Chapter 62: Trip to Yi Town (V) Update (mostly daily)...
"certainly."
After Jin Jie finished speaking, he walked back to Liu Ziye and held her wrist.
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Half an hour later, Liu Ziye, who had had a great time, sat on the saddle and returned to Yi Town.
Someone spotted the two and immediately came forward to greet them, "Young Marquis, you're back! We were just about to send someone to look for you. The venue is ready, so feel free to come over!"
"Okay, thank you." Liu Ziye nodded to the man.
Then he said, "Let's go, let's go directly to the bonfire party."
The horses turned around and headed south of the town.
The initial activity was just as Jin Jie said, that is, the townspeople set up an open-air archery range. Considering that there were quite a few people staying, the townspeople, regardless of age, were very enthusiastic to participate, so they specially set up an archery range for children to play and for adults to play and compete.
When Liu Ziye arrived, children and women were already playing.
It seemed that they had all received instructions, and did not surround Liu Ziye like a rare animal when she arrived. Instead, they shouted "Young Marquis" and continued to play their own games.
Liu Ziye breathed a sigh of relief, dismounted and watched the battle at the edge of the archery range.
Then she was surprised that the old men and women who stayed in the town had archery skills that exceeded her expectations.
After an old man in his fifties or sixties shot a shot that hit the bull's eye, she saw that the next person who came up and raised the bow and arrow was a pregnant woman with a big belly!
According to her judgment, this month is at least seven or eight months.
The pregnant woman in the field didn't think there was anything wrong with her drawing the bow and arrow at this time, and no one in Yi Town who were watching enthusiastically thought there was anything strange about it.
Liu Ziye suppressed his surprise and waited for the pregnant woman to show her skills, hit the mark, and blind her eyes!
The arrow was shot out with a "whoosh".
Immediately afterwards, the crowd burst into shouts.
Even though Liu Ziye was very tall, he still stood on tiptoe and looked hard in the direction of the target.
However, when she looked over, she found that the target in the shooting range was empty, with nothing on it.
When I turned around again, I saw the pregnant woman who was shooting arrows laughing heartily.
Someone loudly teased her, "Wu Niang, where is your arrow? You can't find it anywhere on the target!"
Wu Niang laughed and said, "It missed. Look down, it's on the ground!"
The bow and arrow were taken over by another person, and the shooting continued. Liu Ziye realized that the archery in Yizhen was not a serious competition at all, but just a national entertainment activity.
No matter who it was, no matter what kind of shot it was, everyone laughed for a while and was happy.
Liu Ziye, who originally had some burdens and had no archery experience in his two lives, now really couldn't help but want to go on stage.
Jin Jie followed her and observed her for a while, then asked, "Young Marquis, do you want to give it a try?"
Liu Ziye was itching to try it, and when he heard Jin Jie's question, he turned around and smiled at him: "Let's go, let's give it a try!"
Just for fun.
Liu Ziye walked over and joined the line waiting for the archery competition. The townspeople in front and behind him saw him and asked with a smile, "Young Marquis, you are here to shoot too!"
While waiting in line, Liu Ziye looked at the children's archery range next to him, but found that the children's archery range was much more serious and solemn.
The children were carefully divided into two groups according to their age.
Someone brought a branch to the scene and used it to keep score for the contestants.
Now it should be the turn of the older group of children to compete. Jin Sier, the younger brother of Jin Ji, and the boy called Xiaopang who gave him a stone yesterday are both in this team.
The one holding the arrow in his hand and aiming at the target at this time was Jin Sier.
Liu Ziye saw that the boy, who was usually extremely shy in front of him and blushed before he even opened his mouth, now stood in the wind with his back straight, pulled the bowstring, and aimed at the target with extremely focused eyes.
A moment later, the arrow left the string.
The moment he saw the result, Liu Ziye was stunned again.
She couldn't help but tug at Jin Jie: "No, your brother is, a natural archer!?"
