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The Little Princess's Jewel Easter Egg

New York, 1968.

Heavy snow.

I can't stand the dry heat of the electricity, I put Ningxia Lingwu ballast charcoal in a lion's head big copper seat empty fumigation furnace, this charcoal texture is soft, no drops of smoke and dust, after burning out, only a white ash is left, the best is that the fire is quite blazing, and it only takes more than half an hour to warm my 100 cubic meters of room.

Then I ordered a gilded hand stove and put it in my arms, and smoked it until it was hot all over my body, and then I sat down in front of the huge black-framed glass window, took out one of my newly obtained eggs, and carefully cleaned it.

This egg is about 25 centimeters high, and the surface is densely covered with delicate rice with golden stems, and the wheat grains are countless diamond grains, and a curved cross made of pigeon's blood rubies runs directly in front of it, under which the plain platinum Madonna embraces the dead Son in grief.

I almost held my breath to clean it, and every time I touched it, I had to give it a sigh of admiration.

I don't know how long it took, I felt a little cold, carefully put down the eggs, stood up, and prepared to go to the smoker to add some coals, only to realize that there was a person standing in front of the glass window.

She seemed to have been standing for a long time, with miniature snowy mountains piled up on her beautiful turban. The high brow bones cast sharp shadows are not all characteristic of the locals.

I pushed open the door and walked out, softly saying hello.

She was startled and hurriedly explained.

"I just want to see, I want to see ......"

I smiled softly, noticing that her sleeves had frayed out of the plush.

"Then come in and take a closer look, it's cold outside. ”

She hesitated.

"Please......"

I opened the door, and the Xiuyu herring on it immediately rang out.

She snorted.

"You didn't make a sound when you came out just now?"

"Oh...... Are you talking about these little fish? They are snobbish, they only make noises when guests come, and they don't pay attention to me when I come and go. ”

She couldn't help but smile at my answer, straightened up her clothes a little, patted the snowflakes, and walked into the shop with dignity like a noblewoman.

I invited her to sit down across from me and invited her to my beloved capstone flower tea.

"Thank you, kind young lady. ”

"No thanks, you are my guest in the store, and you should be courteous. ”

She looked around, and there was a bitterness on her premature countenance.

"Guest?...... Miss ......"

"Please call me time. ”

"Time...... Miss...... I'm afraid I can't afford to buy any of your things here. ”

"It's also hard to say. ”

I sat down and turned the glittering gemstone egg.

"How luxurious and noble was the Tsar of the Romanov dynasty, Nicholas II, and who had a deep affection for Queen Alexandra, and gave birth to three lively and beautiful daughters and two sons, ......who would not be envious? As the saying goes, no one knows what will happen in a minute. ”

"Could it be that you're a Fabergé egg?"

She said in a low voice.

I smiled and nodded, and tapped the small ears of wheat protruding from the gemstone eggs in the direction of the cross, and the eggshells snapped open.

The inner shell is inlaid with round pink pearls the size of rice grains, the machine brackets turn, making a bell sound, which is the simplest Easter poem melody, and then a crystal clear jade egg rises in the shell, after the music, it slowly opens like a flower, and there is a small and micro ivory sculpture hidden inside, the angel flies and the Virgin Mother folds her hands to thank God, and the believers embrace the resurrected Jesus, slowly turning, and then the music starts again, it is "Jesus Returns".

"Oh my God......"

Looking at her uncontrollably surprised, I smiled slightly.

"It is Fabergé's last work. On the eve of the Revolution, the king dismantled the royal jewels he owned and asked Fabergé to use them to make this easter egg, during which the Revolution broke out, Fabergé's property was confiscated, and he himself went into exile in Switzerland, where he worked intermittently for three years to finally fulfill his promise to Nicholas II. ”

Little by little, I closed the gem egg.

"Miss Time......

She was silent for a long time before she began to speak.

