Chapter 47: The Third Wish
Jasmine was excited when he heard this, but he was still a little uneasy:
"What kind of price does this have to pay?"
In her opinion, the fact that there is no cost to pay for the free trial before does not mean that the same is true for the future wishes.
Crane straightened his top hat and said with a smile:
"The penny you pay is the price, and so is the corresponding change you have to endure when you make your wish come true. ”
Jasmine nodded incomprehensibly, no longer hesitating, and reached into his pocket, trying to reach for a few bronze pennies and fulfill his wish.
But her pockets were empty, and there was nothing but a handkerchief.
She hadn't touched money for a long time after being at home for too long.
Previously, she had traveled from her home to the Municipal Square on foot, not in a trackless horse-drawn carriage.
"I, I, can I go home first?" asked Jasmin, annoyed and embarrassed.
"Of course, it's your freedom, but I don't guarantee that the 'Fully Automatic Wishing Machine' will always be here for you. Klein laughed in the tone of a magician, "Sometimes, it's wayward. ”
Jasmine said "um" twice, thanked him, turned around, and trotted in the opposite direction of the town hall.
The more she ran, the more relaxed her body became, and she regained her health before she was burned, and turned back into the young girl who was only seventeen or eighteen years old.
For her, it's a dream scene.
Of course, as an ordinary person, after running for a while, she gradually felt tired and had to slow down and start walking slowly.
The cool wind blew at night, the bright stars shone through the clouds in the sky, the trees beside the street swayed gently, and the swaying figures on the ground, all this was so quiet and beautiful that Jasmine only felt that his body and mind were relaxed, and all his troubles were gone.
For the first time since the injury, she was in such a peaceful mood, and she unconsciously brought a little smile.
After walking for about five or six minutes, she suddenly heard someone shouting her name:
"Huh, Jasmine?"
Jasmine looked sideways and saw a familiar face, it was her former neighbor, Mrs. Hamill.
"Good evening, Mrs. Hamill, I haven't seen you in a long time, are you going to a carnival?" said Jasmine, who was not wearing a scarf, laughed heartily.
Mrs. Hamill, a woman with a little gray hair, looked at Jasmin carefully and said:
"I haven't seen you since you moved out, and I heard you were injured in the previous bombing?"
"Well, but it's already good. Jasmine nodded heavily.
She then asked:
"How is Julie doing now?"
Julie is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Hamill and a past playmate of Jasmin.
Mrs. Hamill's expression was clouded for a moment:
"She was, she was bullied by the Vrsacks, and she died......"
Jasmine was stunned for a moment, thinking of his own experience while grieving.
Once, a soldier of Fersak broke into her house and tried to insult her, but when he saw her face burned by fire, he just gave her a kick and left.
"Poor Julie. Sadly and sincerely, Jasmine tapped four clockwise strokes on his chest, drawing the stars.
After hearing about what happened to her friends in the past, she realized that she might still be the lucky one.
Saying goodbye to Mrs. Hamill, Jasmin walked all the way back to the apartment where he was staying.
When she arrived outside the house, she relieved herself and recovered a lot, and began to look forward to her parents' expressions when they saw her turn back to her original self.
They should no longer hold their pain in their hearts and pretend that nothing happened, they will definitely cry with excitement and hug me happily...... Jasmine removed the key that hung around his neck as a necklace and opened the door as he thought about it.
The room was dark, and neither the candles nor the gas sconces were lit.
On the bed outside, the sound of heavy snoring and light snoring came from the city's square, which formed a certain contrast with the bustle of the town square.
They all fell asleep...... Yes, they usually work hard...... Jasmine gently closed the door, walked to his parents' bed, and quietly cast his gaze through the crimson moonlight shining through the window.
Dad has a lot of gray hair on his head, and his nasolabial folds have become so deep...... Mom was frowning when she slept, her face was a little peeling, dry and rough...... Only then did Jasmine realize that it seemed that it had been a long time since he had seriously examined his parents' faces, and that they had grown so old.
Before the war, her father, an accountant with a decent income, could afford to rent a townhouse that allowed his wife to keep from working outside the home and concentrate on taking care of the family, but now he can only enter the fabric factory and do heavy labor, and Jasmin's mother has to leave the family to become a textile worker.
Dad's health is getting worse and worse, and he always coughs, but he has passed the recent unified examination for government employees, and when the interview results are announced, he will be able to get a decent job...... Mom kept complaining about her eyes and her arms getting bad...... Jasmine looked at his parents deeply and didn't wake them up.
She had already thought of her second wish.
With a slight step, Jasmine entered the inner room and poured the last pennies from his nearly empty piggy bank.
