Yun Xiaoxiao encouraged her, "Little sister, your salary is not low these days, better than ordinary workers, and even higher than some clerks. Plus, you are attending night school. Once you get your diploma, you can work in the design department of a garment factory. You can't let the stain of divorce make you feel inferior; we need to be more confident. You are not lacking; nowadays, with a little dress-up, you look very pretty."
Few country girls have self-confidence.
Especially those born into families that favor boys over girls; they particularly lack self-confidence.
Zhao Xinxin was originally the youngest in her family; the team leader had even opened the back door for his niece, allowing her to do light work.
But after she got married and suffered some in her in-laws' household, and because she didn't conceive after several years, she did all the dirty and tiring work and even got beaten.
She was even less confident then.