Ngo-8:15 AM, u-Xia Li ulungisa ibhande lakhe lesandla likagesi, amehlo akhe asevele askena iqoqo lokuqala lamaphaneli e-LED ehlela phansi emugqeni wokukhiqiza we-ARTLITEGROUP. Iminyaka eyisikhombisa, lo chwepheshe wokulawula ikhwalithi oneminyaka engu-36 uguqule ukucophelela kwaba ubuciko. "Iphaneli ngalinye linika amandla amakhaya, amahhovisi, izibhedlela," usho njalo, edla ibhodi lesekethe. "Ichashaza elilodwa lothuli? Ukuphepha komuntu lokho."
Namuhla, ifektri ikhala ngendlela ehlukile. Phakathi kokuhlolwa, u-Xia uthola i-rose nephepha elibhalwe ngesandla endaweni yakhe yokusebenza: "Kowesifazane owenza ukukhanya kuthembeke." Ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, indawo yokudlela idla amabhanisi ebhontshisi ayintandokazi akhe abomvu - okuyisiko kusukela ngo-2018 lapho abasebenzi besifazane becela imigubho eyengeziwe yendawo yoSuku Lwabesifazane.
"Abanye bacabanga ukuthi amafekthri ayabanda," u-Xia uyahleka, isithombe sakhe sicwebile endaweni ye-LED engenasici. "Kodwa lapha? Abaphathi bethu bayalalela. Ngonyaka odlule, baklama kabusha iziteshi zokusebenzela ngemva kokuba sibike ukuthi kunezinkinga. Kulo nyaka, baxhasa ngezimali amakilasi okubhala amakhodi amadodakazi ethu."
Njengoba ukukhanya kwantambama kukhanya emgqeni womhlangano, u-Xia uthumela umbiko wakhe wokuhlola wama-287. Ndawana thize kulobubusuku, ingane izokwenza umsebenzi wesikole ngaphansi kwesibani esiqinisekisile. Lokho, uthi, isiginesha yakhe engabonakali emhlabeni.