Jin Jie naturally took in the sight of Xiao Si'er shooting arrows. With his eyes twinkling slightly, he replied, "It's just that the kids have nothing better to do on weekdays, so they shoot too much."
Liu Ziye certainly disagreed: "Not everyone can achieve this look at this age by practicing every day."
After Jin Si'er finished shooting, he walked down the archery platform amid the children's calls and turned his head to the shooting range on the other side.
Liu Ziye's location was quickly found.
When Liu Ziye saw him looking at him, he gave him a thumbs-up from a distance and said to him with his mouth wide open, "Amazing!"
Jin Sier received the attention and praise he wanted, and smiled shyly again.
However, when he shifted his gaze and saw the questioning and warning look beside the young marquis, the smile immediately froze on his face.
He knew he had made a mistake and didn't dare to stay any longer. He came down from the archery range and headed for a place where there was no one.
Fatty grabbed him from behind and said, "Si'er! Where are you going? We didn't know you were such a great archer before! How come you just showed off your skills and left? Teach me!"
Jin Sier wanted to get rid of the people around him as soon as possible: "I, I just shot randomly."
"Blind shooting? How could a blind shooting get you like this?" Xiaopang was clearly not convinced. "With our friendship, you wouldn't want to teach me, would you?"
"No, no."
Jin Si'er's panicked defense.
"If not, then don't leave! Teach me!"
"I'll teach you." Jin Si'er compromised, "I'll teach you another day, okay?"
He looked at Xiaopang pleadingly.
At this time, Xiaopang also discovered that Jin Sier had sweat all over his forehead without him noticing.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jin Si'er lowered his head slightly, as if avoiding some invisible sword: "Yeah. I have a little headache. I want to go back and rest for a while..."
Xiaopang touched his forehead, his hand was wet with sweat.
"Fortunately, you don't have a fever. Okay, I won't ejaculate anymore. I'll take you home first." Xiaopang said.
After saying that, the two of them left the archery range one after the other.
On the other side, Liu Ziye saw Jin Si'er and Xiaopang leaving the archery range. Jin Si'er hung his head, obviously looking a little depressed.
She was a little surprised and asked, "What's wrong with Xiao Si'er? After shooting such a powerful arrow, he seems unhappy?"
Jin Jie expressionlessly turned his gaze away from the two small figures and replied, "He has a thin skin and has been like this since he was a child."
Liu Ziye shook his head when he heard this, then suddenly turned to look at Jin Jie, who had a cold expression on his face, and asked him, "Xiao Si'er is so shy. Is it because you scared him when he was young?"
Jin Jie: ...
For the first time, he felt the need to defend himself: "I'm just an ordinary-looking person, not scary."
"hehe."
Liu Ziye sneered softly: "Do you think it's just the appearance that's scary?"
Jin Jie asked woodenly: "Then, what else?"
"You have an expressionless face like that! What kid wouldn't be scared and suffer from psychological trauma if they grew up under your cold and imposing aura?"
Jin Jie: ...
"I...your subordinate..."
He stuttered a few times, and finally asked, "Does the young marquis also think that I am scary?"
Liu Ziye shrugged: "Of course not."
Jin Jie looked at her curiously and inquiringly, and Liu Ziye knew what he was thinking.
She turned around mysteriously, staring into the distance, and remained silent for a long time.
Until he left the cold-faced Jin Jie hanging behind him, he helplessly called out, "Young Marquis."
Liu Ziye then said compassionately, "Because when I saw you, you were no longer a child!"
By that time, she would have become an adult successor to socialism!
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The archery team moved forward little by little, and after a while, it was Liu Ziye's turn.
She stood in the front row and took the unfamiliar bow and arrow. In her previous life, she must have been completely unfamiliar with such things, but the original owner had certainly had some experience with them.
According to the original owner's memory, he once played it as a game.
Liu Ziye held the bow in her left hand and took the arrow from the target, which a town resident had passed back to her in her right hand. She weighed it back and forth in her hand, trying to awaken some of the original owner's muscle memory.
