usatvline Chapter 247 Punishment
Chapter 247 Punishment
After walking less than one lap, Gou Dan's originally fair face instantly turned bright red, like a ripe apple.
Large beads of sweat kept sliding down his forehead, one drop after another, falling to the ground like rain.
The onlookers laughed even louder at the sight, some even chuckling and shouting encouragement to Gou Dan.
When Gou Dan finally gritted his teeth and persevered until he had completed one and a half laps, an accident occurred.
With a "plop," it turned out that Gou Dan's foot suddenly slipped, his whole body lost its balance, and he fell forward.
Xiao Bin, who was standing to the side, was caught off guard and also fell to the ground. The two of them fell hard together.
Fortunately, the place where they fell was covered with soft soil, so apart from being covered in mud, they did not suffer any real injuries.
At first, everyone was stunned by the sudden situation, but after only a moment, a deafening burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.
Dog Egg lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily, and weakly called out:
"Oh my god, this is too much! This punishment is too harsh! I give up! I surrender! Please change the person!"
At this moment, the kind-hearted Er Ya quickly stepped forward, reached out and pulled Gou Dan up from the ground, smiling and comforting him:
"Alright, alright, look how tired you are, you look so pitiful. I'll let you off the hook today."
After she finished speaking, she gently patted the dust off Dog Egg's body.
Upon hearing this, Gou Dan breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been granted a pardon, and quickly stood up, shaking off the dirt from his body.
Seeing this, the others gathered around again, laughing and finding seats to sit down. They then began to excitedly share the various delicious snacks that Xiao Jie and Xiang Hong had just bought, and the atmosphere became lively and extraordinary.
This time, everyone decided to let Xiao Jie come to the table to replace the original player, while poor Gou Dan was judged to be punished and eliminated for some reason.
Just then, Erdan shouted:
"Xiao Bin, go!"
However, his proposal was immediately met with strong opposition from Gou Dan.
Dog Egg grumbled with a dissatisfied look:
"No way, Xiao Jie has to go! We know exactly what you're up to. If you lose, you'll definitely try to cheat by carrying Xiao Jie. But that's not going to happen so easily. If you really lose, you'd better keep carrying Xiao Bin!"
Dog Egg's words were met with unanimous agreement from his friends, who all nodded in agreement.
Helpless, Xiao Bin had no choice but to get off the card table dejectedly and stand aside as a spectator.
And so, everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the game all afternoon, with laughter and chatter rising and falling, as if time itself had become exceptionally beautiful at that moment.
Just as everyone was having a great time, suddenly, a child came running like the wind, shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Hurry up, it's time to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Er Ya, who was playing cards, quickly replied:
"Okay, I got it, I'll be right back!"
Seeing this, everyone quickly ended the current round of the game and began to tidy up the items on the table, preparing to go home and have dinner.
However, just as everyone was about to leave, Gou Dan, who had already been punished, rolled his eyes and said with a wicked smile:
"Wait, don't rush off! Let's count the number of mustaches painted on everyone's face. Anyone with more than 5 mustaches will be punished—carrying everyone around the field on their back; anyone with fewer than 5 mustaches will escape punishment!"
The suggestion was immediately met with enthusiastic support from Xiao Jie and Er Ya, since they had both experienced being punished before.
Next, everyone began to carefully count the whiskers on their faces.
After some statistical analysis, the results are in:
Erdan has a full six whiskers and undoubtedly needs to be punished; Zhaodi is lucky to have only four, thus escaping punishment; but Xiaobin is even more unfortunate, with a whopping seven whiskers! It seems this little farce is far from over…
"It's all over! Haha, but there are less than ten sticks! It can't be counted, absolutely can't be counted!"
With a mischievous grin on his face, Erdan, like a nimble little rabbit, darted away and disappeared into the distance.
"Oh dear, that won't do! Bring him back right now! He has to be punished! How can you be so shameless!"
Seeing this, Gou Dan was not to be outdone and took off chasing after him.
In the blink of an eye, he had pounced on Erdan's back, clinging to it tightly like a playful little monkey.
Erdan, on the other hand, didn't struggle or resist. He just smiled and let Gou Dan hang on to him like that. The two of them stumbled and staggered all the way to the village chief Zhao Jiandong's house.
Along the way, the other children joined in the commotion, laughing and joking as they crowded together, creating quite a lively scene.
Soon, the group arrived at the village chief's house.
Two tables had already been set up inside the house. The children quickly gathered around one table, while the adults sat at the other.
In an instant, laughter and cheerful chatter filled the entire room.
Zhao Yuan sat quietly at the table with the adults, seemingly focused on talking to others, but his gaze kept drifting involuntarily towards the children.
At this moment, Zhao Zhaodi was sitting on the table, her big eyes sparkling with bright light, enthusiastically telling her friends about all sorts of interesting things.
She spoke vividly while gesturing wildly, looking incredibly adorable.
Meanwhile, the adults at their table were also engrossed in conversation. They were enthusiastically discussing this year's crop harvest in the village, as well as their various plans and aspirations for the future.
Everyone's face was beaming with a simple yet hopeful smile.
Zhao Jiandong smiled and gently picked up his wine glass, looking warmly at Zhao Yuan sitting opposite him, and said earnestly:
"Zhaoyuan, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye! Our village has really benefited from you all these years. No matter how busy you are with work in the future, remember to come home and visit often. The future development of our village will depend on your leadership. So, everyone has decided to help you renovate your old house properly. If you don't have time to oversee it yourself, that's okay. We'll help you with the arrangements in the village, and we guarantee it will be done perfectly. You won't have to worry about it at all."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan quickly put down his chopsticks and replied with a grateful yet slightly apologetic expression: