory."
Qin Xiangxiang: "???"
“I have my own connections. I just found out something. Among the new female workers in our factory, there is Guo Youcai’s niece. She is his own niece. She didn’t choose other factories and specifically chose to come to our textile factory. She must have ulterior motives.”
Qin Xiangxiang: "Who is Guo Youcai?"
"The guy who tried to take advantage of us last time, his niece came this time. She could have been assigned to another state-owned factory because of her uncle's connections, but she chose to come to our factory. She must still have designs on our textile factory and came here specifically to cause trouble."
Assistant He said, "Should we put her on the sidelines? Isolate her, make her give up, and stop coveting our factory!"
Qin Xiangxiang shook her head. After a few seconds, a thought suddenly struck her and she said, "Let her take charge of part of the Canton Fair this time. Let's give her the heavy responsibility."
Assistant He: "??????"
Qin Xiangxiang was completely clueless about the Canton Fair and felt very nervous. It was her first time attending such a grand event, and Manager Meng from the foreign trade company had high hopes for her... But all she could offer was a cheap T-shirt...
In case we lose face, we need to find someone to represent us.
My niece, who's picking peaches, has arrived just in time; let her take over the "pot."
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