The 70s Factory Woman's Fight from Abuse to Happiness

The 70s Factory Woman's Fight from Abuse to Happiness Plot:

In the 1970s, Zhou Xiufen, a worker at a state-owned textile factory, was treated as a "free maid" by her husband Zhao Tieniu—operating spinning machines for 12 hours a day, washing clothes for five family members and caring for her sick mother-in-law at night, and getting slapped for being even a little slow. It wasn't until her 3-year-old son cried, "Mom, don't hurt," after seeing her get beaten that Xiufen finally woke up: she secretly knitted gloves from the factory's wool to sell, got a copy of the Marriage Law from the Women's Federation, and learned to read in the factory's night school. When Zhao Tieniu tried to smash her meal ticket for losing money again, Xiufen held up 25 yuan from selling gloves and her night school certificate: "I can earn my own money and never let our child be scared again!" Eventually, she divorced, became a workshop accountant, and fell in love with Lin Jianguo, a technician who often helped her fix spinning machines—regaining the happiness she once "endured" away through her own independence.

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