The more anxious the two became, the more things went wrong. Accidentally stepping on their partner's shoe again, they had a chaotic moment of putting on shoes and preparing anew.
This sent the cheerleaders sitting by the sidelines into fits of laughter. The kindergarteners and elementary school students laughed the loudest, doubled over with mirth, some even tumbling off their low stools.
In this "crab carrying watermelon" race, the teams of Lin Mao and Ruyi, Xiaoshan and Xiaoxue, and Zhou Qinmin and Xu Liuer showed the most coordination. They held hands, their backs pressed tightly together. Their ball-carrying speed was exceptionally fast, and it wasn't long before the three most cohesive teams reached the finish line.
Unsurprisingly, these three teams, with their absolute advantage, swept the top three spots without any suspense.
As the competitions on the field were in full swing, the cheerleaders were also cheering for their favorite participants, shouting encouragement loudly. Among all the cheerleaders, the first-graders, including Jiahui and Jiyao, had the loudest cheers. The siblings' little voices were almost hoarse.
Their mother kept urging them to drink some water before shouting and to lower their voices. However, the siblings went their own way, ignoring her advice. After taking a sip of water, they continued to cheer loudly.
The aunts dispatched by their mother-in-law for reconnaissance were also not idle. Like excellent scouts, they employed a man-to-man tactic, not missing any subtle movements of any pair of contestants on the field.
After the two events concluded, Chen Lan announced a forty-five-minute break, allowing the contestants to rest, drink some water, and replenish their energy.
Chen Lan could not rest at this time. She immediately summoned her mother-in-law and the aunts and asked in a low voice, "Mother-in-law, aunts, did you discover anything important?"
Aunt Li smiled and whispered, "I think that boy Lin Mao and Ruyi have a bit of something going on. I'll watch more closely later."
Aunt Zhao also whispered, "I noticed that Xiaoshan and Xiaoxue's relationship is unusual."
Aunt Qian chimed in softly, "I, on the other hand, noticed that Teacher Zhou's eldest son and Xu Hao's sister seem to get along well."
The forty-five-minute break passed quickly. Chen Lan quickly separated from her mother-in-law and the aunts and continued to officiate the subsequent two-person ball-catching competition.
The third competition was two-person ball-catching. This was a relatively simple event where two people formed a team. They stood twenty meters apart, one throwing the ball and the other catching it. Within the allotted time, the team that caught the most balls in the basket won.
In this competition, the contestants from the three winning teams of the previous two events clearly did not have as much of an advantage as before.
This time, the temporary partnership of Chuncao and Lao Qi felt like they had victory in the bag. Yes, that's right. Chuncao and Lao Qi were a pair temporarily put together by the grandmothers. The main reason was that Lao Qi, Zhang Dalei, and Du Jiang arrived late and didn't know many people. So, after much discussion, the grandmothers decided to pair Lao Qi with Chuncao, Zhang Dalei with Zhao Tie's sister, Zhao Qiaojie, and Du Jiang with Li Daqiang's sister, Li Xiaoju. Su Dan Novel Network.
In the beginning, the three men felt a bit awkward and reserved, quite embarrassed. But seeing the three women so poised and natural, they stopped overthinking and worrying about trivial matters. Thus, the three of them unleashed their potential, and the competition finally proceeded normally, with all three actively participating.
Lao Qi performed exceptionally well, almost never missing a shot. Every ball he threw landed perfectly in the basket held by Chuncao.
Zhang Dalei was no less impressive, hitting the target with every shot, all landing accurately in the basket held high by Zhao Qiaojie.
Seeing that the other two teams had completed their tasks, Du Jiang refused to be outdone. He adopted the stance of throwing a grenade and threw with pinpoint accuracy into the basket held by Li Xiaoju.
This resulted in three first-place ties, necessitating a thirty-meter overtime round. The three teams still ended up in a tie for first place.
After some deliberation, it was decided that the women would throw the balls, and the men would use the baskets to catch them. The results came quickly. The first place went to the team of Zhang Dalei and Zhao Qiaojie, second place to Du Jiang and Li Xiaoju, and Lao Qi and Chuncao secured third place.
Chuncao said to Lao Qi with some embarrassment, "Comrade Lao Qi, I apologize! I'm truly sorry. It was all my fault that you only got third place."
Lao Qi waved his hand with a smile, saying, "Sister Chuncao, don't blame yourself. You did your best, and you performed well. I think you threw quite accurately!"
The two chatted and laughed, the atmosphere being very harmonious. They completely failed to notice the aunts who were constantly observing them from the side.
The two-person ball-catching competition finally concluded. The next event was the grand finale of the sports day: "Charades."
Indeed, the most fun and exciting part of this fun sports day was the grand finale, "Charades."
In "Charades," two contestants would, based on the topic they drew, have one person act out the content written on the paper, and the other partner would guess. The performer could use body language and lip movements to prompt their partner. The game had a time limit of five minutes and was designed to test the默契 (tacit understanding) between the two partners.
Chen Lan had deliberately made the topics for this round quite tricky to test the默契 between the partners. The competition topics were all four-character idioms, such as: "three lengths and two shorter" (implying death), "scurrying away with heads tucked," "chickens flying and dogs leaping" (chaos), "searching for teeth all over the ground," "dumbfounded," "aiming high but having low ability," "heads broken and blood flowing," "glancing at flowers while on horseback" (superficial observation), and so on.
Chen Lan announced that each team would send one partner to draw lots from the lucky draw box in front to determine the order of appearance.
The first pair to perform was Du Jiang and Li Xiaoju. After standing far apart facing each other, the competition began. Du Jiang then drew the competition topic, which turned out to be "scratching ears and rubbing cheeks."
Du Jiang didn't know how to express it. He pinched his ears and touched his face, then truly started scratching his ears and rubbing his cheeks. This left Li Xiaoju, standing opposite him, utterly confused. With five minutes nearing its end, Li Xiaoju decided to take a gamble and said, "striking a coquettish pose."
Chen Lan smiled and said, "Incorrect answer. Time is not up yet, you can continue guessing."
The cheerleaders sitting by the sidelines, watching Du Jiang's comical display of scratching his ears and rubbing his cheeks, were roaring with laughter. They laughed so hard they were doubled over, some even shedding tears of mirth.