The Three-Life Stone

After coming out of Haidilao, Yu Zhaozhao looked at the newly done manicure on her hands and smiled with satisfaction. Although Haidilao is expensive, the service is really thoughtful. You can come and try it on any special day.

It was already afternoon. Yu Zhaozhao accompanied Yu Le to the square to buy a phone watch as a birthday present. They rode electric bikes to the park for a walk to digest the food and then went back. Yu Le opened the computer game and Yu Zhaozhao glanced at him dejectedly without saying anything. Just let it go on his birthday.

In the evening, the two of them had a simple meal of noodles. Yu Le fiddled with his phone watch, while Yu Zhaozhao felt a little stuffy in his chest, so he went downstairs for a walk.

It was not so easy for her to let go of what happened during the day. She had not felt that feeling for a long time, so long that she thought she didn't need it anymore. However, the kiss from the playboy still caused ripples in her heart, and she needed to take a walk to calm down.

Yu Zhaozhao ate barbecue late at night, which was rare, and drank a cup of ice cola, then strolled along the lake in the park. As she walked, she could hear the rustling sounds of couples on a date in the woods nearby.

Yu Zhaozhao thought that there was a university nearby. After school, she was afraid of being discovered by other classmates, so she had to whisper in the woods. Students would confide in each other in these places. This simple love was naive, sincere and beautiful.

Yu Zhaozhao imagined herself walking over with a casual step, but the reality was that she resigned herself to her fate and walked over silently with her hands in her pockets.

She is a mother, not a child. When Yu Le was still young, she could pretend not to grow up, and accompany him in his childishness, anger, and madness. Occasionally, she matured a little, as if pretending to grow up. However, when Yu Le grew up, she also grew up.

It is said that people are free from doubts at the age of 30. A trace of pain flashed through Yu Zhaozhao's heart. She could no longer pretend to be grown up, because she was indeed grown up.

The evening breeze took away all the complicated thoughts, the lake was quiet in the dark night, and it took away Yu Zhaozhao's self-mockery.

It was already early morning when Yu Zhaozhao went back to take a shower. He fell asleep soon after lying on the pillow.

Although I haven't lived the life I wanted, I feel at peace with the simple days and everything will get better and better.

Over there, Shen Xingzhi used the excuse that his watch was lost and went to the mall to watch the surveillance video of the video arcade. It was not that he was interested, but when facing Yu Zhaozhao, Shen Xingzhi had a strange feeling that he couldn't explain, so he planned to take a look at what happened yesterday.

Shen Xingzhi was turning his pen while watching the surveillance video footage at around ten o'clock in the morning. After Yu Zhaozhao and other staff members left, Shen Xingzhi went to the dance machine to make sure that no one was around. Shen Xingzhi sneered. Thinking of Yu Zhaozhao's age and experience, Shen Xingzhi didn't take it seriously. He took a screenshot of Yu Zhaozhao's face and sent it to the assistant, typing four words "basic information".

The assistant understood what he meant but didn't take it seriously. This was another sudden inspiration for Shen Xingzhi after so many days, so the basic information was easy to get.

When the information was brought to him, Shen Xingzhi took a look and put it down.

In addition to her daily work, Yu Zhaozhao works part-time as a group exercise instructor in a gym. Thinking back to how timid she was in the training class, she is now able to do this part-time job very well. Her codename is Orange.

Yu Le is about to enter junior high school. Yu Zhaozhao plans to buy a house in order to earn more money. By then, he will have to borrow money to deal with it. It gives him a headache just thinking about it.

Most of the people who knew her would always advise Yu Zhaozhao to find another one when they saw her. She was still young and life would be better if she found another one. Her current conditions were still good and it would be harder to find one if she waited any longer.

In the first few years after Yu Zhaozhao vetoed it, some people would still ask about it, but gradually, that stopped happening. It happened that she didn't want to just find someone casually, nor did she want to have another child. She was tired of the self she had lost. Now she just wanted to raise the child well and live her own life. It would be better for the child to get married later and not rely too much on her. Then she could help him out.

