Chapter 115 Relay Team
"Good morning, Xiaoqiu!"
"Squad leader, you're here!"
"Woo woo woo, Xiao Qiu, you're here just in time. Help me out! Did you do your math homework?"
As soon as Shi Qiu Shui stepped into the classroom and greeted a few classmates, he was pulled over by Xiaopang.
Xiaopang hugged Shi Qiushui's thighs and said tearfully, "Wow, math homework..."
Shi Qiushui was confused: "Math homework? Oh, the oral math problem the math teacher gave me yesterday? I did it, but..."
Xiaopang held out his hand: "Then you take it and let me copy it. I forgot that the math teacher gave me homework yesterday, so I didn't do it."
Shi Qiu Shui had already taken out the oral arithmetic exercise book from her schoolbag, but after hearing what Xiao Pang said, she put it back without mercy.
"No, you haven't done it yet. Why don't you do it now? The math teacher won't collect the homework until after first period anyway, so you still have time to do it now."
Xiaopang: "Wow, I can't finish writing..."
Xiao Taozi next to him interrupted, "Xiao Qiu, ignore Xiao Pang. I just told him that the math teacher didn't leave many problems. If he were to write now, he could finish them in just a few minutes. But he didn't listen at all. He just wanted to copy the homework!"
Shi Qiushui glanced at Xiaopang, who immediately complained, "I didn't! I didn't mean to copy the homework. I was just afraid I wouldn't be able to finish it by then!"
Shi Qiushui pulled Xiaopang up and said, "You can finish it! I'll watch you write, you will definitely finish it!"
After saying that, she dragged Xiaopang back to his seat and urged him to take a pen and do his homework.
Xiaopang had no choice but to pick up his pen and start doing his homework seriously.
Shi Qiu Shui stood next to him, watching him counting on his fingers to do mental arithmetic problems. Xiao Taozi was right, the mental arithmetic problems assigned by the math teacher were relatively simple. Xiao Pang finished writing half a page of problems in a short while.
Shi Qiu Shui felt that she didn't need to keep an eye on him, so she returned to her seat. As soon as she sat down, she noticed that there was a dark circle under Zhao Ran's eyes, which looked like it was caused by not getting enough rest.
Shi Qiushui: "Zhao Ran, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Zhao Ran pursed his lips unnaturally and said, "No."
In fact, he did feel a little uncomfortable at the moment, but he was a little embarrassed to talk about his discomfort.
Because he, he, he has anal discomfort...
As a person who can't eat spicy food and rarely eats spicy food, Zhao Ran ordered the same stinky tofu with a lot of chili peppers as Shi Qiu Shui's at Cao Juan's mother's stinky tofu stall yesterday. This made it difficult for his stomach and even his anus to bear it.
He was really embarrassed to talk about this kind of thing.
Shi Qiushui frowned and stared at Zhao Ran for a while, then said, "You're weird."
She could clearly tell at a glance that Zhao Ran was definitely not feeling well, but Zhao Ran refused to admit it. It was really strange.
Hearing Shi Qiushui's words, Zhao Ran's fair cheeks instantly flushed, but he was still unaware and pretended to be normal and said, "Ah? What's weird?"
Shi Qiushui glanced at him lightly and said, "Nothing."
It was obvious that Zhao Ran didn't want her to delve into the matter any further, so she should just be tactful.
As soon as Shi Qiu Shui's eyes moved away from Shi Yue, he saw Xiong Jie holding his butt, with his feet turned outward and taking duck steps, walking awkwardly from the front door of the classroom.
Shi Qiu Shui frowned, unable to bear to look at it.
Xiao Taozi also thought Xiong Jie's walking posture was very eye-catching. She put her hands on her hips and said, "Xiong Jie, what are you doing? Why are you walking so ugly?"
Xiong Jie: "Wuwuwuwu, I don't want to walk in such an ugly posture, wuwuwuwu..."
Xiao Taozi: "Then just walk normally!"
Xiong Jie: "I can't walk! My mom beat me, and my butt is swollen. I can't walk normally, wuwuwuwuwu..."
Having said this, he burst into tears sadly.
