The Three-Life Stone

Arriving at the delivery room, Yu Le carried Sui Rou to the bed. The constant temperature air-conditioning was comfortable and cushy, except that the air was a little stuffy when there were many people. Sui Rou looked at the baby in the cradle tenderly, then turned over and fell asleep.

Experiencing life and death, paying the price of half life, in exchange for a new hope of life.

A loud cry woke up Sui Rou, a new mother. A passing nurse told her to let the child suck more of his rations, even if there was none.

She was still sleepy, feeling the pain from the torn wound, and her breasts were without milk. The child let go and started crying as soon as he sucked on her. Yu Le was at a loss as to how to adjust the position between the child and Sui Rou. Yu Zhaozhao kept encouraging her to let the child suck on both sides.

Su Yao frowned: "Why don't you make some milk powder first? My body hasn't recovered yet, where will the milk come from?"

"Even if the baby doesn't drink anything and falls asleep crying, let him cry. The baby can't drink much at this time. Only with the stimulation of the child now can the subsequent feeding be smoother. Thinking about saving trouble now, the hardship to be endured is still to come."

The child cried and cried, and gradually began to sob. Before falling asleep, Yu Zhaozhao filled the bottle with some water and fed him a little.

Sui Rou pouted and didn't quite understand Yu Zhaozhao's behavior until Yu Zhaozhao told her about her experience of breastfeeding after giving birth, and then she gradually understood.

"At that time, I had enough milk, but some parts were still blocked. I was basically breastfed before the age of one, and not so frequently in the following months. Basically, I still fed once or twice or two or three times a day, but those blocked parts were still blocked.

At that time, the child was crying, so his father made milk powder. It took some effort to get rid of the pacifier. However, things are different now. Today's lactation consultants and technology are quite advanced. Some mothers use machines to suck out their breast milk to maintain their figure. I just felt too much about myself. You can arrange it according to your ideas. "

"It's okay, mother-in-law. We've all been through this, and I know your good intentions." Su Yao raised her eyebrows slightly, "Have you chosen a name for the child?"

"Yes, Mom, I understand. You've suffered before, so you use your own experience to remind me." Sui Rou slowly blinked her sleepy eyes, "I'm going to sleep first."

"Yu Yue." Yu Le nodded to Su Yao, then looked down at Sui Rou, "There is no such thing as being qualified or not. This is the first time for us to be human beings, parents and babies. We will learn slowly and do whatever is comfortable for us. You should sleep well. You must remember that we are all a family and we are all behind you."

A happy smile flashed across Sui Rou's lips, and she fell asleep.

Yu Zhaozhao walked to the corridor and looked out the window. She felt calm, but not lonely. Shen Xingzhi came behind her. Yu Zhaozhao caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye. She raised her head and leaned it on Shen Xingzhi's shoulder. Their eyes met and they gave each other a reassuring smile.

Suirou spent her confinement period in a special confinement nanny institution. What no one expected was that Yu Zhaozhao went there very frequently. Basically, he would go to the institution every two or three days to see Suirou and Yu Yue, to see their parent-child time, and to see the family of three who were sometimes happy and harmonious, and sometimes quarreled and Yu Le begged for mercy.

Yu Le took maternity leave and spent a short confinement period with Sui Rou. She also learned from the confinement nanny how to pay attention to the emotions of the postpartum mother and how to take care of the newborn.

At the full-month banquet, Yu Le took out a baby razor and shaved her hair. When the slight vibration touched her scalp, Yu Yue cried in fear. Sui Rou hugged Yu Yue to comfort her, while Su Yao and Yu Zhaozhao each held her little hand and amused her.

Sui Rou picked up the baby's hair and put it in a box. Today, Yu Yue was wearing a red Tang suit with a red mole on his forehead, looking very cute.

After Suirou finished her confinement, Yu Zhaozhao helped take care of her for two months.

Suirou finished feeding, stretched and exclaimed: "Mom, your technique is almost as good as that of a confinement nanny."

"It was worth the time I spent to learn from you a month ago." Yu Zhaozhao smiled gently.

"Hehehe, Mom, it's great to have you. Otherwise, Yu Le and I would have been in a mess for the past two months."

"Take your time. It's okay."

"Well, Mom, I'm going to sleep first."