Boys must always be able to provide a stable home for girls. If they just rely on others and don't take responsibility, their family will not be happy. Thinking of this, Yu Zhaozhao thinks it should be so.

I can't sacrifice my youth and then my whole life. Thinking of this, Yu Zhaozhao sighed guiltily.

I silently said to myself: My child, I won’t urge you to get married. It’s okay if you don’t want to get married. If you want to get married, you should work hard. I will help you if I can. I can’t prepare a house and a car for you like other mothers do, but I just hope you can meet someone you love and who loves you. I won’t be a burden to you. I don’t expect you to understand. I just hope you don’t blame me for being useless.

Yu Zhaozhao wants to live in a small farmyard, plant flowers, fruits, take care of them every day, do what she wants to do, and just hope that she can live like this in her later years.

It would be nice to be able to take Yu Le out to see the world occasionally these years. I no longer have the extravagant wish to travel around the world, I just hope I can have fewer regrets in this life.

In 2027, Yu Zhaozhao finally had his own house in the small town. As expected, he was in debt. But now that his child could go to a better junior high school, he felt a little relieved.

I hope my child can get into high school on his own. It is not difficult, but we still need to work hard. The tuition fee of public schools is much lower. Yu Zhaozhao and Yu Le agreed that if he gets into a public high school, they would take him to Fantawild and the water park during the winter and summer vacations.

Yu Zhaozhao didn't know how useful this method was, and he added a bunch of moral truths to it, making himself sick of talking. It would be great if the child could understand this. For his own sake, and for an easier life in the future, it would be better for him to get into a public high school and use the remaining money for food, drink and entertainment instead of spending more money to enter a private high school.

Yu Le has already shown the rebelliousness of adolescence, and the rewards and incentives are only temporary. Every time Yu Zhaozhao nags, Yu Le impatiently waves his hands and says he knows it. His grades are still above average, and he still plays games after school. I don't know if he can turn the tide.

Yu Zhaozhao was confused. She remembered Yu Le’s childhood. He was well-behaved and obedient, but as he grew older he became more and more naughty, and gradually he became uncontrollable.

At the same time, Yu Zhaozhao was wondering whether Yu Le's mental health was good and whether he was too fragile.

She is the mother and Yu Le is the son, and they gradually had differences on many topics.

During the winter vacation, Yu Zhaozhao took out several hundred yuan to take Yu Le camping and hiking. Yu Le was very happy driving the off-road vehicle. Even the aroma of barbecue hot pot could not cover up the child's yearning for the car. She wanted to use her remaining energy to create a multifaceted world for her children to grow up in and understand some truths at the same time.

After the trip, Yu Zhaozhao took Yu Le to buy some gifts and returned to her hometown village to stay for a few days. That was where she grew up in her childhood. There was a special feeling there. Many elderly people had changed one after another. The old lady who used to walk briskly now uses a cane, and except for a few people who will never be seen again, most of them have become older.

While Yu Zhaozhao was secretly lamenting about people's lives, Yu Le was dissatisfied. People in the countryside went to bed early and got up early, and there were not many people of the same age in the fields and vegetable gardens. Not to mention that in Yu Zhaozhao's era, a few people would play skipping stones, pony crossing the river, eagle catching chickens, and teachers and classmates in the open space for the whole day.

Nowadays, many children pick up their mobile phones and stay in their rooms and don’t want to come out.

In the evening, Yu Zhaozhao took Yu Le for a walk in the fields. Even if the boy was in his rebellious period, he couldn't stay at home like an ancient lady every day.

After staying in the village for a few days, Yu Zhaozhao brought Yu Le back to the city. It was not that Yu Zhaozhao did not want to stay a few more days. She had to go to work during the New Year holidays, so she took a few days off in advance so that she could receive subsidies during the New Year period, and one day could be equivalent to three days.

As for the interpersonal relationships during the New Year... Yu Zhaozhao didn't want to think about it. What is virtual is virtual, and what is real is real. She knows her own life.