Election year was like an important festival that came around once every four years. Although the election was still a year away, that atmosphere had already spread through the air.
People could already sense that special flavor, and everyone was actively preparing for it.
A little after eight that evening, Catherine had just finished running her bathwater after returning from an outside engagement when the telephone rang.
She was somewhat surprised, but she still picked up the phone.
Her life now was... very special. She could not quite put it into words.
In the past, she had believed that her future might be becoming a housewife. That was also the goal most girls from the lower and middle classes of the Federation yearned for! Yes, a housewife—someone who did not need to work. Sometimes people said that such a life imprisoned those girls and women.
But anyone who said that clearly did not understand. Compared with working in a factory, most girls would actually rather be housewives.
As long as they did things every day that were easy compared with factory work, they could enjoy a comfortable life. Why would they not choose that? And if they could become a housewife in a Middle Class family, even better!
After Catherine and Lin Qi left high school, real life delivered the girl a brutal blow. It showed no mercy simply because she was a girl, sending her flying with a right hook.
When she thought her future was bleak, everything changed because of Lin Qi.
Now, she spent her days sitting in a beautifully furnished office in relatively gender-neutral professional clothes, helping people solve problems or providing the market with policy guidance and advice.
People received a great deal of help because of her work, and that brought about many changes