"Second son... Second son..." Qin Xiangju chased in and saw her son holding a thermos and pouring hot water into the wash basin. This was Lin Yiyi's own wash basin, which she usually used to wash her butt. As a modern person, he couldn't use the wash basin as a foot basin or to wash his butt like people of this era.

Qin Xiangju: "Second brother, make some brown sugar water for your daughter-in-law... Forget it, forget it, I'll make it, you bring it in." Lin Yiyi had her period, and Qin Xiangju was the happiest, because it meant that her daughter-in-law would have no problem giving birth.

Xiao Yu: "She doesn't like drinking brown sugar water." The two have lived together for more than a year, and Xiao Yu knows Lin Yiyi best. She doesn't like sweet things or pickled vegetables, and prefers vegetarian dishes.

Qin Xiangju rolled her eyes at Xiao Yu and said, "Who doesn't like sweets? Your wife is just being frugal."

Xiao Yu: “…” It’s not about saving, his wife really doesn’t like to eat.

Qin Xiangju: "Every month when women have their period, they bleed a lot, so they need to drink brown sugar water to replenish their blood. Bring it to her."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu did not hesitate. Thinking of her white underwear stained with blood just now, he was still frightened. The amount of blood seemed to be quite large.

Xiao Yu went in with the hot water and saw that Lin Yiyi had already gotten up. She was standing on the ground in her slippers and wrapped herself in a blanket. Xiao Yu said, "Why are you getting up? Go lie down."

Lin Yiyi: "If you stand, the blood will just flow down and only stain your underwear. If you lie on the bed, the sheets will be dirty." Fortunately, she just checked and the sheets were not dirty, otherwise there would not be any extra sheets at home. However, Lin Yiyi suddenly remembered, "Did you not wipe the blood off your legs?" You went out wearing your trousers like this?

Xiao Yu was stunned: "Yeah." He put down the basin, "You wash, I'll go get you some brown sugar water." After thinking for a while, he explained, "Mom said that women bleed more during menstruation, so drink brown sugar water to replenish blood. I know you don't like it, but you have to drink it."

Lin Yiyi: "Yeah, I know."

Xiao-Woo: "Then I'll go get the sugar water."

Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, Brother Yu."

After Xiao Yu went out, Lin Yiyi hurriedly put down the cup, took off her underwear and wiped her butt. After wiping... the problem came, what to do with the sanitary napkin?

Not to mention sanitary napkins, she didn't even have a menstrual belt, which was popular in this era. Using someone else's menstrual belt? That was impossible, it would be too dirty. So, Lin Yiyi searched for menstrual belts in the system mall to try, and she didn't expect that the omnipotent system mall actually had menstrual belts.

Although this kind of menstrual belt is not a sanitary napkin, it is not bad. The menstrual belt is a long belt that is tied around the waist during menstruation. The belt is just between the legs. Put sanitary paper in the middle of the belt for easy replacement. If you use sanitary napkins, it will definitely be discovered when you change it. People in this era dump feces in the septic tank. If someone uses feces as fertilizer and finds sanitary napkins that are not from this era, it will be bad.

And sanitary napkins should be changed frequently. In the past few days at home, the sanitary napkins she changed must have been thrown into the septic tank, and people who went to the toilet could see it. Therefore, it is safer to use a menstrual belt. Put some toilet paper in the middle and put the changed toilet paper in the septic tank. There is nothing special about it.

Lin Yiyi quickly bought a sanitary belt, put toilet paper in it, tied it up, and put on her underwear. At this time, there was a knock on the door: "I brought the sugar water."

Lin Yiyi hasn’t sorted out the place yet: “Come in.”

Xiao Yu walked into the room and quickly closed the door. He saw that Lin Yiyi had changed into clean underwear. The bloody underwear was placed aside. The water in the basin had also turned red. Xiao Yu was a little shocked. He never knew that women would bleed so much during menstruation. At this time, Lin Yiyi was a serious patient in his eyes. Xiao Yu quickly put the bowl aside: "Don't do these, go drink the sugar water." He was afraid that if there was too much blood, the sugar water would not be enough.

As he spoke, he stepped forward to hold Lin Yiyi. When he touched her hand, he found that she was a little cold.

When women have their menstrual period, their bodies are particularly weak and they are easily susceptible to cold.

Xiao Yu: "Go back to bed, drink some brown sugar water to warm yourself up, I'll take care of this."

