The gymnasium was very busy in the afternoon.
There are more people than usual, it seems like there is some activity going on.
Xiaoqi sent her father away. Originally, she wanted him to stay for one day and leave tomorrow, so that she could sleep in the upstairs ward with her aunt. However, Su Youfu was full of energy. If he hadn't wanted to stay and see his daughter, he would have gone home after selling the winnowing baskets to make bamboo baskets and bamboo bags. He was a man who was willing to work hard, otherwise, as a cripple, he would not have been able to support his daughter to go to high school.
However, before he left, he asked his daughter to take him to the bookstore and found some books about bamboo weaving. Carrying the books and a shoulder pole, he got on the bus to the town with great confidence.
Xiao Qi didn't force it. Seeing his father so happy, he thought that it was probably more joyful to make a person feel that he was capable of making money than to just give him money.
Xiaoqi has a deep understanding of this feeling. She now has more than 60,000 yuan in cash on her account, but she no longer has the initial excitement and joy. Instead, her daily progress in English, swimming, and cooking skills makes her feel more real and fulfilled.
Also, getting the money for tutoring makes me feel very secure and fulfilled.
When we arrived at the swimming pool, we were hit by a wave of heat, and there were applause and cheers, it was very lively.
Xiaoqi changed into her swimsuit and came in. She looked around for a long time before she found her coach.
There was a group of people gathered by the deep pool, all dressed neatly. They were not there to swim, but to watch a swimming competition.
Xiaoqi finally squeezed next to the coach. When Wu Peirong saw Xiaoqi coming, she quickly pulled her.
"I forgot to tell you this morning that our swimming team has an intra-team competition this afternoon. Since you're here, you can take a look and learn from it."
Xiaoqi nodded. She was not familiar with the competition. Although the coach had given some advice, it was still not as good as watching it firsthand.
"Later, I'll send you some URLs to classic match videos. Besides practicing recently, you should also watch more of these and learn more."
There was a competition going on in the swimming lane right now. Wu Peirong didn't say much and gestured for her to watch more.
Xiaoqi moved a small stool to sit aside and watched very attentively.
Because she had the buff of swimming talent, she swam very easily, but she had never really watched other people's swimming competitions.
During the competition, it felt like everyone's thigh muscles were tense and exerting force. The shouting around was very enthusiastic, and for some reason, they seemed to be swimming faster than usual.
Moreover, at the beginning of the game, the moment of diving is also very important. There was a swimming lane at the edge of the pool. I don’t know if it was too slippery or a mistake, the athlete did not jump into the water smoothly. He fell behind a little at the beginning, and then fell behind more and more. Although in the second half, Xiaoqi felt that the athlete swam harder and faster, there was still no miracle.
Xiaoqi was very confident in himself, but today, seeing how others swam, he felt quite a bit of pressure. Everyone seemed to be swimming very fast and hard, and they swam very well. He originally thought that getting into the top three would be enough, but now he feels that he was taking it too easy and it's not that easy.
As if noticing the solemn expression on his student's face, Wu Peirong patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry. In my eyes, you are better than them."
Wu Peirong was speaking from her heart. She really thought that the student she met was very good, both talented and hardworking. Although the time left for the competition was short, she was still very confident.
Xiaoqi just thought that the coach was comforting him and was very touched. He felt in his heart that he should be more serious. After all, opportunities are not easy to come by, and it is not easy for the coach to recommend a spot for him.
When the game was over, the people at the scene dispersed in groups.
The swimming lane, which had been bustling just now, suddenly became quiet.
Some people came forward to greet Wu Peirong, and some looked at Xiaoqi beside her.
"Pei Rong, this is the disciple you're looking forward to. He looks a little thin."
"Have you ever swum before? It's a bit risky to participate in the competition so quickly."
Wu Peirong didn't want to put pressure on Xiao Qi and said with a smile: "The girl is very young, only seventeen years old, let her feel the atmosphere of the competition first."
Someone else came to say hello. The coach was busy, and Xiaoqi didn't know what to say. He just said hello to the coach and went to warm up next to him. He chose the innermost and quiet lane to practice swimming.
As I entered the water, all the heat in my body was instantly submerged, and as I swam, I felt my body stretch out.
She found that running and swimming worked well together.
My legs are sore from running, and swimming can relax my whole body.
However, swimming requires a lot of leg strength, and running exercises the leg muscles.
She has been exercising a lot recently and eating a lot, but she eats healthier than before. The meals she cooks are not so greasy. Her aunt used to cook a lot of meat and fish with a lot of oil, and she often ordered cooked meat for takeout. She has changed her diet recently, and although she eats more, she still keeps her weight under control. When she came in today, she weighed herself and it was only 99, which is lower than 100.
You know, it seems to have been above 100 since high school and has never dropped.
Now she is 164cm tall and weighs 99kg, and looks a little thin.
When Xiaoqi started swimming, he was still thinking about all these random things, such as what those people had just said to the coach. But after swimming for a while, he became focused and immersed in the game. While swimming, he was thinking about the competitions he had just seen from others, and the differences between those who swam fast and those who swam slowly.
In fact, they all swim very fast when viewed individually, but there is a clear difference when put together.
Su Xiaoqi was a good student and not a stupid person. She thought while swimming and subconsciously tried to learn to change some details of her movements. Sometimes she felt that she swam faster, and sometimes she felt that it was more difficult to swim, but she still kept trying.
The difference between her and other swimmers is probably that she can see the changes in the number of steps. She not only regards the changes in the number of steps as a record of the increase in money, but she also looks at the time. At the same time, if the swimming posture changes, she can see whether the number of steps increases or decreases.
In short, she looked at the interface and practiced on her own.
Before watching the swimming competition, she was blindly confident, after all, she felt that she was a person with a buff. However, after watching their swimming team's competition, she felt that she was still too proud and underestimated the opponent.
No success comes easy.
Su Xiaoqi practiced more seriously and attentively.
At the same time, because her father's problem was solved, she felt more relaxed. Although her father's bamboo weaving products could not be sold for 1,800 yuan, it was a qualitative leap compared to a dozen yuan. This kind of joy could make her parents happy for a long time and it was a goal in life. Su Xiaoqi felt that it was already very good.
The pressure in her heart was also reduced. At the beginning, she felt that she must win the award, but now she is calmer. She feels that the experience of this swimming practice competition is also a very rewarding thing, and she has become more calm.
Coach Wu Peirong chatted with her teammates and was ridiculed several times. Everyone thought she was too naive and too anxious. She just picked any student and thought he was a good seedling. Swimming is not like other things that can be mastered overnight. In short, no one was optimistic about her.
She herself was a little upset by what she said, but when she turned and walked to the swimming lane, she saw her student practicing alone, back and forth, without stopping, ignoring the noise outside, and swimming more easily than usual, like a fish in the water. She clenched her fists and felt that she had made the right choice.
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