Chapter 81 – The Special Prize of Joyful Laughter
When she saw that her father didn’t win the prize, Xixi’s disappointment was written on her face. Although the first prize stuffed dog toy sent by the young vendor was also a bit interesting, in the eyes of Xixi, who was bent on wanting the “big baby bear”, nothing can compare with her “big baby bear”!
Yang Yi understood what his daughter was thinking, so he didn’t hesitate to ask for the next round of challenges.
The crowd of onlookers was kind-hearted and urged: “The first prize is not bad, why are young people so stubborn?”
“It’s very difficult to hit ten balloons. It’s 20 yuan at a time. After several times, it would be enough to buy one directly!” (TN: Raw says 10 yuan)
“This is cheating someone out of money. If you really hit ten, I don’t think the boss would be willing to give it!”
The young man, hearing this, really didn’t want to. He straightened up his neck and said to the onlookers, “Why wouldn’t I give it? Since we are willing to gamble, we are also prepared to lose. If this boss hit ten, of course we will give him the special prize with both hands!”
“Don’t think that our first prize is very cheap. This boss won our first prize for 20 yuan. We lost a lot of money, all right?” The young man said a little aggrieved.
Of course, this was also an act, although Yang Yi won the first prize was a bit of a loss, but he still generally made a profit, after all, most people throw darts like half-hidden arrows, whether they hit or miss depends on fate… (TN: another translation of “half-hidden” is Hanzo. I don’t know if this is referring to the hero Hanzo of Overwatch.)
Moreover, although Yang Yi has won the first prize, they have gained so much popularity. There were many people who were eager to try, and even a few of them can’t wait to pay the money and wait in line to play in person. These were future profits!
However, the discussion of the onlookers worried Xixi, the little girl pulled her father’s pants. When her father squatted down and asked why, she pouted her little pink mouth and whispered, “I want the big baby bear.”
The beautiful and cute little girl looked aggrieved. Yang Yi’s heart was about to melt. He smiled and patted Xixi’s small shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, just watch your Papa!”
Yang Yi received the twelve darts handed over by the young man, picked up one, weighed it gently, and touched the tail.
“Pfff, he looked quite decent!” Someone nearby chuckled.
“Be quiet, I’m so nervous!” Just now that man was slapped in the head by his companion. His companion looked at Yang Yi nervously, as if he was the one going to throw instead of Yang Yi.
Yang Yi, of course, was not affected by the discussion around him. He calmed down, felt the weight of the dart, and then suddenly shook his wrist and threw the dart out. This time his movement wasn’t big, but success lies in the skillful use of strength!
“Boom!” What a sweet-sounding explosive sound!
The dart pierced the balloon and stuck on the foam board.
“Wow!” The onlookers shouted in surprise and cheered.
Xixi was actually a little scared of the sound of balloon explosion. She covered her ears with her small hands, but seeing this scene, the little girl was so happy that her eyes turned into two sweet crescent moons.
Yang Yi’s expression was very calm, as if he was wearing earplugs. He was unmoved. He picked up the second dart, felt the dart like he had just before, and then sank his shoulders and shook his wrists.
“Boom!” Another balloon exploded!
“Six… Five… Four… Three… Two… ” It was not clear when it started, the onlookers have excitedly begun to count down for Yang Yi loudly, as if he can hit any target within a hundred steps, making them fans of Yang Yi one by one.
With more and more curious onlookers, the young people on the stall weren’t worried anymore whether Yang Yi will take away their special prize. They have even begun to introduce some customers who want to play, collect money, and arrange them to line up. They couldn’t even close their mouth from smiling!
When Yang Yi threw the third-to-last dart, and there were still two in his hand, the onlookers, who were holding their breath, finally saw the result they wanted to see.
“Yeah!” They cheered one after another, as if it was not Yang Yi who won the special prize, but them.
“Special prize, special prize, special prize!” It was not clear who took the lead, but they shouted in unison, lively and joyful!
Xixi was also the same. Her little face turned red and she shook her small fists excitedly. She was so infected by the atmosphere that she forgot that she was a little lady.
At this time, the young man on the stall wasn’t reluctant at all. He also wanted to strike the iron while it was hot, so he proudly came over with the special prize, the half-man-tall giant panda stuffed toy, and then, like a referee in the boxing ring, picked up Yang Yi’s hand and raised it.
“Let’s congratulate the challenger, who has won our… special prize!” The cry of the young man won more cheers and more onlookers.
Yang Yi didn’t really care, he still looked very calm. On the contrary, Xixi stared at the “big baby bear” with eager eyes. She couldn’t help jumping up and down happily!
The young man also took the opportunity to promote their own game: “Here, five yuan… Everybody don’t worry about the loss of the special prize; our people will run back and get it now. As long as you dare to win, we will dare to give the special prize without setting an upper limit!”
After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something. He turned his head a little nervously to Yang Yi and whispered, “Brother, you see your daughter has got what she wants, so you won’t play anymore, right?”
Yang Yi was amused in his heart. He raised his right hand, held the two remaining darts between his fingers, and suddenly shook it, and the two darts were thrown out and pierced the two balloons at the most edge of the foam board.
This show-off skill once again detonated the exclamations of the onlookers.
But Yang Yi didn’t mean to show off at all, it was just a little scene!
Yang Yi held the giant panda stuffed toy in one hand and his daughter in the other, smiling calmly at the stunned young man: “Don’t worry, we’re going to play something else!”
Yang Yi won the giant panda stuffed toy for his daughter and left, as if it was “after finishing the job, he walked away without revealing a word, hiding his name”. He left the dart stall, which he casually cleared, with great popularity. (TN: Like after doing something amazing, he will leave without saying anything or seeking fame.)
Now, Xixi didn’t sat on her father’s neck, and she looked fresh. She was so happy. She held her father’s hand, walking very energetic and in high spirit. She also jumped around from time to time, touched the giant panda, then smiled happily, and went back to her father’s right side.
“Xixi, there are cotton candy. Would you like to eat cotton candy?” Yang Yi was actually going to take her daughter back, but he happened to see a stall selling cotton candy, he became interested.
“What is a cotton candy?” Xixi followed her father curiously and looked at the big cloud-like thing. She was surprised, “Can I eat this?”
“Of course, you can eat it!” Yang Yi said with a smile. he changed to holding the giant panda doll in his right arm, and still holding his daughter’s hand tightly. Then he took out the money in his left hand. “Boss, I want a cotton candy.”
“All right!” At this moment, the female boss in a big straw hat raised her head.
Yang Yi was stunned. She looked very familiar!
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