43 Chapter 43
◎Menstrual belt◎
He took off the bag he was carrying and said, "I brought you clothes, shoes and socks."
Cheng Mu naturally took it and said, "Did you bring yours? I'll ask Shangguan Duan to invite you to stay with me for two days."
"Why won't he let you leave?"
"Things need to be resolved. Whether it's something that happened before or something that will happen after, we need to find a solution."
Sister-in-law must have a way. Mu Yun didn't think much about it and just said that there were more than a hundred people outside and they were all very concerned about her safety.
Cheng Mu did not go out to meet Zheng Lizheng and the people who came with him in person. She wanted to keep this deterrent for Shangguan Duan.
After seeing her, Mu Yun went out to tell everyone that she was fine. Instead, the people in Zhaojia Village felt relieved, thinking that Madam Cheng would be able to recover the losses in the fields.
What made Shangguan Duan even more depressed was that not long after the hundreds of people from Shang'an Township left, Puyang County Magistrate Huang Nian'an came to visit.
He threw a teacup, "It never ends!"
Cheng Mu changed into the clean clothes, shoes and socks that Mu Yun brought her. When Widow Xu wanted to take her clothes to wash, she realized belatedly that she was wearing her shoes and socks.
After arriving at the horse farm, her focus was on many things. She was angry at Wang San for harming her, terrified that she had harmed Cheng Mu, and confused about her future. She didn't care about herself at all, not even paying attention to what she was wearing on her feet. She had built a stool bridge over the mud for Cheng Mu, and she had a deep impression of her shoes and boots.
"Madam Cheng, I'll take it off and wash it for you."
The Cheng family said no, "You can't walk around barefoot, put some on first."
Widow Xu gritted her teeth and said, "It must have been Wang San who did it."
Cheng Mu was speechless: "You said he was harming you, but he actually cared about you so much about such a small matter."
"Bah! You're a wimp with a muddled mind!"
Cheng Mu heard a noise in the yard, "Go see if it's Mu Yun who's here. Ask him to come in. I have something to say to him."
Widow Xu went out carrying clothes, shoes and socks.
When Mu Yun saw his boots and underwear sleeves that had been taken off, his ears felt a little hot.
He entered the house, "Auntie."
Cheng Mu closed the door and pulled him to sit down.
"Mu Yun, there's blood on the kang where you lay last night. Are you injured anywhere?"
Unexpectedly, she said this seriously, and Mu Yun blushed instantly, "I, I..."
Cheng Mu stared at him and asked seriously, "Are you hurt?"
This was the opening remark she had thought about for a long time. In fact, it was still very embarrassing to talk about such things. Gui'er was taught by her mother, and Mu Yun could only be taught by her, his sister-in-law.
Mu Yun shook his head.
Cheng Mu felt that his blushing face said it all, so she softened her voice and asked, "Is this your first time?"
Mu Yun's face was red as if blood was about to drip out.
Cheng Mu saw him like this for the first time and touched his head. "It's normal to be afraid and shy for the first time. From now on, it will happen about once a month. Some people will have sex once every three or six months. As long as it's regular, it's normal. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
She attended a class in college where the expert said that as long as it was regular, everything was normal. After coming here, she found out that her original period was once every three months, which she thought was fine.
Mu Yun hummed in a voice as soft as a mosquito.
"A lot? You—" Cheng Mu couldn't help but blush, "Do you bleed a lot? Some people bleed less, some people bleed more. As long as it's not too little or it doesn't flow out at all, or too much or it can't be stopped, it's basically normal."
Well, the experts have demonstrated with a measuring cup, and 5 ml to 80 ml is the normal range.
She fumbled around and pulled out something. "Here's something for you. Wear it... and it won't get dirty."
People can learn almost everything about physiological matters without any instruction. Even if they are confused at first, they will become self-sufficient over time.
Mu Yun had never seen the kind of thing she gave him, but he subconsciously knew that it was to be worn around the waist and ridden on.
Cheng Wei reminded her, "Be hygienic. Wash it immediately if it gets dirty. Don't let others see it, and don't leave it lying around."
