Chapter 121 Sports Day
After Shi Yue returned home, he mentioned to Shi Qiu Shui that he had rented out the house.
Shi Qiu Shui felt a little regretful. She hadn't even seen what the renovated house looked like, and it was about to be rented out. However, her little regret quickly disappeared after she knew the rent for the house.
The rent is eighty yuan a month!
It doesn’t matter whether she looks at the house or not, collecting the rent is more important!
Seeing his daughter's money-obsessed look, Shi Yue couldn't help but pinched the little girl's face. Because he pinched too hard, he made the little girl angry. When the little girl glared at him, he let go and smiled as he tempted the little girl with Shi Qiu Shui's favorite roast chicken.
"Ahem, I rented out my house today. I'm so happy, I want to buy something delicious to celebrate. What should I eat? How about roast chicken?"
Shi Yue feigned confusion while mumbling to himself, and Shi Qiushui took the bait. Her childish voice called out beside him, "Eat roast chicken, just eat roast chicken!"
Shi Yue: "Well, okay, let's have roast chicken."
The father and daughter, having reached a consensus, walked hand in hand towards the vegetable market.
On the way there, Shi Qiushui looked up at Shi Yue and asked, "Dad, will you come to our sports meet?"
Shi Yue: "Can parents enter your sports meeting?"
Shi Qiushui tilted his head: "That should be possible."
Shi Yue: "If parents can come in, I'll go. I'll take my camera and take a few more photos of you."
Shi Qiushui nodded vigorously and said, "Yes! Dad, please take more pictures of me, especially if I have a competition, you must take pictures of me!"
Shi Yue: "Don't worry, I will definitely film you from beginning to end during your competition."
To take photos of Shi Qiushui's sports meet, Shi Yue went to the department store the next day and bought a new camera. Although he could borrow a camera from Old Lady Yang like he did at the kindergarten graduation ceremony, Shi Yue thought that he might need a camera for future activities at Shi Qiushui's school, and he couldn't borrow one from Old Lady Yang every time.
Let alone whether Old Lady Yang was willing to lend it to him, even if she was willing to lend it to him, he would be embarrassed to use it.
He went to the department store and bought a few more rolls of film, fearing that there would not be enough to take pictures on the day of the sports meet.
Knowing that Shi Yue bought several rolls of film, Shi Qiu Shui was extremely happy. He grabbed Shi Yue and whispered to him how to take pictures of himself during the sports meet.
Shi Yue was annoyed by Shi Qiu Shui, so he tried to get rid of Shi Qiu Shui by saying, "The sports meet is still a few days away. Tell me after the sports meet, otherwise I won't remember it."
Shi Qiushui: "Ah, can the sports meet be here soon?"
With Shi Qiu Shui muttering to himself every day and counting the days on his fingers, the day of the sports meet soon arrived.
Early in the morning on the day of the sports meet, the school radio station had already played the athletes' march. Along with the passionate melody, Shi Qiu Shui's enthusiasm also rose. She immediately took off her coat and went to the playground to warm up.
It was Aunt Lu who was sharp-eyed. She saw her about to take off her clothes and stepped forward to stop her.
"Xiao Qiu, you want to play alone again? Hurry up and put on your clothes. It's so cold this morning. If you catch a cold playing alone, you'll have to take bitter medicine."
She wasn't trying to scare anyone. It was already the end of September, and the daytime temperature couldn't even be compared to August. Plus, there was a big temperature difference between day and night, so it was cooler in the mornings and evenings. If Shi Qiu Shui wore a short-sleeved shirt and wandered around the playground outside, she would definitely catch a cold the next day.
Shi Qiushui pouted reluctantly and said, "Grandma Lu, I'm not going to play alone. I want to go out and warm up! We have a game soon!"
Aunt Lu: "That won't work either!"
As she put Shi Qiushui's coat back on her, she said, "It's still early for your competition, right? There's no need to warm up so early, right?"
Shi Qiu Shui lowered her head dejectedly. It was indeed still too early for her competition. After all, the playground had just been decorated and the principal had not yet come on stage to announce the start of the sports meet.
Shi Qiu Shui was listless for a while, but soon recovered and stood up again.
Because Teacher Cai came to see her.
Teacher Cai: "Xiaoqiu, you are the class monitor. You should organize your classmates to write some cheering notes for the sports meeting and send them to the radio station. When our class competes, the radio station will read them out to cheer everyone on."
Shi Qiushui: "Okay!"
She agreed, took a piece of paper and a pen, and turned around like a little bee, happily looking for classmates to write little notes of encouragement.
Shi Qiu Shui found a stool and asked his classmates to use the stool surface as a table. They lay on it and started writing small notes to cheer for the sports meet. After writing about ten notes, they heard a commotion from the class next door, saying that it was time to gather.
