Big Islander 2

Chapter 228 Booster

Knoxville, Tennessee, among the large cities in the United States, is not popular at all.The only thing that attracts attention is the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the small town of Clinton, about 30 kilometers west of it.

Although the small town of Knoxville is not well-known, when Tang Jide drove here, he was surrounded by oak and maple trees and felt the faint peace and comfort floating in the air. He still gave it a place beyond New York. evaluation of the city.

I searched for two hotels in a row, but they were all full. After asking, I found out that this city is about to hold a hot air balloon festival, so hot air balloon enthusiasts from all over the United States and even all over the world gather here, and it is unavoidably overcrowded.

"If I had known earlier, I would have brought the RV here!" Tang Jide muttered, and then asked a shopkeeper, "There aren't many people on the street?"

The shopkeeper explained again: At this time, people gathered in the western suburbs of the city and flew the hot air balloons.During the festival, there will be a hot air balloon launch every morning and afternoon.

While talking, an ambulance stopped in front of the hotel, and then several medical staff got out of the car quickly: "Is Mr. Isaiah from New South Wales living here?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly put aside Tang Jide: "It's on the second floor. He seems to be very ill." After finishing speaking, he trotted, led the medical staff upstairs, and quickly carried down a man with a sallow complexion on a stretcher. The doctor said it was an attack of acute appendicitis.

Just as Tang Jide was about to leave, he was stopped by Xiami, and then the little girl went up to chat with the owner for a while, then smiled and pulled Uncle Datou upstairs, and lived in Mr. Isaiah's room.As for the gentleman's items, they are temporarily kept by the shopkeeper.

"This Mr. Isaiah is also a hot air balloon enthusiast. This time he took his own hot air balloon to the sky, but unfortunately fell ill. Uncle Big Head, why don't we fulfill his wish for him?" Little Xiami blinked his big Eyes, two big dimples on the face, it is obvious that there is another good idea.

Although riding in a hot air balloon seems to be a good activity, Tang Jide doesn't have this kind of thought now. Although Oak Ridge is dozens of miles away, how to get in becomes a problem. It is said that the security there is not as strict as usual.It is a national laboratory, and it is at the forefront of the world in several fields. It has attracted a large number of outstanding scientists to work here. The annual investment is billions of dollars. Can we not pay attention to it?
"Uncle Datou, you really have an elm head, we disguised ourselves as hot air balloon enthusiasts, and then flew to Oak Ridge in a hot air balloon—" Xiao Xiami had to give Tang Jide some hints.

Tang Jide couldn't help but slapped his thigh vigorously after hearing this: "It's a good idea, Xiao Xia is still smart-but such a big hot air balloon landed on someone's territory, so I'm afraid they will be sent away immediately?"

But since Xiao Xiami made this proposal, of course there are follow-up measures, whispering in Tang Jide's ear for a while, and the two people, one big and one small, finally smiled...

Half an hour later, when the shopkeeper saw that Mr. "Isaiah" came back, he was somewhat embarrassed. After all, he rented out his house again.However, Mr. Isaiah came and went in a hurry, and left in a hurry after taking away the participation certificate. This also made the owner sigh: He is indeed a super enthusiast of hot air balloons!
Tang Jide, dressed as Isaiah, met Xiao Xiami and drove to the west of the city together.Before leaving the city, I saw colorful hot air balloons rising in the sky from a distance. Against the backdrop of the blue sky and white clouds, they looked like blooming flowers in the sky, extremely gorgeous and eye-catching.

"It seems to be the southeast wind, God help me!" Looking at the hot air balloons all flying westward, Tang Jide couldn't help but feel elated.

But Xiao Xiami is not as optimistic as he is. The hot air balloon depends on the heating of the air or helium filled in the balloon, but the flight of the hot air balloon depends entirely on the wind. It wants to fly accurately to the oak tree more than 30 kilometers away. Ridge, the difficulty is really not ordinary.

After leaving the city, I ran a few kilometers and finally arrived at my destination.This is a vast pasture, surrounded by patches of pine or oak forests, very open.

The usually quiet wilderness has now become a bustling city. At least 10,000+ people gather here, just like a festival.The children are wearing colorful clothes, holding small balloons in their hands, or riding on the necks of adults, or running on the grass, with sweet joy rippling on their little faces.

Outdoor sports like this are also a good way for adults to rest and relax. There are groups of people everywhere, chatting and resting, basking in the sun, drinking champagne, and spending a pleasant day in nature.

There are many vendors around, and there is smoke from the oven, emitting bursts of aroma; or all kinds of inflatable toys are hung on the body, and the big brother is even a little worried about floating people directly into the air.

Most of them are entertainment facilities for children, such as roller coasters, merry-go-rounds and so on. Laughter and laughter are accompanied by screams, intertwined into a joyful movement.

Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami naturally blended into it very quickly. The two held a huge lollipop in their hands, and several balloons floated on their heads. They were bouncing around in the crowd, and they were the two happiest notes.