"I understand." Mu Yun wanted to escape.
He was not used to her telling him such a private matter so frankly and boldly. His impulse came suddenly and he had not yet tamed it.
Moreover, he was confused at the time. She said her thing and he listened to his. It was only after a long time that he thought about it and realized how ridiculous it was.
In the meeting hall at the horse racing grounds, Shangguan Duan exchanged a few pleasantries with County Magistrate Huang. His words were unyielding, and he insisted on meeting Madam Cheng. He summoned his men and ordered, "Go and fetch Madam Cheng."
After two or three refills of tea, Shangguan Duan waved impatiently. His men came closer and bowed their heads. Shangguan Duan asked, "Why haven't they come yet?"
"Master, Madam Cheng went to the stable to pick out a horse. She said she wanted to go horse racing. I think the race is a bit far, so it will take some time to go back and forth."
Shangguan snorted, "She really has the urge to race! Why didn't she fall?"
Just as she finished speaking, Cheng Mu entered the hall. Not only did she not fall, but she was also in high spirits. She handed the whip to a servant beside her and saluted County Magistrate Huang, "Sir Huang, long time no see."
When County Magistrate Huang saw that she looked cheerful and not at all awkward here, he knew that she had not been treated unfairly, so he felt relieved.
"When will Madam Cheng go home?"
"Young Master Shangguan invited me to stay for two days to discuss the matter of food and fodder. Apart from the fact that my invitation was not fair and just, causing concern to the neighbors and the lord, he has been so well-received that this matter can still be discussed. It's getting late, Master Huang, are you still going back to Puyang City?"
Without waiting for County Magistrate Huang to reply, Cheng Mu said to Shangguan Duan, whose expression was changing from gloomy to bright, "Where I live, there is a row of courtyards."
"Even if Madam Cheng doesn't tell me, I won't let County Magistrate Huang walk at night." Shangguan Duan ordered his attendants to make arrangements immediately.
Cheng Mu: "I just went to the horse race and saw a large field of alfalfa in the stables."
It was originally there when the horse farm was built. Shangguan Duan deliberately played the victim, "Madam Cheng has cut off the alfalfa supply to the horse farm, so I have no choice but to find some way myself."
After a big pot, Cheng Mu sneered and turned to County Magistrate Huang and said, "When I came to Zhaojia Village, the alfalfa yield per mu was less than one dan of fresh grass, and only 20% after drying. I read in ancient books that hundreds of years ago, the wild yellow alfalfa here produced nearly three dan of fresh grass per mu, and nearly one dan after drying; cultivated alfalfa produced six dan of fresh grass per mu, and two dan after drying. It's not as good as it used to be."
Shangguan Duan pricked up his ears and quickly calculated the numbers in his mind.
County Magistrate Huang agreed with Cheng Mu and said, "Madam Cheng has considerable insights into breeding. I wonder if she can improve the current alfalfa situation?"
Cheng Mu asked Shangguan Duan, who was looking at him with shining eyes, "Master Shangguan is a horse breeder. Do you know the principle behind the birth of a mule from a horse and a donkey?"
"Principle?" What is a principle? Shangguan Duan was momentarily stumped.
County Magistrate Huang was also very interested.
Cheng Mei said, "Hybrid breeding involves recombining, separating, or selecting the genetic material of the hybrid parents to create a new breed with a higher concentration of favorable genes. The mule combines many of the advantages of the donkey with some of the advantages of the horse. It has great endurance and strength, but also a moderate appetite."
Shangguan Duan: "Bastard?"
"Since ancient times, hybrids have been despised, but our ancestors have already made beneficial experiments, both for livestock and forage. They combine the advantages and filter out the disadvantages."
County Magistrate Huang fell into deep thought. This sounded perfectly reasonable. He believed Cheng Mu had done the same thing. Her rice and wheat yields were exceptionally high. If, as he suggested, they combined their strengths—making those with high ear yields consistently more, and those with drought and alkali tolerance even more tolerant—then eliminated the weaknesses that killed crops in drought, spoiled in floods, and spread widely in the event of disease. Wouldn't that be like the rice seedlings she grew? A whole lot less worry.
