mtl008 Chapter 131 That’s Not a Fallacy
Chapter 131 That’s Not a Fallacy
"I'm going to die..."
Ah Yue burst into wail instantly, and Xu Yiyi was also stunned when she heard this.
"What did you say?"
……
"What's going on? Are you feeling unwell or sick? Come down and I'll take you to the doctor."
Xu Yiyi climbed up the reef despite A Yue's rejection.
"I won't go, I don't want to go."
A Yue screamed at the top of her lungs, howling like a pig being slaughtered.
Wu Yuan silently covered his ears, and Xu Yiyi was doubtful.
This doesn't sound like the behavior of a sick person.
Full of energy and strength.
"Did you bump into something?"
Xu Yiyi looked with her naked eyes and saw no injuries on the skin that Ah Yue could see.
A Yue's crying attracted her uncle's grandmother and Asi's aunt, who stood under the rocks and watched with anxious expressions.
"What happened? Did the little kids on our island bully her?"
Uncle and grandma ran in a somewhat excited tone. Because of Ah Yue's brain problem, her behavior is always a little different from that of ordinary people.
She will also pay more attention to A Yue.
"I couldn't explain it clearly. I kept saying I was going to die and I couldn't pull myself up."
A Yue is very strong, and Xu Yiyi is worried that Wu Yuan will be hurt while carrying the child on his back.
"Don't cry, don't cry, talk to grandma."
A Yue rubbed her red and swollen eyes. She had cried before Xu Yiyi came, and her face was swollen now.
"I woke up this morning with a lot of bleeding."
A Yue looked at the three of them with a hint of fear in her eyes.
Xu Yiyi let out a long sigh.
I just feel like the frustration in my heart wants to be expressed.
"Stand up and let me take a look."
Xu Yiyi took her hand and A Yue stood up.
"Did you wake up in the morning and find your butt is wet?"
Xu Yiyi glanced at A Yue's buttocks. The color was relatively dark and there was no clue to be seen with the naked eye.
But you can see a wet area.
A Yue nodded and Xu Yiyi turned away.
"It should be the moon."
When Auntie Asi heard this, she was choked by her saliva and started coughing violently.
"Don't speak so loudly."
The uncle's grandmother pulled Ah Yue's hand down, and her calloused hands wiped the tears from Ah Yue's eyelashes softly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You're not going to die. Why don't you go back with grandma first?"
Uncle and aunt coaxed her patiently, and Ah Yue knew she was not going to die.
The sad mood flew away in an instant.
Xu Yiyi pulled off Wu Yuan's clothes and tied them around A Yue's waist.
She walked behind, carrying a naked little baby.
"Yi Yi, you shouldn't have spoken so loudly just now. It would be so embarrassing if this got out!"
Aunt Asi murmured softly, looking a little unhappy.
Xu Yiyi suddenly remembered that in ancient times, women’s “menstrual blood” was actually discarded blood and was considered unclean.
Both women and men who are menstruating believe that this will bring bloody disasters.
It’s no wonder that Aunt A Si is so shy about this.
"This is a natural part of a woman's body. There's no need to be ashamed of it. It's just the cycle of life, part of being a woman, and we should embrace it."
Xu Yiyi was very calm, but Asi's mother was a little shocked.
Because it was the first time someone said such words to her, it was so ordinary.
It's just like what to eat today, no big deal.
"But that's dirty blood, a bad sign."
Aunt Asi hesitated and found it difficult to speak.
"Why do you think so? The only misfortune it actually brings you is due to various prejudices caused by your incomplete understanding of it."
Xu Yiyi said this in a gentle voice, and Aunt Asi was even more shocked after hearing it.
But there was no subconscious rebuttal.
This is why Xu Yiyi was willing to tell her this.
If it were someone with Aunt Li's personality, Xu Yiyi would be able to keep silent.
"Auntie, menstruation is not something to be ashamed of for us women. We should be open-minded."
Xu Yiyi comforted.
Asi Bo Niang had not yet reacted to Xu Yiyi's unorthodox words, and a stiff smile appeared on her face as she looked at her.
"You have a lot of twisted ideas."
A Si Bo Niang sighed, but in her heart she was thinking that what Xu Yiyi said seemed to make sense.
"That's not a perverse logic, it's the correct logic."
“Aa ...
Wu Yuan on his back suddenly cried out and jumped around with his little feet.
The two of them finally reacted and talked for a while, but the uncle, grandma and A Yue in front of them had disappeared.
The Wu Yuan behind him was naked, tied only with a rope.
