Chapter 52 – Tying Hair Is A Headache
Days of drizzle finally stopped. There were white clouds floating in the sky, and the sky was deep blue and clean. The warm sun has just warmed up some of the damp air of last night.
However, Yang Yi didn’t take Xixi out to play today.
Because there were a few customers at the coffee shop.
Today, several students from Jiangcheng Media University went for a trip to the canal and stumbled upon Yang Yi’s coffee shop. Curious, they gathered around and came to buy a few cups of coffee.
Of course, the two handsome and rich boys are paying. It seems that the two girls are not in a relationship with them, or that they are not yet in a relationship. The boys naturally have to act like peacocks and show off their feathers.
Yeah, well, even if it’s a take-away, it also adds some popularity to Yang Yi’s shop.
But this is not the reason why Yang Yi didn’t take Xixi out to play. He is having a headache. How to tie Xixi’s hair? And according to Mo Fei’s requirements, he has to tie it in a double ponytail tadpole braid!
“Is this okay?” Yang Yi gathered one side of Xixi’s hair with his hand and asked the little girl’s opinion.
There was a glass partition that was as smooth as a mirror in the shop. Xixi was sitting in front of the glass partition and obediently asked her father to comb her hair.
However, although Xixi is a good girl, she didn’t approve of her father’s skill. She gently shook her little head and said, “No! It doesn’t look good.”
“Wait a minute!” Yang Yi put down Xixi’s hair, pulled out his mobile phone in distress, opened the page he was looking at previously, and studied it carefully again.
“The first step is to split the hair into two sides and tie it from one side…” There are instructions on the internet, but they look simple and hard to do.
The hair is divided into two sides, how to divide into two sides? The little girl in the picture does not have her hair divided from the middle. She has more hair on one side and less hair on the other side, so it looks comfortable.
But who can tell Yang Yi what the ratio is? 1:4? 2:3? Or 2:5?
There’s a second step!
“The second step is to tie it down with a colored rubber band and pull it loose with your hands…”
What’s the next one? How long does it have to be? What the heck does it mean to pull it loose?
In the afternoon, he waited for Xixi to wake up. Then after nearly two hours of struggling, Yang Yi felt that he was going crazy.
His hands, with a knife, can kill a blood storm, and can also carve out an exquisite wood art. With such a powerful and dexterous hand, why can’t he do this little thing well?
“Ah, Xixi, can you tell Papa what to do to make it look good?” Yang Yi couldn’t help saying.
However, Xixi didn’t give any opinion. She put her little finger on her cheek and tilted her head to the side to think for a moment, and then said, “Xixi doesn’t know. Mama has always done my hair! Mama makes it looks good!”
“Lingling……” A guest opened the door and came in, and without waiting for Yang Yi to turn around, a gentle voice came over.
“What are you father and daughter doing? Kaikai, look how lovely Little Sister Xixi is.” (TN: Kaikai is Yan Yingkai and this is how her mother calls him.)
Yan Xiaopei? Why is she here again?
Yang Yi was somewhat puzzled. He turned around and saw Yan Xiaopei wearing a pink and blue flower dress. Under the reflection of the sunlight at the door, she looked like a girl in midsummer. Walking on a slightly high heels, she delicately and gracefully came over.
However, Yang Yi’s gaze didn’t stop. He turned to Yan Xiaopei’s son, Yan Yingkai, who was behind his mother with a reluctant look. Fortunately, the little guy was introverted and proud, and was dismissive to quarrel with his mother.
The other party asked sincerely, so Yang Yi still politely replied: “Hello, I am pondering about how to tie Xixi’s hair!”
“I picked up Kaikai after class and we’re on our way home. By the way, I brought your clothes. They’re already been washed.” Yan Xiaopei flashed the bag in her hand and smiled.
“Oh, it just a trivial matter, and you still made the trip.” Yang Yi shook her head, took it, and put it aside.
Yan Xiaopei has no intention to leave. She smiled and said, “Tying hair. You’re a big man, of course, you can’t do it. This has to be done by a woman! Let me do it!”
After she approached, Yang Yi had to give way, but he didn’t walk away. He just stood and watched.
Yan Xiaopei gently gathered up Xixi’s hair. The little girl’s hair was not short. It had already fallen to the bottom of her shoulders. It was soft and smooth, and it was black as if it had been rubbed with oil.
“Xixi is a good girl, and your hair is so good!” Yan Xiaopei admired it with envy. “It doesn’t have to be ironed, it’s straight.”
Xixi was praised. Although she didn’t like the aunt very much, she still smiled happily.
“It’s a double ponytail tadpole braid.” Yang Yi took his mobile phone out and showed Yan Xiaopei actual photos.
Yan Xiaopei covered her mouth with one hand and said with a smile, “Are you still looking at instructions? You can’t learn that! Well, you’re a big man, and it’s normal that you don’t understand it. This braiding matter, leave it to a woman to do!”
Her words, in fact, have some hidden meaning in them. Leave it to a woman to do. But who is that woman?
Yan Xiaopei was secretly happy in her heart. She felt that she had found an opportunity for Yang Yi to look at her. If she gave his daughter ponytails, would he think that in life he really needs a woman to take care of him and his daughter?
Next to Yang Yi’s burning gaze, Yan Xiaopei, who pretended to be watching Xixi all this time, had a faint red glow on her face. She was happy in her heart but she couldn’t show it. It was quite laborious!
“It’s worth dressing up for a long time.” Yan Xiaopei secretly puffed her chest up a little high.
However, Yan Xiaopei didn’t know that Yang Yi’s attention was not on her body, but was absorbed in watching Yan Xiaopei’s every action, engraving them in his mind.
“The key point is that you have to push it up a little bit, loose and tight, to get a curved tadpole braid.” Yan Xiaopei explained absent-mindedly, but the movement of her hands was very skillful, and soon she tied up Xixi’s hair.
“Come, have a look?” Yan Xiaopei stood up and said with a smile. She said this to Xixi, but in fact she was secretly looking at Yang Yi.
“Looks good!” Xixi clapped her little hand happily.
However, Yang Yi sat down excitedly. He reached out to untie the several rubber bands and said, “it seems I understand. Let me try!”
At this time, Yan Xiaopei noticed that Yang Yi did not think much of herself, and her eyes became a bit sorrowful.
However, she leaned over and reached out to guide Yang Yi. Inadvertently, they touched each other’s hands.
Yang Yi slightly frowned and moved her hand discreetly.
Of course, what’s important was to tie her hair. Yang Yi’s learning ability is very strong. After watching Yan Xiaopei do it once, he was able to imitate it, and unexpectedly tied Xixi’s hair in a decent way.
“Papa’s looks good, too!” Xixi giggled.
Yang Yi smiled with satisfaction at this time. He stood up and looked gratefully at Yan Xiaopei. “Thank you so much! If it wasn’t for your help, I wouldn’t know what to do!”
In fact, this is also a threshold problem. Yang Yi learned quickly when a master showed the way.
“If you really appreciate it, you can buy me another cup of coffee. Yesterday, I thought your coffee was specially tasty!” Yan Xiaopei gently covered her mouth and smiled.
The summer girl throws a coquettish look, and the current is as high as tens of thousands of amperes…
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TN: For those who are curious what kind of hairstyle is a double ponytail tadpole braid is. This is a sample and might also be the actual photo that Yang Yi was looking at:
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