Black Friday began in the United States as a way to boost trade at the end of the year. Traditionally, it comes right after Thanksgiving, which takes place on the last Thursday of November. With globalization, Black Friday has gained other versions, such as China, which takes place on November 11.

But Chinese Black Friday doesn't really have that name there. It's called Guanggun Jie, or the Singles Day, which is a date to celebrate the happiness of being alone - after all, rather than misguided. Therefore, the date chosen was 11/11, since number 1 is recognized for being lonely.

Over time, Singles Day has become one of the biggest online sales dates in the world, especially for products from China, which traditionally have a lower price tag and, on offer days, come out for a bargain. There are people who save a lot for this!

To save money, college girl started eating only instant noodles

Shot backfired

Hong Jia is one of those people who decided to save their savings to spend it all on promotion days. She made news late last month in local newspapers because she had been feeding on instant noodles since October 15 to collect as much money as possible.

In the interview, Jia was proud to have already saved 749 yuan - the equivalent of $ 409. However, ended up having problems due to the crazy diet. She spent the Chinese Black Friday weekend interned and receiving serum, spending all her savings on medicine.

"The serum cost me 1, 000 yuan ($ 546), while another medicine cost 100 yuan ($ 54), " he told local media. Perhaps now Hong Jia has learned the lesson: many netizens - including her mother - commented that it was crazy and that the decision would be bad for her health. No sooner said than done...

Hong Jia was sick of noodles

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