Xia Wencai stopped thinking for the time being, and began to chat with these people, and the time soon came to 1:30, Xia Wencai said goodbye to them and left, got up and set off towards the lake--- rowing race is about to start!

As for the others, it is already very face-saving for others to participate in the opening ribbon cutting, and most of them are busy people, and they have other things to do, but they don't have time to participate in any activities, so Xia Wencai left first.

After Xia Wencai and others came to the lake, it was already full of hustle and bustle, the lake was full of onlookers, and of course there were many people who did not know the truth and ate melons!

As for the event arrangement, Xia Wencai has already asked people to get ready, the online registration ended yesterday, not very little, but not too much, Xia Wencai didn't understand it first, this does not charge registration fees, how can the number of participants be so many less than he thought! Or did I understand after Lin Xiaowan's reminder that although there is a prize money for the competition, in this society, many people can't even row a canoe, isn't it a shame to compete or something?

And there are more than 300 people who signed up online, but only came today, about 100 people, and this morning there were about 50 people who signed up on the spot, so the participants were about 150 people, and there were also more than a dozen people in the village who asked Xia Wencai if they could sign up for the trip, they came to row when they had nothing to do during this time, and they felt very skilled and confident!

Xia Wencai still agreed after hearing this, this competition is all hands-on work, there is no possibility of cheating, and he is not afraid of other people's gossip, and whether they can win or not is a matter of opinion, so it is allowed to participate.

Zhang Degui was solely responsible for this event, and he hurriedly ran to arrange it after eating just now, and I don't know where he went to get some big gongs and drums, it seems that he is ready to cheer everyone like a dragon boat, but other people's dragon boat races are specially equipped with drummers to cheer on the bow of the boat, and this one arranged for people to beat the big gong on the shore, and everyone cheered together

This lake is big enough, so the boats prepared for tourists before are sufficient, single and double, adding up to more than 300, bamboo rafts are even more hundred, plus black shed boats, it should be completely enough! The final count of the participants was 175, only 55 participated in the singles competition, and 120 signed up for the doubles competition.

At two o'clock, the fifty people in the single group competed first, and now they are all ready to get on the boat, and the race route is to row from the pier on this side to the pier on the other side of the lake, the distance is about 500 meters, and the route is not long, which is for everyone's physical consideration, otherwise the race is far away, and many people may not be able to reach the destination, which is not necessary.

Because he forgot to prepare the starting pistol, there was a scene that made the onlookers and the contestants laugh, Xia Wencai held a big firecracker, took out the lighter with a little trembling, lit it and threw it into the sky, and began to row the oars and sprint forward after a snap!

Several big gongs and drums on the shore were also knocked up, which was still very imposing, and tourists and TV people also began to shoot, but the laughter continued at the beginning of the game, because there were a few pit dads who were obviously rowing for the first time, and when they rowed, they staggered to the side and crashed into it! Thump! A few unlucky eggs were knocked over the boat and fell into the water.

Fortunately, the weather is hot now, not afraid of freezing them, and they are wearing life jackets and small vests, not afraid of drowning them, and when a few people climb ashore, they are obviously very depressed, and they die before they get out of the school, but they don't blame the few people who knocked them into the water, after all, they are all here to have fun, and they won't turn their faces like this, and those few pit dads quickly paddled themselves into the water, and their hearts were balanced, and they apologized to the unlucky ones after going ashore, Xia Wencai saw that a few people were wet, obviously not good, and the secret road was negligent, I had to ask the security guard to get some tunic clothes for them to change into first, this is work clothes, there is a lot of inventory, and Xia He also has it there.

The competition continued, and the relatives and friends of the participants on the shore were cheering for them, and the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic, but there were still some actors entertaining the public, such as two goods who were obviously not very good at rowing, although they did not capsize, but they had greatly deviated from the course and were rowing to the side, gradually moving away from the fleet

Soon there were people in the crowd who exclaimed, at first hearing that they thought something was wrong, but obviously not, because the fleet had just rowed out more than 100 meters, a small boat came out of the crowd, leaving the other boats far behind, about 20 meters ahead of the second place, of course, everyone exclaimed not only that the boat was ahead, but also surprised the rower, this is a woman

There were still twenty or thirty women who signed up this time, but only five participated in the singles race, except for the one who was ahead, and now there were three dangling behind the fleet, and as for the remaining one, one of the two who went off was that she was almost gone

And a few people seemed to be the woman's relatives and friends, and after seeing her lead, they screamed excitedly, and the cheering did not stop.