Shi Qiu Shui stretched his neck to find out what was going on, and saw Teacher Cai coming.
Teacher Cai clapped his hands and said loudly, "Come, all the students in Class 1, Grade 1, gather here and prepare to enter the venue together! Where are the sports committee members and class monitors? Come and organize them."
"Teacher, the physical education committee member was called to a meeting by the physical education teacher." Shi Qiu Shui replied.
Teacher Cai: "Then please come, class monitor. Please organize everyone and have them line up at the entrance of the playground in the order they lined up for physical education class."
"Okay." Shi Qiushui agreed promptly and called the class together: "Class 1, Grade 1, gather!"
Looking at the little girl busying around, gathering classmates without stopping for a moment, Shi Yue felt relieved. He didn't expect that, before he knew it, his little girl had grown into a child who could stand on her own.
Aunt Lu, who was standing nearby, saw this and said with a smile, "Wow, I didn't expect your Xiaoqiu to be such a capable monitor. The kids in the class all listen to her. When she calls for everyone to assemble, they all gather obediently."
Shi Yue: "Well, our Xiaoqiu just likes to act like the boss, and the classmates just follow her."
Although he said so, the pride on his face was not fake.
Shi Yue proudly raised his camera and took several photos of Shi Qiu Shui, who looked like a squad leader.
Shi Qiushui, who had been pestering Shi Yue at home to discuss photo poses, was now too busy to pose. She hurriedly lined up her classmates and stood in the designated area.
Because the entrance line was arranged in order, Shi Qiushui's Class 2, Grade 1, was second in line, the closest class to the entrance besides Class 1. As everyone arrived, they looked at the podium in front of them and chattered excitedly, forcing Teacher Cai to intervene to maintain order.
"Quiet down! Stop talking! The sports meet is about to begin, and the host will be speaking on stage soon. Everyone, be quiet!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the passionate athletes' march on the radio stopped, and then soft music sounded. At the same time, the host stood on the podium with a microphone.
With the appearance of the host, the playground immediately became quiet. Whether it was the students standing in formation or the parents sitting in the audience, everyone shut up and waited for the principal's speech.
The host on the stage smiled sweetly, saying, "Dear teachers, dear students, parents, and leaders, good morning! On this bright and sunny autumn day, we welcome our annual sports meet. First..."
The host's speech on the stage was quite long. She spoke for about two minutes before ending with "Let's welcome the athletes."
As soon as she finished speaking, the students in Class One, Grade One started moving. Shi Qiu Shui saw the class in front of him moving, so he quickly waved his arms and started marching on the spot. The physical education teacher hadn't spoken yet, so they couldn't move yet.
"Next up coming towards us is Class 2, Grade 1. Their motto for this sports meet is 'Friendship First, Competition Second.' They..."
Following the PE teacher's waving gesture and the host's sweet voice, Shi Qiu Shui's Class 2, Grade 1, stepped onto the track in the playground.
As the class monitor and the tallest girl in the class, Shi Qiu Shui stood at the front of the first row in the first column. She held her head high, marched in step, and walked across the rostrum in a heroic manner.
As soon as she passed the podium, her eyes lit up instantly because she saw her father!
Her father is now standing at the edge of the runway, holding a camera and taking pictures of her.
Shi Qiu Shui's face was filled with a bright smile. If she wasn't still entering the venue, she would have wanted to wave her arms and shout at her father!
As Shi Qiu Shui and the others walked, Shi Yue took pictures all the way. Shi Yue didn't stop pressing the shutter until they finished a circle.
After the athletes entered the stadium, they could sit in the audience seats and move around freely. Shi Qiushui pulled Shi Yue to sit on the bench and asked excitedly: "Dad, Dad, how was I just now? Wasn't I very cool?"
Shi Yue nodded: "Very stylish, very stylish, very beautiful! Dad just took a lot of photos of you, when we get home today, we'll go to the photo studio and develop them and take a look at them for yourself, you really are very stylish."
Shi Qiushui: "Hmmmm!"
Speaking of developing photos, Shi Qiushui remembered something. She pulled Shi Yue's arm and said, "Oh, Dad, come here. Get up and take a few more photos for me. Didn't we agree that you would take photos of me like this?"
She folded her arms and put her hands on her hips. This was the most popular photo pose of the era, and calendar models and fashionable girls all took pictures in this way.
Shi Yue: "Okay, I'll take a picture for you."
Shi Qiushui stood up, struck a pose, and then frowned. She looked around and said, "No, it won't look good standing here. Let's change places!"
Shi Yue nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, let's go to another place. Where do you want to go?"
Shi Qiushui thought for a moment, pointed to the edge of the playground and said, "Let's go there and take the photo!"
