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

Seeing that Old Mrs. Xia was prepared, Jiang Wenhua was surprised. Old Mrs. Xia had actually started to take sides?

"Old Xia, are you working for the factory manager now?" Jiang Wenhua asked, walking behind Old Lady Xia.

Grandma Xia did not answer directly, but only said, "Having lived to this age, I've come to realize that sometimes climbing the ladder requires some skill."

Jiang Wenhua: "So you've started using underhanded tactics too? I thought you were a pure person."

Grandma Xia: "Purity, even purity needs connections to support it. I've only recently come to realize that not just anyone can be a leader. You probably don't think much of Deputy Factory Director Tian either, do you?"

Jiang Wenhua frowned: "He...he really is a leader who just freeloads in the factory. Not many of us below him like him."

Grandma Xia: "But there are some people who follow him closely behind him. Why? Because he will think about his own people when there is something in it. He will give them corresponding benefits when he asks them to do things. He can remember the situation of every worker and every family that follows him. He will protect his own people when they are in a dispute with others."

Those people... surely they know he doesn't contribute much to the factory, but he does this to reassure them, allowing them to act freely and have him back them up no matter what they want. So, is he really incompetent?

Jiang Wenhua was shocked: "Old Xia, who have you been studying with all this time to become like this? You actually... you actually have the ability to judge people to this extent?"

Grandma Xia felt a little ashamed. "Before, I just thought that anyone with the qualifications could do the job of women's director. But the factory director talked to me about leadership and management recently, and I realized that I was too one-sided in my judgment of people. I always thought that this person was no good, that person was bad."

In fact, everyone who becomes a leader has their own abilities. As you know, the factory is divided into three factions: the factory director, the deputy director, and the factory union. If I didn't know anything, I would have been a victim sooner or later, and a victim can't get anything done.

Jiang Wenhua silently followed Grandma Xia. He realized that Grandma Xia had really made a lot of progress during this period. If she hadn't told him what she said today, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.

He thought of what Xiao Fang had said again. It seemed he hadn't really cared about what Xiao Fang wanted to do; he had only focused on spending his most precious money on her. But what she wanted emotionally was something Jiang Wenhua had never considered.

In ways he wasn't even aware of, Xiao Fang and Lao Xia were both making progress, but he didn't care at all.

Under Jiang Wenhua's watchful gaze, Old Lady Xia calmly entered the auditorium.

The auditorium was packed, and many female comrades were absent, while many male comrades were present.

Grandma Xia sat in the first row on the side, next to two other people who had signed up. Further to the side were Factory Director Yuan and his colleagues.

At this moment, Director Yuan, looking impatient, confronted the factory union members and the person in charge of the election, saying, "We are electing a women's director. It's normal for the leaders to come. What are these men doing getting involved? We are electing a women's director, not a men's federation director. Their opinions don't count, do they?"

The person in charge said, "This is a major event for the entire factory. How can we only allow female employees to participate?"

Director Yuan: "The women's director is in charge of matters related to female employees. How come the male comrades are now meddling so much that even the female comrades' leaders want to interfere and see if there is anything that threatens them?"

The person in charge said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Director Yuan cursed inwardly many times, but when he saw Old Lady Xia looking over with a puzzled expression, he finally couldn't hold back anymore. "Go to hell! It's an honor to have you organize this. The Women's Federation people are coming over soon. They'll laugh their heads off when they see this scene. As the person in charge, aren't you going to step forward and resolve this?"

The person in charge was still dodging the question: "Director Yuan, you've been a leader for many years, how come you're swearing all the time after your divorce?"

Director Yuan pushed him aside and walked onto the stage on his own, without even the factory director stopping him.

"Fellow workers, this election is for the Women's Director. The full name of this meeting should be the Women Workers' Congress. Please leave if you are not here. Also, leaders of each department should notify the female colleagues in their respective departments to attend. If any female colleague in any department is absent without a valid reason, I will suggest to the factory director that this be included in the department leader's performance evaluation..."

The person in charge's face darkened. Wasn't Director Yuan blatantly slapping him in the face? The announcements for this meeting were all issued by their department; they deliberately failed to clearly state that it was a women's workers' meeting, nor did they clearly state that only female employees could attend, just to...

The person in charge glanced at Deputy Factory Director Tian, ​​and sure enough, his face was even darker than his own; he was getting medicine again.

Those below were dissatisfied upon hearing Director Yuan's words.

"Why should only women participate? We men also have the right to vote for the women's director, right?"

Director Yuan: "You have the right. Go to the hospital and tell the doctor that you want to marry a gay man in the future, and you can participate."

"The women's director is also a leader in the factory, so why can't we men participate in the voting?"

Director Yuan: "How did you get into the factory? Can you even read? What does 'Women's Director' mean? Why is it called 'Women's Director' and not 'Male Director'?"

“We came after reading the notice from the factory’s labor union. The notice did not say that male comrades could not participate, which means that we have the right to participate.”

Director Yuan: "At the next textile factory leadership meeting, I will directly report their mistakes."

"I don't care, I'm not leaving."

"That's right, we're not leaving. Not only are we not leaving, we're also going to report that some of the people who signed up this time are unworthy of their positions."

"Yes, how could the factory let her sign up without even investigating her properly? We don't accept this."

"If someone like that can be a leader, then I think the idiot next door can be one too?"

"I recommend that her registration be cancelled."

"..."

Inside the auditorium, questions and objections continued to be raised, and Director Yuan's answers gradually became less and less effective.

Xiang Qiaoqian glanced triumphantly at Old Lady Xia, wanting to see her panicked, but she was disappointed. Old Lady Xia was not only not panicked, but also seemed completely unaffected by these words.

“You should know who they’re talking about, right, Comrade Xia?” Xiang Qiaoqian whispered as she approached Old Lady Xia.

Grandma Xia didn't answer, but suddenly stood up, walked resolutely to the stage, and stood next to Director Yuan.

"Comrades, who do you think is ineligible to register?"