He felt that he must not be his mother's biological son, otherwise why would his mother be so merciless when beating him.
Fortunately, Xiong Jie's mother didn't know what Xiong Jie was thinking, otherwise Xiong Jie's mother would have let Xiong Jie know what she really looked like when she was ruthless.
Xiong Jie was really sad and upset. Although his mother apologized to him and applied medicine on his butt last night after realizing that she had wronged him, he had already been beaten!
And he was beaten so badly! His butt was swollen!
The most important thing is that even though he was in this condition, his mother still let him go to school!
She didn't even ask for leave to let him recover at home! Instead, as usual, she promptly lifted his blanket, woke him up with an ice-cold towel soaked in tap water, and told him the sad news that he had to go to school that day.
Xiong Jie was so sad that he couldn't control himself, but the children who were listening to him crying were all confused.
Shi Qiushui said dumbfoundedly: "No, Xiong Jie, you, please stop crying first."
Xiong Jie: "Wuwuwu, no, I want to cry, I feel wronged!"
Shi Qiushui: ...
She was helpless: "Okay, okay, you feel wronged, just cry..."
In response to Qiu Shui, Xiong Jie howled even more unbridled.
Xiong Jie cried for a long time and finally got tired of howling, and his loud howling turned into soft sobbing.
Shi Qiushui took the opportunity to ask, "Xiong Jie, why did your mother beat you?"
Xiong Jie: "I told my mom about our fight, but before I could finish explaining why, she misunderstood. She thought I was bullying my classmates again, so she grabbed me and beat me up."
Shi Qiushui: "Then you are a little pitiful."
She glanced at Xiong Jie sympathetically.
She had seen Xiong Jie's mother before. The last time she and Xiong Jie were fighting in the martial arts gym, Xiong Jie's mother rushed in and slapped Xiong Jie in the face. She still remembered it clearly.
Just from that one slap, Shi Qiu Shui could tell that Xiong Jie's mother had strong hands. Now it turned out to be true. Just a few slaps were enough to make the buttocks of Xiong Jie, a child with thick skin and flesh, swollen. Xiong Jie's mother was really not an ordinary person!
Compared with Shi Qiu Shui, Xiao Taozi and Xiao Pang are a little less loved by their classmates.
When Xiao Taozi heard that Xiong Jie's butt was swollen from being beaten, he stared at Xiong Jie's back curiously. The look in his eyes made Xiong Jie start to feel scared.
He subconsciously covered his butt with both hands and said in horror: "Tao Ranran, what are you doing?"
Xiao Taozi touched his chin and said, "Xiong Jie, is your butt really swollen? Why can't I see it?"
Xiong Jie: "I'm wearing pants, how could you tell?"
Xiao Taozi: "Then can you take off your pants and let me see?"
Xiong Jie: “No!”
He covered his buttocks and took two steps to the side with great effort, deliberately staying a little further away from Xiao Taozi, and said loudly: "I can't show you my buttocks!"
Xiao Taozi sighed regretfully and said, "Why?"
Xiong Jie: "Because I am a boy and you are a girl, we should not touch each other!"
Xiaopang: "What about me? We are both boys. Can you let me see your butt?"
Xiong Jie: "That won't work either!"
He was so scared that he ignored the injury on his buttocks and strode back to his seat and sat down. When his injured buttocks touched the stool, he felt a sharp pain and jumped three feet high in pain. But even so, he still did not leave his seat.
Rather than leaving his seat and exposing his butt to Xiaopang and Xiaotaozi, Xiong Jie would rather choose to sit in his seat and suffer to death in pain.
Shi Qiu Shui blinked her eyes, feeling regretful. Although she didn't say anything just now, she actually wanted to see if Xiong Jie's butt was really swollen.
Xiong Jie was smart for once. Noticing Shi Qiushui's look, he glared at him and said, "Boss, you, you want to see my butt too, right?!"
Shi Qiushui rubbed his nose: "Hmm..."
Xiong Jie said in shame and anger: "Boss, how could you do this, you, you, you..."
Shi Qiushui: "I'm fine, I just..."
"Hmph!" Xiong Jie turned his head away and didn't look at Shi Qiu Shui.
