Upon arriving at the clothing production area, Ma Hongxiang looked around curiously.
The place was piled with fabrics, and the floor was littered with scraps—there was no room to step.
The workers were laboring in an empty room.
There were seven or eight people, all female workers.
In another room lay a rather large machine. Ma Hongxiang asked out of curiosity, "What's this for?"
Li Qiao replied, "It's for cutting patterns. It can cut more than a dozen at a time."
"The machines are so impressive nowadays. How come nobody is operating it?"
Li Qiao, "There's one person assigned to cutting. She's pregnant and went home for prenatal care. Now another seamstress is doing the cutting. She stays after her shift to cut enough for everyone's work the next day."
That person was Hu Zhuyun, and she really was especially hardworking.
