Chapter 23 Lantern Festival
The night is hazy, and there seems to be a thin layer of mist floating in the air. The starry sky is misty, and the night sky is as ethereal as a veil.
The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival is extremely lively.
The lake surface beside the street reflects the colorful lanterns on the opposite bank. The breeze blows, causing ripples like scales. The lakeside market is bustling with people, and the jugglers and lantern riddle guessing stalls are shoulder to shoulder.
"Su Yuan, come here quickly, there are archers here."
As soon as Meng Yunqiao arrived at the lantern festival, his eyes lit up and he looked around, interested in everything. Now, he found something interesting again and called Su Yuan over loudly.
Su Yuan sighed, took Nan Chu's hand, and walked over quickly:
“Here I come.”
Meng Yunlan followed the two of them with his attendants and quickened his pace to hurry over.
As he walked, he secretly sighed that his sister was careless. There were so many people at the lantern festival, what would happen if she got lost?
Meng Yunqiao didn't know what her brother was thinking. When she saw her friend approaching, she put her arm around Su Yuan's shoulders and pointed at the target in the distance and said:
"Su Yuan, are you good at archery? Can you hit the bull's eye? If you can, you will get the prize of colorful glazed lanterns. Please give me one. I want to give it to my brother."
"I won't ask you for help in vain. I'll pay the registration fee of two taels of silver, you do the work, and we'll each get a lamp as a prize. How do you think?"
After Meng Yunqiao finished speaking, he sighed.
Alas, she is a good-for-nothing, neither good at literature nor martial arts.
If she went archery, it would be a 100% waste of two taels of silver.
But I just walked around for half a day and didn’t close my eyes to give the lantern to my brother.
She passed by the archery stall and saw the prizes: two colorful glass lanterns, and she was very attracted.
This lamp matches my brother very well. The overall look is luxurious and elegant, and it is in the shape of a lotus.
After Meng Yunqiao finished speaking, he looked at Su Yuan hopefully, waiting for his friend to answer.
These are the only two women on their side. If Su Yuan is not able to help, the colorful glazed lantern will be missed in vain.
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at the lanterns hanging above, then turned to ask Nan Chu:
"Do you think the lantern is beautiful?"
Nan Chu looked up at the colorful glazed lanterns that were full of light and exquisite appearance. After looking at them for a while, he nodded with joy:
"I like it, but my wife, can you shoot arrows? Although I like it, it is enough to just look at it, not to hold it in my hands."
Su Yuan rubbed Nan Chu's head, comforted him and told him not to worry, and said to Meng Yunqiao:
"Go and pay the money."
She didn't say whether he could hit the target or not, she just asked him to pay the money.
But Meng Yunqiao was delighted to hear this. Su Yuan was always confident in what she did. She asked her to pay the money, so she must be confident that she could get the prize:
"Okay, I'll go right away. You wait, hehe."
Meng Yunlan, who was standing behind, heard this and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He stared at Su Yuan's back, his eyes implying scrutiny and investigation.
There are signs in front of the stall, saying that you should be a hundred meters away when shooting arrows.
No one has the ability to do that, so even after two hours since the Lantern Festival began, no one has taken the prize.
I don’t know if my sister’s classmate wanted to give it a try or was just confident, but he agreed so casually.
"I have signed up. There is no one here now. Go over and shoot arrows."
After paying the silver, Meng Yunqiao ran back happily and pushed Su Yuan, signaling her to go quickly.
Su Yuan glanced at the target in the distance, walked over slowly and asked the stall owner for a bow and arrow, and said in a deep voice:
"Boss, are you standing in this position?"
The stall owner saw another sucker coming and rolled his eyes and smiled at Su Yuan:
"Yes, yes, that's it. I've calculated it. It's about a hundred meters away. Miss, if you miss, don't blame me afterwards."
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile:
"Of course I don't blame you. It's written in black and white in front of the stall. I'm afraid the boss will be upset if I finish shooting the arrows!"
The stall owner smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed and urged:
"Young lady, please cum quickly. I am a business woman. It is normal to have gains and losses. Don't worry, I am mentally prepared."
Although the stall owner said this, he was sarcastic in his heart.
This guy is really good at bragging.
He also told her not to feel bad, as he was just afraid that these people would come to cause trouble for him if they didn't get the prizes.
Su Yuan said no more, aimed at the bull's eye, narrowed his sharp eyes, and exerted force on his hand before loosening it again.
The arrow was shot from the bowstring, like a flash of lightning streaking through the night sky, flying forward at a rapid speed, and with a 'bang' it hit the bull's eye accurately.
When Su Yuan was shooting arrows, many spectators gathered around and saw her shoot the arrow from a hundred meters away and hit the target.
Suddenly, there was a burst of applause from the crowd:
"Good, good, good shooting, you are really an excellent archer."
"Hehe, she is indeed a good archer. But the stall owner must be furious now. She made a lot of money with her gimmick in one night, and now the prize has been taken away. Tsk tsk, look at her face, it's ashen."
"Hahaha, I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't told me. Just now she was grinning so hard that her teeth couldn't be seen, and she was advising others not to cause trouble for her because they couldn't hit the target. Now she can't smile anymore, right?"
After Su Yuan shot the target, he glanced at the stall owner indifferently.
Obviously, let her get the prize quickly.
The stall owner swallowed his saliva, climbed up the ladder to take down the colorful glass lantern, walked slowly to Su Yuan, and handed it to her reluctantly:
"Here, miss, this is your prize."
The stall owner is feeling miserable!
She didn't want to give it, but she couldn't cheat in public. Besides, the woman in front of her looked frail, but unexpectedly she was an expert archer and she couldn't beat her.
Her dream of making a hundred taels of silver overnight was shattered!
Su Yuan looked indifferent as he took the lantern casually and turned to look for Meng Yunqiao, Nan Chu and the others.
There were huge crowds of people in front of the stall, bustling with people.
Su Yuan looked around for a long time and finally found her husband and friends in a corner of the crowd.
She walked over, handed the lantern in her left hand to Nan Chu, and the one in her right hand to Meng Yunlan, and said:
"This is what your sister asked me to win. Here you are."
Meng Yunlan was stunned for a moment, then nodded after realizing what was happening:
"Thanks."
Su Yuan nodded indifferently, then turned around with a faint smile on his face, and said to Nan Chu with a curled lip:
"This colorful glass lantern looks better when you look at it up close. Do you like it?"
Nan Chu smiled, bent her pink lips and said "hmm", and continued:
"I like it, it looks very nice. This is a gift from my wife to Nan Chu. I will hang it in my room and look at it every day."
Nan Chu's smile looked particularly charming and attractive under the illumination of a row of lanterns.
Su Yuan was stunned for a moment. After she reacted, she chuckled, raised her wide sleeves, covered Nan Chu in her arms, and leaned over to kiss his pink lips.
After kissing the person, Su Yuan put down his sleeves as if nothing had happened.
Only the faint smile on her lips could reveal her mood at the moment.
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