1975, Red Star Textile Factory. Chen Zhiyi, the most beautiful female worker in the factory, is also the most "restless" woman in the factory - at the age of 20, she is not in a hurry to get married, does not please the boss, and does not follow the fashion trend. The female workers in the workshop gathered together and whispered: "Look at her, she is reading there, how can she pretend to be a cultured person?" "Isn't she just good-looking? Aren't you trying to climb high?"
On the way to get off work, the eldest sister in the same workshop caught up with her: "Xiao Chen, don't blame me for talking too much - what's the point of a woman reading so many books? It's important to find a good family as soon as possible."
Chen Zhiyi closed the book: "Sister, you are right - it is useless for a woman to read so many books. But it is even more useless if she does not read."
No one knew that she was studying high school textbooks by herself every day. No one knew that under her pillow was a torn and taped college admission notice—it was the one she had been admitted to three years ago, but was torn up by her family on the grounds of "what college should a girl go to?" She glued it on, hid it, and went into the factory. For three years, she has been waiting for an opportunity every day. In 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed.
While all the women in the factory were still talking about her being "restless" and "wanting to climb high", Chen Zhiyi was already sitting in the examination room. Ten years later, she was the youngest director in the province. The women who were talking about her back then were still working on sewing machines in the factory.
Don't rely on fighting with the best, don't rely on fighting, don't rely on the system – rely on women's self-growth as the biggest slap in the face. In this life, she herself is Gaozhi.
Mission: Independence and self-improvement, knowledge changes destiny, women's self-growth