Chapter 183 Dark Moon Night
Under the colorful clouds on the horizon, Lux's face turned redder and prettier.
Although she was a little shy, Lux did not refute Raven's words. After sending the children out of the church, she went back upstairs to change clothes.
Leaven teased Xiao Lazy and glanced at the statue of the Lord of Light in the church: "Apollo, I am taking your people away."
The Lord of Light quietly said Sitting there, he didn't express any objection.
Not long after, footsteps sounded, and Raven turned his head to look, his eyes flashing with joy.
Perhaps for convenience, or perhaps not to want others to recognize her, Lux put on a rather plain clothes, wearing a soft yellow cloth scarf on her head, and let go of her golden hair from the braid. The silk curls slightly and hangs down on the shoulders.
She wore a common long dress made of light brown cloth, dotted with flowers and butterflies that were not exquisitely crafted. But under the fiery red sunset, as her footsteps moved and the skirt fluttered, the butterflies It was like it came to life, dancing on the girl's body.
Seeing Raven's eyes, Lux's aqua blue eyes flashed with nervousness: "...What's wrong?"
Raven walked forward, stretched out his arms, and spread them out. Palm: "Beautiful lady, I wonder if I am lucky enough to spend this wonderful night with you?"
Lux bit her lower lip lightly, then stretched out her hand.
With a snap, he gave Raven a high five.
Raven froze on the spot, and Lux walked out of the church with a smile in her eyes.
“Wait for me.” Raven also smiled and followed.
The arrival of the Dark Side of the Moon Traveling Troupe can be said to have added a rare bright color to the originally peaceful life of Eagle Town.
Not only the Eagle Town itself, but also people from the nearby Golden Gold Town, Snow Maple Territory, and even Tielulu Ridge came here because of its reputation. The total number was no less than tens of thousands, which can be said to be a huge crowd.
Although there are torches and braziers on the roadside to provide lighting, in the dim light of the sky, it is just barely enough to prevent people from walking into the wild. From a little distance, it is difficult to see the faces of others clearly.
For this reason, even without makeup, few people could recognize Raven and Lux.
At this time, Lux stood in the crowd, with both curiosity and a hint of fear in her eyes, like a helpless kitten. It seemed that she was not used to such excitement, and she followed Raven closely. Behind you, never leaving.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a child walked past quickly, cutting off Lux's sight. When he came back to his senses, Raven had disappeared.
Although she had second-level strength, the environment was dark and there were strangers around her, which made Lux feel a little uneasy. She looked around, trying to find Raven, but all she could see was the constant flow of water. Crowds.
She stood there alone, like a stubborn stone in the tide, lonely and helpless.
"Lux!"
Raven's voice sounded. Lax followed the sound and immediately caught a glimpse of Raven's figure. She ignored the crowd around her and ran up quickly. He grabbed Raven's arm, and his chest actually rose and fell slightly.
She raised her head and looked at Raven: "Where did you go just now?"
Of course Raven wouldn't tell the truth.
He actually wanted to tease Lux just now, but he immediately regretted it, so he appeared immediately. It took less than half a minute from disappearing to appearing.
"I'm going to buy you a glass of juice, try it?"
Lax's attention was indeed attracted.
The flow of people is wealth. Although there is no economic system in this era, businessmen also have simple experience and wisdom.
Stalls selling various drinks, drinks, snacks, and small toys line both sides of the road, almost like a night market.
Leaven bought these two glasses of juice from a roadside stall. The raw material is extremely plump apples, 100% freshly squeezed.
Lux took a sip, the uneasiness on her face disappeared, and she showed a satisfied smile.
Seeing this, Lei Wen also took a sip. The sourness of apples was in his mouth, and then the sweetness with fruity aroma.
The juicing technology of this era was still very rudimentary and primitive. The juice contained broken pulp and seeds, which provided more of the apple’s own flavor and a richer taste.
"Want to hang out in front?" Raven asked.
"Yeah!" Lux nodded without letting go of Raven's arm.
This is the first time Lux has come to such a lively place, and she will stop for a moment at almost every stall.
In an era of scarcity, meat will never be wasted. Even what will be regarded as leftovers by the Western world in later generations is still used in this world.
For example, roasted pig's trotters.
The best pig's trotters are washed clean, burned to remove the stubble, and boiled in a large pot. When a guest wants to eat, the pig's trotters are taken out and grilled on the charcoal fire.
Until the surface of the soup dries up and turns brown, apply a layer of sauce, use a knife to cut into pieces along the seams of the bones, then sprinkle with minced garlic and coriander, put it in a small wooden bowl, and serve again Give two sharpened wooden skewers and it's done.
