The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

"Grandma, carry Sister An Ran to the bed and let her rest. I'll make her a bowl of brown sugar ginger water."

Grandma Lan nodded, carried Meng Anran, who was still in pain, on her back, and turned to look at Lan Ning.

"Nannan, when you're done, give it to your sister Anran. I'm going to go out and buy some things."

Lan Ning knew what grandma was going to buy, and didn't ask much. He just answered and washed the pot and boiled water on the fire in the stove to make brown sugar and ginger water.

Meng Anran is ten years old. In ancient times, a ten-year-old would not have her period at all. Many young ladies from wealthy families would not have their period until they were fourteen or fifteen years old.

But those young ladies from rich families were weak and sickly, very delicate, and usually they would eat only two or three bites at most before saying they were full, and were unwilling to eat any more.

Look at how they are out of breath after walking a few steps. Nine out of ten of them are malnourished.

Meng Anran was also severely malnourished when she was in her native family, but after living in their house for so long, she ate eggs and meat every day, and her scarce nutrition had been replenished. So it was understandable that she would have her period so early.

But Lan Ning had a question that she didn't quite understand. Looking at the long strips of cloth her grandmother bought, was this an ancient menstrual belt? How to use it? Wouldn't it leak? What could a piece of cloth block?

No, for the sake of sister Anran's health and her own health when she grows up, she must make a replica of the sanitary napkin, which can be regarded as a contribution to the many women in this country.

Let’s just leave it like this for now. After Sister An Ran has had a good rest, she will go and make it. This is to avoid having two fewer people in the shop and being too busy to handle it.

Perhaps it was because it was her first menstrual period and she was in some pain. Meng Anran stayed in bed for four days. It was only on the fourth day that her complexion regained some color and she looked less fragile.

She has fair skin and delicate facial features. Her eyes are a little dull because she is listless. When she looks at you, it's like a soft and silent attraction. It's really heartbreaking to look at her like that.

Although the other boys in the shop were all boys, they seemed to know everything. They didn't say anything every day and were very sensible and would not ask her to do anything.

Although their small family was formed later, except Lan Ning and grandmother, the others have no blood relationship with them. Everyone has his or her own personality, but it does not prevent them from caring about each other, crying for each other, speaking up for each other, fighting, and even getting angry at each other. However, they are closer than people who are not related by blood, and they are like a family.

Their unique snack bar has been open for a month and business is booming every day with a constant stream of people coming in. These little guys have become very skilled at doing these things, especially Goudan and Choufen. They used to beg on the streets every day and couldn't do anything, but they learned a lot during the time they stayed in their home.

If they can't learn, they will shorten their rest time to study repeatedly. They are very hardworking and very effective.

The two of them learned how to farm, sweep the floor, wash dishes, make fire, and many other small things, but you can see that they are really trying to do what they should do.

The names of the two little guys were really ugly and didn't sound very elegant, so Lan Ning asked for their consent and changed their names.

They said they wanted to take her surname Lan, but Lan Ning did not agree. She had no plan to let them stay at home for long. When they were able to be independent, she would let them arrange their own lives. It was their freedom to choose to continue helping in the shop or to do other jobs. Anyway, she had done her best to rescue them from that beggars' den.

According to their wishes, one was renamed Xie Lan and the other was renamed Xie Ning.

Separate Lan Ning's name and improve their names. Xie means thank you, and it also means thank you to Lan Ning for saving them and giving them a new life.

Now they won't be so busy with the work in the shop. Just leave three people in the shop at any time to run it.

I packed some cold noodles and cold rice noodles for Mu Zhongting and asked him to accompany me for a walk on the street.

She had to look for materials to make sanitary napkins, but she was completely confused and had no idea what to use.

But the wood ash they often use is definitely not okay, it is too unhygienic and women can easily get gynecological diseases. So what can they use?

Lan Ning walked and thought, maybe his head was too small, and there were too many things to do every day, resulting in no good alternative no matter what happened.

"Then let's go to the grocery store and the cloth shop."

Mu Zhongting's face flushed red. He didn't expect that Sister Lan would tell him even such a private matter as this, but it was enough for him to be able to help Sister Lan.

After making her happy, he would let them go home with him and let his parents recognize her as their goddaughter. Then she would be his real sister. However, Mu Zhongting's expression became lost again. He didn't know when he could go back.

The two little guys came to the grocery store, and the shopkeeper greeted Lan Ning familiarly.

"Hey, little shopkeeper, is there anything missing in the shop? Tell me and I'll send it to you later."

Lan Ning shook his head and smiled sweetly at the shopkeeper.

"I'm not missing anything. I just came to take a look and see if there's anything new."

"Hey, okay, then you can watch it yourself. I'm going to go over there to greet the guests."

The shopkeeper likes this little guy very much. Although he is small, he is very opinionated. His intelligence is beyond the reach of his own children.

I walked around the grocery store carefully but didn't see what I wanted, so I said hello to the shopkeeper and left. My next destination was to go to the cloth shop.

The menstrual belt was bought in the cloth shop. They still said the same thing when I went in, so I just took a look at it.

There are many kinds of cloth here, and Lan Ning likes many colors. She will buy some secretly and put them in the space someday.

Lan Ning hardly took her eyes off the cloths. Mu Zhongting followed her closely without saying a word, silently remembering which kind of cloth Lan Ning liked. He would then secretly buy them for her. She would definitely be very happy. After all, she had seen her mother and grandmother love beauty very much, and would be very happy every time they had new clothes.

Suddenly, something blocked Lan Ning's sight: cotton.

Yes, cotton. Why didn’t I think of that? I can stuff cotton in the middle, so I don’t have to worry about the large quantity.

"Uncle shopkeeper, how much are these cottons for?"

"Sixty cents a pound. What, little guy, do you want to buy it?"

The shopkeeper looked at the little guy with a smile. He was no more than three years old, so small.

Lanning nodded.

"Uncle Shopkeeper, do you have any breathable gauze or waterproof cloth?"

The shopkeeper thought about it, nodded, and looked at the boy behind her.

"Do you want to buy it? If so, I'll go get it and show it to you."

“Yes.”

Little Lanning answered first.