"OK."
Shi Qiushui dragged Shi Yue out of the audience. Xiao Taozi, who was sitting in the first row, saw Shi Qiushui and immediately waved and shouted, "Xiaoqiu, Xiaoqiu!"
She asked curiously, "Xiao Qiu, where are you going?"
Shi Qiushui: "I want to take pictures with my dad!"
Little Taozi was stunned for a moment and saw the camera in Shi Yue's hand. She turned around and said something to her mother, then stood up and walked out of the audience.
She got close to Shi Qiushui and asked eagerly, "Xiaoqiu, can I go and watch you take pictures?"
Shi Qiushui: "Of course!"
She said, "Xiao Taozi, if you want, you can take a photo with me!"
Xiao Taozi's eyes lit up: "Can I?"
Shi Qiushui: "Sure!"
"Then I want to take a photo with you. We can stand together, holding hands, and take photos. We can also go to the small garden to take photos, or..."
Little Taozi became excited instantly. She grabbed Shi Qiu Shui and turned left and right, and was very happy.
Shi Yue took several photos with the two excited little girls. Then Aunt Lu came over and said, "Well, Shi Yue, can you take a photo of our Zhao Ran and Xiao Qiu as well?"
Shi Yue: "Okay, Zhao Ran, go to Xiao Qiu and we'll take a picture of the two of you."
Zhao Ran hummed, and stood next to Shi Qiushui with a stern face. Shi Qiushui blinked, poked Zhao Ran's cheek, and said, "Zhao Ran, smile a little."
She said, "You don't usually smile, but you have to smile for photos, right?"
Without waiting for Zhao Ran to nod, Shi Qiushui put his arm around Zhao Ran's shoulders and made his own decision: "My dad said that when he wants to take a picture of us, I will say eggplant, and then you will smile!"
She posed, looked up, and shouted to Shi Yue, "Dad, we're ready, take the photo!"
Shi Yue: "Okay, then I'll take the photo. One, two, three——"
When Shi Yue called out number three, Shi Qiushui poked Zhao Ran and whispered, "Eggplant."
Zhao Ran, who always had a stern face and no expression, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled gently when Shi Qiu Shui mentioned eggplant.
With the click of the camera, his smile was captured forever.
Shi Yue: "Okay, the photo is done!"
Shi Qiushui: "Is it finished? Finished?"
Shi Yue: "It's done, it's done."
After getting Shi Yue's affirmation, Shi Qiushui turned around and asked, "Zhao Ran, did you hear me laughing when we were taking the photo just now?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "Yes, I smiled."
Shi Qiushui's eyes were filled with a hint of doubt: "Are you really smiling? When I looked up just now, I didn't see a smile on your face."
Zhao Ran was helpless: "I really laughed, I didn't lie to you."
Shi Qiushui muttered, "Really? Are you really smiling? Actually, I don't think you have to smile when taking pictures, but you're taking pictures with me. If you don't smile, won't it look like you're unhappy? How can you not be happy when taking pictures with me?"
Zhao Ran: "Yes, yes, it's very fun to take pictures with you."
Shi Qiushui looked at Zhao Ran with her round eyes: "You said you were happy to take pictures with me. But if I find out that I can't see your happiness after the pictures are developed, I won't agree!"
Shi Yue couldn't stand his daughter being so overbearing. He patted Shi Qiushui's head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Zhao Ran was laughing happily just now."
Shi Qiushui: "Then taking photos with me, wouldn't that be a very happy thing?"
Shi Yue: ...
"Boss, boss, are you taking pictures? I want to take a picture with you too!"
Seeing Shi Qiu Shui and the others taking photos, Xiong Jie also came to join in the fun. He didn't come alone, he also brought Xiao Pang and Cao Juan over. However, Shi Qiu Shui did not refuse. She took a few people to take a group photo happily.
The laughter of several children was all recorded by the camera. Many years later, by chance, Shi Qiu Shui flipped through the photos again and was infected by the joy in the photos and laughed.
But that’s another story.
Qiu Shui didn't know about these things at the moment. She happily took photos with a few children, and then took photos with a few parents.
Fortunately, Shi Yue bought enough film, otherwise his film would have run out before the game even started.
"Attention, athletes! The 50-meter sprint for grades 1-6 is about to begin. Students participating in the 50-meter sprint, please proceed to the podium for registration. Students participating in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter relays, please warm up and get ready. We'll announce it to you shortly."
When he heard the broadcast, Shi Qiu Shui stopped taking pictures.
She pulled Zhao Ran: "Xiong Jie, Xiaopang, stop filming! The radio station told us to get ready!"
Xiong Jie: "Well, Boss, didn't the broadcast station just say we're going to have a 50-meter race now?"
