To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

"Pfft—vomit—" The man lay on the ground, making the same vomiting sound as Feng Debao.

Upon hearing the news, Section Chief Fu arrived. Seeing the scene, he was both annoyed and furious. He rushed to Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian, shielding them behind him, and pointed at Feng Debao and his gang, yelling, "You lot, bullying two women! What kind of men are you! Bullying people at work is already immoral, and now you're bullying people in your personal lives? Where's your conscience? Has it been eaten by dogs? I think eating swill is the least of your worries! You should all go eat shit!"

Section Chief Fu yelled at those people, his fat face flushed red with excitement, "Get out of here! Do you want to go eat shit?"

The lackeys were trembling with fear, staring at Lin Qingping's slop ladle, afraid that she might attack them in a moment of anger and splash them with slop. When they heard Section Chief Fu yell, they immediately ran away.

One of the guys, who had a little bit of "loyalty," turned around, grabbed Feng Debao's clothes, and dragged Feng Debao, who was covered in swill, out.

The cafeteria finally quieted down, but it still stank horribly.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

From the cooks to the onlookers, everyone forgot to speak.

Lin Qingping said frankly, "I'm sorry, I startled everyone," and then calmly began cleaning and washing.

Seeing this, Section Chief Fu didn't know what to say, so he simply got involved and helped with the cleaning.

The older women serving food in the cafeteria also came over to help clean up.

The cafeteria was cleaned up quickly. Strangely, no one spoke during the whole process, let alone anyone scolded them for making the cafeteria dirty.

However, the meal was indeed inedible. Not to mention, Lin Qingping herself smelled of swill, and her hands were covered in swill.

Lin Qingping washed her hands and said to Gu Youlian, "Let's go, I'll change my clothes, and we'll go out to eat."

Gu Youlian truly experienced a shock she had never felt before. Even in the countryside, no one would fight and throw swill or pig manure like that...

Section Chief Fu felt very apologetic and offered to treat the two of them to a meal, since he had nothing to eat anyway.

Lin Qingping didn't think much of it and went with Section Chief Fu.

In her past life, she ran a chain of restaurants, which inevitably involved various social engagements and networking, including many male customers. It was all perfectly legitimate, so what was wrong with that?

At a state-run restaurant in the county town, Section Chief Fu treated the two of them to a meal.

Gu Youlian didn't really taste anything. Firstly, she had seen all the big restaurants in the provincial capital, so she no longer had the same expectations for restaurants in small towns as she did when she was still naive. Secondly, she was still shaken and couldn't eat anything.

After finishing their meal and returning to the factory, Section Chief Fu went home, while Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian went back to their single dormitory.

On the way, Gu Youlian pulled Lin Qingping along, patting her chest, "Pingzi, you scared me so much! How dare you do that? Aren't you afraid that city people will look down on us even more? Aren't you afraid they'll blame us for dirtying their canteen? I was really worried they'd make us pay for it."

Lin Qingping laughed, "What's there to be afraid of? When people act crazy sometimes, others won't dare to mess with them."

"Then... then can I pull their hair before?" Gu Youlian had been holding back for a long time.

“Nothing is impossible, but one thing is very important: you have to be confident that you can win. Otherwise, there are several of them fighting against the two of us women, and we definitely can't win physically,” Lin Qingping said.

"So you..." Gu Youlian looked her up and down.

"Yes, a little bit of crazy behavior is good for your health," Lin Qingping said with a smile.

Gu Youlian listened and felt utterly impressed, but her emotions were far from calm.

That evening, when Dugen returned, she asked him at least ten times whether she smelled like pig manure.

Dugan was completely baffled by her question.

But Gu Youlian still felt that she had some inferiority complex, which was really ingrained in her bones and she couldn't change it.

That evening, she lay on the table writing a letter to her younger brother, Gu Juncheng, wanting to ask him whether Pingzi's behavior that day was good or bad, right or wrong.

Ever since she followed the bottle into the city, all the beliefs she had held since childhood have crumbled, and she is truly lost. Her younger brother is a soldier, the pillar of the family, and whatever he says must be right.

That night, not only Gu Youlian's heart was surging with emotion, but the entire garment factory was also in turmoil!

The news of what happened in the canteen spread throughout the entire residential area in no time. That night, everyone was talking about the temporary worker from the countryside who had gone mad.

That night marked the fourth day since Lin Qingping came to the factory.

Everything seemed the same as usual, yet everything also seemed different.

What was the same was that Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian went to work in the workshop early in the morning, while the workers in the workshop sat there doing nothing as usual.

The difference was that those people just sat there without working, eating sunflower seeds, or chatting. The workshop was so quiet that only the sound of sewing machines could be heard.

Feng Debao didn't come at all today. Without their leader, his followers were listless and didn't know what to do. They also kept a very long distance from Lin Qingping, as if she could throw slop at them at any moment.

Lin Qingping pretended not to see it and kept her head down, drawing lines and cutting.

At 8:30, half an hour after the factory's start time, Dugen, who had been missing for several days, finally appeared.

He didn't come alone; he brought a group of people with him.

It's supposed to be a group, but there are only about ten of them, all women, ranging in age from young girls to wives to aunts.

Lin Qingping greeted them with a smile, "You've all arrived?"

Dugen said loudly, "A little over half of them have arrived today. There are still more than ten people who live further away, or whose families need to make arrangements. They will come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

The workers who had been sitting in the workshop for days having tea parties suddenly changed their expressions.

Lin Qingping ignored all of them, only smiling at the dozen or so people Du Gen had brought, "Hello, Du Gen has already told you why I summoned you here, right?"

"I said I ...

"Have we discussed the terms with you? What do you think?" Lin Qingping asked with a smile.

Everyone nodded. "We said we're all willing."

"Alright, let's start now! You watch how Sister Gu and I do it, and learn to read these blueprints first." Lin Qingping began to demonstrate and guide.

The workers in the workshop only then realized that Lin Qingping had recruited this group of people to do the work and replace them!

Some people were quite upset. They had been misled into thinking they could control this little girl, but it turned out that she didn't care about them at all. They didn't know where she got so many people, and there were even more to come in the next day or two!

One of them couldn't contain himself and quietly asked the older woman at the very edge, "Are you here to work for free?"

"How could that be?" The older woman rolled her eyes at her.