"Oh, I remember now."
When she said that, Lin Yao vaguely remembered it.
When other families invite her parents to see a doctor, they usually bring some nice gifts like pens or meat coupons. Even if the family is poor, they know to bring some fruit or canned goods. But this distant cousin brought a big bag of homemade pickled vegetables.
The pickles looked rather shabby and had a strange, fermented smell.
Thanks to this bag of pickled vegetables, her aunt got a free lunch at her house, and even brought five children to eat and drink. She can't forget this.
Seeing Lin Yao nod, Qiu Chunfang added another sentence.
"And another thing, when you came to our military region two years ago, wasn't it me who hosted you?"
"Oh, right."
Lin Yao finally remembered.
When she first came to the military region, she stayed at Qiu Chunfang's house, which was next to Shen Huaichuan's single dormitory on the floor above. The room, which was only over 40 square meters, was crammed with seven people, making it extremely cramped.
One day when she woke up, Zhao Yaozu's foot almost poked into her mouth, making her feel extremely disgusted.
The thought of marrying Shen Huaichuan and having to raise his children, leading to a life like that, made her feel like she'd rather be dead.
Lin Yao was feeling nauseous when Qiu Chunfang warmly took her arm.
"Yaoyao, what are you doing here? What's going on between you and Shen Huaichuan? Didn't your mother ask me to help you two get married as soon as possible during the New Year? How come Shen Huaichuan suddenly married a country girl?"
Speaking of this, Lin Yao felt a little guilty.
"It's a long story, let's talk about it another day. By the way, you didn't tell my mom about this, did you?"
No.
Qiu Chunfang was also a little guilty. Lin Yao's mother had asked her to do this, and in addition to promising her a reward of two hundred yuan after the matter was completed, she had also sent some commonly used medicines to her parents beforehand.
The bag was full; all things considered, it was worth about a hundred yuan.
That night, after Zhou Qiqi arrived at the military dependents' area, she wanted to call Lin Yao's mother to tell her about it, but she was afraid that the other party would ask for money for the medicine, so she didn't dare to call in the end. She thought that they would find out sooner or later anyway, and at worst Lin Yao would tell her herself.
Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes darting around.
"That's fine, Auntie. This is complicated, so please don't tell my parents. By the way, what kind of medicine did you say you wanted to pick up?"
Qiu Chunfang immediately beamed with joy.
"These are all free from the health clinic in our military dependents' area. They're aspirin for headaches and fevers, mercurochrome, licorice tablets, vitamins, and whatever else you can get!"
Lin Yao secretly rolled her eyes, too lazy to move, and gestured towards the medicine cabinet for her to get it herself.
Qiu Chunfang was even happier and took out a cloth bag from her pocket and started filling it.
Seeing that she was about to empty the small medicine cabinet, Lin Yao quickly stopped her.
"That's about enough. It's so late, go home and rest. Come back for more next time."
"Hey! I was just thinking of chatting with you for a bit!"
Qiu Chunfang was still somewhat reluctant to leave, but she also noticed that it was getting late.
"Forget it, let's talk about it when you're done with your work and come to my house for dinner! Anyway, you'll be living in the military dependents' area from now on, we'll see each other all the time!"
She lifted her foot to leave, but suddenly remembered what had just happened.
"Oh, by the way, what caused Zhou Qiqi to faint just now?"
Lin Yao sneered and whispered a few words in her ear...
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"Menstrual cramps?!"
At Zhou Qiqi's house, Zhu Yingying and Deng Cuixiang were also asking the same question.
After Shen Huaichuan brought her back, two women rushed to her door, saying that Shen Duzhou had painted a picture.
"The drawing depicted a person lying on the ground; it really scared us! Are you alright?"
"fine."
Zhou Qiqi touched Zhouzhou's sweaty face by the bedside and said the reason with some embarrassment.
Upon hearing that it was menstrual cramps, the two women looked at each other in bewilderment.
"It's just your period, right? How could it cause you to faint from the pain?"
To be honest, Zhou Qiqi was also a little surprised. She had menstrual cramps in her previous life, but they weren't this severe.
She searched her memory and found that the original owner of this body had her first period when she was about sixteen years old, and at that time it was just a little painful.
But Xu's mother thought she was being lazy and didn't want to do any work, so she insisted that she go to the river to fetch water.
It was the dead of winter, and the original owner of this body fainted directly in the icy river.
From then on, the illness probably took root. Later, I would only have my period once every three to five months, and each time it would be excruciatingly painful.
This time it was even more serious; in her memory, it seemed like she hadn't come for half a year.
So now, she's in a lot of pain.
Deng Cuixiang immediately said, "I have brown sugar at home, it's the best for replenishing blood, I'll make you some brown sugar water! You'll feel better after drinking some!"
Zhu Yingying also hurriedly got up.
"I have several hot water bottles at home. I'll go boil some water, fill them up, and bring them to you. You can hold them in your hand and the stomach pain will go away."
Deng Cuixiang nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, yes! My tummy feels warm now, and it will feel better if I massage it a little more."
Zhou Qiqi had heard these methods countless times when she was a child, and she drank a lot of brown sugar water. Later, after going online and reading more popular science articles, she realized that brown sugar water is actually no different from drinking hot water and has little effect on menstrual cramps; it's just a psychological comfort.
But she was in a lot of pain, and drinking brown sugar water would definitely not help, so she struggled to sit up.
Do you have any painkillers at home? Could you give me some?
Zhu Yingying shook her head. "This kind of medicine is not usually available at the clinic."
Deng Cuixiang slapped her thigh.
"Young lady, you can't just take that medicine! That kind of medicine is extremely harmful to the body; if you take too much, it will make it hard for you to conceive! I heard from the old folks in our village that there was an aunt in our village who took too much of this kind of medicine and was never able to have a child her whole life!"
"Even if my sister had some, she wouldn't give it to you! You absolutely mustn't eat it!"
Seeing that Deng Cuixiang's eyes were red, Zhou Qiqi knew that she was genuinely looking out for her, and she didn't have the energy to argue at the moment.
"If you don't have any, then you don't have any. Um... could you please get me some sanitary napkins? I don't have any here."
Her pants were all dirty, stained with a lot of blood, and Shen Huaichuan was still outside washing them for her. Thinking about this made her feel extremely ashamed.
This time it was Deng Cuixiang's turn to scratch her head. "Sanitary napkins? You mean sanitary belts? I do have some at home, but they're all used..."
She is usually quite frugal. Although she washes and disinfects the product after each use, it's still too much trouble to lend it to Zhou Qiqi after using it for so long.
Zhu Yingying's eyes lit up. "I have some at home! Old Wang's mom sews new ones and sends them over every month! I'll take them right now!"
"Okay, you go get the sanitary napkin and hot water bottle, I'll go get the brown sugar."
Deng Cuixiang made the arrangements and was about to explain something to Shen Huaichuan when she went outside and saw...
There were freshly washed trousers on the clothesline, still dripping water, but there was no one in the yard.
"Hey, where's Commander Shen? Where did he go so late at night? Qiqi is in so much pain, how come he's disappeared?"
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