A piece of food like this, including the container, only costs nine copper coins in total, which is considered to be of high quality and low price. If you are willing to sit by the stall and finish it, the stall owner will return you two copper coins. Cutlery money.
Lux happily ate the pig's trotters.
Due to the high amount of collagen, the lips always become sticky. Lux licked her lips with her tongue from time to time, more like a kitten that ate fish.
The road is very long, and there are many kinds of snacks on the roadside. Some people even brought out home-brewed wine, which made Lux dizzy. She wanted to eat a piece of this and a taste of that. If it weren't for the fact that there were no packing bags in this era, I'm afraid there would be no need. After walking half the street, Raven's hands were almost occupied.
Even so, after visiting the peripheral "snack street", it took nearly three hours. The sky was completely dark, a large part of the lively crowd dispersed, and the lights seemed a bit dim. .
Arrived outside the fence of the big tent, Raven paid for tickets for the two of them. The martial arts were divided into three levels.
The lowest level is 20 copper coins. You can play various activities within the fence, but you cannot enter the central tent.
The middle level has 50 copper coins, and you can enter the tent directly, but you cannot get involved in the surrounding projects.
The highest level is 60 copper coins, which allows you to play all projects.
And the ticket seller also reminded me that there will be very "explosive" programs in the tent in the second half of the night.
From here you can see the clever marketing methods of Dark Side of the Moon.
Now that we are here, who doesn’t want to walk into the tent and watch the most serious performance? Fifty copper coins, grit your teeth, you have to spend it.
Now that all fifty copper coins have been spent, do you still care about the remaining ten?
Of course Raven bought the "full price ticket" for 60 copper coins and took Lux into the fence.
Compared to the outside, there are many fewer people here.
Think about it, very few people hang out outside for that long. People who came in earlier should have experienced many projects, and it’s time to go to the tent to watch serious programs.
There are indeed a lot of projects here, including trepanning, divination, wrestling and so on.
Lux was not very interested in any of this. She pulled Raven inside, and then her eyes were attracted by a clown.
Feeling Lux's gaze, the clown suddenly showed an exaggerated smile, danced and said: "Hey, gentlemen and ladies, do you want to try our dart roulette!"
"Everyone of you Individuals can shoot three darts for free. If they hit the area on the roulette wheel, they will get a pair of darts. You deserve the rewards! There are prizes for everything and nothing goes wrong!”
Behind the clown, there is a table covered with red velvet, with many darts placed on it, about eight meters away from the table. There is a wooden disk about one person tall, with holes all over its surface and divided into sixteen uneven sectors.
There are eight special prizes, four third prizes, two second prizes, one first prize and a "surprise gift"!
The bigger the reward, the smaller the area.
Lux walked to the table, picked up a dart, and pointed to the side: "Well... if I want that, what is the prize?"
Lux pointed to a furry dart. The rabbit stuffed doll has long ears and two lifelike red eyes. It is holding a half-eaten carrot.
The clown said loudly: "Oh! You have great vision. This is the mascot of our Dark Side of the Moon Troupe, 'Rabbi Little Boy'. As long as you can hit the first prize, it will win the prize." Let’s go home with you!”
“This is a specially customized doll. Only one of these prizes will be given out at each opening!” Raven asked: “Do you need my help?”< br>
"No need." Lux was eager to try. Although she had never played darts, she had always seen them. Besides, the distance was only about eight meters, how could she miss it?
Just as he was about to throw it, he heard the clown say: "Then I will go and prepare first."
Lacus was stunned for a moment, prepare? What to prepare?
Then she saw the clown returning to the back of the stall, putting his hand on the disk, and with a little force, the disk began to rotate, and soon turned into a colorful shadow.
This time Lux was a little panicked. She didn’t expect that the plate would start spinning again.
But Lux was not a character who would give up easily. She took a deep breath, grabbed the dart, aimed at the roulette wheel and shot it.
With a pop, the darts landed on the roulette wheel, but they did not stop, obviously waiting for Lux to finish shooting three.
Lacus did not hesitate and shot out the remaining two darts in succession. At this time, the clown slowly stopped the roulette wheel.
"Alas..." Lux was a little disappointed.
Because of the three darts, two landed on the special prize and one landed on the third prize, and there was no doll she wanted.
"Congratulations! What a great harvest you have!" The clown jumped up and took out a few things from the box next to him: "This is your reward for this game. The special prize will be a piece of rag, and the third prize will be a copper coin. ! ”
For ordinary citizens, these three-inch square rags are a good thing. They can not only be used to mend clothes, but if you get more, you can also sew a pair of shoe uppers, or directly Sew a garment.
But Lux was not very interested in this: "I want to try again, how much does it cost?"