Jin Jie was observing from behind.
The townspeople of Yi Town, both inside and outside the archery range, saw the young Marquis of Xiguan about to show off his skills. They whistled at each other and shouted "ooh-oh", making the scene extremely lively.
Soon, Liu Ziye put the arrow on the bowstring, raised the bow, and aimed at the straw target thirty meters away.
Someone shushed a few times, "Don't disturb the young marquis's aim!"
The crowd quieted down and stared intently at Liu Ziye in the field, waiting for the moment when the young Marquis of Xiguan would astonish everyone with his skills.
With a "puff" sound.
The bowstring in the hand of the young Marquis of Xiguan was empty, and the arrow seemed to have flown out.
However, everyone stared at the target until they saw a hole, but no one could see where the arrow shot by the young marquis of Xiguan was.
Liu Ziye felt a little embarrassed. She bent down with a blushing look and picked up an arrow from under her feet.
She smiled and said, "Well...it didn't come out, haha, hahahaha..."
Everyone:!!!
Soon, the people of Yi Town came to their senses and joined Liu Ziye in laughing "Haha" and "Hahahaha".
"Anyway, the young marquis doesn't have to fight the enemy himself, so he doesn't need to be good at archery!"
"Yes, yes. There's no need to take the imperial examination to become an official, and there's no need to study and write poetry!"
"You don't need to be proficient in music and painting. You are born to appreciate paintings and listen to music!"
"Yes, yes, and the cooking and medical skills, there's no need for the young marquis to get involved himself!"
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The people of Yi Town were too supportive and not only made excuses for Liu Ziye's poor archery skills.
In a flash, she was exonerated one by one for all the skills of archery, horse riding, and the six arts and eight talents of a gentleman.
Listening to the warm and considerate "heartwarming words" of his fellow villagers, Liu Ziye almost wanted to bang his head against a piece of tofu and die.
She used to think she was just establishing her persona, but now she realized it deeply for the first time.
I am truly a useless young marquis!
Jin Jie's voice came from behind: "Young Marquis is just playing around, don't mind it."
Liu Ziye left the stage dejectedly, solemnly passing the bow and arrow in his hand to him, and with some effort he raised his arm and patted Jin Jie's too high, broad and heavy shoulders: "Come here, show them your skills and save the reputation of our Xiguan Marquis Mansion!"
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In the southwest of Xiguan, a heavy autumn rain fell all night long.
The ground was covered with dead grass and fallen leaves, soaked in wet rainwater. Every time you stepped on it, mud and water would be stirred up from inside.
Fu Zhen'er and his team were currently camped in an open area in a forest.
The honeycomb quick-install windproof tent stands in the woods like a giant mushroom head thriving in the rain.
Occasionally, birds and animals in the forest, their fur ruffled by the rain, were curious yet wary of these giant fungi they had never seen before. After wandering around for a long time, without exception, they all kept their distance and hid away.
In the tent in the middle, Fu Zhener was sitting on the ground.
After long hours of outdoor camping and exploration, Fu Zhen'er's naturally wheat-colored skin had become as if coated with a thick layer of honey, casting a golden brown hue. His hairstyle and clothing were also extremely simple. Now, inside the tent, he didn't need the outdoor adventure suit Liu Ziye had designed for him, and only wore a light undershirt.
The bottom of the tent was covered with a moisture-proof mat. In front of Fu Zhen'er was a booklet, in which she was writing by the oil lamp lit on the top of the tent.
This was a habit he learned from Liu Ziye.
When going out, especially when doing such exploration and survey work.
Every night, the day's itinerary and discoveries will be categorized and recorded, and every newly discovered geographical terrain that is not covered on existing maps will be recorded.
At this moment, the zipper closing the entrance of the tent made a "click" sound.
Xiying took off her wet clothes under the rain shelter outside the tent door and stepped in with excitement.
"Little Patriarch Fu, look at this!"
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