Factory Darling of the 1980s: Building Infrastructure with a Pocket Dimension, Her Rough Ex-Husband Begs for Another Chance
In the late autumn of 1982, fashion designer Su Wanxing died suddenly of a heart attack. When she opened her eyes, she had become a garment factory worker at Hongqi Clothing Factory who shared her name. The original owner had been pushed down the stairs by her cruel mother-in-law for failing to bear a son. She had bled to death, leaving Su Wanxing with nothing but a loveless marriage and a silver locket containing a pocket dimension.
Facing her mother-in-law's provocations and her ex-husband Lu Tingchen's coldness, Su Wanxing refused to put up with it any longer. With her divorce settlement and the life-saving supplies in her pocket dimension, she resolutely set off for Qinghe Town to seek refuge with her grandmother. The rice, flour, and canned food on the dimension's shelves gave her the means to survive, while the rare design sketches left by the original owner's mother became her secret weapon for a comeback. Bringing modern design ideas to the markets of the 1980s, she set up a stall, and her pink floral dresses took the market by storm as soon as they appeared.
She outsmarted her insufferable aunt and aunt-in-law, helped each other out with a childhood friend at the supply and marketing cooperative, and unexpectedly met the manager of a department store. After signing a long-term partnership, her handmade clothes became the latest craze among the young women of the town. But her ex-husband Lu Tingchen finally came to his senses and followed her to Qinghe, full of remorse. The textile mill director's wife, driven by jealousy, kept putting obstacles in her way, while even more business opportunities and challenges awaited.
From a street vendor to the founder of a clothing factory, Su Wanxing rode the tide of reform and opening up with her pocket dimension's supplies and her design talent. Not only did she build a wonderful life of her own, but she also made everyone who had once looked down on her see her in a new light. And the love that came too late was quietly changing its ending amid the bustle of the times.
