Chapter 80 – Overturned In A Gutter?
“…Like a fresh cloud rising from the Jede Mountain.”
“Thought he was a grass belly good at nothing. In fact, he is very outstanding.”
“As beautiful as flowers, and as lovely as willows.”
“The corners of the eyebrows are delicate, and the voice and smile are full of tenderness.”
“In front of my eyes is a stranger, but I feel that we are old friends.”
Although there were a lot of foods in the temple fair, there were also a lot of games and performances. Along the way, Yang Yi took his daughter to enjoy the performances of many experienced artists, aerobatics, monkey shows and small-scale plays. A Yue Opera performed by a travelling troupe in the open air attracted a lot of old people to watch.
(PS: Mentioning Yue Opera, you may not have any concept about it. The one at the beginning of the chapter is the famous excerpt “Sister Lin falling from the Sky” from the Yue Opera A Dream of Red Mansions, which many people may have heard of. Of course, in this world, “A Dream of Red Mansions” does not exist, so Xiao Han deleted the beginning “Sister Lin fell from the sky”.) (TN: Author’s note)
Yang Yi, who listened to Yue Opera for the first time, watched it with interest for a while until Xixi became a little impatient. After all, it is very difficult for children to get in touch with traditional opera without special talent or the influence of their grandparents.
However, there were still many things to do at the temple fair. Instead of spending too much time in the same place, it was better to walk around more and see more new things.
They ate a lot of things along the way, such as beef offal, fried dough twist, steamed pudding and so on. There were all kinds of foods that seemed to have come from all over the world. Xixi’s belly has been bulging, but she still haven’t had enough.
“Papa, I want that!” Xixi seemed to see something. She wriggled her little butt excitedly and raised her hand and cried.
Fearing that the Xixi would fall, Yang Yi hurriedly raised his hand, and held her little butt to support her. Then he smiled and said, “Do you still want to eat? Think about how much you ate in the evening? You’ll get a stomachache later!”
However, Xixi moved her little feet unwillingly and said, “It’s not food, Papa. Look, that big baby bear is cute. I want the big baby bear!”
Only then did Yang Yi looked in the direction where Xixi was pointing. It turned out that it was not a food stall, but a balloon stand set up by several young people in the village. The customers could use money to exchange for small darts, five for ten yuan and twelve for twenty yuan. (TN: Balloon stand: game stand where the aim is to hit/pop the balloon with a small dart.)
And the attractive stuffed toys on the side were their prizes!
However, what Xixi said was not right. The baby bear she likes very much was not a big baby bear… The black and white color, and the black patches around its eyes that seemed like eyeshadow… Could Yang Yi not know what it is? This is a giant panda stuffed toy!
Seeing Yang Yi coming over, especially seeing the shining eyes of Xixi, a young man knew there was a chance and hurriedly came up and said, “…If you have five darts and popped three balloons, you can win one of our third prize, and if you can pop four balloons, you can win one of our second prize.”
“What kind of result is required to get that giant panda? Have all five darts hit?” Yang Yi asked with a smile.
Yang Yi was not interested in those small prizes, and Xixi was only interested in the giant panda stuffed toy.
The little girl now saw her father talking to someone else, so she dared not shout loudly. She leaned to her father’s ear and whispered, “Yes, I want the big baby bear.”
“This is our special prize!” The young man stood tall and proudly said, “You’ll have to pay 20 yuan to participate in the ultimate challenge! For this challenge, you will be given 12 darts. As long as you hit ten balloons, you can get our giant panda stuffed toy!”
Obviously, this requirement was a little high!
A steady stream of people has brought a lot of customers and small gifts have also been given away, but the obviously expensive giant panda stuffed toy still couldn’t be won.
“Here, 20 yuan!” Yang Yi held Xixi down, smiled, and paid for it.
“All right!” The young man took it and gave Yang Yi the darts.
Seeing someone playing the ultimate challenge, several customers who were throwing darts stopped one after another, and many tourists who were watching gathered around them in high spirits.
Seeing so many people, Xixi was actually a little nervous, so she grabbed her father’s pants, but raised her chest proudly, clenched her small fist, and said in a low voice, “Come on, Papa!”
The onlookers were amused by Xixi’s lovely little appearance.
“What a beautiful child!”
“So cute!”
“When she grows up, she will definitely be a great beauty.”
“Come on, uncle!”
“Come on!”
Everyone was talking at the same time. Although it would not affect Yang Yi, he nodded casually to everyone, then smiled and touched Xixi’s small head.
If this had been before, Yang Yi would have ignored other people’s words! But now, he was affected by the environment, or it may be because he has become a father that his personality has gradually become easygoing.
Yang Yi was a master of cold weapons in his previous life. He could play with guns, but his favorite weapon were knives and all kinds of hidden weapons. How hard could it be for him to use this little darts?
Yang Yi held the dart between his fingers, raised his hand and fling it, relaxed and unrestrained…
“Pfff!”
That was not the sound of a balloon popping! The dart got stuck on the foam board beside the balloon!
Yang Yi’s expression suddenly froze, and his relaxed and unrestrained movement seemed to have become a joke…
“Impossible! How could I miss?” Yang Yi frowned. He thought that his technique and strength were very moderate, which was no different from that of him in his previous life when he shot his target.
Yang Yi didn’t believe it and tried again.
“Pfff.”
The crowd of onlookers broke out with a sigh of regret: “ah…”
“That’s not how you throw a dart, right?” Some people couldn’t help but want to comment. In their opinion, throwing darts was to hold and aim for a long time before throwing them out. Unlike Yang Yi, who doesn’t seem to aim, and would fling his hands from his waist and throws them out. How could he hit the target?
But this time, Yang Yi ignored them. He frowned and looked at the ten darts left in his hand.
So, that’s it!
When Yang Yi tried the second one just, the moment it flew out, he felt the problem with his hand!
The boss tampered with the tail. So when the darts flew out and encountered air resistance, with such a tail, it would be difficult to keep it in a relatively straight line (although it is a parabola, but if the speed is fast, it looks like a straight line), so the more accurate the aim, the more likely it is to miss!
After finding out the problem, Yang Yi then went on to throw the remaining ten darts. Yang Yi hit eight and missed two. This was because although Yang Yi has grasped how to operate this kind of darts, a few of those, that have been tampered, will have different rotational angle.
“Congratulations to this gentleman on winning the first prize!” When the young man saw so many people around, he raised his voice, ready to take the first prize, and then took the opportunity to call on everyone to challenge.
“No, I’ll do it again. Please collect the darts I used just now. I’ll still use them for the challenge!” Yang Yi refused the first prize and handed over 20 yuan again.
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TN: About the title: It mean to make a careless error or a slip up or blunder.
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