Chapter 48 Chapter 48 - Two-in-one Have you had your period? ...
After Sun finished speaking, she didn't say anything else. Except for the adults asking them a few questions, the children stopped playing with them. Lin Jialang felt very uncomfortable. He stood up, said something to Sun, and called his brothers and sisters to go home.
Since he said he was leaving, Lin Miaomiao couldn't keep him any longer, so she had to leave with him.
Back home, Lin Miaomiao turned around and looked at Lin Jialang. She asked in a deep voice, "Jialang, do you think Grandma and the others don't want to help us either?"
Lin Jialang looked at Lin Miaomiao and sighed deeply.
"Actually, no one wants to help us now, and no one can help us."
Lin Miaomiao frowned and looked at Lin Jialang in confusion.
"Why?"
"Because we don't grow up in a day."
They are only eleven or twelve years old, their younger brothers and sisters are nine or seven years old, and the oldest, Lin Miaomiao, is only fourteen. It will be many years before the six of them can get married. Who would be willing to raise children for nothing?
No one would be willing to do that.
Lin Miaomiao had assumed that no matter whose family they lived with, they would work hard. But now she realized that no one else was short of workers, or perhaps the little work they did wasn't enough to earn them enough food.
After realizing this, Lin Miaomiao's face turned pale.
This was the only food left at home, so she had to think of a way.
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After Lin Jialang apologized and left, Pei Ying and Lin Chuntao asked, "Is your aunt trying to ask you to take pity on them and help look after them after she apologizes?"
Lin Chuntao raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression indifferent.
"That should be it." She paused, and after a long silence, she continued, "At first glance, it's indeed a little hard on me. The child is still young, after all. But when you think about it, it's all just anger. Is a simple apology enough to get rid of it? Then why don't they apologize to the government officials and ask them to forgive them?"
"Sometimes I think it was the adults who did the evil, and the children were innocent, but when I looked up and saw Lin Jialang and the others, they looked so much like Miao Feng. I felt as if I saw Miao Feng's face, and I was disgusted."
Lin Chuntao rarely disliked someone so much. She had never been so angry even when her stepmother Qian was mentioned.
Pei Ying didn't know the reason, so he couldn't help but ask, "What did Miao do to make you so angry?"
Lin Chuntao looked at Pei Ying and took a deep breath before telling him how Miao had sowed discord and harmed Xu.
Pei Ying frowned upon hearing this. Lin Chuntao continued, "My mother is just too kind and soft-hearted. Lin Changhe is a jerk. He also wanted a son, so he followed those people to mistreat my mother. But he had no money or food, so it didn't make much difference whether he was there or not. The money and food were all in the hands of the old lady. Miao Shi was so vicious that she took advantage of my mother's illness after giving birth to do this. Now she wants me to take care of her child? She can dream on."
Seeing Lin Chuntao's angry look, Pei Ying patted her on the back.
"Don't be angry. Anger is harmful to your health. Let's not worry about it."
Lin Chuntao snorted, "I'm not angry."
Pei Ying looked at her like that and smiled helplessly.
Not long after, Lin Chunxing came back with her sisters carrying pig grass on her back. She was very surprised to see that the pig grass in the basket was long, tender, and green, and it was all goose intestine grass.
"Where did you cut it? It's so tender."
Lin Chunhe smiled and said, "There's a cornfield on the back hill that's full of grass like this. It seems to belong to the village next door, and they haven't come to weed it yet, so it's grown a lot. Let's go call Sister Qingqing and the others to go cut it together."
When she heard that the land belonged to someone from the neighboring village, Lin Chuntao warned them, "Be careful in the fields and don't get the crops hurt."
The three sisters nodded, and Lin Chunxing said, "We are very careful."
Seeing them pouring out the pig grass and about to leave, Lin Chuntao hurriedly called out to them, "Are you hungry? Do you want to have lunch?"
The sisters all shook their heads at the same time, like shaking rattles.
"Not hungry yet."
Lin Chuntao said, "Come back when you're hungry, and I'll make some bread for you to share."
After hearing her words, the three sisters left happily.
Lin Chunxing and the others went to Lin Qingqing's house. They heard that there was a piece of land there that was good for cutting grass for pigs, so Lin Qingqing, Lin Jiaye and the others carried their backpacks and took their sickles and followed her.
