Chapter 102 Ye Ying will never make herself suffer
Ye Ying recalled that during this period of time she had been helping with farm work in the village, her skin, which was not fair to begin with, had not only become several shades darker due to the sun, but it had also become very dry.
As autumn is approaching, some people are starting to feel dry.
After parking her 28-bar bike that was fully loaded with stuff, she planned to take a stroll around this so-called "boutique".
"Hey, sister, you're here." The clerk was a middle-aged woman with her hair permed in an old-fashioned style. When she saw Ye Ying, she came over to greet her very familiarly, as if she knew her.
"Come on, sister, come in and take a look, see if you want to buy anything."
This clerk looks much older than me, but she actually calls me sister. It's really...
Ye Ying nodded awkwardly, thinking about going in and taking a look around by herself to see if there was anything she could do with her face.
But the shop assistant... was so ignorant that she followed her all the way, almost clinging to her!
Every time they passed a shelf, he would introduce it to her inside and out, as if he wanted her to take over the entire store.
"Sister, do you want to see this?" The saleswoman suddenly pointed at a box on the shelf and winked at Ye Ying: "You look like you're married, so you can definitely use this!"
Ye Ying walked over curiously and took a look, and almost vomited blood.
Couple supplies...Bah!
What the hell, how come this kind of weird stuff was already being sold in the 1980s?
Before she opened her mouth to speak, she heard the shop assistant say with an ambiguous look on her face:
"Buy this thing and feed it to your spouse. You must..."
"No, no, no, please don't! I don't need it." Ye Ying hurriedly left the shelf. "I got tanned, my skin is dry and flaky. Do you have anything that can whiten and moisturize it?"
"So this is what you want, why didn't you tell me earlier, sister?"
The saleswoman then took her to another row of shelves, which were filled with all the best-selling skin care products.
The shelves are filled with not only whitening creams, vanishing creams, Longrich, Yumeijing, but also Pechoin which is still on sale!
Ye Ying picked out a few items and was about to check out when she remembered that her period seemed to have passed.
Why haven’t you come yet at this time?
She was too lazy to think about it, because it was impossible for her to get pregnant anyway.
Fearing that she would have to use that uncomfortable menstrual belt when her period came, she hurried back to see if there were any sanitary napkins like the ones in the 21st century for sale.
After she used menstrual pads once, she really didn't want to use them again.
It was a torture. It would be fine if the toilet paper underneath was of better quality, but unfortunately there was no tissue paper at this time.....
The clerk saw her lingering in front of the menstrual pads cabinet for a long time, so he walked over from the counter and said, "What are you looking for? I sell all the brands of menstrual pads on the market."
Ye Ying thought for a moment, then bit her lip and said, "Just... do you have... sanitary napkins? The kind with one side that can be attached to underwear."
It doesn't matter if the price is a bit higher, but she is now a "thousand-yuan household" after all, and she can't let herself suffer in this regard.
But I don’t know if the store clerk can understand her description.
Sure enough, the saleswoman said in confusion, "Huh?" "But the women here all use menstrual belts like this. I've never heard of the thing you're talking about."
No way, it’s already 1986. It’s impossible that sanitary napkins haven’t appeared on the market at this time!
She originally thought that everyone chose to use menstrual belts simply because they were expensive, and she never imagined that they were not available for sale!
Not really!
"Really?" Ye Ying was not giving up and confirmed with the store clerk again.
"It's the kind that can be glued to underwear. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. I can accept it!"
"Oh! You mean the kind of sanitary napkins that can be attached to underwear? Wait a minute."
The saleslady seemed to remember something, clapped her hands, and turned into a small warehouse at the back of the store.
After a while, he took out a bag of dusty "Anlemei sanitary napkins".
"Look, is this it?"
Ye Ying took it, opened it and found that this 'Anlemei sanitary napkin' was indeed similar to the sanitary napkins of the 21st century.
However, there is still a certain difference between the straight strips and the ones with wings.
“Yes, that’s it.”
However, since there was stock in the warehouse, why didn't she sell it?
Thinking of this, Ye Ying immediately asked her own question: "Why don't you put this sanitary napkin on the shelf for sale? It's just gathering dust in the warehouse!"
The lady clerk shook her head and sneered, "It's not selling! The price is not cheap, no one is buying it. I'd be amazed to think how many bags I can sell in a month."
"Oh, I shouldn't have gotten into this stuff in the first place! It's useful, but it's expensive! Women are still used to using menstrual belts, which are cheaper!"
When talking about this clerk, everyone started to talk a lot. "Buying a menstrual pad is just a matter of discomfort for a few days. Once you get used to it, you can bear it! But if you buy this sanitary napkin, you will have to suffer for a long time!"
Ye Ying frowned: "How much is this?"
She wanted to see how expensive this thing could be that women of this era would rather endure the pain of using menstrual belts than buy sanitary napkins.
The saleslady turned to the counter, pulled out a ledger and flipped through it.
After a while, he said, "Oh, the purchase price of this bag alone is nearly one dollar!"
One dollar?
Then the retail price must be at least one dollar more.
In fact, this price is not expensive for Ye Ying, who comes from the 21st century, especially since she still has some money on her.
But when I think back, it was 1986, and sanitary belts and the like only cost a dime, while the wages of low-level workers at that time were generally only 20 or 30 yuan, so it was normal that they were reluctant to spend this money.
In short, she cannot look at things from the perspective of people from the future.
"Then please bring me a few more packs of this kind of sanitary napkins!" Ye Ying usually has the habit of hoarding sanitary napkins, so she simply ordered more this time.
"Okay!" Seeing Ye Ying being so generous, the clerk happily turned around and went into the warehouse, and immediately got out five or six packs of 'Anlemei sanitary napkins'.
"Sister, if you want all of these, I'll give them to you at a lower price, just five dollars!"
Ye Ying nodded, not intending to argue with the saleswoman about this. While checking out, she took the opportunity to ask the saleswoman where these sanitary napkins were produced and where they were purchased from.
"This one! It came from Yizhen!" The female clerk told her directly without hiding anything.
"Yizhen?"
She must have heard it right!
Is it the small commodity market Yizhen that is famous for wholesale?
How come she doesn't know that this is also produced there?
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