Shi Qiushui: "Hey, how come you only heard the first part and not the second part? The broadcast station also said that those participating in the 100m, 200m and relay races need to warm up!"
She stamped her feet and said, "Come on, let's go warm up now! Before the 50-meter race starts, let's run a lap to warm up, otherwise it will be inconvenient to warm up later!"
"All right."
Xiong Jie and Xiaopang obediently followed Shi Qiu Shui to the track to warm up. Of course, Zhao Ran also followed.
Shi Qiu Shui took them for a run and then did some warm-up exercises for their wrists and ankles near the audience seats.
The area where she was moving happened to be where Class 1 was sitting. When Chen Xin saw them doing warm-up exercises, he burst out laughing. He pointed at Shi Qiushui and the others and said to the students nearby, "Hahaha, look! Class 2 is actually doing warm-up exercises! They're actually doing warm-up exercises!"
Shi Qiushui stopped what he was doing, looked up at Chen Xin, and asked bluntly, "What are you laughing at?"
Chen Xin didn't expect Shi Qiushui to ask directly. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said nonchalantly, "I'm not laughing at anything. I just think it's strange that you're doing warm-up exercises."
Shi Qiushui put her hands on her hips and said, "What's so strange about doing warm-up exercises? The physical education teacher said that you must do warm-up exercises before doing strenuous exercise, otherwise you might get injured. What's so funny?"
Chen Xin was speechless due to her questioning. He hesitated for a long time and said stubbornly, "I just haven't seen anyone else do warm-up exercises. I'm curious. Is it okay to be curious?"
Shi Qiushui rolled his eyes: "You're surprised by something you haven't seen before!"
She turned around and continued to do aerobics with Zhao Ran and the others.
Chen Xin was so bored that he sat back down, only to find that his classmates were all laughing at him.
"Hahaha, Chen Xin, you've never seen anyone else do aerobics before! You're really surprised by what you've seen!"
"Yes, what the people in Class 2 said is right. You are just surprised by what you have never seen before!"
"Hahaha, Chen Xin is surprised by what he has seen..."
The people who usually laughed at others with Chen Xin turned around and started laughing at him, and he couldn't stand it.
Chen Xin blushed, clenched his fists and said, "What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Stop laughing! If you laugh again, I'll beat you up!"
Because of Chen Xin's fist, the people around him did not laugh as wildly as before, but they did not stop talking about Chen Xin. They were still whispering to each other and even looked up at Chen Xin from time to time.
Chen Xin became even more furious. His face flushed red as he said, "You guys are no longer members of Class One. You're following the people from Class Two to laugh at our class. You're simply traitors to Class One! You're the sinners of Class One!"
What he said was quite serious. When the people around him heard this, they stopped laughing at him, but they didn't treat him well when they confronted him.
After noticing this, Chen Xin's face turned even darker, almost as dark as the bottom of the pot in Shi Qiu Shui's house.
He clenched his fists tightly, blaming Shi Qiushui for everything. If Shi Qiushui hadn't said that, his friends wouldn't have laughed at him, nor would they...
He secretly said in his heart: Just wait, Shi Qiu Shui, when the competition starts later, you will know how powerful I am!
He was determined to defeat Shi Qiu Shui in the competition and regain his face.
Chen Xin was holding this anger in his heart, and he didn't feel relieved until the registration was over and he stood on the runway.
He was running the first leg, and coincidentally, Shi Qiu Shui was also running the first leg. At this moment, Shi Qiu Shui was standing on the track next to him.
Chen Xin glared fiercely at Shi Qiushui, who was rubbing his hands together, and said sarcastically, "Warming up? Is warming up useful? Don't use up all your energy. You won't be able to run later. After all, I won't let you go then."
Shi Qiushui glanced at Chen Xin and said, "Humph, I don't need you to give me a chance. I will win the championship on my own!"
Chen Xin: "You are just a little girl, but you are really good at bragging!"
Shi Qiushui: "You little bastard, your mouth is not idle either?"
Chen Xin couldn't argue with Shi Qiushui, so he could only say viciously, "What's the point of saying so much now? Let's see who wins in the competition later!"
Shi Qiushui: "Anyway, I will definitely win!"
The two of them exchanged glances and words, and the atmosphere was very tense. The physical education teacher who was about to blow the whistle was quite amused by what he saw.
Physical Education Teacher: Very good, very good. This kind of fighting spirit is what sports events require.
The physical education teacher smiled as he watched all the students participating in the relay race line up on the track. Then he raised his hand and shouted, "Get ready!"
Shi Qiu Shui bent down, took a half step with his left foot, and prepared to start running.
Physical Education Teacher: “Beep——”
As the physical education teacher blew the whistle, Shi Qiu Shui rushed out like an arrow.
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