Big and small, they chatted and laughed, chasing each other along the way, looking carefree and without any worries.
Lin Changhua's wife, Wang, smiled and said, "It seems that the Chunxing sisters have gained some weight recently, and they like to laugh and talk more."
Lin Changhua watched the group of little bastards chasing and fighting each other as they ran away, then looked at Wang.
"If you have hope for the future and earn your own food, you will naturally gain weight and be happier."
"I've never seen them get along so well before."
Wang smiled and said, "Then we have to thank you for letting them go cut the weeds. I heard Qingqing say that Chuntao even fried some oil residue and shared it with them. After a few visits, they became even closer."
Hearing his wife's words, Lin Changhua blushed slightly.
How could he have truly intended to help Lin Chuntao and the others cut the weeds that day? It was just that Lin Chuntao had publicly asked for help, leaving him embarrassed, so he had no choice but to send those slacking children to do it. Who knew that they were slacking off on their own land, but would work so efficiently when they came to Lin Chuntao's place?
But things have passed. He even went to Lin Chuntao's field yesterday to take a look. Almost all the corn seedlings have emerged, and they are neatly arranged in rows, which is pleasing to the eye.
Renting an ox to plow the fields wasn't much money, but it was possible to make another plow. Then, like Lin Chuntao and the others, we could plow the fields first and then plant the seeds. The children at home could also help with the spring planting, which should speed things up a lot.
Lin Changhua also did what he thought. Taking advantage of the few days of free time, he went into the mountains to look for wood. After saying goodbye to Wang, he took the machete and left.
Lin Chunxing and her friends went out at noon and came back in the evening with a full backpack. They must have cut grass for the pigs and played. Their faces were flushed and their hair on their foreheads were wet.
Lin Chuntao lit a fire and boiled some water, then poured it for them to wash their faces and hands.
Lin Chunxing looked at Lin Chuntao and said, "Sister, please boil some hot water for me. I want to wash my hair."
"I want to wash too! I want to wash too."
Lin Chuntao shook her head helplessly and said, "The sun has already set. If you want to wash your hair, come back early."
Lin Chunhe chuckled, "It's not cold, just blow dry after washing."
It was indeed not cold in the summer, so Lin Chuntao didn't care. She boiled some hot water for them, and the sisters squatted under the bamboo fence to wash their hair.
"Shall we have pancakes tonight? I'll make pancakes for you."
As soon as Lin Chuntao finished speaking, several people responded in unison: "Okay."
Lin Chuntao took out a few cucumbers and young melons, cut them into very thin shreds and set aside. Then she scooped out flour to make dough, beat in eggs, added water and started kneading the dough.
It is very simple to make this vegetable pancake. Lin Chuntao used to love making this pancake for breakfast, and she is very skilled at making it.
By the time they finished washing, Lin Chuntao had almost finished frying.
The golden pancakes on both sides vaguely show the emerald green color of the melon shreds.
"Sister, it smells so good."
Lin Chuntao looked at them with a smile and said, "Put your hair up and come and eat quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Lin Chunxing and the others responded with a smile.
Buckwheat pancakes are delicious, buckwheat rice is good, and rice is delicious, but they also want to eat pancakes, buns, and steamed buns made from white flour.
After they brought the flour back, they were put in jail. After she came out, Lin Chuntao fell ill again. Tonight, she finally ate the white flour cakes she had been longing for. The strong wheat aroma made her feel dizzy.
"Sister, do you know that we want to eat this pancake?"
Lin Duoer asked with a smile as she looked at the half basket of noodles. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "I also know you want to eat steamed buns."
Lin Duoer widened her eyes when she heard that. Lin Chunxing and Lin Chuntao beside her looked at each other and then laughed out loud.
Lin Duoer felt that her two sisters were laughing at her, but she had no evidence. Forget it, the cake smelled so good, so she decided to eat it first.
After dinner, Pei Ying went into the house. While Pei Ying was away in the yard, Lin Chuntao called Lin Chunxing over and asked, "Did you have your period?"
Lin Chunxing was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red and she looked around in panic. Lin Duoer and Lin Chunhe were not far away. When they heard Lin Chuntao's question, they turned around and looked over.
"Sister, what is Guishui?"
Hearing Lin Duo'er's question, Lin Chuntao waved to them and said, "You two come here too."
