The feeling of menstruation is still very obvious. Although it doesn't hurt, the feeling of unease is very obvious. I feel weak all over and don't want to move at all while lying in bed.
After dawdling for a while, Yu Yao finally got out of bed, feeling weak and listless.
As I got up and dressed, I saw a note left by Lu Ze on the closet:
"I've already arranged your period leave at the factory, so you can rest at home for two days. Breakfast is warming up on the stove; there's your favorite steamed egg custard. Remember to eat it when you get up. I've already fed Sixteen."
Yu Yao went to the kitchen, lifted the lid of the stove, saw the breakfast inside, and smiled.
It's so nice to have someone take care of you, especially when you don't feel like moving during your period.
After breakfast, she changed her menstrual pad and went back to bed for a nap.
I slept until late morning, and my whole body felt much better after the sleep. My period was also less noticeable.
Suddenly, Su Meihua's voice came from the courtyard, "Yu Yao, are you there?"
Yu Yao quickly got up and went to open the door. "I'm sorry, Sister-in-law Meihua, I wasn't feeling well and slept a little longer before I heard you calling me."
Su Meihua said with an ambiguous expression, "Commander Lu is so capable. Sister Yu Yao worked hard at night, so it's only right that she sleeps in a little longer in the morning."
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What's going on?
When Yu Yao realized what Su Meihua meant, her face turned slightly red.
She quickly explained, "Sister-in-law Meihua, you've misunderstood. I had my period last night and didn't feel very strong, so I slept a little longer."
Su Meihua suddenly realized, "So that's why Commander Lu washed his underwear and bed sheets this morning?"
"Washing underwear and bed sheets?"
Yu Yao paused for a moment, then looked up at the clothesline in the yard.
Between the bed sheet and clothes, her panties and underwear fluttered in the wind, particularly eye-catching.
Yu Yao's face turned bright red.
Why did Lu Ze even wash her underwear?
"Is Yu Yao shy?" Su Meihua rarely saw Yu Yao embarrassed, so she deliberately said, "That's not good. By now, the whole military compound probably knows that Commander Lu washed your underwear."
a bolt from the blue!
Yu Yao was on the verge of tears. No wonder the aunties and sisters-in-law looked at her so ambiguously when she went out to throw away the trash this morning.
They must have thought that their battle with Lu Ze last night was intense.
"Okay, I'm just kidding. I came here to bring you this."
Su Meihua untied the cloth covering the basket, revealing two chicks inside.
"Didn't you say before that you wanted to raise a few chickens? I made some extra when I was hatching the chicks this time, so you can raise these two."
Yu Yao looked at the fluffy yellow chicks and said, "Sister-in-law Meihua, thank you so much. Wait a minute, I'll go back to the house and get you the money."
"Hey!" Su Meihua grabbed her hand. "You saved me and Xiaojun twice before, how could I accept your money? If you give me money, it means you don't consider me your friend anymore."
She knew that Sister Meihua's family wasn't having an easy time either.
Although Commander Lei earns a lot, he still has four children living with his parents in his hometown. Every month, they have to send fifty yuan back to their hometown to support their family.
However, since Sister-in-law Meihua had said so, Yu Yao couldn't very well give her the money.
If they won't pay, there are ways to avoid paying.
She put the chicks into the chicken coop where the sixteenth had stayed the day before, and then went back to the house to get a cloth.
"Sister-in-law Meihua, I'll have to trouble you again. Please make five menstrual belts for me with this fabric. Consider the rest of the fabric as a reward for your hard work. I hope you won't mind that there isn't enough fabric."
"Of course I'd like it." The remaining fabric, along with what we had saved up before, was enough to make a vest for Xiaojun.
Su Meihua touched the cloth with admiration, "Such good cloth is used to make menstrual belts, why not use menstrual cloth?"
"No, cotton cloth is more absorbent and more hygienic."
In those days, you needed cloth coupons to buy cloth. Some poor families couldn't even make a single set of clothes all year round, so they used recycled cloth to make their clothes.
This kind of cloth doesn't require a ration coupon, but it's not durable and is rough.
It's made by breaking down and re-weaving scraps of cotton, old clothes, and discarded cotton. The quality is poor, and it tears easily with the slightest force.
In the compound, some women couldn't bear to use good fabric to make menstrual belts, so they used this instead. If the menstrual belt wasn't cleaned properly, it was easy for bacteria to grow.
After hearing Yu Yao's explanation, Su Meihua realized there were so many differences, no wonder she felt uncomfortable every time she used the menstrual belt made of regeneration cloth.
"Yu Yao, you really know a lot. I'll switch to cotton fabric when I get back."
You don't need new cloth; you can use the cloth from a clean old cotton coat. It's still more hygienic than buying recycled cloth.
After Su Meihua left, Yu Yao put the chicks in the iron fence on the right.
The chickens we raised before were gradually eaten, leaving only one old hen laying eggs.
Unfortunately, each household can only raise three, otherwise they will be accused of cutting off the capitalist tail.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Ze came home from get off work carrying two large pieces of brown sugar wrapped in kraft paper.
"Aunt Ge said that you should drink brown sugar water when you have your period. This is what I just bought from the supply and marketing cooperative."
Yu Yao took the kraft paper, and as soon as she opened it, she smelled the pure aroma of old brown sugar.
Unlike the overly sweet brown sugar sold in supermarkets in later generations, the brown sugar that Lu Ze bought from the supply and marketing cooperative was an old-fashioned brown sugar made using traditional methods.
This piece was cut from a large block, and its color and soft texture are somewhat like chocolate.
It has a natural sweetness and a rich, sandy texture. It's not cloying after eating and has a unique sugarcane aroma.
Traditional brown sugar. (Image included)
It is incomparable to the brown sugar produced by technology and hard work in later generations.
Yu Yao made herself some brown sugar water in an enamel mug, and after drinking it, she really felt warm all over.
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