She then left the apartment and boarded a trackless horse-drawn carriage.
- She was afraid that she would go too late, and that the "automatic wishing machine" had disappeared.
At this time, there were many passengers in the public carriage, most of them were going to the carnival, and Jasmine glanced left and right, and saw that there was no place, so he had to hold on to the stand and stand in the aisle, huddled with many people.
In the early ten minutes, she got off the bus at the station and turned into the street she had been on.
When the brass-colored machine with a few pieces of glass came into view, Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief and approached quickly.
In the process, she looked around and did not notice the magician named Merlin Hermes.
"It's really automatic, and you don't need him to be around?" Jasmine whispered in confusion.
Instead of wasting time, she pulled out a penny of copper and threw it into the "automatic wishing machine".
"I want my parents to be healthy and my family to be wealthy. Jasmine whispered his wish and closed his eyes, waiting for a miracle to happen.
The next second, she heard the sound of a clanging bell, like a coin rolling out of the "automatic wishing machine".
Jasmine opened his eyes in astonishment, and looked ahead, only to see that the onepence copper coin he had just dropped in had fallen into the small tray outside the slot.
This wish can't be fulfilled? Well, one wish can't contain too much in it? What I just made is actually equal to two wishes...... Having had the experience of burns being cured, Jasmine did not suspect that something was wrong with the "automatic wishing machine".
She thought about it for a moment, then slipped the one-pence coin into the slot, then lowered her head and whispered a wish:
"I want my parents to be healthy again. ”
This time, she heard a soft tapping sound from inside the "automatic wishing machine":
"Tuk. ”
Seeing that the coin had not been spit out, Jasmine knew that his wish had been granted, and he couldn't wait to go home and see how his parents were doing.
Suppressing her excitement, she threw in a second onepence coin.
She had planned to make her family rich, but when she thought that her father was almost certain to become a government employee in the city of Limon, and the family income would be guaranteed, she couldn't help but have other thoughts.
After the age of ten, she already recognized the fact that she was not good-looking at all, which did not mean that the people around her would dislike her and say that she was not good looking, but that among her playmates, there were two young girls who were quite beautiful, which made them receive preferential treatment many times and experience the kindness of the world.
In such a comparison, Jasmine will inevitably dream that he will become more and more beautiful as he grows older, but it turns out that dreams can only be dreams.
However, this time, the dream may come true, because she has a miracle in front of her, a very magical "automatic wishing machine".
If I can become beautiful, I can find a good husband and improve the family situation...... As if he heard the devil whispering in his ear, Jasmine closed his eyes uncontrollably and made a wish:
"I want to be very, very, very beautiful. ”
She used three very to embellish the beauty.
As soon as she finished speaking, the "door" of the "automatic wishing machine" opened again, and a silver-white mask was pushed out and covered Jasmine's face.
Jasmine opened his eyes just in time to see the mask disappear.
At the same time, she seemed to be connected to something.
She turned around expectantly, and once again came to the shop on the street, and saw what she was like by the light of the gas lamps and the glass in the windows.
Jasmine couldn't describe the changes in his facial features and facial contours for a while, but he knew that at this moment, even he was indulged in such beauty.
Her nose had straightened, her lips had plumped up, her eyes had grown larger and more watery, her skin was as tender as milk pudding, and she was only a little more similar than before.
"This, is this a miracle......" Jasmine let out a heartfelt, uncontrollable exclamation.
She admired herself intently, and finally withdrew her gaze and saluted the "automatic wishing machine".
She immediately walked to the public bus platform, and on the way, eyes were on her.
Bang!
A man was looking at her so intently that he hit a gas lamp pole.
Jasmine pursed his lips and smiled, saying nothing, and boarded the trackless bus carriage.
There are still a lot of people on the bus, and all the seats are occupied.
As Jasmine struggled to find a position, several men lifted their buttocks, straightened up, looked at her and smiled:
"Miss, you can sit here. ”
Jasmine was a little stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to receive so much kindness.
Without excuse me, she sat down nearby, and smiled at the man who gave up her seat:
"Thank you. ”
The man's expression became extremely vivid, and he said modestly:
"That's what a gentleman should do. ”
Jasmin still retained the habit of being closed at home, didn't say anything, sat quietly near his house, and got out of the carriage.
After walking a few steps, she suddenly felt that someone was watching her, and hurriedly turned her head to look over.
It was a drunken man who was looking at Jasmine with an indescribable disgusting gaze.
Jasmine was startled and hurriedly walked to the apartment, but the men he met on the way all showed similar eyes, as if they were about to turn into beasts at any moment.
At this moment, Jasmine felt like he was walking in the wilderness.
Nine Heavenly God Emperors