What should we do now?
Ahhh!
Where can she find sanitary napkins? Is free shipping available?
Bai Nuo changed her dirty clothes and the bed sheets, threw them aside, and went straight out the door towards her grandmother's room.
In the middle of the night, Bai Nuo banged on the door unusually loudly. Soon, the light came on in the old woman's room. Aunt Liu opened the door and saw her standing there, asking in surprise, "Girl, what's wrong?"
Bai Nuo bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I've started my period!"
"oops!"
The old woman was also awake. After hearing Bai Nuo's words, she called out, "Let Nuonuo in!"
Aunt Liu reached out and pulled Bai Nuo inside, saying as they walked, "Come in quickly, young lady. It's chilly outside. You're frail, you can't catch a cold."
Bai Nuo walked over and sat down by the old woman's bedside. After rummaging through the cabinet for a while, Aunt Liu came over with a stack of things. "Girl, go and change it!"
Bai Nuo was completely distraught—Aunt Liu was holding a stack of strips of cloth.
"This...this..." Bai Nuo stammered when he saw what Aunt Liu was holding.
Aunt Liu thought she was shy, so she couldn't help but laugh and say, "Girl, there's no need to be shy. We've all been through this, we understand."
This isn't a question of whether you understand it or not; it's a question of whether it can be used or not!
"How do I use this?" Bai Nuo stared at the menstrual belt for a long time, feeling wet all over. Finally, at the height of her period, Bai Nuo couldn't stand it anymore and took the things from Aunt Liu.
"After you're done using it, just wash it and dry it in the sun, and you can use it again!" Aunt Liu said with a smile to Bai Nuo's astonished gaze. "Don't worry, girl, this is new cotton cloth made for you. It's not something someone else has used. We're all so old; we haven't used this kind of thing in a long time."
"I understand!" Bai Nuo grabbed the things and ran off in a flash.
Back in her room, Bai Nuo tidied herself up and lay flat on the bed, too uncomfortable to move at all.
What if it leaks?
However, Bai Nuo fell into a deep sleep not long afterward, and it was only when Aunt Liu knocked on the door the next day that she was woken up.
Bai Nuo changed her clothes before going out, carefully folded up the things she had used, and then opened the door.
"Young lady, you're up?" Aunt Liu greeted her with a smile from outside the door, holding a porcelain bowl in her hand. As soon as she opened the door, she handed the bowl to her. "The old lady said that since it's your first time menstruating, you might have stomach cramps, so she asked me to make you some brown sugar ginger water. Drink this first, and the pain will go away!"
The bowl of brown sugar ginger water was steaming in Aunt Liu's hands. Bai Nuo already had a bad stomachache, and now that Aunt Liu had said that, she felt even more pain.
Without a second thought, Bai Nuo took the bowl from Aunt Liu and gulped it down while it was still steaming hot.
Aunt Liu looked into Bai Nuo's room and saw clothes on a small stool by Bai Nuo's bed. She knew that Bai Nuo had dirtied them, and immediately smiled and said, "Did I wash your clothes inside? You haven't been feeling well these past few days, so don't touch cold water!"
Bai Nuo finished the brown sugar ginger water in one gulp, handed the bowl to Aunt Liu, and shook her head like a rattle drum, "No, no, I can do it myself." Her clothes were stained, and Bai Nuo was embarrassed to let her wash them.
Aunt Liu immediately laughed, patted her head and said, "Silly child, I have a daughter who is a little older than you. When she has her period, I'm the one who washes her. What's there to be ashamed of?"
"Since you're new here, you must take good care of yourself. Avoid touching cold water if you can, so that you won't feel uncomfortable when you have children or when you're old. Even in ordinary times, you can get sick if you're not careful."
Aunt Liu spoke sincerely, and Bai Nuo felt that the way she looked at her was like the way she looked at her daughter, which was very warm.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Nuo carefully said, "Then... can I not use the menstrual pads I've already used?" Bai Nuo couldn't accept using them again after they'd already been used, even if they were washed clean!
"Alright, if you don't want it, then don't. The old lady prepared plenty for you, this little bit won't make a difference!" Aunt Liu chuckled as she entered the house, took out the dirty clothes, and seeing Bai Nuo still standing dumbly at the door, she pushed her into the house. "You should just lie down today, don't go to town. I'll call you when it's time to eat!"
Lunch was exceptionally lavish, with fish and meat on the table, and a large bowl of chicken soup in front of Bai Nuo. Bai Yu, seeing that only Bai Nuo had chicken soup, couldn't help but pout, "Why is it that only my sister has chicken soup and we don't?"
Everyone at the table was looking at Bai Nuo.
The old woman said irritably, "Your sister works so hard every day, what's wrong with her eating more? You're just a little kid, you should be grateful for any food you have. Hurry up and eat!"
"I don't care, I want to drink chicken soup!" Bai Yu protested.
"Alright, alright, I'll share some with you." Bai Nuo took Bai Yu's bowl, filled it for him, and seeing that Aunt Liu, Long Er, and the others didn't have any, but he had a big bowl in front of him, Bai Nuo felt embarrassed to eat alone, so he took their bowls and filled one for each of them.
Bai Nuo drank chicken soup for as many days as her period lasted, and stayed at home for as many days as she had. No matter what, her grandmother wouldn't let her go out. Bai Nuo really wanted to say that she wasn't that fragile. She used to go to class and work even when she was in excruciating menstrual cramps.
But no matter how much she pleaded, the old woman just wouldn't agree. Bai Nuo had no choice but to make Hu Mingmei's clothes inside the house.
Thanks to Grandma, Bai Nuo stayed in the house for six days. During those six days, Bai Nuo made three pieces of clothing. As soon as she finished, she took her things and ran to town.
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