Miss Emily stood up abruptly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What do you mean?"

The old man made a silent gesture and looked her up and down with pity. "Lonely stranger, it's clear that you want to go home. ”

Miss Emily was trembling from the excessive excitement. She grabbed the old man's wrist like a last straw. She remembered the old man's reminder and lowered her voice: "Yes, I want to go home, I want to go home!

The old man shook his head. "Perhaps only a god can tell you. I can't see your way home. ”

Seeing a glimmer of hope and despair, from heaven to hell, Miss Emily's lips trembled, unwilling to believe the cruel truth. "I don't believe it! If I can come, why can't I go back!"

The old man has been occupying (cheating) (cheating) (money) for decades, and knows that the time has come for a turning point. "I don't have a way to send you back, but I can get you out of your loneliness. ”

The old man's words entered his ears, but Miss Emily's emotions were still in intense pain, and she did not understand what the old man meant for a while, and her eyes looked a little dazed.

The old man slowly got up and took off a birdcage from the shelf. "This is the Messenger who will grant you what you want. ”

Miss Emily finally came to her senses and looked cautiously into the birdcage. With her limited knowledge of biology, she could tell that it was a bird. "This is the Courier?"

The old man had prepared a statement to explain that it was not an ordinary pigeon, but Miss Emily did not seem to see that it was a pigeon, and she swallowed it again. "Yes, Courier. ”

"Who can it deliver? How can it deliver it? Can it be written on ordinary stationery and tied to its leg? How long can it be delivered? Is there a limit to the number of times?"

Many questions came at once, and some old people didn't know it, so they replied vaguely: "It can find people like you, just tie them to your legs, and time depends on who it is looking for." Flying too often can drain the courier's health. ”

Miss Emily's eyes flashed brightly, "People like me!" she almost jumped for excitement, but a question suddenly came to mind. The Gypsies live a wandering life, and the old man will leave after a while, and when the time comes, he will take the birds with him. "Can I buy the Courier?"

Miss Emily asked so many questions, only this one was the most pleasing. The old man has been waiting for this sentence for a long time. She looked at the pigeon under Miss Emily's anxious gaze, was silent for a moment, and then nodded. "The Courier has chosen you. ”

Miss Emily was so relieved that she almost cried tears of joy. "Thank you so much. "As a noble lady, she didn't need to bring her own money when she went out, just in case the few pounds she had with her had just been given to the gypsy boy. Miss Emily thought about it and simply took off the pearl necklace around her neck. "I'm very sorry I didn't bring cash, if you don't mind. ”

The old man reluctantly tore his gaze away from the round, glowing pearl. The necklace was expensive, but if she did take it, the parents of this stupid young lady would definitely track it down. "The Messenger, precious as it is, is of no use to me, it is it that chooses you on its own. ”

Miss Emily was almost touched by the master. Such a precious thing, the master meant to give it to it? No, no, no, she would never do such a thing. "Even if you refuse to give me this precious messenger for sale, allow me to express my gratitude. ”

It was the first time that the old man was looked at so noblely, and he could hardly bear to deceive this simple little girl.

The boiling emotions cooled down slightly, and Miss Emily's IQ went online. She couldn't explain it to her parents when she gave the necklace away, could she say that I wasn't your daughter, I was a time-traveler, and I bought a communication chicken for the connection between the time-travelers? Miss Emily hesitated for a long time. "Can I send a servant to bring the money when I get back?"

The old man carefully observed Miss Emily's expression, and made sure that her determination to give money was very firm and could not be dispelled by one or two refusals, so he politely rejected her: "No need. ”

Miss Emily didn't insist, but secretly decided to get the money over quickly.

Miss Emily walked out of the tent, and her parents were already waiting anxiously, trying to hear a little about the tent's contents. Miss Emily chuckled in her heart.

"Emily, how's it going?" the mother looked her up and down with concerned eyes.

Miss Emily was secretly relieved that her parents' behavior was not unusual, and she should not have heard what they were talking about. "She was so vague that I didn't even understand it. ”

"What did you say?" Miss Emily's mother was eager to know what the two had said, but it was inconvenient to ask directly, so she just had this excuse and went on to ask.

"Say," Miss Emily froze, trying to recall the classic sentence of a charlatan. "The time has not yet come, so be patient. She meant to fool her with two words that had no real content, but she didn't expect to hit them right.

Miss Emily's parents breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Since the other party said that the time has not come, probably Emily has not met her future husband, the destined person of love, and wants to get married after meeting.

Emily didn't know that her war with her parents was about to cease fire for the time being, and seeing that her parents stopped asking, she turned her attention back to the messenger, which was her most important treasure.

Miss Emily's mother then noticed the birdcage in her hand. "Is this a pigeon?

Miss Emily secretly retorted in her heart, this is not a pigeon, and nodded on the surface. "She gave me the bird and said it would bring me good luck. ”

Miss Emily's mother's eyes swirled over her necklace, earrings, and brooches, and she knew that her daughter might be able to pay off her debts. Seeing that her daughter had neither money nor jewelry, Miss Emily's mother smiled. It's not that he saved money, but that he didn't take a penny, which means that the possibility that this old man is a liar is relatively small. She held out her hand to her husband, and Miss Emily's father was very cooperative in handing over the purse.

The couple took their stupid daughter and gave the money despite the old man's excuses, repeatedly thanked them, and then set foot on the way home.

On the way, the mother who put down a boulder in her heart was in the mood to tease her daughter. "Silly boy, people don't want to be paid, and you can't really not give it. ”

Miss Emily was in a mood of months, nay, the highest point in years, and she wanted to put on her wings and fly home to test if the courier could actually deliver a message to the same traveler. Hearing this, he was not angry, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it." ”

Of course, Miss Emily didn't really think of it. When she went home, she took out part of the manuscript fee and sent a servant to deliver it to the old gypsy.

At the same time, the old man who told Emily's fortune changed his robes, walked out of the tent, came to a junction, and poured a bottle of ink on the ground. 166 Reading Network