The aunt said this with righteous indignation. Tian Tian felt that if her aunt was there, she would really be able to slap those boys in the face and teach them a lesson.
What Tian Tian said really happens often in their class. The quality of toilet paper nowadays is not good. It breaks into pieces when it comes into contact with water, and it won’t last long when used as a pad during menstruation.
Even the menstrual belt, which is very popular nowadays, just put paper inside the menstrual belt to fix it, so it will still be transparent.
So it is common for girls to have a large red area on their buttocks when they stand up in class.
The phenomenon of menstrual shame does exist nowadays. When women at home have their periods, they hide from men, so some boys don’t know about it.
This does not prevent them from laughing when they see girls making a fool of themselves. Maybe some of them really have no ill intentions and just laugh because they find it funny, but from the girls' point of view, it is still very offensive and shameful.
Especially nowadays, girls will be particularly concerned about these things. If they are laughed at by others, they will be so embarrassed that they want to crawl into the ground.
Because of this sentence, Tian Tian developed a good impression of her aunt, but she couldn't take her aunt's scraps of cloth for nothing.
"Aunt, I can't take these scraps of cloth from you for free. You have to accept the money. Otherwise, I will feel embarrassed to take these scraps of cloth away." Tian Tian took out fifty cents from her pocket and handed it to her aunt.
The two of them were not related at all. If Tian Tian accepted these scraps of cloth directly, she would owe this aunt a favor. She would definitely come to the supply and marketing cooperative more often in the future. As they met for a long time, their relationship would become closer, so she would have to repay the favor.
This scrap of cloth is not worth much to me, but this favor is very valuable.
But now that I have paid the money to this aunt, and exchanged the goods with her, there will be no such thing as human feelings, and we will be more comfortable getting along with each other in the future.
"It's just a bunch of scraps of cloth, not worth so much money. Consider it a gift from me to you." The aunt was embarrassed to accept the money. It was not a menstrual belt. People took some scraps of cloth to make a menstrual belt. How could she accept money from a child?
"Aunt, you'd better take the money. You said that we have no relationship, so how can I take your things for free? If you don't take the money, I'll be embarrassed to take back the scraps of cloth." Tian Tian insisted on putting the money into her aunt's hand.
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, the aunt took out ten cents from her pocket and stuffed the remaining forty cents at Tian Tian, "Those scraps of cloth are worth more than fifty cents, just give me ten cents, and use the remaining forty cents to buy something delicious. It's not easy for you students to study, so you should keep a little more money in your hands."
This time Tian Tiantian did not refuse and took the money.
"Girl! What's your name? If you need to buy something in the future, just come and see your aunt directly." When the aunt saw that Tian Tian took the money, she smiled with satisfaction.
"If someone bullies you, come and find your aunt, and I will support you!"
Tian Tian felt warm inside when she heard this, "Auntie! My name is Tian Tian, I wonder how I should call you?"
"My last name is Xiao Li. You can just call me Aunt Xiao." Xiao Li said.
"Auntie Xiao, I'll go back first." Tian Tian said hello to Xiao Li and went back with her fully packed bag.
On the way, she met a parade. This time she didn't stay for long and tried to slip away by following the wall.
As a result, I had not taken two steps forward when I saw a little boy of seven or eight years old, with a little girl of three or four years old, probably the little girl, standing at the entrance of the alley, staring at the crowd.
Tian Tian was stunned for a moment, looked at the two children, then looked at the crowd on the road, and knew in her heart that these must be the little boy's younger brothers and sisters.
When the two children saw Tian Tian looking at them, they ran away hand in hand in great caution.
Tian Tian didn't bother with them and went straight back to school.
After arriving at the dormitory, Tian Tian put the toilet paper in her bag into the cabinet, and then said to Liang Rong who was lying on the bed reading, "I just went to Gongyeshe and saw that they were selling mattresses. They were 3.70 yuan each."
Liang Rong sat up from the bed with a start, "Is this true?"
Liang Rong only wanted a straw mattress. She felt that it was soft and warm under her body, and there was a faint scent of hay. She thought it would help her sleep well. But she couldn't get it, and she kept thinking about it in her heart.
"Really? Why would I lie to you?" Tian Tian took out all the scraps of cloth and put them in the basin. "I just came back from the supply and marketing cooperative. The salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative even introduced me to straw mats. He said they were 3.70 yuan a mat."
"Three dollars and seventy cents? That's so cheap."
"Yes! It's very cheap." Tian Tian also thought it was very cheap.
Previously, the price agreed upon by their brigade and the supply and marketing cooperative was five yuan, but now it has become three yuan and seventy cents. Although this is not a small amount of money, Tian Tian still feels that labor costs are really worthless now.
"Then I'll go buy a bed so I can use it tonight." Liang Rong quickly jumped out of bed.
"Xiu Xiu, do you want to go?" Liang Rong asked.
"Let me go with you to have a look!" Li Wenxiu was a little hesitant. Three yuan and seventy cents was not a small amount of money. If she didn't go to have a look, she didn't know whether it was worth the money.
"Do you want to go?" Liang Rong asked others.
Everyone shook their heads. Not every student nowadays could spare three dollars and seventy cents.
Tian Tian looked at them and saw that they had no interest in the straw mat. She sighed and felt that it seemed that she would not be able to sell many of the straw mats.
People with a well-off family like Zheng Mingyue use decent mattresses at home and will not buy straw mats. People with average family conditions already have mattresses and will not buy a straw mat to make the bed softer. Only a decent family like Tian Tian will be willing to spend the money.
Liang Rong and Li Wenxiu packed up and went out. Before leaving, Tian Tian did not forget to tell Liang Rong that the little boy on the street was parading and asked them to be careful.
After Liang Rong and the others left, Tian Tian took all the scraps of cloth to the bathroom to wash them, and then put them on the windowsill to dry.
"What are you going to do with these scraps of cloth?" asked Ma Shuhua.
"I want to sew something." said Tian Tian.
The sun was still very strong at noon, and the scraps of cloth were small, so all of them dried up. Tian Tian collected all the scraps of cloth and pieced them together to sew them up.
Then take out the small cotton vest inside its shell, take out some of the cotton inside, spread it evenly on the scraps of cloth, and then use needle and thread to make a reusable sanitary napkin.
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