6. Wish Stone
Lin Lin scored 36 points in the math test this time, and when she returned home and hid in the freezer of the refrigerator, she was turned over by Lin Wei, who stole popsicles, and turned it over to her parents.
After dinner, Lin Lin took advantage of her mother's dishwashing to secretly pack her schoolbag and sneak out, she decided to run away from home - leaving this patriarchal cold home.
I don't know how long I wandered outside, the night was getting thicker, Lin Lin began to be afraid and began to reflect, this time I ran away was really too hasty, not only did I not bring a penny, but I didn't even have anything to fill my stomach in my schoolbag.
After hesitating in place for a while, she decided to go home, although she knew that she could not escape a beating, but it was better than starving to death in the cold wind and freezing to death!
However, Lin Lin forgot that she was a road idiot, and now she can't find her way back.
She wandered a few times, and suddenly heard a slight rustling sound from the fence on the right hand, and slowly turned her head, she opened her mouth wide in surprise, what is the situation?!
The old wall gradually became translucent, then transparent, and finally disappeared, and a path more than half a meter wide appeared in front of me, curved so that there was no end in sight. The corners of the walls along the way are covered with black flowers, like ink butterflies dancing in the dark night, and the slender petals gather in the middle to form the shape of a supplicating palm.
Is this the path to hell or heaven? Lin Lin covered her mouth, looked at the only one around, hesitated for a second, and couldn't help but step on this path full of mystery and temptation.
Jingxiang nestled in an old rattan chair, digging into a box of ice cream in her hand, staring intently at the big screen of the TV, which was playing a vampire romance movie.
The actor who played the vampire count was not handsome enough, and the plot was also so thunderous that she could flash her titanium alloy eyes, and she was about to vomit blood when she looked at it.
The ice cream was only halfway through when the wind chimes by the door suddenly rang.
Jingxiang looked back and saw that it was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen, with a schoolbag on her shoulder, and her face was covered with snot and tears.
"Huh? So there's someone here! Lin Lin was taken aback when she saw Jingxiang, she didn't expect that there were still people living in this strange-shaped hut, it was really strange, was this woman a monster or an elf?
"Welcome, please come in." Kagami smiled, she was a dedicated proprietress lady.
"Huh? It's still selling stuff here? As soon as Lin Lin came in, she was attracted by the dazzling array of goods, and temporarily forgot the sadness and resentment of being beaten.
"Why can't you get to the end here?" The girl's curiosity was fully aroused and she trotted along the empty passage between the shelves.
"Stop!" Jingxiang appeared in time and stopped her steps, this bear child, as soon as he came in, he was so skinny, who did she cry when she broke something? Besides, if you run like this, you won't reach the end even if you run for three days and three nights.
"Wow, you're so pretty! Is it the Night Fairy? Lin Lin pointed at her, her eyes lit up as if she had discovered a new world, and the other party looked like a character in a comic!
"Well, it's really an honest good boy, but I'm not a fairy," no matter how many years she has lived, the most popular word for women to hear is praise, and Jingxiang is no exception, she touched Lin Lin's head and said, "Since you can come here, it means that you have a relationship with my shop, there are so many things here, there is always one suitable for you." โ
"What do you mean?"
"Do you have any troubles? I can sell you something to help you solve your current predicament. โ
"Uh-" Lin Lin wiped her face, thinking of the dismal grades and the beating and scolding of her parents, it would be nice if she could change this situation, "Then I can improve my grades and let my parents stop beating me, okay?" โ
Jingxiang touched her chin and thought for a while, "I really have something here that can help you." โ
She led Lin Lin to a crystal shelf, opened the drawer on the bottom floor, and took out three colorful beads from it.
"Crystal?" Lin Lin looked at the beads in her hand, and her eyes were tightly attracted.
The three transparent beads of different colors are like a kaleidoscope in a gem, and there are rays of light refracted in them, just like the rainbow that has fallen into the mortal world, which is so beautiful that it makes people's hearts ripple. It was so beautiful that it was better than anything she had ever seen.
"It's not a crystal stone," Kagami corrected her, "it's called tourmaline, it's much more noble than crystal, and it's also called the Wish Stone." โ
"Wish Stone?" Lin Lin muttered and pondered, and then asked excitedly after a while, "You mean, it can help me fulfill my wish?" โ
"Of course," Jingxiang gently hooked the corners of her lips, "as long as you agree to this deal, I can give it to you immediately." โ
"But it's expensive, I don't have any money." Lin Lin touched her shriveled trouser pocket and regretted it in her heart.
"Little girl, I don't need any money, I just want a memory of yours, and I'll take it when you die."
"Huh?" Lin Lin didn't understand, "What's the use of what you want my memory?" โ
"I've got my own use."
"Uh, well, I'm willing." Lin Lin waved her hand proudly, anyway, she is still young, and there are still many years before death? What's more, it's just a memory, and it's useless after death.