He is angry now, and he will not recognize Shi Qiushui as the boss for ten minutes!
Xiong Jie looked at Zhao Ran with his small round eyes. After seeing Zhao Ran's expressionless face, he felt for the first time that Zhao Ran's face was so kind.
It’s great that there is no coveting of his butt!
Come to think of it, it was the first time that Xiong Jie felt that Zhao Ran was actually a pretty good person.
Although Zhao Ran is usually taciturn and they have hardly exchanged a few words, Zhao Ran is actually not a cold person. When he had trouble solving a math problem before, Zhao Ran taught him how to do it.
Now, when everyone else wanted to see his butt, Zhao Ran didn't say anything.
"Woo woo woo, Zhao Ran, you are such a good person!"
Xiong Jie decided to briefly recognize Zhao Ran as his boss during these ten minutes, but after the ten minutes were up, he would still let Shi Qiu Shui be his boss.
Because Shi Qiu Shui would take him out to play, but Zhao Ran wouldn't.
He, Xiong Jie, is such a powerful person.
Zhao Ran had no idea that Xiong Jie had thought so much just because he looked at him. He listened to Xiong Jie's inexplicable sigh with a confused look on his face.
"Um, Xiong Jie, if your butt hurts, I'll give this to you."
Xiong Jie was about to continue expressing his feelings to Zhao Ran when he heard his deskmate Cao Juan speak.
To be honest, Cao Juan was the one who really didn't take Xiong Jie seriously.
After hearing that Xiong Jie's butt was swollen, she was not curious, but felt sorry. If it weren't for her, Chen Xin wouldn't have caused trouble, Xiong Jie wouldn't have fought with Chen Xin, and Xiong Jie wouldn't have been beaten by his mother because of this incident.
Cao Juan pursed her lips and took out the cushion her mother had prepared for her from her schoolbag. Reluctantly, she handed it to Xiong Jie: "This one is padded with cotton. It's very soft. You'll feel better if you use it."
The cotton in the cushion was new cotton that her mother had specially bought. She had touched it and it was really soft.
Xiong Jie was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hands: "No, no need, I'm, uh, fine, I'm not particularly painful, you can keep this mat for yourself."
The cushion in Cao Juan's hand is light pink in color. On the top of the cushion, there is a small flower dog embroidered with colorful threads. It is obvious that it was made specially for Cao Juan by her mother.
Xiong Jie felt embarrassed to take such a beautiful thing for himself.
Xiong Jie didn't want to snatch the cushion that Cao Juan's mother had prepared for Cao Juan, nor did he want Cao Juan to misunderstand him, so he quickly added, "Your cushion is too beautiful. It's not suitable for me, but more suitable for a little girl like you."
"Huh?" Cao Juan glanced at the cushion in her hand and thought it was the color Xiong Jie mentioned. She nodded and said "Oh". This pink and tender color really didn't suit Xiong Jie.
She silently withdrew her hand. Since Xiong Jie didn't like this cushion, she would bring his father's cushion tomorrow.
The one his father uses is black, and Xiong Jie should be able to accept it.
Xiong Jie didn't know that Cao Juan was going to bring him a new cushion tomorrow. When he saw Cao Juan take the cushion back, he touched his head and smiled foolishly.
The incident caused by Xiong Jie's butt was just a small episode in Shi Qiu Shui's daily life. As the morning reading bell rang, Shi Qiu Shui put the matter behind him.
After finishing seven classes in a day, Shi Qiu Shui became excited as only the last class was left and school was about to end.
Why am I excited? Because today is Saturday. After finishing the remaining class, I can go home from school. And tomorrow is a day off, so I don’t have to come to school!
During the break, Shi Qiu Shui had already packed everything she needed for the last class into her schoolbag. She was ready to finish the last class and leave as soon as the bell rang.
Shi Qiushui was filled with excitement as the last class began. Teacher Cai walked in, holding a lesson plan. She stood in front of the podium, cleared her throat, and said, "Students, I have two things to say before class. First, the school will be distributing uniforms next week. I have a list here. Class monitor, please take it down and distribute it. Go back and show it to your parents. It has the uniform sizes on it. Please fill in your sizes and we'll send you uniforms next week according to the sizes you provided."