Lin Yiyi was indeed a little cold. In the winter without air conditioning, she washed her body with her butt and legs exposed. Even hot water could not reduce the coldness of her body. As soon as she entered the bed, she couldn't wait to pick up the brown sugar water and drink it, not caring that her hands had just been wiped and she hadn't washed them yet, and she hadn't even brushed her teeth. As the brown sugar water went down her abdomen, her whole body warmed up. This was the effect of hot water.

Xiao Yu had already taken the wash basin out and put her changed underwear and towel in the basket with dirty clothes. He poured the water and came back with another basin of clean hot water: "Wash your face before going to sleep?"

Lin Yiyi washed her face and hands, and shook her head: "I'm not going to sleep anymore." She was not at ease using a menstrual belt. After all, it only contained toilet paper and could not absorb blood like a sanitary napkin. She was worried that the blood inside would seep out as soon as she fell asleep. "Brother Yu, go and boil some hot water. I'll wash my pants and towel later. Women shouldn't touch cold water during their period." Although she usually used hot water to wash clothes in winter.

Xiao-Woo: "I'll wash it, you take a rest."

Lin Yiyi: “Ah?” She was embarrassed to ask a man to wash her bloody underwear. Even her own mother would be embarrassed to let her wash her bloody underwear.

However, Xiao Yu didn't care and went out with his underwear and towel. He was not afraid of the cold, so he took a bucket of water and went to the bathroom to wash. First, no one would come in there. Second, the water could flow out directly there. In fact, he didn't want others to see his wife's bloodstained underwear. While washing, Xiao Yu also wiped his thigh, which was still stained with his wife's blood.

After Xiao Yu washed the underwear and towel, he dried them directly inside. Suddenly, he had a shameful thought, he didn't want to dry his wife's underwear inside. So Xiao Yu took the washbasin and went back to the room. When he entered the room, he saw Lin Yiyi had already gotten up and was folding the quilt.

Xiao Yu put down the washbasin and went to find a stick. After coming in, he put one end of the stick on the table and the other end on the window, and then hung Lin Yiyi's underwear on it.

Lin Yiyi: “…” She was dumbfounded. She felt as if she was at the mercy of the wind. What was this man doing?

Xiao Yu felt his gaze and felt a little embarrassed. His face turned slightly red, but he still explained seriously: "I... Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. There will be guests at home. It's not good to see your pants exposed."

Lin Yiyi: "..." Why is it not good? Who doesn't wear underwear? Who doesn't show off their underwear? This man is sick.

Xiao Yu changed the subject: "Do you want more sugar water? I'll make you another bowl. You lost so much blood, I'm afraid one bowl won't be enough."

Lin Yiyi: "No, it's okay. Can I have breakfast? I'll go brush my teeth first."

Xiao-Woo: "Go and have a look."

The two went to the main room. Lin Yiyi poured hot water into an enamel cup and went to brush her teeth, while Xiao Yu went to check on breakfast.

Qin Xiangju: "I made soft-boiled eggs for Yiyi. You can serve them to her later. Eat them while they are hot."

Xiao Yu: "Okay." He went out with the soft-boiled egg. But seeing that his wife hadn't come in yet, he went out to check again. After he went out, he stood beside Lin Yiyi and didn't leave, staring at her, especially at her lower body.

Lin Yiyi is not a person who is very sensitive to the sight, but Xiao Yu's sight is too direct, making her feel as if she is locked by something, so she can't help but feel it. She brushed her teeth and asked in confusion: "What are you looking at?" Could it be that the blood stain on the back is showing? It shouldn't be. She was wearing a black cotton shirt, so even if it was showing, it wouldn't be visible.

Xiao Yu shook his head: "No." He just wanted to see if his wife had bled, so he could remind her if she had. At the same time, he was also curious, how did a woman deal with it when she bled and he didn't see her bandage it. But he wouldn't tell her about these things, he wasn't a fool.

Lin Yiyi didn't believe his silence at all, but she just let him do it. She washed her face, went to her room to apply some lotion, and returned to the main room to have breakfast.

Qin Xiangju saw Lin Yiyi coming in, followed by Xiao Yu, and said enthusiastically: "Come here, Yiyi, I'll give you some soft-boiled eggs to nourish your body."

Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, mother. Have mother and grandma eaten?" Otherwise, she would feel embarrassed to eat a soft-boiled egg alone.

Qin Xiangju: "We don't like this, you eat it."

People of this generation all like to eat soft-boiled eggs, but Lin Yiyi also knows that the elders who care about the younger generation usually say this, because they are reluctant to eat it themselves and always want to save some for the younger generation. Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, mother." As she said this, she picked out the egg yolk and put it in front of Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu knew that she didn't like egg yolks, so he opened his mouth and ate it.

