Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 178 Prize
There was a temple fair in the county town on the 30th, and it was said to be very lively. Xiao Ting had been looking forward to this day for a long time. He worked hard for three days, and his arms were almost broken. He finally finished copying the three versions of "The Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child".

As soon as he was released from confinement, he begged his mother to take him and his sister to the temple fair.

Jiang Tingyue wanted everyone to have a good time during the New Year, so she discussed it with her husband, and they decided to take Xiao Wangyan, Ci Wanchaolu and others with them and go out to the temple fair together.

So, after lunch, the group went out in a mighty procession.

Jin County is a relatively large county in Yizhou. The place is rich in resources and the people have some spare money. Now during the New Year, everyone comes out with their families to play, and the temple fair is crowded and very lively.

The carriage was blocked at the street entrance and could not go any further, so Xiao Wang and his group had to get off and walk.

Xiao Qie held his son's hand tightly, while Jiang Tingyue held his daughter's hand tightly to prevent the two children from being separated by the crowd.

There were people performing Nuo dance on the street. Two Nuo dancers were wearing exaggerated ghost masks and dancing rhythmically to the drum beats. Suddenly, one of them rushed to Yan Ciwan, and immediately scared Liu and Chaolu who were standing next to him.

Yan Ci Wan's expression did not change. She stared at the Nuo dancer in front of her. The other person's face was covered by a ghost mask. Only through the two holes in the mask could she see a pair of deep and mysterious eyes.

These eyes gave Yan Ciwan a familiar feeling.

Just as she was about to take a closer look, the Nuo dancer suddenly stepped back, shook the bronze bell in his hand, stretched out his arms, and bowed slightly towards Yan Ciwan.

At this time, Chaolu and Liu had recovered from their shock.

Liu saw the Nuo dancer's movements and said with a smile, "This should be to ward off disasters and difficulties for you, Ah Ci. This is his good intention."

Yan Ciwan looked at the Nuo dancer. He stood up, shook the bronze bell and returned to his companion. The two continued to dance Nuo for blessings. The sound of the bell accompanied by the drum beats merged with the noise of the onlookers.

Xiao Wang noticed that Yan Ciwan had been watching the people performing the Nuo dance, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know them?"

Yan Ciwan retracted his gaze: "I don't know him, let's go."

The group continued to move forward, and when they passed a stall making candy figures, Xiao Ting suddenly couldn't walk. He stared at the candy figures and pleaded in a low voice.

"Aye, I want a sugar man."

Xiao Que refused without thinking: "No, the doctor said you can't eat sweets."

"I'm not eating, I'm just looking at it."

Xiao Yu didn't believe his lies at all and forcibly dragged his son away.

There are people setting up archery stalls on the roadside. As long as you hit the bull's eye, you can choose any prize from the many prizes on the table and take it away. Even if you don't hit the bull's eye, you can get a "Fu" character as a consolation prize.

Many spectators gathered outside the isolation line drawn by red ropes, including some who were very confident in their archery skills and were eager to pay money to try their skills.

Yan Ciwan saw that Xiao Ting was in a bad mood and knew that he was upset because he couldn't buy the candy man, so he took the initiative to ask.

"Do you want to play archery?"

Xiao Ting glanced at the bow and arrow, curled his lips and said, "No, I won't play."

It’s not that he didn’t want to play, but he was too young to pull such a big bow and arrow.

Yan Ciwan saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "I really want to play archery, but I don't have any money. How about you lend me ten cents and I'll get the prize after I hit the bull's eye?"

Xiao Ting looked at her in disbelief: "You are an adult, but you don't even have ten cents on you?"

Xiao Qie said in a deep voice: "A Ting, you can't talk like that. How could Madam Ning not have even ten cents on her? She just wants to find a reason to get you to play with her. She means well."

Yan Ciwan, who was so poor that he couldn't even afford ten cents, said: "..."

A purse was handed to her.

Yan Ciwan turned his head and looked at Xiao Wang beside him. He said, "I'm lending it to you, without interest."

"How embarrassing." Yan Ciwan said this, but she took the purse without hesitation and counted out ten copper coins from it. "If you hit the target, the prize will be yours." She returned the purse to Xiao Wang, then walked to the stall owner and exchanged ten coins for an arrow.

Just then, the last guest who was practicing archery left, leaving a vacant seat. Yan Ciwan walked over, drew his bow and arrow, and aimed at the target fifty steps away.

Chaolu, the bystander, was even more nervous than Yan Ciwan, the person involved.

She held her breath and stared at Yan Ciwan without blinking.

Yan Ciwan loosened his fingers, the bowstring vibrated, and the arrow shot out with a whoosh, hitting the red bull's eye exactly.

The onlookers were all shocked. They didn't expect that such a weak girl like Yan Ciwan could have such accurate archery skills. It really shows that one cannot judge a person by his appearance!

Xiao Yu often practiced riding and archery. He was well versed in it and could tell at a glance that Yan Ciwan's archery posture was the result of professional training. It seemed that her background was not ordinary.

Xiao Ting opened his eyes wide. He originally thought that Yan Ciwan was bragging, but he didn't expect that she could really hit the bull's eye with one arrow.

At this moment, Yan Ciwan's image in his mind suddenly became taller.

Chaolu said excitedly: "Aci, you are so awesome!"

Yan Ciwan smiled at her and then said to Xiao Wang.

"As agreed, the prize will be yours if you hit the target. You can pick whatever you want."

Xiao Wang originally wanted to say no, but then he thought, this was the prize that Yan Ciwan won from archery. Rounding it off, it was equivalent to her giving her trophy to him, which was a testimony of their friendship!

So he walked to the table full of prizes, scanned the dazzling array of items one by one, and finally picked up a colorful pottery figurine of a lady. The figurine was only the size of a palm, and was very round and cute.

"I want this."

Yan Ciwan asked curiously: "Why did you choose this?"

"I think there's a liking for each other." Xiao Wang said so, but what he was thinking in his heart was that the eyebrows and eyes of this pottery figurine of the lady were somewhat similar to Yan Ciwan, which made people feel happy just by looking at it.

Seeing Chaolu looking at him eagerly, Yan Ciwan asked, "How about you lend me ten cents? If you hit the target, the prize will be yours."

Chaolu's eyes lit up and she immediately nodded in agreement.

She took out ten cents from her purse and handed it over, then looked at Yan Ciwan with expectant eyes as he picked up the bow and arrow again.

This time, Yan Ciwan shot the arrow into the bull's eye again.

Chaolu ran happily to choose the prizes. She picked two white Bodhi bracelets, kept one for herself and gave the other to Yan Ciwan.

"So we can wear the same bracelet."

Yan Ci Wan took the bracelet and put it on, then stretched out his hand and put it together with the bracelet on Chao Lu's wrist. They both thought it looked very beautiful.

Xiao Ting moved hesitantly to Yan Ciwan's side, and hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"I want a prize, too."

He thought Yan Ciwan would take the opportunity to ridicule him, but Yan Ciwan simply stretched out his hand and said, "Take the money."

Xiao Ting hurriedly opened his purse and counted out twenty copper coins from his saved pocket money.

Yan Ciwan reminded: "Only ten cents is enough."

Xiao Ting whispered, "I want to give my sister a prize as well."

Yan Ciwan laughed. Although this boy had a bad temper, he was quite considerate to his sister.

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