"I have a little daughter who is only 5 years old, and she didn't go to school this morning because the school has an Easter egg hunt today, and it costs $8 per person, and if I let her go, we won't have bread for the whole week. ”

I listened quietly as she continued.

She didn't know why some kids could have lots and lots of chocolate, ceramic, metal, and even beautiful eggs inlaid with gold and gemstones, but she didn't even have a plastic egg...... I don't understand either...... I worked hard day and night, cleaning, washing clothes, and moving goods, but the money I got was never enough for my daughter and me to pay for rent and food......"

Her fingers grasped the surface of the Louis XIV-style desk, her blunt, flat nails scratching a pale white mark on the hard mahogany, and her voice was low and hoarse.

"I named her Victoria, which was the name of the princess, but she still had to eat fish offal, dry bread, and live with thieves and prostitutes...... God, we have rotted down here, why should my daughter continue to live in such poverty!"

"Why can't you rest on your laurels like everyone else?"

"No, Miss Time, I want my daughter to be a little princess, like the little princess who parades in a white carriage at those festivals, smiling and waving with diamonds...... Even if it's a minute, half a minute!"

The oak bell on the wall was ringing heavily.

She seemed to have been awakened suddenly, and stood up in a trance.

"I'm sorry...... I should go back. ”

Saying so many things in front of a stranger made her feel uneasy.

I stood up.

"I'm willing to keep this gem egg for you for 90 days. ”

She smiled sadly.

"Miss Time, what are you kidding?"

I smiled pleasantly.

"Who knows?"

Heavy snow in New York stopped for seven days, and the dark Great Depression still loomed over the entire United States.

I kept my promise and kept the gem egg for 88 days.

The Xiuyu herring in front of the door sounded eagerly.

She walked in with a child in her arms. He was followed by several young gentlemen, one of whom was particularly richly dressed, but with a pale face and a hint of indignation in his eyes, and kept looking at the others, apparently coerced.

She walked all the way up to me, Grey Ran's eyes fixed on me.

"Miss Time, you said you could keep it for me for 90 days. ”

"Yes. ”

I took out the gemstone egg and put it on the table.

All of them exclaimed.

She brought the child in her arms closer to the egg, and the icy touch made the groggy child open his eyes.

With blue eyes and pure blonde curly hair, he is indeed an angel-like child.

The child looked at the easter egg and an innocent smile appeared on his face.

"Mommy...... Mommy, is this the egg you told me about? Oh, it's beautiful, more beautiful than Wendy's, no, more beautiful than Sydney's egg, more beautiful than any egg I've ever seen. It must be an easter egg for the princess......"

She nodded to me.

I'll open the mechanism willingly.

Suddenly, layers of gems reflected the child's pale face.

"The Son Resurrection Easter Egg!"

The gentleman who had been coerced couldn't help but blurt out.

"I bought it. ”

She said firmly, ignoring the pale face of the one behind her.

"I use checks. ”

She took out a blank signed check from her pocket and handed it to me with the number I had proposed.

"You can call the bank and cash it now, Miss Time, and thank you for keeping this egg for me. ”

Behind her, several gentlemen with their hats down stepped in at the right time to hand over their business cards.

I glanced at the names on the business cards, and then at the faces of the men, and it was obvious that they were from the same place—that business card did not belong to the young man in front of me, but from a "good man" who everyone knew here, hiding in the darkness, like an octopus, with tentacles reaching out in all directions.

If it weren't for this gentleman who was keen to help his fellow villagers, a poor woman with only hands and faith, she would not have been able to get such "justice".

"I believe in you. ”

I flipped the check and business card over and put it in the drawer of my mahogany desk.

"Mommy ......"

A small voice drew her attention.

"Mommy...... Mommy, I'm ...... Can I touch it?"

"Of course. It's yours. ”

She picked up the gemstone egg and stuffed it into her daughter's arms.

The child's slender little hands hugged tightly, his cheeks rubbed, his blood-lost lips kissed the egg, and the excessive movement made the coat draped over the child fall,

The horrific mutilation of the body is impressive.

