However, the keen-nosed Hu Mao could still smell the strong scent of blood on her, clearly still bleeding.
Hu Mao looked at the female who seemed fine and was extremely surprised, "You're still bleeding!"
Shu Xin's face darkened. She was truly fed up with this place that had no privacy!
She said in a deep voice, "I know my body. A little bleeding is fine. I won't trouble you. You should go about your business."
Hu Mao: "..." Lei Te's female really didn't care about her own body!
Yi Yi tentatively asked, "Shu Xin, did you miscarry and are afraid Lei Te will know?"
"..." Shu Xin's body stiffened.
Shu Yue said speechlessly, "I didn't miscarry. What are you guessing? I already said it's fine. If something were really wrong, would we go against our own bodies?"
Hu Mao was speechless. If the body's owner didn't care, then they, as outsiders, really had nothing to say.
"Since you don't want to see her, then I really won't bother with you. If Lei Te asks later, you explain it yourselves."
"Yi Yi, since they don't need it, you don't have to help them," Hu Mao said with a hint of anger in his voice.
Yi Yi sighed, "Since that's the case, let's go."
The two of them displayed a helpless expression of 'pitying their misfortune and angered by their lack of progress.'
Shu Yue looked at their retreating backs, finding it both funny and exasperating. There was nothing she could do but disappoint their good intentions.
"Sister, how are you feeling?"
Shu Xin, pale-faced, shook her head, "This is my first menstruation since coming here. The flow is too heavy, and my body is a bit weak. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."
Shu Yue, as a woman, naturally knew all the discomforts of menstruation. "Do you have enough beast hides?"
Shu Xin frowned, "There are enough beast hides, but they're not breathable. They're okay for temporary use, but using them all the time is bad for the body."
She suggested, "Why not use fish skin?"
"Fish skin won't work either, it doesn't absorb much."
Shu Yue was a bit flustered, "We need to find a beast hide that's absorbent and breathable. When Lei Te comes back, let him look for it."
Shu Xin nodded, "That's the only way."
In ancient times, women used menstrual belts filled with ash during their periods. They had ash now, but no cloth strips.
Shu Xin only had this one set of clothes, and she wanted to save it to make clothes for Shu Yue's child, so she was reluctant to use it as a menstrual belt.
After throwing the blood-stained skirt and bedding outside, Shu Yue helped lay down new ones. The smell of blood in the room was still there, and she felt a bit nauseous.
Seeing her gagging, Shu Xin told her to rest, "Alright, Yue Yue, this smell makes you uncomfortable. Let's go to your place."
Shu Yue didn't force herself. "Okay, I still have food there. You go eat something."
"Mhm, let's go." Shu Xin gave herself two acupuncture needles to relieve the stomachache, which didn't affect her walking.
Back at Shu Yue's place, smelling the lingering aroma of roasted meat in the air, Shu Xin really had no appetite and just drank a bowl of egg drop soup.
Women understand women. Shu Yue knew her sister had no appetite, so she didn't urge her further. After having something to line her stomach, she let her lie down and rest.
As a physician, Shu Xin naturally knew that bed rest was best during this special period. She wasn't being coy; she would recuperate first. As for the dirty clothes over there, she would leave them for Lei Te to wash.
For lunch, Shu Yue cooked a few corn cobs.
Shu Xin lay on the bed, watching Yue Yue busy herself for her. She once again felt how foolish she had been in the past. Having a sister was so good!
At her most uncomfortable time, she hadn't expected her sister to be taking care of her. Her heart was filled with warmth.
...
Meanwhile, Hu Mao had left, but he remained worried, fearing that Lei Te's female might have an accident. The tribe couldn't afford to lose any females!
Thinking of this, he mentioned it to another beastman who was also patrolling the tribe. He had to go find Lei Te.
At this moment, Lei Te was picking walnuts from a tree. When the other tribesmen heard that these could also be eaten, they immediately came to pick them. The walnut tree had been there for so many years, and this was the first time they had tasted the actual kernels inside. The people of the Brave Tribe felt like fools!
They had wasted so much good stuff.
Lei Te filled a net bag with walnuts and was about to attack the next tree when he saw Hu Mao flying over in a hurry, "Lei Te! It's bad!"
Lei Te's gaze sharpened. He thought there was an external enemy invading the tribe and immediately stopped picking walnuts, asking, "What's wrong? What happened?"
The other tribesmen who heard this put down their work and stood ready.
Hu Mao flew closer and said anxiously, "Lei Te, your female miscarried. She bled a lot. I sent her to the witch doctor, but her sister stopped me and refused to let me go. You should go back quickly. I'm afraid if you're too late, your female will be in danger!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Te in front of him had already disappeared.
Lei Te's face turned deathly pale, and he was extremely panicked. He silently prayed, "Xin'er, please don't be alright!"
She was fine before she left...
...
Hu Mao watched Lei Te fly away and breathed a sigh of relief, hoping it wasn't too late.
When the other tribesmen heard that it was Lei Te's female who had an accident and not an attack on the tribe, their tense bodies began to relax. Someone asked with concern, "Hu Mao, you said Lei Te's female miscarried?"
Hu Mao nodded, "I saw it with my own eyes. Lei Te's female bled a lot from below, but her sister absolutely refused to let me send her to the witch doctor. I've never seen such an unreasonable female. If Shu Xin dies from excessive blood loss... what should we do!"
The other tribesmen heard this and felt that Wen Te's female was too unreasonable. Their sister was already like that, was she trying to kill her sister?
Jiao Jiao was paying attention to the movements here. As soon as she heard anything about the Shu Yue sisters, she couldn't help but prick up her ears.
After understanding the whole story, she said with disgust, "How can Shu Yue be so wicked!"
Baron's three females were also there. Lan Hua stepped forward to defend, "Shu Yue isn't that kind of female. Is there some misunderstanding here?"
"Hu Mao, are you sure Xin'er miscarried?" They didn't even know if Shu Xin was pregnant, and now she had miscarried?
Hu Mao was just guessing, but he felt his guess was more or less correct because he had seen females who had miscarried, and the situation was the same as Shu Xin's.
"Besides miscarriage, I can't think of any other injury that would cause so much bleeding from below."
Hu Mao described the amount of bleeding, which made the surrounding females feel a pang of fear.
One of the females who was close to giving birth stopped him with discomfort, "Hu Mao, stop talking. You're making my stomach hurt!"
When the other females heard this, an older female said, "Chun Hua, are you about to give birth?"
It was better not to say it, but as soon as it was mentioned, Chun Hua felt her belly tighten and immediately panicked, "Oh no, my stomach is starting to hurt. A Qiang, where is A Qiang?"
Hu Mao reminded her in horror, "A Qiang is digging a trap with the chief. Chun Hua, are you giving birth?"