It's just that the composition of their personnel looks a little out of place with other groups of relatives and friends, cheering on two women and five children, the two women are wearing blue work suits washed white with small pompoms, and several children, the eldest looks to be eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one is only five or six years old, wearing everything, some have broken small holes, some wear obviously larger shirts, and some wear a long shirt as a skirt, which looks similar to when Xia Wencai first met Coco.

The reason why they are incompatible with other relatives and friends is because most of them are brightly dressed, and even all the people in the mountain village are wearing new clothes and living in new houses.

Lin Xiaowan also obviously noticed their abnormal makeup, I don't know if they really have no money or catch up with the trend of Brother Sharp, Xia Wencai and Lin Xiaowan glanced at each other, picked up the telescope and looked at the woman in first place, because now it has been rowed out more than 200 meters, and it is basically impossible to see clearly without a telescope.

Xia Wencai took a look, and saw that he was dressed the same as that of his relatives and friends, and he also looked like a work uniform, but now he was on his back, and he couldn't see his appearance, only a slightly yellowed ponytail tied behind his head, swaying with the swing of the oars.

Xia Wencai frowned after looking at it for a while, because from the back, it could be seen that her body was trembling slightly, and she was wheezing violently, it seemed that her body was almost at its limit, and her arms were also a little spasmodic.

"She's too anxious, and she's sprinting with all her might at the beginning, but she's definitely not professionally trained, and her body isn't enough, so it doesn't seem to work!" Lin Xiaowan said to Xia Wencai while watching.

Xia Wencai also nodded: "You're right, the boat behind has begun to close the distance, it's a pity!"

When the race came to the last 100 meters, the woman in first place had been overtaken by a boat behind her, and there were two boats already tied with it, but her body had already reached the limit, and now she was just biting her lip desperately, waving her arm mechanically, and even her lip was bitten without realizing it.

Xia Wencai is still cheering, cheering, gongs and drums are continuous, but suddenly the hustle and bustle of the case has stopped, and many tourists who are watching with binoculars here are looking at the tourists standing on the opposite side and don't know why, because now the winner is going to be decided when he arrives on the shore, and it is right to celebrate.

The race continued, the first boat landed, the second, the three docked one by one, only to find that there was another one about thirty meters from the shore, drifting with the waves, the people on the boat closed their eyes, bit their lips, a trace of blood poured out, although the body was still sitting, but the head was slightly lowered, obviously unconscious, only the hand was still gently shaking the oars, as if still trying to win.

The people on the shore had already discovered the abnormality, but they were suddenly shocked by such a scene, the security guard was stunned for a while before reacting, and quickly rowed out the boat to bring the person back to the shore, this activity was originally a celebration, if something really happened, it would be bad, I just hope this girl is okay

"Wake up, wake up, Brother Wen Cai, she's awake.!" Ergouzi ran out of the door of the village clinic and called at Xia Wencai, who was sitting at the door smoking.

After hearing this, Xia Wencai stood up, put out the cigarette, and walked in quickly, only to see that the outer room of a room was crowded with people, including the women's cheering group just now, but now they all lost the excitement just now, several people obviously cried, with tears on their faces, and the two youngest children are still sobbing.

"Village Chief Xia, we want to accompany her, how is Xiaomei, it's been an hour, why haven't you woken up yet?" One of the women asked after seeing Xia Wencai.

It's been an hour since the race, the duo race has been introduced, and the cross-country race is now an hour back and hasn't started yet.

The comatose woman's name is Li Xiaomei, and during the time she was unconscious, Xia Wencai had already asked the other two women about their situation, Li Xiaomei and the two women were both teachers at the Hope Primary School in Baihua Village, and these children were students there.

This so-called Hope Primary School is just an old ancestral hall, which is not donated by well-wishers in the society, but by these volunteer teachers, who raise money to organize, or it is more appropriate to call them volunteers, because not only do they not have wages, but they also have to often rotate out to work to earn money to maintain the expenses of this "school".

And when Xia Wencai heard the number of their teachers, he couldn't believe it, it was not too little, it was too much, the two women said that their small ancestral hall school was full of seventy or eighty students, and some orphans lived here permanently, so the demand for teachers was very high, and the expenses were also large.

Fortunately, they have a full 16 teachers, they take turns to go out to work to earn money and teach, half of the teachers go out to work, make money back to subsidize the school's expenses, but it is obviously not enough, mainly orphans have to pay for medicine, they are responsible for a lot of expenses, learning utensils and food, clothing and housing and other things have to cost money, but also thanks to the help of nearby residents, it can be sustained.