70s factory beauty, transform villain cubs to become rich

Chapter 684 Xiaoyu Participates in the Competition?

Yang Yihe's face paled. She knew that Xiaoyu liked snakes and had kept snakes before, but snakes were too long, and even if they weren't poisonous, they were still scary.

He Yuxiang closed his eyes in despair.

Seeing her brother was scared, Xiaoyu called Xiaohei back, bent down and patted it: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, your sister will take you on an adventure later."

He Yuxiang let out a soft breath: "Let's go."

The six of them walked out, all wanting to go down the mountain and find a place by the river to grill something to eat.

Xiao Yu took out her slingshot and observed the doves that occasionally flew across the sky.

Seeing Xiaoyu holding a slingshot, Dwarf Tiger stepped forward to join in the fun: "Let me try."

Xiaoyu gave him the slingshot.

The dwarf tiger squinted at the dove, then shot a stone into the tree.

He was somewhat discouraged.

Wang Wenming seemed eager to try it out. He took the slingshot from Dwarf Tiger's hand, his dark face full of seriousness, and pulled the slingshot back with force.

Snapped--

Pebbles flew out.

The stone fell quickly, still far from the target.

Mao Mao: "Oh dear, what a pity!"

He tried it too.

After trying it, she hid behind He Yuxiang and pressed her forehead against his back.

Ah ah ah ah ah--

How embarrassing!
Why don't the stones fly away?

This slingshot showed him absolutely no mercy!

Xiao Yu looked down at the slingshot. She thought that when her uncle made it for her, it could hit the target every time. How did it become like this in their hands?

Xiao Yu scratched her face.

I really don't understand.

She took a nearly perfectly round brown pebble from her pocket, put it directly into her leather pouch, and steadily raised her arm, pulling the rubber band taut with unhurried movements.

Everyone looked at her.

When Xiaoyu gets serious, she always exudes a calmness that is beyond her years. When the rubber band is stretched to its limit and makes a soft but clear 'whimper' sound, her eyes become extremely focused at this moment, and in her bright black pupils, it seems that only that small gray dot remains.

Time seems to stand still.

In that instant—

whoosh-

The sound of pebbles whistling through the air was short and sharp, and everyone's eyes followed the almost invisible trajectory.

pat-

A very faint sound.

A dove fell from the tree into the grass.

The silence lasted only a moment, then erupted into cheers: "Hit! It really hit!"

All eyes were on Xiaoyu, filled with shock and admiration.

Mao Mao jumped excitedly to Xiao Yu's side, screaming and shaking her shoulders in disbelief, "You hit it from so far away! Xiao Yu, you're amazing! Genius! I officially crown you the Slingshot King!!"

Xiao Yu smiled sweetly, her round face fair with a hint of pink, like a peach. She calmly took out another pebble from her pocket, and the second dove landed the moment the pebble was shot out.

“This is so handsome.”

The short-legged tiger opened his mouth wide. He also wanted to act cool like that, making others scream with nonchalance. That feeling must be amazing.

He Yuxiang felt honored and went to pick up the dove for his sister. Xiao Yu said modestly, "It's alright."

A group of people surrounded her and praised her, making her feel embarrassed.

Mao Mao stood beside Xiao Yu, her eyes searching around for birds, pointing them out to Xiao Yu as soon as she saw one.

Xiao Yu shot it down decisively.

This will trigger another wave of screams from Mao Mao.

On the way down the mountain, we had a great harvest: four turtledoves, enough for six people to eat.

"Young comrades, is this the turtledove you shot down?"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed in military green clothes approached. He had a scar on his forehead, and although his clothes were the most sought-after military green at the time, they were patched from the collar to the cuffs.

Xiao Yu took a turtledove and presented it to him: "Uncle, do you want to eat it? This one is for you, there are six of us, so that's three."

Jing Weibao laughed heartily, "No need, I can make it myself if I want to eat it. Can I ask you how you shot down the turtledove?"

Everyone looked at Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu readily admitted, "I shot it down with a slingshot."

Jing Weibao became increasingly interested and casually pointed to the starfruit tree across the river, "See the starfruit tree with fruit? I planted that. See if you can knock one down."

Xiaoyu pulled back from the action of offering the dove, shaking her head in refusal: "I don't want to."

Jing Weibao was taken aback. He had been observing the group of children recently, especially Xiaoyu, who was the most efficient worker. He felt that the child had a very good temper. Just now, when he asked her a question, she gave him the dove. She was indeed a kind child. He didn't expect her to refuse.

“I don’t mean anything by it. I’m currently the captain of the militia team in Wangjia Village, and also an archery coach in the city. If you have a talent for archery, I can let you train and participate in competitions.”

He Yuxiang immediately stepped forward to ask, "What competition?"

Jing Weibao: "Competitions in the city, the province, the country, and even the world—do you know the Olympics? Archery is an art form that allows you to participate in the Olympics."

He Yuxiang turned to Xiaoyu and asked, "Do you like archery?"

"I haven't tried it..."

She seems to really like using the slingshot now, because she shot down four doves!

Her friends idolize her.

She was just a little bit proud of herself.
Jing Weibao said, "It's okay. Let me see your talent. If it's suitable, we can go to the city for a formal assessment."

Xiao Yu pursed her lips: "But I can't train."

Jing Weibao asked, "Why?"

Xiaoyu replied, "Because I'm going to perform in the countryside with our machinery factory's cultural troupe next."

The busy farming season is over.

The performing arts troupe will have to be mobilized.

Jing Weibao knew she was from the city and didn't realize how busy a little girl like her was, but he persisted, saying, "May I see? Besides, archery training doesn't take that long."

Yang Yihe frowned slightly: "If you want Xiaoyu to participate in the competition, I hope you can honestly tell her how tiring the training is and how much time it will take."

Jing Weibao looked at Yang Yihe in surprise.

Yang Yihe looked back calmly.

Xiao Yu then looked up at Jing Weibao.

Jing Weibao said awkwardly, "If we want to achieve something and win glory for our country, we definitely need to work hard. After all, the Olympics is a sporting event that the whole world pays attention to. If we want to gain recognition from people in other countries, we will have to do a lot of exercise and we may get injured. But we are not at that level yet. It would be good enough if we could win glory for the city."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and took a stone out of her pocket.

He Yuxiang looked down and rummaged through her pockets. They were a jumble of random things. She liked to stuff all sorts of things into her pockets, no wonder her aunt always liked to give her big pockets.

Xiaoyu put the stone in her pocket, turned to the side, raised her arm, and pulled the rubber band.

Jing Weibao stared at her, sensing the sharpness in her eyes and her extraordinary focus. When she wanted to achieve her goal, she was like a bow being slowly drawn to its fullest extent.

(End of this chapter)