When Qin Xiangju saw it, she couldn't help but say, "This is for your wife to replenish her body. Why are you so ignorant? You ate it?"

In the minds of everyone in the Xiao family, Xiao Yu, who has always been sensible, is now considered to be immature.

Xiao Yu, who is ignorant, explained aggrievedly: "She doesn't like to eat egg yolks."

Qin Xiangju: "Who doesn't like to eat egg yolks? I think you just want to eat them." However, she was happy that her daughter-in-law took care of her son and shared good things with him.

Xiao Buxuyu: “…” He didn’t want to explain anymore.

After breakfast, the eldest and third wives came. Although they lived in the same courtyard and could be seen when going out, they still came with things on New Year's Eve. Just like last year, one pickled vegetable, one vegetarian dish, and grain. Vegetables were sold cheaply this year, and later they were only a few cents per pound, or even a few cents per pound, so the Xiao family did not sell much vegetables this year, and most of them were eaten by themselves. Therefore, it was really expensive to exchange vegetables for meat this year.

Especially for Xiao Bin, who had a weak son who needed milk powder, every penny had to be spent carefully. When the two brothers went to Wang Ge to exchange things, they discussed it and one of them exchanged for ribs and the other for pig's trotters, which was one-third of the price of meat.

At noon on New Year's Eve, we had dumplings again. The dumplings were filled with meat, vegetables and tofu, and the fillings were made by Qin Xiangju. Lin Yiyi didn't want to sit, she just wanted to stand and bleed, so she curiously followed Qin Xiangju, watching her make dumpling skins and fillings, and then made dumplings with everyone. At the beginning, she made dumplings very poorly, but after Qin Xiangju patiently taught her, she was somewhat similar. But compared with veterans like Qin Xiangju and Qi Spinach, she was still not good enough.

Qin Xiangju: "I made more dumplings this year. After they are ready, ask the second son to send some to your brother from your mother's side." The meat was from the second wife, and the rice flour was also from the second wife, so Qin Xiangju was quite knowledgeable about favors. "We also have vegetables grown at home, so take some of them, as well as the cave that I exchanged yesterday."

Lin Yiyi accepted her kindness: "Okay, OK. The dumplings my mom makes are delicious. I'm just afraid that after eating them, they'll want to eat them every day."

Qin Xiangju was coaxed by Lin Yiyi and said happily: "We can't eat it every day. We can eat it once every year or so." Speaking of which, even if the second room sent four pounds of Fuqiang flour every month, they only made dumplings twice during the Chinese New Year. Qin Xiangju really couldn't bear to make dumplings at other times. But she was afraid that the Fuqiang flour at home would go bad after being stored for a long time, so she often made noodles for Grandma Xiao and Grandpa Xiao, and occasionally for Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu, but not for anyone else in the first room and the third room.

People are like this. In the past, Qi Bocai allowed his grandchildren to beg for money, and Qin Xiangju was disgusted with Qi Bocai. Now Qi Bocai does not allow his grandchildren to beg for money. When Qin Xiangju makes delicious food, she will think of her grandchildren. But it is only her grandchildren, nothing else. Every time the second wife brought back the welfare meat from the residents, Qin Xiangju would make some braised pork or meat soup, and then give one or two pieces to Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu. There is no point in giving more. After all, this is what the second wife used to honor them. What would the second wife think if they gave it to others?

The Xiao family was making dumplings, and the Lin family was busy. On the first week, Lin Dajun cleaned the pigpen. He cleaned it very carefully inside and out, for fear that his sister would come back on the second day of the Chinese New Year and think that the pigpen was not cleaned well, so she would confiscate his bicycle. While Lin Dajun was cleaning the pigpen, Lin Wujun stood outside the wooden fence and told stories to the piglets. Lin Wujun was very happy to tell the stories, but Lin Dajun felt very painful to hear them. His silly brother was so happy to tell stories to the piglets. He was really silly.

Lin Sanjun was also busy. He took Lin Sijun to cut pigweed, dig bamboo shoots and earthworms, and the brothers divided the work and cooperated with each other.

When Xiao Yu came, Lin Sijun was drying earthworms and Lin Sanjun was cutting pig grass. The pigs had been fed in the morning, so this was for tomorrow. Lin Wujun was still telling stories to the piglets. The family was in harmony.

Lin Dajun...washed himself completely and cleaned the pigsty, so he smelled bad.

Lin Sijun: "Brother-in-law, you are here." Lin Sijun likes this brother-in-law very much, because every time he reports something to him, he will be rewarded with money. No one knows that he has a lot of money hidden in his pocket, all of which are rewards from his brother-in-law.