Chapter 430 1 Lessons
Xiaoli listened to the booing of her classmates and the strange looks they gave her. Her mind went blank and her body was shaking.
The little girl who was experiencing her first menstruation had no idea how to deal with the situation.
Later, it was her homeroom teacher who rescued her, let her go back to change her clothes, and gave her a pack of sanitary napkins.
Xiaoli's self-esteem was hurt in class and she didn't want to face her classmates again, but she knew that her learning opportunity was hard-earned, so she gritted her teeth and went back to school.
She lowered her head, not daring to look anyone in the eye, not daring to go to the toilet openly, for fear of hearing her classmates' comments...
She tried hard to reduce her presence, but a boy sitting at the table behind her took advantage of her absence and took out the sanitary napkin given to her by her teacher from her schoolbag.
The boy shouted, "Look! Xiaoli has a bun hidden in her schoolbag! Hey? Isn't this thing expensive? Where did you get the money to buy it? Would your grandma be willing to buy it for you?"
The boy shouted and waved it, "Look, look, this is what it looks like, and it smells good!"
Xiaoli stood up and chased after him, "Give it back to me! Give it back to me!!"
"No, no! Everyone come and take a look..."
The boy shouted and threw the sanitary napkin to another boy.
The sanitary napkin was passed back and forth among the boys and finally fell to the ground.
The bell rang and the students rushed back to the classroom, leaving black footprints all over the sanitary napkin.
Xiaoli squatted on the ground, covered her mouth, and sobbed...
"That's enough! Don't your mother and sister have their periods?!" The girl who served as the student council member stood up and yelled at the naughty boys in the class.
The boy who was the class monitor also stood up and said coldly: "You are going too far. I will tell the teacher about this."
After the head teacher learned about this, he first criticized the naughty boys and then decided to hold a special class meeting.
The content of the class meeting is to popularize the physiological and health knowledge that students should have known long ago.
In fact, whether it is elementary school textbooks or middle school textbooks, there is some knowledge about physiological hygiene.
However, many teachers do not seriously explain the relevant content in the books to students.
When it comes to teaching this area of knowledge, the teacher basically lets the students flip through the pages at random.
A slightly more responsible teacher would give separate classes to boys and girls, and just give a few simple words and that would be it.
This time, the head teacher plans to have boys and girls attend class together and systematically explain relevant physiological and hygiene knowledge.
The second set of paintings by Su Xing is the science course of the head teacher.
She talked about the formation of boys' nocturnal emissions and girls' menstruation.
She said: "The main function of the ovaries is to produce egg cells and synthesize estrogen, while the uterus and fallopian tubes are reproductive organs. The ovaries contain tens of thousands of follicles, and each follicle contains an egg cell."
She said: "Before puberty, the follicles are basically non-functional. During puberty, under the action of gonadotropin from the anterior pituitary gland, the immature follicles gradually develop and synthesize estrogen."
She said: "Not every follicle has the opportunity to mature. Every month there is always one follicle that is larger than the others. This follicle has the greatest potential to release an egg and is called the dominant follicle. The other follicles begin to shrink and degenerate. Only the dominant follicle will continue to grow and secrete a large amount of estrogen, which thickens the endometrium and prepares for the implantation of the fertilized egg."
She said: "When the dominant follicle grows into a mature follicle, the outer shell cannot withstand the tension and will break open, expelling the egg. The follicle that expelled the egg becomes an empty shell, which is called the corpus luteum. This period of time is what we often call the luteal phase. The corpus luteum will continue to secrete estrogen and progesterone, raising the estrogen level, allowing the endometrium to continue to thicken, and it is also more conducive to the implantation and development of the fertilized egg."
She said: "If the egg does not wait for the sperm that belongs to it, the corpus luteum will begin to shrink and degenerate, and stop secreting estrogen and progesterone. At this time, the blood vessels in the endometrium will contract, the endometrium will necrotize and fall off, causing bleeding, which will form menstruation..."
She said: "The length of the menstrual cycle depends on the length of the ovarian cycle, which is generally 21-30 days, but varies from person to person. It can also be 23-45 days, or even 3 months or half a year. As long as it is regular, it is generally considered normal menstruation."
She said: "Menstrual blood is simply the shedding of endometrial cells. Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon that every woman must go through as she grows up. There is nothing shameful about it. Girls don't have to feel ashamed, and boys shouldn't tease or laugh at girls for it."
She said: "Please understand our bodies carefully, treat menstruation correctly, and be civilized and well-mannered students."
During this special physiology and hygiene class, the students blushed and were extremely quiet.
This class naturally attracted the attention of the school.
The head teacher was called in for a talk by the principal, who said that the content of her class was not subtle enough.
The head teacher said: "I don't think it's necessary to be too subtle when it comes to normal human physiological hygiene knowledge."
The head teacher’s name is Lu Mingxing, and he is a teacher who came to teach in the rural areas.
The principal didn't say anything more to her.
Immediately afterwards, Teacher Lu Xing did another thing.
She bought a lot of sanitary products out of her own pocket and distributed them to the girls in the class.
She knew that in this backward town, many women used toilet paper or bulk sanitary napkins during their menstrual period.
If possible, she really hopes that more people can pay attention to women's menstrual hygiene issues.
The girls' faces were flushed. They felt embarrassed but grateful to the teacher and thanked the teacher sincerely.
The end of this set of cartoons.
After the girls took the sanitary napkins given by the teacher home, most of them were kept by their parents.
Some parents said that their children are still young and do not need such good sanitary napkins, so they can leave them for their mothers or older sisters.
Some parents simply use the sanitary napkins their daughters brought back as insoles for their husbands and sons, saying that they are breathable, sweat-absorbent, and non-slip, and are much better than ordinary insoles.
Su Xing finished drawing these two sets of simple cartoons in one breath.
She made some simple modifications and polished them, and then uploaded the two sets of paintings together to Weibo.
What she painted this time was not only the issue of menstrual shame, but also issues such as menstrual poverty and preference for boys over girls.
She knew that uploading these two sets of paintings to Weibo would inevitably cause a strong reaction, and even some attacks, but she was not afraid.
After Su Xing uploaded these two sets of simple cartoons to Weibo, he stopped following Weibo for a while.
In the evening, He Xu sent a message to Su Xing, saying that he was in a teahouse near her community.
Su Xing avoided the sight of his family and slipped out quietly.
He Xu didn't bring any light bulbs this time.
The young couple had a rare chance to enjoy some time alone.
Around eight o'clock, Su Xing was going upstairs.
He Xu walked her to the door of her unit and said, "See you in Beijing."
Su Xing kissed him on the face and said, "See you in Beijing."