Chapter 576: Something Like This Happened |
Publish Time: 2026-06-14 03:26:23
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Chengcheng County. Outside the city walls of Chengcheng County, a huge integrated factory for spinning yarn, weaving cloth, printing and dyeing, tailoring, and embroidery was built.
This factory was so enormous that Chengcheng County, with its total area less than two square kilometers, could not accommodate such a beast at all, so it was built outside the town.
The factory was encircled by beautiful cement walls, and surprisingly, there were watchtowers at all four corners, with sturdy female militiawomen standing guard with bows and arrows. It looked just like a small new county town.
All the workers inside the factory were women!
Actually, when the factory was first built, there were male workers, mainly in the tailoring department. But soon, the few male tailors were poached by the newly established “Chengcheng Technical Workers School” and promoted to “tailor instructors.”
The factory manager was exactly Chunhong, one of the four secretaries.
She was not rigid in nature and had a bit of a playful air. Hearing the outside chatter, she straightaway named the factory the “Land of Women Textile Factory.”
At that moment, it was early morning, and the Land of Women Textile Factory was just starting to get lively.
In the women workers’ dormitory of the factory, a large group of female workers were getting up, washing themselves, and starting their morning gossip.
“Hey, have you heard? There’s been a stir in Xi’an.”
“Ah? Where did you hear that? I haven’t heard anything.”
“I heard it from Brother Li, who transports goods. Qin King Mansion raided the government fertilizer store and stole the fertilizer. Inspector Wu Shen threatened to write a memorial to impeach Qin King Mansion.”
“Shi Kefa is an Imperial Guard, and he was bullied by Qin King Mansion too, tee-hee.”
“It’s totally lawless and sky-defying.”
“In Xi’an, Qin King Mansion is the law and the sky; what’s this about lawless or sky-defying?”
“Things like this only interest men. What I want to know is how Brother Li told you the news. Outsiders aren’t allowed to enter our factory. Did you sneak out to see Brother Li?”
“Exactly!” This woke them all up, and the nearby female workers suddenly understood: “That girl Yaya must have had a secret date with Brother Li.”
“Yaya, when will Brother Li marry you?”
“Didn’t he say last time that after making a trip to Xi’an and earning some money, he’d come back to marry you? Or has it fallen through again?”
So, the matter of Xi’an Prefecture was instantly thrown into oblivion by the women. They much preferred hearing gossip about Yaya and Brother Li.
Just as they were gossiping happily, suddenly a girl’s head popped up nearby: “Wow! You all seem to be talking about something interesting. Tell me too.”
The female workers looked closely; the person who arrived was actually Saint Lady Gao Yiye. They were startled: “Oh my! Saint Lady!”
Gao Yiye giggled: “I came to the Land of Women to see Chunhong.”
The female workers said: “Manager Chun is over in the small building at the very end; that’s the dormitory reserved for the factory leaders.”
Gao Yiye, heading towards the small building where the factory leaders resided, waved with a smile to the female workers: “On the day Yaya and Brother Li marry, call me; I’ll come to join the fun.”
Yaya was instantly overjoyed. If Saint Lady attended her wedding, it would be a huge privilege. She said loudly: “Thank you, Saint Lady. We’ll definitely notify you when the time comes.”
“And me!”
The embroidered image of the Cotton Thread Deity on Yaya’s chest suddenly spoke: “You must also notify me to attend.”
The female workers were startled: “We pay our respects to the Deity!”
The Cotton Thread Deity grinned twice, the cotton threads outlining its mouth loosened and returned to their original state, and Gao Yiye moved far away with a large group of guards.
Only then did the female workers let out a sigh of relief: “Now that Saint Lady has come, Deity has arrived too, it was so nerve-wracking.”
“Did you see, in Saint Lady’s guard team, there were several men who looked really handsome.”
“Really? Why didn’t you call me to look just now?”
“You were hanging your head, timid as a quail just now, how could I call you?”
“Aren’t you afraid?”
“Deity and Saint Lady are both very kind, unlike those corrupt officials who like to put on airs—as long as you haven’t done anything bad, you don’t need to be afraid.”
“Then let’s follow them to see the handsome big brother soldiers.”
With a loud commotion, a group of female workers followed them.
Gao Yiye walked in front, Ground Rabbit and Zheng Gouzi walked behind.
Ground Rabbit kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, always looking forward, but Zheng Gouzi’s eyes darted around. After taking a few steps, he shook Ground Rabbit once and said quietly, “Look at that girl over there, she looks so fresh and beautiful.”
Ground Rabbit: “Tch! Beauties are nothing but trouble.”
After walking two more steps, Zheng Gouzi said softly, “Look, look, that girl is really pretty, and she’s smiling at us.”
Ground Rabbit: “Hmph! Beauties are just skeletons under the skin.”
Zheng Gouzi: “Wow, that girl is waving at us.”
Ground Rabbit: “Women only slow down my sword-drawing speed.”
Zheng Gouzi angrily: “Damn! Mr. Rabbit, are you even a man?”
Ground Rabbit: “Of course not, I’m a male rabbit.”
Zheng Gouzi: “…”
Ground Rabbit muttered: “I came to this world not for romantic nonsense or affairs of the heart. I came to be a righteous knight and save all living beings. Before the world is at peace, how can I think of family? Don’t let women mess with my resolve.”
Zheng Gouzi: “Fucking moron, talking to you wastes the time I could be looking at women.”
While the two were talking, Gao Yiye arrived below the small building where Chunhong lived. Chunhong had also heard the news, rushed down happily from the attic, and gripped Gao Yiye’s hand excitedly: “How come Saint Lady has time to come here?”
Gao Yiye smiled: “I missed you, so I came to see you. Now that I don’t need to relay messages for Deity as much, I have more free time. I want to walk around more, see the sights, and meet more sisters. How are things here for you?”
Chunhong: “Things are very good here—the factory is set up, everything is running smoothly. Our cloth is woven well, Chengcheng embroidery is getting finer and finer, selling in bulk to Xi’an, and we’ve earned a lot of silver.”
Gao Yiye giggled: “That’s good. We must earn the silver from those rich Xi’an folks, empty all their silver out, and give it to our workers.”
But hearing this, Chunhong sighed and said softly: “They can’t be emptied out! The silver of the rich will never be emptied—they use dirty tricks and effortlessly grab the silver back from the poor into their own pockets.”
Gao Yiye: “…”
Chunhong said quietly: “Have you heard, Saint Lady? Over in Xi’an… Qin King Mansion even dared to bully Wu Shen and Shi Kefa, forcibly taking the fertilizer they bought from Chengcheng County. It’s an official trade, yet they did this; if it were common people’s trade… tsk tsk…”
Gao Yiye: “Ah? Did that really happen?”
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