Looking at the bewildered Lin Duo'er, and the shyly averted glances of Lin Chunhe and Lin Chunxing, Lin Chuntao said calmly, "Menstrual blood is the blood that sheds from the uterine lining. Women generally experience menstrual blood between the ages of eleven and sixteen. It's a very important physiological phenomenon for women during their childbearing years."
Lin Chunxing looked at Lin Chuntao. She spoke so calmly. She knew what Guishui was. It was bleeding from the lower body. All the girls older than her in the village would bleed. Every time they bleed, they are shy and embarrassed to talk about it.
"Sister, let's go inside and talk about this."
Lin Chunxing spoke in a low voice and kept staring at Pei Ying's door, afraid that Pei Ying would come out of the house.
Lin Chuntao looked at her and said, "This is our family. It doesn't matter whether we say it in the yard or in the house. There's nothing to be shy about. Menstrual period is a sign of growing up. If it hasn't come after the age of sixteen, there might be something wrong with your body. You should see a doctor. For example, I think that's the case with me."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Chunxing suddenly looked up at her.
In the past, she had seen that the girls in the village would have miscarriages once a month, but Lin Chuntao didn't seem to have one, so she asked her secretly. However, Lin Chuntao was too embarrassed to say anything and just gave vague answers.
Now he suddenly spoke in broad daylight, saying something they couldn't understand.
"Sister, what is the uterus?"
Lin Chuntao was stunned. She didn't know what the ancient term for the uterus was. She frowned, looking a little embarrassed. After a while, she said, "You know that you will have a baby after getting married, right?"
"Know."
"Do you know where the baby will grow up?"
"Isn't it in their bellies?" Lin Duoer said seriously, "I saw their bellies were big, so the babies must be growing inside them."
Lin Chuntao smiled when she heard that.
"Inside your stomach are intestines, stomach, heart, liver, and lungs. Where do you think the baby is growing inside?"
Lin Duoer frowned, "Could it be in the intestines?"
Lin Chunhe glared at her and said, "Wouldn't that mean you pooped the baby out?"
Lin Chuntao almost couldn't hold back her laughter at Lin Chunhe's shocking words. She continued, "The baby must be growing in the womb that sister just mentioned."
Lin Chuntao nodded. "Yes, there's a uterus inside our belly. The baby will grow inside, and menstrual fluid will flow out from there."
"So menstruation is a sign of whether you can have a baby. If you haven't had menstruation by the age you're supposed to be, you should see a doctor."
Lin Chuntao originally wanted to say that Guishui is a sign of whether the reproductive system is developing healthily, but they probably didn't understand what the reproductive system is, so she had to change the term to one they could understand.
"I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow, so I'll take you with me."
Lin Chunxing and Lin Chunhe both nodded. They understood what Lin Chuntao said, but still found it difficult to speak.
I reached out and touched my cheek, it felt so hot.
Lin Chunxing thought her face must be very red. She glanced at Lin Chunhe, and her cheeks seemed fine, not too red.
Lin Chuntao looked at the two of them and said, "One of you is already old, and the other is almost there. It would be better if you could ask the doctor to take a look to see if there's anything wrong. He could even prescribe some medicine to help you recover."
"Duo'er, you are still young, don't worry about this."
Lin Duoer nodded obediently.
Lin Chunhe glanced at you. Pei Ying's door was still closed. She whispered, "Sister, are you pregnant?"
Lin Chuntao stared at Lin Chunhe quietly, and her brows slowly frowned.
"Did you understand what I just said?"
"Do you understand?"
Lin Chuntao patted her and said, "Do you understand why you're asking me this? I'm already this old and still haven't had my period yet, so I can't have a baby."
"ah?"
Lin Chuntao sighed deeply, "What? You're so stupid! Go fix your hair. Dry it quickly and go to bed early. We'll do it tomorrow morning."
After hearing what she said, the sisters dispersed.
They were talking quite loudly outside, and Pei Ying could hear it clearly from inside the house. He stood inside waiting for Lin Chuntao to finish speaking, then rested for a while, pretended that he hadn't heard anything, and walked out of the house.
The doctor said that day that he would wait until she recovered from her illness before going back to get the medicine.