She paused, making sure everyone understood what she meant, and then continued, "There's one more thing. Our school is holding a sports meet at the end of this month. The events include long-distance running, short-distance running, relay races, and long jump..."
She read off the events on the list one by one, then said, "If you'd like to participate, please come to me after class to sign up. This time, the sports meet is divided by grade. This means that if you sign up for a competition, you'll not only compete against classmates in your class who have signed up for the same event, but also against classmates from other classes in your grade who have signed up."
At this point, Teacher Cai's lips curled up into a smile. She said with a smile, "I'll tell you a secret. Our principal has prepared a lot of prizes for this sports meet! Students who win places in the sports meet will have a chance to win them!"
As soon as Teacher Cai said this, the class immediately became excited.
"Wow! There are prizes!"
"Teacher, what are the prizes?"
"Teacher, teacher, do you have a certificate?"
"Teacher, are the prizes for each event the same?"
“Teacher, teacher…”
The students sitting below were asking questions at the same time, which made Teacher Cai feel overwhelmed.
She gestured for a pause, and after the class quieted down, she said, "I can't tell you exactly what the prizes are yet, but don't worry, you'll find out when the time comes. There are also certificates. Yes, in this sports meet, students who place high will not only receive prizes, but also certificates."
Shi Qiushui clenched her fists. There's a certificate! She'll definitely participate!
At this time, Xiao Taozi, who was sitting in the front, turned around and asked quietly, "Xiao Qiu, Xiao Qiu, do you want to sign up?"
Shi Qiushui leaned over and whispered in the same low voice, "I want to sign up!"
Xiao Taozi: "Then what project do you want to participate in?"
Shi Qiushui tapped his chin and said, "Well, I haven't decided yet. I might sign up for running."
Speaking of which, she is good at quite a few things, such as running. She is good at both long-distance and short-distance running.
Her morning run was not in vain!
She is also good at high jump and long jump.
Because she is tall, she has an advantage.
Oh, and there’s also shuttlecock kicking!
Teacher Cai said that there will be a shuttlecock kicking competition in this sports meeting. She is very good at kicking shuttlecock. When she played with Li Xi before, she could kick more than a hundred!
And skipping rope...
There are quite a few events she can sign up for, but if she had to choose, she would probably choose running because it is what she is best at.
Shi Qiu Shui made up his mind that if he was going to sign up for a running event, he would sign up for the 400-meter race.
She made up her mind and looked up to ask Xiao Taozi, "What about you? What about you? Are you going to sign up for an event in the sports meet?"
Xiao Taozi pouted in distress. "Well, I want to sign up. I want to win a place and get a prize, but I don't seem to be good at any sport. I'm slow at running, and I can't long jump very far. Xiaoqiu, can you help me think about what event I can sign up for?"
Shi Qiushui thought for a moment and said, "You can sign up for skipping rope! Aren't you good at it?"
Little Taozi said unconfidently, "Am I good at skipping rope?"
Shi Qiushui nodded vigorously and said, "You dance very well!"
She was not talking nonsense. Little Taozi was really good at skipping rope. He could jump more than 160 times in a minute!
Shi Qiushui looked at Xiao Taozi and said seriously, "I've never seen anyone jump rope better than you!"
Little Taozi blushed, feeling a little embarrassed and a little happy.
She didn't even know she was so good at skipping rope.
But she believed Xiaoqiu's words, Xiaoqiu would not lie to her!
Xiao Taozi: "Then I'll sign up for rope skipping!"
Shi Qiushui: "Okay! Let's go find Teacher Cai to sign up after class!"
Xiao Taozi: "Okay!"
Besides Xiao Taozi, Xiong Jie also didn't know what event to sign up for. He poked Shi Qiushui's back stealthily. Shi Qiushui turned around, and Xiong Jie immediately came up to him and asked, "Boss, what event do you think I should sign up for in the sports meet?"
Shi Qiushui gave him a strange look and said, "Just apply for what you're good at. How should I know what you want to apply for?"
