"Good heavens..." a woman from Chongzhou murmured, "This machine can weave more cloth in a day than all the people in our village can weave in a year, right?"
Widow Li's heart trembled as she watched.
She used to weave at home, using the simplest hand-cranked spinning wheel and wooden loom. After a day's work, she would be so tired that her back ached, but she could only weave half a bolt of coarse cloth.
But what we're seeing now is simply divine intervention!
As expected, this factory, trained by the Mountain Goddess, is truly amazing!
At this moment, a kind-looking female manager walked over and clapped her hands.
"Did you all understand? This is called a flying shuttle loom. It was invented by a remarkable person from the desolate mountains. It's dozens of times faster than those old-fashioned looms!"
"Don't be afraid. It looks complicated, but it's actually not difficult to learn. Today, we'll learn how to load the yarn and how to connect the threads. Come on, everyone, follow along..."
The female manager patiently explained and demonstrated.
Widow Li studied with exceptional care, imitating the machine meticulously, afraid of damaging this precious piece of equipment.
When she successfully reconnected a broken thread for the first time and watched the shuttle fly back and forth again, she felt a surge of excitement.
She can make such good fabric! Now the children will have warm new clothes to wear!
The nearby glazed kilns and glazed tile factories drew gasps of amazement from the group of women.
Beside the high-temperature furnace, female workers use long blowpipes to dip into the bright red molten glass, then gently blow on it, rotate it, and blow on it again...
A crystal-clear cup and a smooth, round lampshade took shape as if by magic under their skillful hands and breath control.
"Glass! This... this is glass that's only found in the palace!" a woman who used to work as a maid in a wealthy household exclaimed. "They can just make it here?"
“And it’s a woman doing it!” another woman added, her tone full of disbelief.
They looked at the female workers in front of them, sweat streaming down their faces, but their eyes were bright and focused, as if they were completing a sacred work of art.
On the edge of the factory area, the makeshift second clinic on the barren mountain has also become busy.
Tong Yiwen was wearing an orange short-sleeved shirt that allowed for easy movement, and her forehead was slightly sweaty.
Behind him were dozens of apprentices dressed in blue robes, some even younger, bustling about.
The people queuing outside the clinic were mostly new workers.
"Next up, Li Tieban!"
Li Tieban walked in nervously.
Tong Yiwen gestured for him to sit down, placed two fingers on his pulse, and then looked at his complexion and tongue coating.
"The pulse is weak and thready, the complexion is sallow, and the tongue coating is thick and white..."
"This is because the snow disaster damaged the spleen and stomach, the floods depleted the qi and blood, and the long-term lack of food has severely weakened the body."
She looked up at Li Tieban and said, "You need to take good care of your health."
A disciple quickly stepped forward and gave the man a small bottle of spleen-strengthening pills.
Seeing that Li Tieban still hadn't left, the other junior doctors looked over curiously.
"Do I not need to pay for this?" Li Tiezhu held a copper coin in his hand, which was his only possession.
"No need, this is a benefit for factory employees. Although you are here to learn, once you come here, you belong to our Huangxian factory. You don't have to pay for medical treatment."
"Most of these pills are exchanged for contribution points by the local workers in Huang County. Since you are new here and don't have any, we'll waive the cost for you."
Li Tieban nodded repeatedly, his eyes welling up with tears: "Understood, understood! Thank you, little steward! Thank you, Mountain Goddess!"
He never expected that here, even his worthless life would be looked after so carefully.
The next worker to see a doctor soon came over, and Tong Yiwen treated him while talking to her apprentices around her.
"Have you all seen them clearly? Most of these disaster victims suffer from weakness and fatigue. The diagnosis must be accurate, the medication must be gentle, and most importantly, we must tell them to pay attention to rest and diet."
"Our rule in these barren mountains is not only to provide them with work, but also to ensure they live like human beings!"
"Yes, Master!" a group of young apprentices replied in unison, their eyes filled with respect for their master and aspirations for this career.
In the distance, several workers who were learning at the cement plant had their clothes soaked with sweat and their hands rubbed raw, but their eyes shone with a light even brighter than yesterday.
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