"Go ahead, don't work too hard."

Sui Rou returned to the bed, placed the professional books on kindergarten teachers on the bedside table, covered herself with the quilt, and took a nap.

Suirou quit her job as a teacher and focused on learning how to take care of her first child. In addition, she plans to get a kindergarten teacher's certificate and participate in the child's complete childhood.

The New Year of 2045 was much more lively than previous years. There was an extra princess in the palm of the hand, and families from both sides gathered together. Yu Yue could already utter a series of reduplicated words, although most of them were still unconscious, which was enough to make everyone excited for a long time.

Suirou recorded the baby's milk sounds and opened her notebook at night to record the baby's interesting things and changes that happened that day.

After Yu Le changed Yu Yue's diaper, she carried Yu Yue to Sui Rou and said, "Look, baby, mom is recording every change of yours. Mom loves you very much, dad loves you very much, grandparents love you very much, daddy's little princess, you have to grow up slowly."

Yu Le moved his face close to Yu Yue and gently rubbed Yu Yue's cheek with his head. Yu Yue was amused and laughed. Sui Rou on the other side had already put down the pen in her hand and took a picture of this scene.

There is a limit to what the human mind can bear. Some things that we think we will remember have no basis and will gradually be forgotten in the long river of time.

After the New Year, Yu Zhaozhao stayed for a few more days to accompany Yu Yue, and Yu Le and Sui Rou spent a few more days together.

Shen Xingzhi was driving the car, and Yu Zhaozhao was holding Yu Yue, who had just eaten. They came to a nearby park. By chance, an enthusiastic lady passing by asked, "Is this your daughter? She's so cute."

Yu Zhaozhao replied with a smile: "This is my granddaughter."

"That's great." The old lady cast an envious look, "Hey, you look so young, and you're already a grandmother. Young people nowadays mature early."

Yu Zhaozhao and Shen Xingzhi didn't pay attention to the second half of the sentence. They took little Yu Yue to recognize the plants in the park. Shen Xingzhi held Yu Yue in his arms, and Yu Zhaozhao occasionally picked a flower or a leaf for the little one to hold in her hand. Shen Xingzhi always had to keep an eye on Yu Yue to prevent her from putting things into her mouth out of inertia.

Back in the car, Yu Zhaozhao opened the baby wipes and wiped Yu Yue's hands.

Shen Xingzhi waited for Yu Zhaozhao to deal with these things, then slowly started the engine: "Do you like children very much?"

"No, it doesn't count."

Shen Xingzhi looked at Yu Zhaozhao deeply and said nothing.

Yu Zhaozhao sighed, "You must feel regretful. Your maternal love for Yu Le was not pure enough. It contained too much sadness of pretending to be strong. You never enjoyed the joy of being a mother. You collapsed in reality and are in a daze every day."

Shen Xingzhi listened attentively but still said nothing. He knew he didn't need to say anything. Yu Zhaozhao had walked out. In the antidote of time, those scars could be uncovered and they would be found to have been old calluses. As long as there was a chance to make up for the regrets, he would spare no effort to make up for them.

They did not try to alleviate the insufficiency of their years by having another child. In Shen Xingzhi's view, this life is the most important, and whether his offspring will continue is not the reason for him to have a child. He likes his current life; Yu Zhaozhao also thinks so.

During the years that accompanied Yu Le's growth, she often lamented how big her children had grown. When she saw someone complaining about the unreliability of her husband at home after giving birth, she would sigh that she had made it through. When she saw someone being happy after giving birth, she would also wonder what it would feel like to have a wedding of her own, what it would feel like if she had not spent her pregnancy at work, and what it would feel like if she did not have to shoulder everything alone after giving birth.

She could not experience the warmth personally. For a while, she was immersed in fantasy, fantasizing about her wedding, fantasizing about another child. Those fantasies disappeared in the day-to-day blame.

Yes, fantasy is ultimately empty.

She didn't expect to have another child, because a child is an independent individual and doesn't have the complete experience of being a mother, but she has experienced that. She will always be a girl, a little girl, a big girl, and finally Shen Xingzhi's old girl.

For the rest of her life, Yu Zhaozhao was Shen Xingzhi’s warm home, and Shen Xingzhi was Yu Zhaozhao’s safe haven.