At that time, the doctor only said that if she got pregnant, she would easily have a miscarriage, but he did not say that she could not get pregnant. However, from what he heard from Lin Chuntao just now, she had not had her menstrual period yet, so she could not have a baby.
Lin Chuntao is already nineteen years old.
Normally, girls of her age would have been married long ago, and perhaps their children would have been two or three years old, but she hadn't even had her period yet. This only meant that no one in that family treated her as a relative.
The doctor said she was tired, hungry, and had fallen into the water.
Pei Ying thought that it was definitely not a case of falling into the water just to wash his feet.
He looked at Lin Chuntao, who was sitting on a chair and spinning a small wooden stick. She didn't look unhappy, but he felt depressed and unhappy in his heart.
At night, the sisters went to bed after drying their hair. They had to get up early the next morning to go to the county town. Although they were going to see a doctor, they were also extremely excited.
Pei Ying heated up some medicine for Lin Chuntao. After drinking it, she soon felt sleepy. After washing up, she lay down.
Pei Ying went to bathe in the river again, but he came back just as quickly as he left.
She had been ill the previous two days, and sharing the bed with him had left her with no energy to think about anything else, but her heart was better. She watched Pei Ying approach and lie down naturally, her heart pounding.
Fortunately, after Pei Ying lay down, he just lay there properly.
But even in this stillness, there was a hint of awkwardness in the air, and Lin Chuntao felt that time was passing very slowly.
"I just heard what you said to your sisters."
Pei Ying suddenly spoke up and said something like this. Lin Chuntao pursed her lips and took over the conversation, "Our mother is gone, otherwise there would be no need for me to say this to them."
Pei Ying turned over and lay on his side facing her. Lin Chuntao also turned her head slightly to look at him.
"When I carried you to get acupuncture that day, Doctor He mentioned your problem. He also said that after you finish this medicine, he would take you back and prescribe some more medicine."
Lin Chuntao's eyes lit up and she asked, "What else did the doctor say?"
"He said you were tired and hungry."
"Is that all?"
Pei Ying shook his head slightly, "He also asked me if I had ever fallen into the water."
Lin Chuntao sighed softly and said to Pei Ying, "I did fall into the water, but it wasn't long ago, so it shouldn't affect this."
"Why did you fall into the water?" Pei Ying asked.
Lin Chuntao turned over and said quietly, "Because I didn't want to get married, I kept staring at the man who wanted to marry Lin Xian'er. I was the one who first proposed marriage. At that time, I told Lin Changhe that I didn't want to marry, and he slapped me. I had no other choice but to jump into the lake."
"It was only after I was pulled out that I heard that a family was going to marry a marriageable person to an outsider. If I had heard it earlier, I wouldn't have been so angry that I jumped into the lake."
She spoke easily now, but Pei Ying frowned.
Lin Chuntao chuckled and reached out to poke his forehead. "The past is in the past. It's all good now."
Pei Ying grabbed her slender wrist and pulled her into his arms with a gentle tug. Her warm breath sprayed on his chest. In the quiet night, there was only the sound of two hearts beating.
Lin Chuntao's heart stopped for a few seconds when he pulled her, but the man did nothing but hugged her tightly.
"Go to sleep and get up early tomorrow."
Lin Chuntao hummed in frustration and fell asleep with her head resting on Pei Ying's arm.
The next day at 3:00 AM, the system started dinging like an alarm clock. Lin Chuntao frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Host, host, are you awake? Are you well again? The mushrooms in the mountains are growing in succession."
Lin Chuntao stretched and yawned, "I'm awake now, and I'm fine now."
"Then hurry up and get up and pick some mushrooms. I saw you were so sick the past two days that I didn't even call you."
Lin Chuntao smiled and thought that this system was quite humane. As soon as she finished thinking about it, she said, "Although I am a system, I am also a good partner of the host."
"Hurry up and get up! That chicken mushroom twelve miles away has appeared again!"
Chicken mushroom! Lin Chuntao sat up instantly, and Pei Ying beside her also woke up, "The rooster hasn't crowed yet, right?"
Hearing Pei Ying's voice, Lin Chuntao said, "I haven't heard it yet. You lie down for a while. I'll go call Chun Xing and the others first. I'm afraid they'll be nagging."
Lin Chuntao was about to leave when Pei Ying grabbed her wrist. She looked back and couldn't see his emotions in the dark, but she could feel his burning gaze.
