She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Factory Director Song cleared his throat, quite displeased. Recently, under the constant brainwashing of his wife, Lao Yuan, and Lao Xia, Factory Director Song had become unable to tolerate such words.

He took a step back and then said, "I never knew that older female comrades were so unsupported by you when they were promoted. I feel sorry for the hardworking female comrades in your factory, and even more so for the older comrades who have worked diligently for decades."

"By the way, since Director Li is so eager to meet our colleague surnamed Xia, let me introduce her. Standing next to me is the outstanding worker you've all been longing to meet—Comrade Xia Yue'e. You... get to know each other; there will be many opportunities to meet in the future. I'll bring her with me to meetings from now on."

Those who were just talking so enthusiastically suddenly seemed to have their throats choked, unable to utter a single sound.

Although they said that to Director Song, it was only because the real person involved wasn't there. But when Old Lady Xia greeted them with a displeased expression and a forced smile, everyone felt guilty.

Seeing this, Grandma Xia decided to confront Director Li of the food factory. After all, he was the first one to stir up trouble. He should just focus on his own production. Why was he so concerned about the gossip of other factories? He must have nothing better to do.

"Director Li, I just heard a lot of comments about me from you. It sounds like you have a lot of opinions about me. I wonder what I, an old comrade, did to offend you?" Old Mrs. Xia asked.

Factory Director Li chuckled sheepishly, "No, no, I was just making things up."

The old lady's gaze at him just now was too fierce. Director Li didn't want to say anything more to her, nor did he have the mind to laugh at Director Song. He wanted to leave this atmosphere.

But Old Mrs. Xia wasn't the type to suffer in silence. Seeing that Factory Director Li remained silent about his arrogant remarks, she said, "I heard Factory Director Li talking just now, and he seemed to be looking down on me. How come you're admitting you were talking nonsense now? If you're so quick to back down, shouldn't you apologize to me, the person involved? Or is it that your position, Factory Director Li, is so high that a simple 'talked nonsense' can erase all those disrespectful words you just said?"

Factory Director Li, having been stopped by Old Lady Xia and hearing these words, felt somewhat uncomfortable. He was a factory director, after all, and even Factory Director Song hadn't said anything, so why was this Comrade Xia being so aggressive? "I'm telling you, old comrade, don't be so unforgiving," he said. "You..."

Before he could finish speaking, Old Mrs. Xia interrupted him, "I'm being unreasonable? Does that mean Director Li is admitting he's being unreasonable? A deputy director of such a large food factory can say anything that could affect the entire factory. If even you, as the deputy director, are unreasonable, you can imagine what your factory is like..."

Grandma Xia didn't say anything harsh after that; she just stared at Director Li.

Factory Director Song was secretly pleased. Old Xia's expression and words were exactly the same as when Factory Director Li had mocked their textile factory before. Now she was getting her revenge. Factory Director Song secretly clenched his fist and cheered for Old Madam Xia, hoping that she would show her power today and teach this group of people a lesson.

"Don't make false accusations. When have I ever been unreasonable? I just didn't want to argue with you." Director Li felt wronged and raised his voice considerably.

Grandma Xia: "You were caught talking badly about others and you didn't even want to argue with them. How can you be so unreasonable and not want others to explain themselves? Do you want me, the victim, to live on in your mouth forever and become the bad guy in your mouth? What kind of logic is that?"

Factory Director Li: "A good man doesn't argue with a woman. It's not that I can't argue with you, it's just that I think it's too inappropriate to argue with you in public."

Grandma Xia: "It's not proper to argue in public, but it's perfectly proper to speak ill of innocent women in public, isn't it? Oh, I see. If you argue with me, you're afraid of losing because you're in the wrong, so you don't dare to argue with me. But, no one hears you talking about others behind their backs, so you can spread rumors and curse them however you want, right?"

Factory Director Li pointed at Old Lady Xia, his gaze shifting to Factory Director Song's face. "Old Song, are you just going to let the comrades you brought slander me like this?"

Factory Director Song stood obediently next to Old Lady Xia. When Factory Director Li called on him, he even took a small step closer to Old Lady Xia. After hearing this, he said, "Old Li, what slander? This is just a reasonable guess."

Listen to what you just said to me. Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd been a bystander at our textile factory. You described our factory's history in such detail that even I, the factory manager, don't know as much as you do.

"So, it's only natural that our Comrade Xia, the person involved, would say this about you. You can't just let everyone say what they want while you silence the rest of us, the parties involved, can you? If you feel you've been slandered, then explain your reasoning. We're not like some people who silence those involved."

Factory Director Li was so angry at the sarcastic remark that he wanted to hit someone, but they were all civilized people and would not act rashly. "Old Song, if you keep talking like that, I won't give you any face. You know the situation of your factory yourself."

Factory Director Song: "I know. Our factory was praised by the higher-ups last quarter for our high production efficiency. They even gave us more production targets this quarter. They also told me to give some guidance to some factory leaders who can't keep up with their own production and are always thinking about other things."

He emphasized the words "some" and "parts" and stared intently at Director Li, causing Director Li's face to flush red again.

He's using a veiled insult to criticize someone else; this scoundrel is definitely using a veiled insult to criticize someone else.

Last quarter, their food factory received the most criticism; it's obvious he was targeting them. So many employees in their textile factory are getting divorced, why doesn't any leader care about this?

Factory Director Li: "Production is production. I have no argument with what you say about our food factory; it's a fact, and we are making improvements. But you have nothing to say about the fact that your factory only focuses on production and doesn't care about the workers' lives?"

Grandma Xia: "We do take care of the workers' well-being. Not only do we take care of them, but we take care of them in detail and we visit them from time to time. I don't think your food factory can do that, can it?"

Factory Director Li sneered, "If you really cared, why are only your factory's employees getting divorced, especially you, Comrade Xia?"