Lu Jingshen asked again to confirm: "Are you really okay?"
Ai Xiaoxia forced a smile: "It's really okay, I want to go home." At this moment, she just wanted to go home and didn't want to see these people here.
Lu Jingshen helped Ai Xiaoxia out of the yard, then got on his bicycle and asked Ai Xiaoxia to sit on it: "You are weak, lean on me to avoid falling."
Ai Xiaoxia was indeed out of strength. She hummed and leaned on Lu Jingshen's back.
Lu Jingshen was riding slowly and asked Ai Xiaoxia after a while, "Are you okay?"
Ai Xiaoxia laughed in the back seat: "I'm really not that fragile. Today was an accident. You know I used to take direct action, but today with you, I even let myself down."
Lu Jingshen felt relieved after hearing Ai Xiaoxia's joke: "Just take a break if you're fine. Don't talk so much. I'll be there for you from now on. It won't be your turn to do anything violent."
Ai Xiaoxia hummed again. She felt so safe leaning on Lu Jingshen. She couldn't quite put her finger on how she felt about him now. Was it trust and dependence? Or was she a little moved?
Not understanding her own heart, Ai Xiaoxia didn't dare to think too much, and she was really feeling a little uncomfortable today, so she stopped talking and tried to relax as much as possible.
When they got home, Li Shaofen saw that they had returned so quickly and hurried out to greet them, asking, "Why are you back so soon again?"
Lu Jingshen said to Li Shaofen, "Mom, Xiaoxia is feeling a little unwell. It's too chaotic at her parents' house, so we came back."
Li Shaofen saw Ai Xiaoxia's pale face and went over to support her: "Are you okay, Xiaoxia? Do you need to go to the hospital?"
Ai Xiaoxia shook her head: "It's okay, Mom. I'll tell you slowly about what happened today. I feel sick when I think about it now."
Li Shaofen quickly said, "Then forget it. Come inside quickly. I'll make you a cup of sugar water. You look so pale."
Ai Xiaoxia returned to the room. Lu Jingshen spread out a mattress for her and took a pillow: "Lie down for a while."
Ai Xiaoxia was indeed a little dizzy and had no strength, so she lay down.
Li Shaofen brought over a cup of sugar water. After drinking it, Ai Xiaoxia felt a little stronger.
Lu Jingshen sat next to Ai Xiaoxia: "You take a nap, I'll sit next to you and read a book. Call me if you need anything."
Ai Xiaoxia nodded and fell asleep in a daze.
When she woke up, it was almost time for lunch, but she felt something was wrong. Her stomach ached, and her lower abdomen felt heavy. That feeling seemed familiar. Could it be her period?
The original owner's period was not very regular, always three or five days late. Ai Xiaoxia was not used to this pattern yet. After she realized it, she touched her pants and felt uncomfortable all over. Oh my god, this is embarrassing.
Seeing Ai Xiaoxia wake up, Lu Jingshen put down the book and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
Ai Xiaoxia was no longer thinking about anything else at this moment. She was only thinking about how to prevent Lu Jingshen from seeing her embarrassment.
She forced a smile: "Much better. Um, um, go out and help mom cook. I'll get up right away."
Lu Jingshen said, "Mom has prepared dinner. Get up and wash your face. I'll help you fold the quilt."
Ai Xiaoxia said she couldn't leave the disaster site no matter what. Her smile became even more awkward: "Well, me, um, I want to change clothes before eating."
Lu Jingshen looked at the abnormal Ai Xiaoxia in confusion: "Is there something wrong with you? There is nothing wrong to tell me."
Ai Xiaoxia lowered her head, not daring to look at the other person: "It's really hard to tell you this. Please go out first. I have to deal with this alone."
Lu Jingshen still didn't understand and looked at Ai Xiaoxia with some confusion.
Ai Xiaoxia's lower abdomen suddenly hurt. She subconsciously pressed her lower abdomen with her hand and took a breath.
Seeing Ai Xiaoxia's expression, Lu Jingshen came over nervously: "Are you feeling unwell?"
Ai Xiaoxia was really helpless now, and whispered, "Lu Jingshen, I'm having my period, please get out first, I need to change my pants."
Lu Jingshen reacted for a moment and finally understood. He blushed and said, "Then I'll go out. Call me if you need anything." After that, he hurried out and closed the door.
Ai Xiaoxia was really embarrassed this time. Although the two of them slept in the same room and there was no need to hide this matter, the scene just now was really a scene of social disgrace.
She quickly drew the curtains, changed her pants, and then looked for toilet paper. Sanitary napkins were not common in rural areas nowadays, and some people even used softened newspapers as pads. It was already good that she had white toilet paper at home. Most families had pink, knife-cut toilet paper that was sold by the pound.
It was done, Ai Xiaoxia breathed a sigh of relief, opened the curtains, and went out to scoop a basin of water. The blood-stained pants could not be washed with hot water, otherwise they would not be washed off, so they could only be soaked in cold water.
Seeing Ai Xiaoxia getting cold water, Lu Jingshen quickly grabbed it and said, "Let me wash it."
Ai Xiaoxia held onto the basin tightly. How could she let him wash it? "No, I can do it myself. This isn't suitable."
Lu Jingshen also knew that Ai Xiaoxia was shy: "Well, wash your underwear yourself, and I'll wash the mattress and outer pants."
Ai Xiaoxia didn't usually suffer from dysmenorrhea, but maybe she was a little weak from the exertion today, so she did have a stomachache. Her body was much more honest than her mouth, and she was left with no strength left. She gritted her teeth and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work." Fortunately, she hid it close to her body, thinking that she would wash secretly after Lu Jingshen left.
Lu Jingshen just squatted on the ground and washed the mattress and pants without saying a word. This was the first time he had encountered this, and to be honest, he was also shy.
Ai Xiaoxia sat on the edge of the kang, not knowing what to say because she was so embarrassed.
After Lu Jingshen finished washing, he hung the clothes on the clothesline in the yard.
Li Shaofen roughly understood what was going on, and she also knew that the young couple would have to slowly adapt to many things, not to mention that Lu Jingshen didn't come back often, so it would take more time to get to know him better.
She gave Lu Jingshen a bag of brown sugar and asked him to make tea for Ai Xiaoxia to drink in the next two days.
Lu Jingshen took the brown sugar back to the house: "Well, Mom said drinking brown sugar is good."
Ai Xiaoxia was even more embarrassed: "Did you tell mom?"
"Mom figured it out herself."
"Oh, I'm really embarrassed."
"What kind of shameful thing is this? Don't overthink it. Do you want to eat lunch over there or bring it over here?"
"Of course I'll go over and eat with everyone. It's not like I'm injured."
"Can you do it?"
Ai Xiaoxia had already stood up: "It's really okay." After saying that, she hurried to the east room, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing.
Lu Jingshen also followed.
For lunch, Li Shaofen specially made egg drop soup for Ai Xiaoxia.
When Ai Xiaoxia thought about the contrast between her parents' home and her husband's home, she felt mixed emotions.
After dinner, Li Shaofen asked Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen to go back to the house. Since it was a holiday these two days, they could take a day off. They didn't have to go to the market today, so they didn't make snacks.
Ai Xiaoxia felt uncomfortable lying down and had a severe stomachache, so she sat up, hugged her knees, and curled up in the corner against the wall to feel better.
Lu Jingshen felt distressed when he saw Ai Xiaoxia like this, but he didn't know what to do for her. He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead and he couldn't even read, but he could only stay by her side.
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