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In 1987 Jiangcheng, 32-year-old He Keren just lost her job at the state-owned textile factory. Her husband blamed her for losing the "iron rice bowl," and her 8th-grade daughter longed for a new school uniform but they couldn't afford it. To support the family, she set up a street stall selling clothes—chased by urban management, mocked for "losing face" by neighbors, and even had her supply stolen by a former friend. But she refused to give in: using leftover fabric from the factory to make "Hong Kong-style dresses," her stall became a hit. When business finally picked up, her husband demanded she "act obedient" for a housing allocation, and her daughter threw a fit because classmates mocked her as "the stall mom." Holding the five yuan she just earned, He suddenly realized: she didn't just want to "support the family"—she wanted to be her own light.
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