While sweeping the kang, Cai Xiufen muttered under her breath.
Captain Kang heard this, and though he said nothing, he agreed in his heart with what his wife said.
...
The night was silent, the moonlight like frost spreading across the ground, as if the whole earth had sunk into sleep. Kang Li lay sideways on her bed facing the window, not yet asleep.
Speaking frankly, tonight’s mention of starting a clothing factory wasn’t just a whim. Kang Li truly wanted to rely on her own strength to bring development to her hometown.
This was the place where she’d grown up; she had deep feelings for this land. She wanted the people here to live a good life, wanted the children to be full of hope for the future, especially the girls... She wanted them to have a chance to study, to live a different kind of life when they grew up.
Kang Li knew that the original owner of this body—herself—was lucky. She had been picked up by her current parents, cherished and doted on by the whole family, never suffered as a child, and when it came time for school, just like the boys in the village, carried her little satchel to class.
But she was lucky; there were many girls who weren’t.
From birth, most were seen by their families as "money losers," and even during their childhood, those three words followed them all the way until they married.
Compared to these girls, the ones who were strangled or drowned as infants were no doubt even more unfortunate.
To truly change the fate of the girls here, it wasn’t enough to open people’s eyes with education. The local economy had to improve. If a family lived comfortably and could look beyond the village to see a wider world, they’d understand the importance of schooling, recognize that girls and boys were the same, and their mindset would gradually shift. No longer would girls be seen as "money losers," as if raising them was just for another family.
So, establishing a clothing factory, recruiting more female workers, giving priority to those who could read and write—this would surely have a bigger impact than hiring at the canning plant.
As long as a woman in the household was literate, she had a chance to become a worker, to earn a monthly wage, with extra benefits during holidays. Who wouldn’t be interested?
Especially with the canning factory setting an example.


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