It must be very uncomfortable to have large areas of skin exposed to the sun.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be unable to even play with Xu Yiyi's hair.
"Oh, okay, okay, I'll take you back and put on your clothes."
Xu Yiyi coaxed him and quickened her pace with A Si's mother.
When I got home, my uncle's grandmother was boiling water.
He spoke to A Yue in a soft voice. A Yue, who was as thoughtful as a child, only heard that she would not die and did not care about anything else.
Standing happily in front of the kitchen.
"Do you have menstrual cloths at home?"
The temple aunt suddenly asked a question, and Xu Yiyi's eyes rolled around.
“There was one before Zhan Jilan.”
There are two daughters in my family, Xu Yiyi and Er'er, and neither of them has reached menarche.
I didn't think of preparing it for a moment.
"I have some at home. I'll go back and get it for Ayue."
Asi's mother hurried home, took out a new menstrual pad from the box and ran out. Honglian behind her thought that Xu Yiyi was having her first period.
She took out a bag of brown sugar from the sewing basket. It was a gift from her fiancé.
"Boil this in water and drink it. If possible, put an egg in it to replenish your qi and blood."
Xu Yiyi put Wu Yuan, who was wearing clothes, on the bamboo mat and looked at the brown sugar that Xu Honglian handed over with a subconscious question.
"It wasn't me who came, it was Ah Yue. She was so scared that she ran to the beach and cried."
Xu Yiyi talked about what happened just now and felt inexplicably funny.
Thinking about how scared I was just now, I actually thought Ah Yue had some serious illness.
Then I became nervous and subconsciously ignored the smell of blood that was carried to my nose by the wind.
Honglian smiled slightly when she heard this, "Don't even mention Ah Yue, even I was scared the first time and had a terrible stomachache in the middle of the night."
It's not just her who feels the pain, most women at the beach feel the pain.
I guess it's because of frequent contact with water.
Honglian spoke of these things somewhat awkwardly, with a blush on her face.
A Si Bo Niang immediately told her what Xu Yiyi had said.
Honglian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but quickly accepted it.
"Actually, I think you're right. I used to think this way too, thinking it was a natural process in our bodies. I thought it was just as normal as the alternation of day and night. But when I talked about it with other girls in the village, they were always very evasive. Over time, I started to think I was wrong."
Honglian was educated. There were female medical officers in the girls' school who could write some simple medical manuals.
It records some information about menstruation and health preservation.
She was still young at that time and actually didn't understand much.
But it also laid a certain foundation for her later thoughts and ideas, but most girls in the village didn't know much about it.
You will naturally feel fear and shame.
"Now that you put it that way, it's pretty much the same as what I saw in school."
Xu Yiyi and Honglian talked about this matter for a long time. A Si's mother was stunned listening to them, although she still didn't quite understand.
But it has also lifted the veil of mystery covering this matter.
After that, whenever I met a woman who talked about these things, I couldn't help but explain.
It has helped many women reduce their fear and shame of the unknown.
……
While speaking, A Yue changed into new clothes and put on a menstrual cloth made of red lotus.
Xu Yiyi even specially cooked a bowl of brown sugar eggs for her to make up for the tears she had cried early in the morning.
While she was enjoying her meal, the children in the family came back from closing their stall.
From far away you can hear the songs humming from all over the world.
"The wind blows gently, the waves sway gently...
The little girl from the fishing family met a handsome boy.
The girl sets the fishing net for the boy, and the boy picks flowers for the girl.
……
Holding hands... My heart is in turmoil for you...
Chaos for you..."
She looked so sad, yet she sang a song that made her seem a bit simple and honest.
When my uncle and aunt were sitting in the yard and heard this ballad, their eyes lit up.
"Si Hai is a really good singer. I sang in front of him once and I remember the tune by heart."
My uncle and aunt shook their heads, as if they were recalling the song they had just sung.
Xu Yiyi finally understood.
I learned the feeling from my uncle and aunt. She said how could a little brat like Sihai sing love songs.
"Sister, we are back."
Sihai pushed open the door holding the cash box. The first thing that caught his eye was the dark brown cash box, and on both sides of it were Sihai's fleshy arms that looked like lotus root nodes.
The cash box was taller than Sihai, and Xu Yiyi couldn't see his head while sitting.
"Sister, did you sleep well?"
Sihai put down the cash box, and Er'er walked closer to observe Xu Yiyi's expression.
When I went in this morning, there was still some darkness under her eyes, but now it’s not very clear.
