After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 245 Menstrual Belt

The chef's cooking skills are naturally much better than their own, and the dishes he cooks are spicy and delicious. Most of the people who can become shop owners are not stupid. As long as they let the chef in the shop cook with chili peppers, they will naturally see the business opportunities here. Even if they don't buy all of them, they will buy some chili peppers from the villagers more or less.

No matter how low the price of the peppers sold to these shops was, it was still higher than the price offered by Lin Chuyi. Although the villagers knew that what they were doing was not quite right, they were poor. If they could earn a few more coins, their children could have more meals.

They could only prepare themselves mentally in this way while counting the money they earned from selling peppers.

Those villagers who have so many peppers that they cannot sell them are not worried at all. They can dry the fresh peppers or make them into chili sauce and sell them. They still have a year, so there is no need to rush.

The villagers of Qingshan Village were running around every day to make more money. Lin Chuyi, who had rested at home for more than half a month, watched the villagers busy every day, and the little flame of struggle in his heart was finally rekindled.

She stretched, turned around and went home to pack her things in her room. After resting for so long, it was time to go out and move around.

Lin Chuyi called Lin Jinxiu to her room and explained things: "I am planning to go out. When I come back at the end of the year, the shop will be almost ready for business. What you need to do now is to work with Madam Shen to make more finished products according to the drawings I gave you. Some people don't like to have the same style as others. The styles you are making now are all unique, and maybe they will be more popular."

Lin Jinxiu was originally listening to Lin Chuyi's explanation very seriously, but the more she listened, the redder her face became. After Lin Chuyi finished speaking, she spoke awkwardly: "Well... I remember everything."

"Just listen to me, you won't go wrong." Lin Chuyi was very confident about this, and after saying this, he reached out and touched Lin Jinxiu's chest.

Lin Jinxiu was so shocked that her eyes widened and she couldn't speak. Her already rosy face became even redder.

"Sister, how do you feel after using it for some time?" Lin Chuyi asked seriously without any shyness.

Lin Chuyi was referring to the bra that she had asked Lin Jinxiu to make some time ago.

The origin of making bras started when Lin Chuyi accidentally saw Lin Jinxiu making a menstrual belt some time ago.

A sanitary belt is a long belt made of cloth that is tied around the waist during menstruation. Rich families will put straw paper in the sanitary belt, while poor families usually put wood ash in it, which are highly absorbent and can prevent menstrual blood from dripping onto the pants.

Lin Jinxiu's menstrual belt is filled with straw paper. Using straw paper is lighter and cleaner than using wood ash. However, Lin Chuyi has used simpler and safer sanitary napkins, so naturally he is not interested in this menstrual belt which is quite difficult to use.

Knowing that Lin Jinxiu was making a menstrual belt, Lin Chuyi turned back to his room and drew a blueprint of a simple sanitary napkin for Lin Jinxiu. There were three sizes of sanitary napkins on the blueprint: daily use, night use, and extended use. In order to help Lin Jinxiu understand more thoroughly, Lin Chuyi also took out three finished products from the space.

Lin Chuyi's current body has not had her period yet, so naturally she doesn't need sanitary napkins. Naturally, there are no sanitary napkins in her space warehouse. The sanitary napkins she took out were made by the textile factory in the space according to her needs.

Lin Chuyi took the three sanitary napkins and the drawings to find Lin Jinxiu. After handing the things to her, he explained to her the usage and function of these things.

However, she did not expect that after learning the actual function of sanitary napkins, Lin Jinxiu's face would show heartache and confusion.

"Second sister, you probably haven't had your period yet, right?"

"Yeah, is there any problem?" Lin Chuyi asked back.

Lin Jinxiu showed an expression of "as expected" on her face, and then she began to explain: "Second sister, you have never had a menstrual period, so you may not understand it. When you are twelve or thirteen years old, you will have your first menstrual period. After that, you will have a menstrual period every month, and each menstrual period will last for five or six days. The amount of menstruation in the first three days is the largest."

"Your menstrual belt is made of cotton cloth and cotton. Although it is more absorbent, it cannot be reused. Even if you only use one menstrual belt a day, you will have to use at least five or six menstrual belts every time you have your period. Over the course of a year, the consumption of cotton cloth and cotton alone will be a considerable expense."

"If the amount is large, two or three menstrual belts can be used in one day. In other words, the actual cost will be more than expected. Compared with the menstrual belts we usually use, the menstrual belts you make are really not cost-effective."

Lin Jinxiu said this in a euphemistic way, but Lin Chuyi already understood what Lin Jinxiu wanted to express. She disliked the high cost and poor durability of sanitary napkins, but for the sake of her face, she did not say her true feelings too bluntly.

Lin Chuyi fell into deep thought. She did not have any bad emotions because of Lin Jinxiu's words, but she was seriously thinking about what Lin Jinxiu had just said.

Although she is now using the body of an ancient person and living in ancient times, her soul belongs to the modern times. Many of her living habits and thinking patterns were developed during her modern life.

Take sanitary napkins as an example. In modern times, it is common sense to use sanitary napkins during menstruation. People can find sanitary napkins in major supermarkets in the city, in various convenience stores, and even in small shops in remote villages.

With the development of the times, there are more and more types of sanitary napkins. The original daily sanitary napkins were synonymous with short sanitary napkins, and the corresponding night sanitary napkins were synonymous with long sanitary napkins. Later, sanitary napkins no longer had the distinction between day and night use, but became sanitary napkins of various lengths. Users can purchase suitable sanitary napkins according to their actual situation.

In addition, there are derivative products on the market such as sanitary pads, tampons, liquid sanitary napkins, sleeping pants, etc., which can meet the needs of different women during menstruation.

Modern women do not need to make sanitary napkins by themselves, nor do they have the concept of reusing sanitary napkins. Lin Chuyi naturally does not have this concept either. This is the difference between her and Lin Jinxiu.

As a native of this era, Lin Jinxiu's ideas are the same as those of most women today. She follows the experience passed down by her predecessors and makes a menstrual belt for herself step by step. When using the menstrual belt, she replaces the inner core of the menstrual belt again and again, and reuses several menstrual belts until they are worn out.

Do they really want to do this? No, it is because their financial situation does not allow them to afford to change their menstrual belts frequently.