After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

The person giving orders from the shore struck the hammer on the gong!

"Boom!" With the sound of a gong, the eight participating teams, who had already tensed up their nerves, immediately put down their oars. Like arrows leaving their strings, the eight dragon boats rushed out of the stone bridge with a "swish"!

The speed was so fast that the spectators on the shore were dazzled and their cheers became louder and louder.

The eight dragon boats seemed to have their own acceleration and flew past everyone's eyes in a few seconds.

Seeing the Dalang brother and sister rowing a dragon boat for the first time, their eyes widened and their mouths opened in surprise but could not be closed again.

"So fast, so fast!" Sanlang raised his head and said to his mother in surprise.

Qin Yao's eyes were also attracted to the dragon boat, and she nodded in agreement: "Fortunately, we are standing high, this is a good position, otherwise we would only be able to see the dragon boat for a few seconds."

There are eight dragon boats with flags of different colors. Among them, the boat with the white flag has been far ahead since the start. If nothing else happens, it will take the first place.

The seven dragon boats behind them were not to be outdone. They accelerated the rhythm amidst the fierce drumbeats of the leading drummer. The oars were almost leaving an afterimage when they waved their hands, and they actually caught up behind the white flag.

Seeing such a fierce battle, the people were very excited. The crowd subconsciously chased the dragon boat, so they heard the sound of "plop, plop" falling into the water one after another.

Fortunately, the organizers had anticipated this, and as soon as the bamboo poles were released and the boats were pulled, the people who fell into the water were fished out.

At this time, the dragon boat reached the middle stage of the swim, and the cheers from behind were no less than those of the crowd watching the previous stage.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Liu Ji pointed to the east excitedly, his expression changed, "The yellow flag is actually the first, and the white flag is third!"

Someone in the crowd laid out the gambling cloth prepared in advance on the spot and shouted:

"Come on, come on, let's fight for a round, I'll go first, I bet the white flag can come back and regain first place!"

Hearing this, the crowd around them became even more excited. If they had money, they would throw money, but if they didn't, they would throw jewelry and hairpins. Anyway, they wanted to join in the fun.

Some people bet on the yellow flag to be first, some are betting on a draw with yellow and white, and some are betting on the red flag at the end, all kinds of things.

Coupled with the fact that the eight dragon boats in the river changed positions several times, the final result became even more confusing.

Because the river is narrow, only four dragon boats can run parallel at the same time. If you want to surpass each other, the boats will inevitably fight.

At the corner, five dragon heads squeezed in and got stuck.

The three lagging teams behind caught up and overtook them. The five dragon boats crowded together in a hurry started to move their oars. If you push my dragon's head, I will push your dragon's tail.

The six members of Qin Yao's family in the tree were also deeply involved along with those placing bets on the river bank.

Erlang shouted directly: "Baiqi, run away! Leave them alone!"

Sanlang and Siniang were very optimistic about Huang Qi, who came from behind. Although they did not shout out, they waved their little hands and kept shouting in a breathy voice: "Come on, come on!"

If he hadn't been caught in Qin Yao's legs, he would have fallen into the river and become a drowned rat like those who were chasing the dragon boat in front of him.

Liu Ji and Liu Li were optimistic about the yellow flag, and the other was optimistic about the white flag. While shouting for the team they were optimistic about, they curled their lips and bared their teeth at the other side to show disdain.

Under the influence of such an atmosphere, Qin Yao also relaxed, and her emotions fluctuated with the ups and downs of the dragon boat race.

Dalang glanced at her in surprise.

Maybe the stepmother herself doesn't know that she has never been so relaxed in the past two years.

Usually, even when chatting and laughing with the villagers, his hands would subconsciously clenched into fists, always keeping a vigilance.

Before practicing martial arts, Dalang didn't notice this little move.

But after practicing martial arts, he was able to realize that even if the surrounding environment was very safe and there was no threat at all, the stepmother would always suddenly turn away from her.

After discovering that there was nothing, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and showed a thankful expression.

It's like a hunter who has developed an instinctive reaction in his body by living in a forest full of dangers all year round and full of wild beasts and birds.

This kind of physical instinct makes her even if she comes to the safety of the mountain, she will still be inspired to fight at any time due to any slight disturbance.

But today there were so many strangers around, but the stepmother loosened her clenched fists and let her palms hang down naturally.

Dalang guessed that maybe she was getting used to the stable environment at the foot of the mountain.

The young man thought happily in his heart that this was good, because he hoped that his stepmother would be really happy.

Five dragon boats crowded together finally broke out of the curve at the expense of two of them capsizing.

There was only the last 100 meters left to reach the finish line. There were six dragon boats left on the river, fighting fiercely back and forth.

The oarsmen had veins popping up on their arms, gritted their teeth, and rushed forward with red faces and ears. It made people's blood boil.

In the last 50 meters, the white flag was indeed the strongest. It once again broke through the encirclement, surpassing the second red flag by three or four meters, and became the first.

In the last twenty meters, the white flag was far ahead.

In the last five meters, Huang Qi actually surpassed the third and fourth place runners at an extremely fast speed and became second.

At the last meter, yellow and white run side by side, and it is impossible to tell with the naked eye who is in front and who is behind.

"Boom!" With a gong sound, two dragon boats rushed across the stone bridge at the same time, followed by the red, blue and other teams.

Liu Ji shouted excitedly: "The white flag is first!"

Liu Li also shouted at the same time: "Yellow flag first!"

"How could it be a yellow flag? I clearly saw the white flag and the dragon's beard crossing the bridge first!" Liu Ji retorted angrily to Liu Li.

Liu Li felt that what he said was too ridiculous, "It was obvious that the yellow flag ribbon crossed the stone bridge first!"

The common people who opened the market on the ground also started arguing. The banker bet on the white flag, naturally hoping that the white flag would come first. The two sides quarreled fiercely. In the end, the quarrel could not produce any results, so they all had to look at the prefect in the stands.

The officials in the stands were also confused for a while. After all, what they saw was that the two ships left the stone bridge at the same time.

But there can only be one number one.

After a while of discussion, the prefect announced that the white flag player came first because the white flag drummer touched the stone bridge arch first.

"How can this be possible!"

The girl lifted up her obstructive skirt to reveal her lantern-thin sandal pants underneath. She stepped onto the stool in two steps and shouted at the officials who were discussing the outcome:

"No one said that the bridge must touch the arch before it counts. I don't accept it! The yellow team clearly crossed the stone bridge first, but the yellow team was the first!"

Hearing this roar, all the officials looked helplessly at Magistrate He.

"He Zhanghua, what are you doing?" Magistrate He scolded sternly: "Come down, who asked you to get on the stool!"

The onlookers on the shore suddenly realized that she was the young lady from the prefect’s family.

"It seems that Miss He also raised the yellow flag." Qin Yao said to Liu Li.

Liu Ji was so angry that he said, "Madam, why are you turning your elbows outward? With your sharp eyes, you must have clearly seen who crossed the bridge first. It was the white flag, right?"

Qin Yao didn't answer, but asked him: "You haven't placed any bets. Why are you anxious? You can just watch the fun."

Liu Ji weakly looked up at her, his lips trembling, he hesitated to speak - all his private money! It was all a white flag last night!

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows in disbelief, and then narrowed her eyes dangerously.