Soon, the signal started to become unstable.
Just when Chiba was about to close the computer and bury her head in eating, the number of notifications in the inbox next to her suddenly jumped from 21 to 22.
She refreshed the page and raised her eyebrows slightly.
Jane wrote back, but her reply was also short.
Hello, Miss Chiba:
I have received the gold coin. I like it very much. It is a meaningful gift. Thank you.
I will listen to your suggestions carefully, please rest assured.
Jane Hestad
Chiba looked at the screen, folded his hands behind his head, leaned back slightly, and looked out the window at the sea.
Yes, it was already free time in the evening, and Jane had no other missions. She must be in the apartment, and everyone in their dormitory slept late, so she should be able to see it.
But it's really strange, why didn't she ask anything about Jiaozhi Mountain? Chiba thought Jane would be very surprised after seeing the photo, and quickly came to ask about the details of Jiaozhi Mountain.
"It's almost ten o'clock, Miss Chiba." Elu whispered from the opposite side, "This place closes at ten o'clock."
Chiba came to her senses, put away her computer and started eating.
The sea is calm at night, and the semicircle moon casts broken scales of light on the black sea. The huge cruise ship sails on the vast and boundless water, leaving a trail filled with white foam.
…
The next month was like a war for Jane. Several things piled up together, leaving her with almost no leisure.
Although the daily training was already very hard, Liz's accordion lessons were unbeatable. From recognizing the piano, reading music, posture of holding the piano to fingering, she taught these boring introductory knowledge very solidly. This often reminded Hesta of Chiba's experience of correcting his shooting habits - there seemed to be a gap between learning the piano and learning the gun. There is no difference at all.
The days passed quickly, and in the last week before Liz left, Rico had menarche, his first menstrual period.
The first person to discover this was Hesta, who saw blood on Rico's pants as he passed by her.
Later, Hesta's exclamation attracted Liz and Turan. Together, they comforted Rico, who was also frightened, and quickly taught her how to use tampons. During this process, Hesta also continued to Listen nervously.
Liz and Turanyun took out some ibuprofen prescribed to them by the base, but Rico didn't have any menstrual symptoms. Apart from a slight bloating, she didn't feel any pain.
That night, several girls gathered together to celebrate Rico, and Turan made Catla's baked specialty "Scarlet Sherry"—a piece of red raspberry pie that was enough for four people.
Liz gave Rico a red velvet blanket, and Hesta also got one. In Liz's words, "This is considered prepared in advance."
In addition, they also took some pomegranate juice, freshly beaten red plum pulp, honey-roasted beetroot and cherry tomatoes from the canteen. Rico originally wanted to steal a bottle of red wine from the kitchen, but Liz sternly refused.
All these preparations originate from the custom of Askia. Whenever a girl's menarche arrives, her family will prepare a lot of red food for her at home, not only to celebrate her life that is about to enter puberty, but also to make other people happy. Female elders share some experiences or interesting stories so that children can understand what it all means.
"A woman will have about 450 menstrual cycles in her life, and it follows a 28-day cycle that will accompany us from adolescence to middle age."
In the living room of 403, several girls sat together, and Liz simply drew a schematic diagram of the female reproductive system on paper, including an inverted pear-shaped uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes hanging on both sides of the uterus.
“When we are born, there are already thousands of follicles in our ovaries. They are like small bags, and each bag contains an oocyte, which is the prototype of an egg.
"Although there are many of them, only one egg each month - the most mature one - can break out of the follicle, pass through the ovary wall, and make its way to the fallopian tube.
"At the same time, the follicles begin to release progesterone, a hormone that stimulates the lining of the uterus to produce blood and various nutrients in preparation for the birth of a new life.
"If we are not pregnant, the progesterone and estrogen in our body will plummet after a few days. At the same time, the uterus will stop replenishing nutrients, and the endometrium will also begin to degenerate and shed. When it leaves our body, it becomes Had menstruation.
"And if we are pregnant, that is, a sperm meets the egg in the fallopian tube and combines to form a fertilized egg, then the fertilized egg will leisurely fall to the uterus and begin to implant.
"Our womb will be like a piece of warm red velvet, catching it and caring for it until it becomes a mature baby - this is how each of us is born."
Hesta and Rico both let out a slight "Oh", and they wrapped the velvet blanket tightly around themselves in unison.
This series of changes made Hestad feel miraculous - it turns out that the hormones in people's bodies control the internal operations of the body so precisely. A clock with a 28-day cycle would run tirelessly for the next thirty or forty years, and she had no idea about it before.
"In two days, the teacher from the support center will come to explain this to Rico. She will explain it in more depth than me, but that's basically it." Liz raised the bright red pomegranate juice in the glass, " Let us congratulate Rico together——"
The four people's cups clinked together.
Rico put his feet on the chair and took a sip of red plum pulp in a squatting position.
She wore her hair loose, and the earphones hanging around her neck bent her mid-length hair upwards. From time to time, she stretched out her hand to straighten her hair again, and then tossed it behind her head.
When Rico put down the cup, she looked at Liz, "So, can I understand that... once I have my period, I can get pregnant?"
"Yes."
Li Ge immediately lowered the corners of his mouth and made an exaggerated grimace, "Huh, that doesn't sound like something worth celebrating."
Turan, who had never had a close relationship with Li Ge, suddenly raised his glass when he heard this sentence and took the initiative to touch Li Ge.
"I agree, but we still have to celebrate - because your childhood is over from this moment, Rico."
The two clinked glasses happily again.
Hesta stood on the side and said with a face, "Why isn't it worth celebrating? You have a new ability."
Rico laughed, and when her chest rose and fell with her breathing, the raven tattoo extending from her shoulder to her heart also trembled.
"Have you ever been around a pregnant woman before? The kind of woman who has a big belly, is blue, and just cries all day long."
Hesta shook her head - there were no pregnant women in Short Call Alley, but there were often women who needed rest after miscarriage, and she helped her mother take care of them.
Rico moved towards Hesta, "Come here, I'll tell you what pregnancy means."
Her eyes looking at Hesta were very lively, and her expression always held a liveliness that she was about to do something bad at the next moment. She hooked her fingers at Hesta, and when Hesta came closer, Rico spoke in a low voice that Turan and Liz could hear.
"Being pregnant means that when your man hits you in the future, you won't have the strength to fight back."
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