The child's exposed skin was as clean as snow, but it still smelled disgusting, not because of blood or carrion, which must have been the case for dying people.

She immediately wrapped the child back in clothes.

"Mommy, did you really buy it for me?"

"Yes, it's yours. It's your egg. ”

She replied in the affirmative.

Thin golden beams of light cast between the hazy clouds.

The Easter egg of the Son's resurrection shines brightly.

At this time, the child is an incomparably beautiful, extremely proud, incomparably perfect little princess.

It's only for a moment, though.

The child's smile twisted slightly, and the strange expression remained on her small face, her hand hanging limply, and the egg fell on the table with a crisp sound.

A young gentleman stepped forward and grabbed the child's wrist and shook his head.

She quietly hugged the child tightly and asked me.

"Miss Time, can you lend me a hammer?"

"Wait a minute. ”

I went to the back shelf and took down a solid copper hammer.

She took it and looked at the delicate pattern on the handle.

"You've got all the precious stuff here......"

I owe it.

"This property right is a gift. ”

"Thank you. ”

She thanked her, then swung her hammer and smashed it at the open easter egg!

The delicate ivory statues, the small emerald eggs were reduced to pieces in seconds, the pink pearls on the inner shell were splashed everywhere, the hidden brackets were torn and destroyed, the thin platinum shell was twisted by a powerful external force, and the golden ears of wheat were torn apart.

She beats, breaks, destroys with all her strength!

It wasn't until the prototype of this precious and rare gemstone egg ceased to exist in this world that she slowly put down the hammer and hugged the child again, who would never wake up again.

With my head held high, I walked out of my shop like a queen.

(ENDS)

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kelpie

Years.

In the deep dark and quiet water, I sang quietly as I drowned.

The water and grass were green, and the hair was entangled in the corpse that had been turned into the bones of Bai Sensen, and the finger-long silver fish walked slowly through it, and my flesh had fed their ancestors.

Occasionally, a ship passed by in a hurry, and a long, shallow wound was sharply cut in the still, solidified dark color of the emerald color, and the brilliant light of the Yang Realm was scattered like broken crystals, like snow.

At that time, I stopped singing, I coveted the light.

Unfortunately, it was very short, so I had to sing it again.

Otherwise, it's very lonely here.

It's not that there is no chance of reincarnation.

Everyone knows that this water is extremely dangerous, but they are reluctant to abandon it, because it is the only shortcut between two distant places.

I just need to simply pull down the next person, men and women, young and old, rich and poor. As long as that person dies and becomes my stand-in, and stays under this desolate black water as a drowning ghost, I can be reincarnated.

But I'm just looking lazily.

Never move for a moment.

As time passed, the vicious rumors about this place faded, and more ships sailed on the water.

Finally, one night, the stately official ship also came in.

The reflection of the illustrious red and gold hull of the ship was the reflection of the fish in the water, and they floated up and chattered. attracted some female dependents surrounded by pearls and greens to lean on the side to watch, sighing and sighing. It wasn't until a majestic voice rebuked them that they dispersed.

Listening to the familiar voice, I called softly.

The man hesitated.

I'll call again.

He finally made it to the side of the gunwale, looking down at the water, his heavy eyebrows tightly wrinkled.

Yes.

It's him.

Although the frost had fallen on his temples and the lines on his lips and eyes were as deep as ravines, I still recognized him in an instant.

I approached silently.

hugged his knees so gently, delicate, as many years ago.

He looked down blankly, but he couldn't settle down, he could only hear me.

"Do you remember Tsing Yi Suqing in the Keqiu class?"

I mention it sadly.

His face was pale.

"Childe Ann, Childe Ann ......"

I sighed humbly.

"Didn't you say you won't come back in this life......?"

Slowly and resolutely pulling him into the unfathomable depths of the water, I whispered the last words he had ever heard in this yang realm.

"Right after you drowned me here with your own hands!"

(ENDS)

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