Before these women became self-dressing women, nearly all of them had suffered from the old feudal concept that men are superior to women and from the misery brought on by the wars between warlords. Therefore, these women's prejudice against social conventions and their resentment against the society are both imaginable and understandable. For a long time, they have avoided meeting males like evading a plague. However, when speaking of the armed policemen stationed nearby, they got extremely excited and claimed those policemen are the most intimate people to them, and then began to tell the story between them.

On a summer's afternoon ten years ago, as the armed police were practicing shooting not far from Tajiao Lane, it started to rain suddenly. Led by their instructor, the soldiers entered the Kwanyin Hall to take shelter. Hardly had they stood under the eaves for a minute when several of the dressing women walked out. Upon seeing so many soldiers with guns in hands, they started to shout at them, "What are your damn soldiers doing here? Stay away from us!"

With no choice, the instructor ordered the soldiers to leave, and they ran to their stationing place in the rain. From then on, the instructor kept an eye on this special group. Some time later, when they learned that the women were self-dressing women, their anger vanished completely.

The one Sunday after, the soldiers came to Kwanyin Hall again, each with a broom in hand. This time, they came to do some cleaning for these self-dressing women. Realizing the soldiers were in fact decent people, the women's horror and hostility disappeared.

Later, the soldiers offered to provide these women with vegetables and every year, their paramedic will come to do physical check-ups for them. With the passage of time, an intimate bond has developed between the policemen and the women. The self-dressing women refer these armed police as "children," who call them "grandma" in return.

Author: Jessie

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