Xiong Jie and Xiao Taozi are different. Shi Qiu Shui has only known Xiong Jie for more than two months. They had no intersection before in the martial arts class. Of course, she doesn't know Xiong Jie as well as she knows Xiao Taozi.
Xiong Jie scratched his head: "But I don't know what I'm good at."
Shi Qiushui: "How come you don't know what you're good at? Do you have any special characteristics?"
Xiong Jie: "My, characteristics? Does my strength count?"
"Sure!" Shi Qiushui thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Cai said there's an event called shot throwing. You should sign up for that. You're strong, so you can definitely throw it very far!"
Xiong Jie: "Hehehe, okay, then I'll report that."
He smiled innocently and said, "Thank you, Boss. If I get a place, I'll treat you to snacks!"
Shi Qiu Shui waved his hand generously, indicating that he didn't need to treat him, and then turned his head back.
After she sat back down, she looked at Zhao Ran next to her and asked curiously, "Hey, Zhao Ran, what event are you going to sign up for in the sports meet?"
Zhao Ran: "I want to sign up for running."
Shi Qiushui: "Are you running too?"
She thought about it and realized that Zhao Ran was indeed good at this.
After class, Shi Qiushui dragged Zhao Ran to Teacher Cai to sign up. After learning that they had both signed up for the run, Teacher Cai looked up at them and said, "Xiaoqiu, there are too many girls in our class who have signed up for the run. The quota is full. Why don't you change one?"
"Ah." Shi Qiu Shui was stunned for a moment, but changing projects was nothing for her, after all, she was good at many projects.
She thought about it and was about to suggest switching to the long jump when she heard Zhao Ran say, "Teacher Cai, isn't there a relay race? Has anyone signed up for the relay race in our class?"
Teacher Cai: "Relay race? No one has signed up for the relay race yet."
Zhao Ran looked at Shi Qiushui and said, "Xiaoqiu, how about we sign up for the relay race together?"
Shi Qiushui thought about it and felt a little conflicted. She whispered to Zhao Ran, "I've never run a relay race before. What should I do?"
Zhao Ran: "It's okay. Relay races are supposed to be practiced. The sports meet is still half a month away. We can start practicing now. There's still time."
If there is still half a month left, it is indeed still in time, but...
Shi Qiushui: "But doesn't a relay race require four people? We only have two people right now..."
As soon as Shi Qiu Shui asked this question, Xiaopang and Xiong Jie came out from behind her, one on each side.
"Xiao Qiu, you and Zhao Ran want to sign up for the relay?"
"Boss, are you short of people for the relay?"
The two asked a question one after the other, and then said in unison: "Then add me in!"
Xiaopang: "Xiaoqiu, you see I can run pretty fast, why don't you and Zhao Ran take me with you?"
Xiong Jie: "Hey, well, Boss, I can't run as fast as you and Zhao Ran, but I can practice! And you guys are still short of people, so why don't you take a look at me?"
Shi Qiushui exchanged a look with Zhao Ran, then readily agreed: "Okay! Then add you two!"
In this way, Shi Qiu Shui's four-person relay team was successfully formed.
After finding out that the four of them had teamed up without telling her, Xiao Taozi pouted angrily: "You guys didn't even tell me you were teaming up. Do you even consider me your friend?!"
Shi Qiushui quickly went over to comfort her, "Little Taozi, don't be angry. We didn't mean to hide this from you. We just happened to be in the office and you weren't there. But look, we're back now, and we came right here to tell you about this, didn't we?"
Xiao Taozi: "Well, alright then, since you told me as soon as you got back, I'll forgive you."
Shi Qiushui smiled sweetly at Xiao Taozi and said, "Xiao Taozi, you are so kind."
Xiao Taozi: "I'm a slow runner anyway, so even if I were here I couldn't team up with you guys."
Shi Qiushui: "Well, but Xiao Taozi, you can cheer us up!"
Xiaopang came over with a playful smile and said, "That's right, Xiao Taozi, among the five of us, you're the only one not participating in the competition. You have to cheer us on!"
Xiao Taozi: "I'm not cheering you on!"
Xiaopang: "Then you won't cheer for Xiaoqiu either?"
"Well, then I still have to cheer for Xiao Qiu..."
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