"Good, then the deal is done. Remember, you only have twenty-four hours to regret it. โ
"I won't regret it." Lin Lin was very strange that she said this, wishing for Shi, she had picked up a big baby.
"Okay, that's fine. I don't want you to regret it either, it's too much trouble to return or something. Jingxiang said helplessly.
Lin Lin returned home, took out the key and opened the door, it was already more than one o'clock in the morning, her parents and younger brother had already slept, and the living room was dark and quiet. Sure enough, no one cares if she runs away from home, she is the superfluous person in this family.
Lin Lin didn't dare to turn on the light, so she could only tiptoe into her room, and as soon as she lay down on the bed, she couldn't wait to take the wish stone out of her schoolbag.
There are three Wish Stones, which are divided into green, blue, and red. The sister said that these three colors are the best of tourmalines.
Lin Lin pursed her lips and carefully looked at the wish stone in her palm, the green was clear and bright, the blue was deep and passionate, and the red was enchanting and enthusiastic, the same thing was that they were all like colorful neon lights, and like a rainbow shooting from the sky to the center of the earth, bathed in the soft light to be refined crystal clear, as if encompassing all the colors in the world.
According to what the sister said, if you want to make a wish, you must first plant a wish stone, irrigate it and give it sunlight, and then wait for it to grow leaves, and write your wish on the leaves to make it come true.
Lin Lin couldn't hold back her expectations, went under the desk and pulled out a palm-sized flower pot, chose the green wish stone and buried it in the soil, and said something in her mouth, "Wish stone, wish stone, you must grow quickly, help me realize my wish, then I can be very happy!" โ
The next day was Saturday, and Lin Lin woke up to find that the sun was shining on her buttocks.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes, and immediately cast her eyes on the flower pot on the windowsill. Unexpectedly, the Wish Stone grew quickly, a tender green stem growing vigorously, and a green leaf on top of it, shimmering with a faint sheen in the morning light.
"It's amazing!" She lifted the quilt and rushed over, holding the flower pot and laughing happily.
"Lin Lin, get up and study quickly, when are you still lazy, do you still want to take the high school entrance examination?" Outside the door, there was a mother's shout.
Lin Lin was startled, saw the palm-sized leaf, and knew that it could be used, so she quickly took it off, picked up a pen from the desk and wrote.
"I want my mom and dad to forget about how badly I did on my exams." After she finished writing, she threw away the pen, followed the method taught to her by Jingxiang, put the leaves in her palms and closed her hands, and silently recited "wish fulfillment" three times in her heart.
There was a warm feeling in his palm, Lin Lin opened his eyes and spread out his palm, and the green leaf was gone, and the palm print turned into veins in an instant, but then it returned to normal.
It's amazing! Lin Lin felt that she must have met the elf in the anime last night, so she would give her such a wonderful thing.
Now, the wish must have come true, right?
Lin Lin washed up and walked out of the room, and when she had breakfast, her parents didn't mention the grades, if it was the past, they would have to talk about it for a month.
Just in case, Lin Lin deliberately asked tentatively: "Mom and Dad, my math score ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
"Oh yes, Lin Lin," Father Lin put down the morning newspaper in his hand and asked, "Didn't you say last time that you were about to take a math test, why haven't you got the results yet?" โ
Lin Lin was stunned for a second, and then she was overjoyed, they forgot, really forgot!
"Oh, the teacher said it was canceled." Lin Lin glared at Lin Wei, who wanted to sue, and said calmly.
After breakfast, Lin's father and Lin's mother were going to work, and by the way, Lin Wei was sent to cram school.
After finishing writing a math paper, she couldn't help but look up at the wish stone on the windowsill, and saw that the tender green stem had withered and turned dark brown.
Lin Lin moved the small flower pot to the desk, dug up a layer of soil, and found that the green tourmaline had disappeared, could it be that the wish stone would disappear after the wish was fulfilled?
Lin Lin bit the pen shaft for a while, opened the pencil case and took out the blue tourmaline from the bottom layer, buried it in the soil, and put it back on the windowsill.
She rested her head in the crook of her arm, and tilted her head to think about what she should wish for tomorrow.
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Lin woke up from her dream and was surprised to find that this wish stone only grew a small blue rhizome of one centimeter, and its growth rate seemed to be much slower than that of the green wish stone.
"Well, it looks like we'll have to wait a few days this time." She thought so.
Weekends always pass quickly, Lin Lin got up from the bed early in the morning, ate a piece of toast after washing, and hurried to the bus station. It was the rush hour at work, and it was painful to be crowded, so she carried her schoolbag in front of her and carefully protected it, because there was a small flower pot planted with a wish stone inside.
She didn't dare to put it at home, what if it was broken by Lin Wei? When the time comes, your parents will not help you, they will only say that your brother is still young, and you have to let him.
Hmph, he's only four years younger than him, and he's still a boy, why does he always let himself let him?