Pei Ying grabbed her hand and sat up lazily, "I can't hold your hand for a while, so let's hold it for now."
Lin Chuntao chuckled, "If you want to hold hands, then hold hands. What else can the sisters say?"
The sisters couldn't say anything, but Pei Ying always felt it was inappropriate.
He held on to her for a long time without letting go. Lin Chuntao was thinking about the chicken mushroom and felt anxious, so she struggled to break free and leave.
"Let's do it later. I have to go wake them up first. If I go too late, all the mushrooms in the mountains will be picked up."
Hearing her words, Pei Ying had no choice but to let go of her hand. He watched her put on her shoes, quickly opened the door and went out, and he got up too.
Lin Chunhe and the others were thinking about going to the county town, so they woke up as soon as Lin Chuntao called out to them from outside the house, and hurriedly ran over to open the door.
"Sister, are you leaving?"
Lin Chuntao looked at their eagerness and said with a smile, "Hurry up and get up, wash up and go. We'll go pick mushrooms first, and then go to the county town."
The sisters moved very quickly. After they finished, Lin Chuntao went to get the backpack and bamboo basket, and then went to get a few bamboo strips. When picking chicken mushrooms, you sometimes need to pry them, and bamboo strips are more convenient than sticks and will not damage the stems of the chicken mushrooms.
As they locked the door and left, the first cockcrowed was heard from the village.
There was only half a moon left in the sky, and it occasionally hid in the clouds.
After leaving the yard, the sisters skipped and walked in front, and Pei Ying walked side by side with them. Thinking about the man's appearance just now, Lin Chuntao reached out her hand calmly and held his fingers tightly.
Pei Ying turned his head to look at her, pursed his lips and smiled slightly.
The sisters had seen him carrying her in and out on his back two days ago. There was no need to be sneaky about such an open and aboveboard thing.
Lin Chunxing and the others turned around and saw the two people holding hands. They just smiled and continued walking forward.
They walked until they were about to enter the mountain before they separated.
Lin Chuntao had been there once, and later she went there twice to see if there were any chicken mushrooms. She was quite familiar with the place, and she arrived a little faster today.
The sisters were stunned by the white chicken mushrooms under the moonlight!
Lin Chuntao hurriedly warned: "Watch your feet carefully, don't step on it."
Lin Duoer was afraid of accidentally stepping on the chicken mushrooms, so she stood there, not daring to move. Lin Chuntao said, "Duoer, hold the small bamboo basket and wait for a while. Your second sister and I will pick them up first."
Lin Duoer took the small bamboo basket obediently and nodded.
"good."
Lin Chunxing was so excited to see so many chicken mushrooms for the first time.
"Sister, did you also pick up the chicken mushrooms here last time?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and nodded slightly, "Yes, this is the patch. Last time I picked up a backpack and a bamboo basket, and many of the shrubs hadn't opened yet. Today, it seems that many of them have opened."
"Be careful, don't break it or it won't look good."
Lin Chunxing nodded in agreement, and Lin Chuntao handed them the bamboo slips and taught them how to take the chicken mushroom out of the soil intact without damaging the stems.
Each of these chicken mushrooms is worth money, so Lin Chunxing and Lin Chunhe picked them up very carefully.
Seeing the basket filled with chicken mushrooms one after another, the sisters were in a good mood. Lin Chunxing ran to take the small bamboo basket from Lin Duoer's hand.
Chicken mushrooms are not easier to place than other mushrooms. The chicken mushrooms with opened caps take up some space. After picking all of them, two small bamboo baskets were filled.
Lin Chuntao carried a backpack, while Lin Chunxing and Lin Chunhe each carried a bamboo basket.
Thinking of Doctor He who was rushing to buy chicken mushrooms, she happened to have to see a doctor and get medicine today, so she went directly to his medicine shop carrying the mushrooms.
When they arrived, the old man was having breakfast with fried rice cakes and soy milk on the table.
After they entered the room, Doctor He looked up and saw that it was her, then he started laughing.
"Are you feeling well?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and replied, "Thank you, Doctor He. I'm fine now."
She was just about to say that she had picked up some chicken mushrooms when the old man stretched his neck to look at her basket and asked first.
"Did you pick up some chicken mushrooms again?"
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