Chapter 255 Very Good
The Pingcheng team in Group 2 unsurprisingly won first place in the group stage and successfully advanced to the finals.
The third group is the New Town team.
The dragon boat teams in the same group were from Qingshui Town, where Chen Dafu was from, and from Changle Town.
Only the first-place winner can enter the finals; the second and third-place winners will be eliminated. There is no revival round.
The New Town team is ready and poised to go.
Xiao Cheng sat in the first row, holding a paddle. To his right was Luo Shiliu, who also held a paddle. In the second row were Xiao Dazhuang and Wang Hao, and the person playing the drum was a young man from the Xiao family.
Even from a great distance, Bai Lu could clearly see Xiao Cheng's tall and handsome figure and his distant gaze, but she didn't think her voice could travel that far.
The riverbank was packed with people, and the noise was like a surging tide, one wave higher than the next, which would surely drown out her voice.
Bai Lu declined with a different reason: "Don't worry, they can get first place without my encouragement."
"Sister-in-law...keep going, they can row faster."
Looking at Bai Lu, a girl who was only a year older than her but was smarter, wiser, and unbelievably beautiful, Yu Xiaoling decided that she had to give her a push.
She turned to her girlfriends and said, "Let's demonstrate for our sister-in-law first, and cheer for the Xinzhen team to see if they can hear us."
The girls immediately understood, smiled and nodded, and each of them spread their hands into small megaphones and put them to their mouths.
Across the sea of people, I shouted loudly towards the starting line of the track, a kilometer away—"Go, New Town Team!"
"Go Luo Shiliu!"
"Go Xiao Dazhuang!"
"Go Wang Hao! Go Xinzhen Team!"
"Go, New Town team! Keep it up! Charge, charge, charge!"
The girls shouted at the top of their lungs, their unified shouts breaking through the noisy crowd.
Pointing directly to the starting line of the track a kilometer away, figures from all directions turned around, their eyes all falling on Bai Lu and the others. Some talked with relish, while others made good-natured jokes.
Whether the sound had truly traveled a kilometer or not, all the men from the Xinzhen dragon boat team looked over.
Bai Lu just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Yu Xiaoling and the others deliberately didn't call Xiao Cheng by his name, intentionally leaving the title of "elder brother" for their sister-in-law to use.
As a result, a chorus of jokes also arose on the dragon boat in Xinzhen, a kilometer away.
"Hey, what did I just hear! The girls aren't cheering for Cheng Ge, they're cheering for Xiao Dazhuang instead!"
"This is like a windfall, a golden opportunity! Dazhuang, quickly note which girl cheered you on, and if you win the competition, you can take her home as your wife right away!"
Luo Shiliu always spoke in such a "reasonable" way, always considering the needs of honest people.
Ignore that wild, unruly, signature smirk.
Xiao Dazhuang refused without even thinking: "I'm not in a hurry to get married. I need to make money so my mother can have a good life. We can talk about getting married later."
"No one is cheering for Cheng-ge because his sister-in-law is here. She will cheer for him in a little while."
Wang Hao concurred with a serious expression: "I agree. The oil that my sister-in-law added is the only one that's suitable for my brother. The others are useless."
"Oh, really?" Luo Shiliu cupped his hands into binoculars and looked at the crowd on the riverbank a kilometer away with a serious expression: "Let me see where my sister-in-law is."
"Don't worry, big brother. The girls are all cheering for us, but not for you. Your wife isn't cheering for you either; she's probably thinking about how to shout even louder!"
This attempt at comforting words sounds a little harsh.
The dragon boat team members wanted to laugh but dared not, each holding a paddle and paddling to try and suppress their laughter, their paddles trembling from holding it in.
Xiao Cheng remained expressionless, indicating that he was not in a hurry at all, completely ignoring Luo Shiliu's words.
Only the drummers standing face-to-face at the bow of the dragon boat knew that the eldest brother's gaze had been fixed on his sister-in-law's direction ever since he boarded the boat, never leaving her.
When the girls were shouting encouragement, the older brother's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed again.
Isn't that obvious enough?
It's obvious that the older brother really wants his sister-in-law's encouragement!
Yu Xiaoling and her girlfriends also wanted their sister-in-law to cheer on their brother: "Sister-in-law..."
"The competition is about to start, so cheer for Cheng Ge and help him win first place!"
"That's right, sister-in-law, look, they all heard us cheering for the Xinzhen team. If you cheer, Brother Cheng will definitely hear it too. Brother Cheng is watching you and waiting for your cheers!"
"Just keep trying!"
"Only if the Xinzhen team makes it to the finals will they have a chance to compete for the dragon boat championship and enjoy a night cruise in Pingcheng..."
A girl's enthusiasm is always hard to resist, and Bai Lu finally relented: "Let's wait a bit."
"I'll cheer them on when they get to the middle of the dragon boat race, so your brother Cheng can hear me more clearly."
Sigh... She really couldn't bring herself to yell and shout, such an impolite thing to do, so she had to use her wits.
Let's get closer and give them a symbolic shout of encouragement.
Yu Xiaoling accidentally guessed Bai Lu's thoughts because Wen Xiuyun had said that Bai Lu was a gentle and kind girl and would definitely not do anything like yelling and shouting.
So, Yu Xiaoling left very sensibly.
They quickly brought back a large loudspeaker.
"Sister-in-law, use this to cheer Cheng-ge on. You don't need to shout very loudly; it can be heard from far away."
Bai Lu was stunned by the megaphone in Yu Xiaoling's hand, "Where...did you get this?"
“My mom’s,” Yu Xiaoling explained cheerfully. “Today, a lot of people came to Xinzhen to participate in and watch the competition. My dad didn’t go to the city to sell fruit. Instead, he took out the big loudspeaker he used when he first started selling fruit and went to my mom’s stall to help sell roasted chestnuts.”
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, this loudspeaker is of excellent quality. My dad put it at the intersection, and it can be heard all over the four streets. Customers come from far away to buy fruit and roasted chestnuts as soon as they hear it. Business is booming!"
The girl added, "Yes, yes, yes, the route from our house to the river to watch the dragon boat race doesn't even pass by Xiaoling's mom's fruit stand. It was only after hearing the vendor's calls for roasted chestnuts from afar that my mom turned back to buy some."
"Outsiders only found out that there were roasted chestnuts for sale in the new town after hearing the loudspeaker's announcement. They all rushed to Xiaoling's mother's stall to buy roasted chestnuts, which shows how loud the loudspeaker was."
"Sister-in-law, quickly use the megaphone to cheer on Brother Cheng!"
"You don't need to shout loudly, Brother Cheng can hear you. Sister-in-law, hurry up and take action!"
The girls looked at Bai Lu with sparkling eyes, their faces full of excitement as they waited for Bai Lu to cheer on Xiao Cheng.
Bai Lu: "..."
"This... isn't a good idea."
“Great!” the girls nodded vigorously.
"This is an annual dragon boat race," Yu Xiaoling said. "This is the only one this year."
"Sister-in-law, quickly cheer for Brother Cheng!"
The young woman also said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
Bai Lu: "...Is it that serious?"
"Mmm! It's very serious!"
(End of this chapter)
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