What Huang Xiancheng couldn't understand was how to select and how to cultivate.
They all came from later generations, but Huang Nian'an was very sure that there were no such talents in the era he came to.
Shangguan Duan listened to Cheng Mu's words as if they were a conversation. He didn't understand them at all.
He wants a horse, so why tell him about a donkey? No matter how good a mule is, it's not what he wants.
The courtyard where County Magistrate Huang stayed was right next to Cheng Mu's courtyard.
There is a blues time between sunset and nightfall, when the two of them stroll along the grass and finally have the opportunity to talk alone.
"Master Huang, you came here in person for my matter. I feel very sorry for the trouble you've taken."
County Magistrate Huang had a warm and gentle demeanor and said modestly, "Your work is truly significant. Just now, I heard you speak so eloquently, and I realized breeding is truly miraculous."
Cheng Wei told the truth, "I studied agronomy in school and did a lot of experiments. I was very interested in breeding and later specialized in this research."
County Magistrate Huang was very interested in what Cheng Mu said about breeding in the conference room, and kept asking her how to do the experiment.
"In the traditional era, crop domestication was carried out. Later, people consciously bred crops based on genetic laws... Later, hybrid breeding was carried out, which greatly improved yield and quality... When I was studying, the era of biological breeding using genetic technology and molecular-assisted selection technology had already begun..."
Cheng Mu spoke a lot in one breath. As she was speaking, she discovered that County Magistrate Huang did not understand many of the great scientists of later generations, famous generals, world-shaking engineering projects, and the Internet world.
County Magistrate Huang knew he was asking too many questions. "Am I unteachable, or am I just dull and unlearnable?"
"Did Mr. Huang grow up in New China in his previous life?" Could he be of Chinese descent?
"New China, is it the new China led by the Communist Party of China?"
Cheng Mu nodded as a matter of course, "Born in New China, raised under the red flag."
"The Kuomintang was defeated, and the hell they created was destroyed," County Magistrate Huang murmured with tears in his eyes, "The Internationale has been realized..."
He looked into the vast distance and hummed a melody softly, and Cheng Mu sang along.
"...There has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods or emperors. To create human happiness, we must rely on ourselves... This is the final struggle. Unite together and tomorrow, the Internationale will definitely be realized..."
When she sang this part, Cheng Mu burst into tears, and she suddenly understood.
I squatted down and cried uncontrollably.
Internationale, in her era, who would use such a transliteration word except in lyrics? How could she not think of it!
Yanshipilichun and Saiins are all transliterated foreign words from that special era. Mr. De and Mr. Sai only appeared in the mouths of people of that era.
He must be a new type of young man, a patriotic young man full of idealism and passion.
He yearned for the Internationale and world peace, and he must have died in the darkest time.
County Magistrate Huang squatted down and took out a handkerchief and gave it to her.
"My real name is Huang Nian'an. I organized the workers' movement in Shanghai, joined the Communist Party of China in 1921, and died in 1931. The execution ground has a beautiful name: Yuhuatai."
"I've been there. There's a martyrs' cemetery there."
"very nice."
Mu Yun and Widow Xu stood outside the yard, watching the two people talking in the distance from afar.
At this time, the fields were about to get dark, and everything was quiet and peaceful.
Widow Xu sighed, "Master Huang and Madam Cheng are a perfect match."
Mu Yun clenched his fists: "How are they a good match?"
Widow Xu said, "Master Huang supervises the farm work, and Madam Cheng opens the door. When Madam Cheng is in trouble, Master Huang feels obligated to come to her rescue. Moreover, this is something only he can do. Plus, they are both talented and beautiful. Master Huang lost his wife, and Madam Cheng lost her husband. It's a perfect match made in heaven."
Do we have to match each other? What does my sister-in-law think?
After staring for so long, his eyes became sore and bitter. Mu Yun felt very uncomfortable when he saw Cheng Mu squatting and crying.
If Mr. Huang makes my sister-in-law sad, he will never let him off easily.
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