"Five copper coins, three chances!" The clown said with a smile.
Of course Lux will not give up.
Then, as expected, Lux failed to win the award she wanted, but only had three more rags in front of her.
Two more rounds and you can sew a piece of clothing.
The clown continued to encourage Lux: "The force on your wrist has become more and more precise. I believe that you will get the prize you want today!"
Lux thought seriously. After thinking about it, he shook his head decisively: "...Forget it."
This actually made the clown a little surprised and disappointed. According to his experience, emotional customers usually won't do anything even if others persuade them. Listen, you have to spend all the coins you have.
But this beautiful girl, who obviously has no experience, can resist the greed in her heart under his encouragement, which is really rare.
Raven had already seen the trick: "If you want it, I can help you get it?"
Lux was not very willing to give it up at first, but after hearing this, He nodded immediately: "Okay!"
The clown was immediately elated. He had seen too many young people who failed in his place just to show off their strength in front of their lovers and sweethearts.
Since he is in charge of this stall, the clown naturally has his own ability to dominate the market.
After years of experience, he can be said to be more familiar with the roulette wheel in his hand than his wife. He will have a clear outline in his mind at what speed, when to turn, and what the overall distribution of the roulette wheel is.
It seems that his hand is constantly accelerating the roulette wheel, but in fact it is controlling the rotation speed of the roulette wheel, observing the shooter's movements and predicting the landing point of the dart. Basically, it can be said, He can let people shoot whatever he wants.
Of course Raven also saw this.
He walked to the edge of the stage, picked up the darts, and whispered to Lux: "Come here."
"Huh?" Lax was stunned for a moment: "Me?"
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"Don't you think it would be more satisfying to get a prize through one's own efforts?"
Lacus was immediately moved: "But, won't this drag you down?"
< br>"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Raven's words made Lux feel at ease inexplicably. She walked forward, Raven half-hugged her into his arms and held her slender, smooth palm. , hold the dart and lift it gently.
Feeling Raven's body temperature behind her and the heat coming from the back of her hand, Lux's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she felt a little weak.
A hint of a scheming smile appeared on Raven's lips. He slowly raised Lux's arm and whispered: "Watch it."
Lux's voice was soft: "Yes."
Seeing this scene, the movement of the clown's hand suddenly changed. The disc seemed to be rotating, but in fact it took two steps forward and then one step back.
Show affection in front of me and feel the hand speed of being single for thirty-two years!
“One, two, three...shoot!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lux threw the dart in her hand and landed on the turntable with a clang.
At this moment, the clown's expression changed a little, but fortunately the paint was so thick that it couldn't be seen.
Although he couldn't see exactly where it landed, after the first time, Lux's shots became more steady, and soon the remaining two darts hit the target.
The clown was stunned by the result, a first prize and two surprise gifts!
“Okay!” Lux jumped up, walked over, grabbed the rabbit stuffed animal, held it in her arms, and couldn’t put it down.
The clown also came back to his senses after being briefly surprised. Although he was somewhat defeated and lonely, he would not get angry and point at Raven and Lux's noses and curse.
After all, the troupe is open to do business, not to make enemies.
The clown took out two badges from the box next to him and said sincerely: "I have been working in the troupe for more than 20 years, and this is the first time I have seen you two with such good accuracy. A couple with such a good relationship.”
“This is a surprise gift. With these prizes, as long as our troupe is still in Eagle Town, you two can enter the big tent to watch the performance for free!"
"Well, thank you very much." Raven reached out and took the badge. Said to Lux: "Otherwise, let's go in and have a look?"
But Lux was still immersed in the joy of getting a doll. She hugged the rabbit and had already begun to imagine where to put it in the room.
The moon was high in the sky, and the silver glow spread all over the ground, also covering Lux.
It was getting late, the clowns had closed their stalls, and there were not many pedestrians around, so it seemed a bit quiet.
Under the frosty moonlight, Lux hugged the rabbit doll, which reminded Raven of Chang'e in Guanghan Palace.
Leaven stepped forward slowly.
He had obviously seen many women, but his heartbeat couldn't stop beating faster.
When the scent of jasmine from Lux's body penetrated her nostrils, Raven lowered his head, and a shadow fell on Lux's arms.
At this moment, Lux, who noticed something, raised her head, and before she could react, Raven's lips had already pressed on her.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment, and even the chirping of insects disappeared without a trace.
I don’t know how long it took, but Raven raised his head and whispered:
"Sweet."
Lux's face suddenly burned with fire, her misty eyes filled with confusion and confusion, and she jumped back a step:
< br>"I...I still have evening classes to do, I'm going back first!"
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(End of this chapter)