Her face was rosy and she nodded with satisfaction.
After washing his hands, Sihai threw Wuyuan onto his back. When Asi's mother saw this, her eyes widened, thinking that she would hear Wuyuan crying.
But I never thought that the child didn't even frown at all, he was already used to it.
Ever since Xu Yiyi felt that Wu Yuan was too clingy to her, she often asked Sanchuan and Sihai to take him out to play.
Compared to Sanchuan's meticulousness, his brother Sihai seems a bit like a rough guy.
He always treated Wu Yuan so casually, either carrying him on his back or hugging him.
"Big sister, my second sister, brother Anyang and I transferred 170 coins today."
Sihai poured out the money from the cash box, bent down slightly, and Wuyuan clung to him tightly.
"But my master didn't go, otherwise I could have split the money with him."
Sihai sighed and gave ten cents from his share to Ayue.
Only then did I see that she was drinking sweet brown sugar water with two eggs in it.
"Sister, is my master sick?"
Sihai looked at the food in A Yue's bowl and felt a little greedy.
Xu Yiyi recalled that Zhan Jilan used to drink brown sugar water every day during her period, and she would always add eggs to it during the first two days.
Sihai is a small person and likes to get close to others.
Once, he took a sip of the wine secretly when Zhan Jilan wasn't paying attention, and was slapped in the face by Zhan Jilan, who threw him heavily to the ground.
Although he was beaten, in Sihai's memory, this was the most delicious thing, and only people who were sick could eat it.
"I'm not sick, I'm not sick... I just came here..."
A Yue put down the bowl and was about to speak.
My uncle and aunt covered my mouth directly.
"Go... Sihai, go play with your brother."
Uncle and grandma shook their heads, and Sihai's little face was puffed up with anger.
"You're so weird, Tainan."
Sihai spoke in a drawn-out tone, but did not ask in detail.
After Sihai carried Wuyuan out, Uncle Tainan spoke to Ayue earnestly about the taboos involved.
Ah Yue held the bowl in her arms and had no thoughts on what her uncle and aunt said. She just kept nodding her head.
Er'er, on the other hand, looked at it with great curiosity.
……
At noon, Aunt Asi took Honglian home to cook.
I wouldn't want to eat here at all.
My great-grandmother heard from the children in the clan that my great-grandfather had drunk some wine and ran away in a huff.
Xu Yiyi squatted on the ground and processed the silverfish, while A Yue walked back to the room with some awkwardness.
"Big sister, is this how it always is during menstruation?"
Er'er looked at A Yue's expression just now. It was rare to see her feeling awkward.
"Just get used to it. It will be uncomfortable at first."
It's that kind of foreign feeling that I think about from time to time.
Er'er nodded and rinsed the soaked sour bamboo shoots.
"Si Hai, are you a little bit sour or not so sour?"
Er'er smelled the sour bamboo shoots in the sieve and found that the taste was extremely authentic. Just thinking about it made her drool.
"What's with the pickled bamboo shoots?"
Sihai put Wuyuan on the bamboo mat and went to the kitchen to bring out the hot goat milk.
"Stew whitebait with sour bamboo shoots, and simmer rice or vermicelli in the broth."
That depends on Sihai. Both she and her elder sister love to eat it.
"Then I want a little sour rice noodles. I'll help you light the fire."
Sihai said as he sat down and fed Wuyuan.
After that, Er Er rinsed the pickled bamboo shoots again.
The meat of various small fish at the seaside is very tender. Fry them slowly in a frying pan over low heat until both sides are golden brown. Add ginger, garlic, pickled peppers, dried chilies and a handful of Sichuan peppercorns to the oil, then pour in hot water to cover the fish, add sour bamboo shoots and bring to a boil.
After the water boils, add rice noodles and a handful of green vegetables.
Several people were sitting in the yard eating rice noodles with large bowls.
Sihai was sweating profusely.
"Ayue, eat this bowl."
Xu Yiyi placed the specially made non-spicy sour soup fish in front of her.
Ah Yue pouted and bit off the rice noodles in her mouth, "Why isn't mine spicy?"
I smell the food in the bowl next to me: spicy, sour and fragrant.
"Are you still eating?"
Besides not being spicy, it's not bad either.
"Okay, I'll eat it."
A Yue shrank her neck and didn't dare to speak. It was really strange.
Er'er thought that when she taught A Yue a lesson, A Yue was always disobedient.
Unlike the elder sister, she wasn't angry either, she just had a stern face.
This made Ah Yue become timid.