In that era when supplies were scarce and everyone was struggling to make a living, the hum of Feiren sewing machines was the most familiar background sound in the workshop of Wuqi Factory.
Lin Wan, a female intern, had her finger bitten off by an old sewing machine in an accident. She did not cry like others, but silently put her severed finger into the pocket of her work clothes, letting the blood drip down her wrist, while still mechanically pushing the cloth with her right hand - because she knew that once she stopped, her performance of the two cents that month would be deducted, and those two cents could be exchanged for an egg, two taels of salt, or half a catty of crushed coal.
People in the workshop call her "Miracle."
Some people say she is a ruthless person who has been bitten by a machine and still shows no change in expression. Some people say she is a strange person who managed to survive in a workshop full of oil and rust. From forbearing without shouting after cutting off his fingers, to single-handedly reviving old machines that were on the verge of being scrapped; from being an intern who was made difficult by the team leader, to "Master Lin" who was admired by everyone in the factory, Lin Wan stepped on the dust of the times and his own stubbornness every step he took in the No. 57 Factory.
This is a story about survival and dignity, and also a legend belonging to ordinary female workers of that era. When the stitches of the sewing machine passed through the fabric, they also passed through her youth and destiny, and she finally lived in the mud and became what others call a "miracle".
