The Three-Life Stone

A group of people, with their unskilled skills but full of enthusiasm, tried their best many times. They also observed how other people's stores operated, learned from their strengths and made up for their weaknesses. With the help of A Jin's experience, they opened a store in a decent manner.

In the old man's plan, he thought that if he could not live one day, he would bring his two children back to his former courtyard from the days of wandering. After selling the courtyard, if he had money, he could buy another one. It would not be too difficult to have a few acres of land to live on for the rest of his life. If Ergouzi found his parents, it didn't matter whether he came back or not.

If Ergou didn't go back, he could concentrate on reading the books of sages, and with his martial arts, he could become a guard or a constable, and if he was a little bit stronger, he could pass the imperial examination and become a minor official, and live a stable life. Erya was going to get married, and she had been learning dancing since she was a child. She didn't master everything, but she could learn a thing or two by following the opera troupe. She could prepare some dowry, and if she married into an ordinary family in the future, she would be like finding a treasure, and if she married into a rich family, she would have skills to show off.

It is a good thing that the two children have their own ideas now. As long as they support each other like brothers and sisters in the future, their life should not be bad. Thinking of this, Xia Sheng still couldn't believe it. The two children have grown up.

A Jin trained the little beggars, asking them to occasionally go to the dock or the construction site to discuss food at a nearby corner, which was their small shop.

Several young beggars took turns going there, just like they were having a normal chat, talking about food. Sometimes they would bring food over when they had breakfast and dinner, praising the food as they ate. The older beggars served as waiters, their movements were steady, not a drop of soup was spilled, and the food was delivered to the customers as if it were treasures.

People were coming and going at the dock, and some of them were planning to just have a meal.

The old man was counting the accounts and paying the bills inside, while Chen An and A Jin were helping out everywhere. From being idle to being very busy, from waiting for people to come to being full, everyone witnessed the beginning of a shop.

After lunch, the partners clean up the leftovers. If there is any food left, everyone will eat together in the evening, and those who have family or friends will take some back home.

As time passed, the crowded little shop was transformed into a store, and the items in the store were adjusted. Xia Jin planned to open several different stores.

The young men and women in the store had grown up and were able to do their jobs well. Xia Sheng occasionally did some accounting in the store and occasionally went to the theater to sing a few plays. His life was extremely fulfilling. Ah Jin took the old man to find a yard where the little beggars could squeeze into one room and everyone had their own bed. At that moment, they felt it was worth it.

A Jin and Chen An would practice sword fighting in the yard at night. Although they didn't have to perform acrobatics on the streets or on the stage to show off their skills, it always felt right to learn something in their spare time.

Interested friends will also learn a little bit, and A Jin will also teach everyone to recognize some simple words. After practicing, everyone will go to bed early to welcome the arrival of the next day.

They no longer beg, but they still have some compassion for beggars. If someone is in trouble, they will help him or her and teach him how to fish. If they meet someone with good qualifications, hard work and ambition, they will bring him in and teach him how to fish. Now it is no longer a small shop, and it is always good to have two more helpers. Everyone can support themselves with their own hands, get a normal salary every month, and get married and live their own life in the future, which makes them full of hope for life.

The old man died of old age when A Jin was thirteen years old. He had countless apprentices in his life, but only adopted two children.

A Jin calculated the time and found that this day came nearly two years later than expected, but her heart still ached. They had been dependent on each other for thirteen years, including twenty-four years in her previous life. She knew that she could not escape this day, but it was hard to describe the pain in her heart when she really faced it again.

Chen An cried like a tearful man. He was originally in the body of A Jin, a girl. His heart-wrenching cry was really pitiful. Chen An was fourteen years old this year and old enough to get married. No one would think about this. If he didn't make it through, it would not be too late to get married at the age of twenty.

The guys were also very sad. Xia Sheng was a very good elder and was usually very nice to everyone. The old man was the eldest in the family and made everyone feel at home.

The atmosphere in the theater was also quite heavy. The old actor who was still in great form and had the eloquence to move forward like a river had passed away. Everyone knew that this day would come, especially Aunt Yan and her husband. Every time the master was around, they seemed to have returned to the days when they followed the master. Even if the sky fell, it seemed as if there was still someone to hold it up. But now that the master is really gone, he will never... come back.

After Xia Sheng was buried, life went on as usual.

I don't know when the two children started to quarrel frequently from the initial bitterness. They seldom participated in the busy work in the store, occasionally went to help with the accounting, and sometimes went to the theater to make a cameo appearance, but everyone could see that the relationship between the two was not as good as before.

The friends all thought it was just a minor quarrel. They couldn't accept the fact that the old man was gone, or that the two of them had grown up and had a disagreement between men and women, so no one took it too seriously.

That day, the two of them had another quarrel on the street. Chen An started crying. No matter what A Jin said, he didn't respond and just kept crying. Even A Jin's apology was of no use. He only stopped sobbing when he was tired of crying.

"Ajin, can we never go back?" Chen An asked somewhat collapsed, and Ajin understood what he meant.

"Can we never change back? Why? Why did God play such a trick on me? The old man is gone, and even my body is not mine... What kind of joke is he playing on me?"

Chen An's sanity was slowly disintegrating and he was on the verge of collapse.

"Chen An, don't be like this, everything will be fine."

A Jin looked at him apologetically and comforted him.

"Oh, everything will be fine. How can everything be fine? I was six years old that year, and now I am fifteen. How many years has it been? Nine years. I have been a woman longer than I have been a man.

Should I get married or have children? I don’t even have the right to decide whether I should like men or women. How ridiculous.”

A Jin saw the crazy Chen An and ran into the room and took out two jars of wine. Chen An took a look and started drinking. He wanted to get drunk once. He felt really uncomfortable, too uncomfortable.

"A Jin, if I were a man, maybe I would fall in love with you. But now I am a woman. What should I do? Maybe we can never be together again. Sometimes I even wonder if I am really a man. Maybe I was a girl from the beginning. This feeling is really hard! Who should I be? Who am I?"

Chen An drank and complained bitterly, while A Jin listened silently beside him, accompanied him and occasionally responded. She was selfish, she knew how to change it back, but the time was not right, so she waited and waited.

“A few days ago… a young man took a fancy to me… and said he wanted to take me as his concubine… I didn’t dare to refuse or agree… and I ran away under the pretext of feeling unwell.

Today I found that I was bleeding... I was so scared that I thought I was going to die... I thought I had ruined your health. Aunt Yan said it was your period... She told me a lot... She comforted me not to be afraid... Ha, ha, it was because of my period that I dared to complain about the world without any worries. It is really ridiculous, ridiculous, for a man like me to have my period. "

A Jin did not stop Chen An from continuing the activity and quickly stood up. No wonder, no wonder it was so abnormal, drinking during his period. She quickly took the drink away and poured him a glass of sugar water.

Chen An was drunk and fell asleep after drinking some water. A Jin carried him into the room, did some simple tidying up, then went to a place and bought some things and put them next to his bed.

After finishing everything, she looked at the sleeping person, sighed, and walked out. It seemed that some things had to be done quickly.