Anyway, they are going to lift off more than an hour before the sun sets in the afternoon, and there is still a long time, so of course they have to have fun.The fly in the ointment is, to know that there is such a scene, they brought the big star and the pheasant.

Getting off the flying wheel, Brother Big Tou staggered a little, so he had to sit in front of the cold drink stand to rest, watching Little Xiami play to his heart's content.At noon, I walked around a few food stalls, tried this and that, and finally made my belly round.

After taking a nap on the grass, I started to prepare for the afternoon flight.Mr. Isaiah’s hot air balloon has been shipped here long ago. After Tang Jide claimed it, he was a little disappointed. It turned out to be an AA type, filled with helium gas, and without a heating device. It is not a hot air balloon at all. I don't know how many times I have said "stingy ghost" in my heart.

When it was inflating, there was a sudden quarrel next to it. I went over and saw that it was a Chinese hot air balloon enthusiast who was arguing with a foreigner. It was said that the hot air balloon was invented by the Chinese ancestors. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang invented Kongming lanterns and so on; and the blond foreigner, who is from France, also quoted classics saying that the hot air balloon was invented by the brothers Meng Gefei, a paper maker in their country.The more these two talked, the more excited they became, and it seemed that there was a tendency to develop from literary fighting to martial fighting.

Seeing this, Tang Jide pulled the Chinese man away, and said a few words of comfort: "Gunpowder was invented in ancient China, and in the end, the western powers used guns and cannons to knock down the dusty gate of the country. It is useless to fight for these. Only self-improvement can truly win the respect of others."

As a result, the buddy grabbed Tang Datou's collar and slammed it directly, which made Datou very depressed: Who did I provoke?

Xiao Xiami pulled him aside: "Uncle Datou, now you're wearing makeup to look like a foreigner, of course people will think it's sarcastic if you say that—"

Tang Datou couldn't help scratching the back of his head, and puffed out his cheeks to inflate his hot air balloon.When the sun was westward, Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami finally sat in the gondola. After the order to take off was issued, more than 100 hot air balloons began to take off in order.

At this moment, with the evening wind blowing gently, balloons of various colors rose into the sky, like big mushrooms floating in the air; while the crowd below cheered bursts of cheers.The atmosphere of the hot air balloon festival also reached its climax at this moment.

Seeing the light blue flames from the burner of someone else's hot air balloon, Tang Jide could only smack his lips enviously: "I hope this one of us won't lose its chain—"

But the facts proved that Tang Jide's worries were unnecessary. After unfastening his seat belt, his hot air balloon began to rise slowly.It's just that compared with other hot air balloons with heating devices, the speed of ascension is relatively slow, and the elevation cannot be adjusted, and everything is left to nature to arrange.

Although this feeling of resignation to fate is very uncomfortable, but looking down from the hanging basket, the scenery on the ground is getting smaller and smaller, riding the wind and flying against the sky, floating like a feather and ascending to the fairy, the feeling of the big brother is still very good .

As the hot air balloon lifted off, the ground crew also began to get busy, and they also drove below to track the hot air balloon. Once the hot air balloon landed, it was impossible for one person to fiddle with it.

Tracking Tang Jide and his team was the easiest, because generally AA-level balloons don’t fly too high or far. Soy sauce.

But what puzzled them was that this hot air balloon floated slowly several hundred meters in the air, like an old car, but it just didn't land; many other contestants had already started to land, and this one was still slowly drifting westward .

The ground crew began to contact Tang Jide on the hot air balloon, telling him to land quickly. Didn't you see that the sun was about to set?It turned out that the hot air balloon had malfunctioned and could not be manipulated at all.Moreover, this altitude is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, and I have not yet chosen to parachute to escape.

"This kind of thing shouldn't be allowed to go into the air!" Members of the organizing committee also panicked, and quickly dispatched a rescue team to watch closely under the hot air balloon, ready to rescue at any time.A good balloon festival, but also cast a shadow.

But Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami on the hot air balloon were not in a hurry at all. They were getting closer and closer to Oak Ridge. Although the direction was a little off at the beginning, they were adjusted back by them.

Although they can't control the wind direction, they can adjust the direction of the hot air balloon by spraying the plant essence or life essence in their bodies, which can be regarded as adding two propellers to the hot air balloon.

Pfft——Tang Jide flicked his hands back, and a gust of air flow shot out rapidly, pushing the hot air balloon to deflect a few more degrees, aiming at the canyon in front of him, where the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is located, and various buildings stretch out. It's a big area, basically all kinds of laboratories, as well as some supporting auxiliary facilities.

With the victory in sight, Brother Big Tou couldn't help but feel happy, he grinned and heyed twice: "Shrimp, if the pheasant is here, it will definitely praise our hot air balloon as the most advanced, using a fart booster!"

After finishing speaking, he pouted his buttocks and sent out a stream of airflow, the hot air balloon suddenly started to accelerate and flew forward——

(End of this chapter)