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Second Skin

Second Skin

Realistic Fiction

Yu Zi Ling

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In a small northern town in the 1990s, Hao Qinghong, a laid-off female worker, encountered her husband and a strange woman rolling together at home, with a dazzling red bra thrown at the end of the bed. At that moment she understood that suitable underwear can support a woman's dignity. She was so angry that she started working in the night market, struggling in a life of gossip, eye-rolling from peers, and a life of constant excitement. Others find it embarrassing to sell underwear, but she says: "What are you ashamed of? This is a woman's second skin!" When her peers surrounded her, she went to a Zhejiang village to seek a way out; when she got divorced, she conveniently took photos to collect the certificate; when family ties were torn apart, she shed tears while keeping accounts, living a more stubborn life than anyone else. After struggling like this for more than 20 years, Hao Qinghong turned "too embarrassed to wear" things into a big industry, allowing countless women to go from being secretive to being confident. Not only has it brought "comfortable underwear" into the mainstream of the industry, but it has also allowed a generation of women to develop their own "second skin" - confidence, confidence, and a toughness that is not afraid of life.