In fact, Chen Chunhua bought a new box of sanitary belts at the beginning of the year. She thought that her eldest daughter was almost old and would have her period maybe this year or next year. Then she should teach her how to use the sanitary belt.
But Lin Shuying is now attending high school in the city and only comes home once a week. I don't see her during the week, and they're busy on weekends, so I forget about her.
Who would have thought that the first menstrual period would be so chaotic.
"Didn't your school teach this?" Chen Chunhua was confused. Although she had never been to school, didn't they say that school had physiology classes? Were there no mentions of menstruation?
Lin Shuying had just finished learning about menstruation, and her face was still red. She shook her head, her voice thinner than a mosquito's, "...No."
"So, none of the girls in your dorm have periods? No one discusses this?"
Lin Shuying still shook her head, "I don't know... Everyone is just studying in school..." Even if someone came, they probably wouldn't publicize this kind of thing everywhere, right?
Chen Chunhua: ...Okay.
These days, people still feel a bit ashamed of their periods, as if they're the onset of something shameful and dirty. The main thing is, if they don't, they're still worried, which is kind of funny.
Lin Shumei stopped crying. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the box of sanitary pads that Chen Chunhua took out from the cabinet, looking at it more seriously than Lin Shuying.
Sanitary belts are usually made of cotton and can be washed and used repeatedly. Chen Chunhua stacked two pieces of straw paper together, folded them into a long strip with a thick middle and thin ends, about the same size as a sanitary belt, and then stuffed it into the sanitary belt.
Chen Chunhua asked Lin Shuying to change her blood-stained pants, wash herself with hot water, and then gave her a menstrual belt filled with straw paper and tied it around her waist. There was a rope in front and back, and she pulled out the ropes and tied them around her waist.
Then use a rubber band to pass through the rope tied around your waist and tie it horizontally around your waist to form a belt. Then put on your underwear and outer pants.
"It's best to change it every two or three hours. Young people have strong blood and qi, and it will overflow over time."
Chen Chunhua said, and took out three or four boxes from the cabinet, all of which were new menstrual belts.
"Wash them promptly after you change them. They dry quickly in the hot weather now. I guess you'll need to buy a few more boxes in winter."
Lin Shuying took the box with a blushing face, and then asked, "Well, Mom, is that enough for you..." She was afraid that Chen Chunhua would give her all she used, and what would her mother do when she got her period.
Chen Chunhua looked at her with amusement, "It's not my first time here, how could I not have this thing? This is for you, take it."
Lin Shumei looked left and right for a long time, and then asked the question that had puzzled her all night.
"Mom, why does my sister have a stomachache? Will I also have a stomachache when I have my period in the future?"
"If I bleed once a month and continue to bleed for days, won't I die?"
"Why do you have to use hot water to wash in such a hot day? Won't you die of heat? What would happen if you used cold water to wash?"
"And this menstrual pad, what do I do during class? How do I wash it at school?"
"besides……"
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't get pregnant anymore. I can't remember it." Chen Chunhua felt a headache after hearing this, but she had to talk about these problems. Since the school didn't have physiology classes, she could only go home and take her mother's physiology classes.
"It's not really a stomach ache, it's mainly in the lower abdomen because the blood is coming out of the lower abdomen... um, the uterus. I don't know the specific cause... I'll try to find out for you guys."
Lin Shuying & Lin Shumei: ...
"Not everyone will feel pain. It depends on their physical condition. For example, I don't feel pain." Chen Chunhua looked at Lin Shuying and thought for a moment. "You may feel pain today because you have been soaking in the fields for the past few days and caught a cold."
During the days of the double harvest, Lin Shuying did no less work than Liang Shengdi. She went out at dawn and came home after dark. She refused to rest.
"Be careful for the next few days. Don't go out in the fields, and don't go in the water. Don't eat anything raw or cold, and it's best not to touch cold water. Don't run around, just rest at home."
"When you go to school, you must also make sure to rest. Ask the teacher for leave for physical education class, okay?"
Lin Shuying nodded, then belatedly remembered something, "Ah! I remember there were two girls who would occasionally say something to the teacher during physical education class and then sit on the sidelines instead of running.
But when our classmates asked them what was wrong and if they needed help, they said they were fine...it was just..."
"That's for sure." Chen Chunhua curled her lips, "You little girls are just shy, there's nothing to be ashamed of."
Lin Shuying pinched the corner of her clothes. Of course she would feel embarrassed about such a thing!
"I'll buy you a few more boxes in a couple of days so you can change them when you go to school. You need to change these frequently. Don't be too lazy to change them because you're reading. You'll get sick, okay?"
Lin Shuying nodded and listened to Chen Chunhua chattering to her younger sister. She thought, "It won't kill you. She's had miscarriages for so many years, and she's still full of energy. Just eat more blood-enriching foods. I'll go buy some pig liver tomorrow and cook it..."
Lin Shumei: "...It's so troublesome, can you not come?"
Chen Chunhua ￣□￣｜｜: "No, not having your period means you can't have children."
"I can choose not to have children, why do I have to have them?"
Chen Chunhua: ...
"It's okay not to have children, but menstruation is for detoxification. If you don't have your period, the toxins can't be excreted, and you'll age faster, which is bad for your health."
Lin Shumei curled her lips. Well, she still cherishes her life. But this menstruation looks so troublesome...
"Actually, I saw sanitary napkins in the supply and marketing cooperative in the city that day..." Chen Chunhua recalled that the business was introduced to her by the owner of a restaurant in the county. He went to the city to deliver twenty chickens, and she took the opportunity to visit the state-owned stores in the city.
Then I saw the latest sanitary napkins on the market, 70 cents per piece, a pack of 16 pieces, 11 yuan.
She looked at the price and turned away.
This will be the price in forty years, right?
You should use at least two packs for your period, right? 22 yuan? Why not grab some?
But now thinking about her daughter having to wash the menstrual belt before going to school, she felt that their family could still afford it, it was only 22 yuan!
Their family can earn 600 yuan a month from the farm alone, and the profit will be even greater when they sell the chickens, ducks and geese at the end of the year.
She gave 33, but the matter still depends on whether the child can live a clean, healthy and convenient life!
"Just make do with it for now. I'll take you to school when school starts. Let's go to the city supply and marketing cooperative first!"
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