Chapter 118
At the door of Class 1, Grade 1, Kong Fei was waiting for Jian Li to come out holding a box.
It was lunch time. Jian Li slept on the table for a while, then came out dazed, putting on her school uniform.
"Kong Fei, what's up?"
Kong Fei nervously touched the ground with his toes and handed out his things: "This is... a gift from me for you!"
Jian Li: "My birthday is still more than 200 days away."
Kong Fei: "...Thank you for helping me before."
Jian Li almost forgot about it. When she returned to the store that day, her mother made her a big bowl of mutton soup. After eating, she forgot about Kong Fei's family. Later, she remembered it, but she didn't think it was necessary to tell her parents. Who knows whether Kong Fei is willing to let Aunt Huihui know?
So when Jian Li saw the gift, she was stunned for a moment.
Kong Fei was afraid that she would not accept them, so he explained, "They are just a few comic books. I hope you like them."
Jian Li took it without hesitation and opened the package.
The moment she saw the name, Jian Li was speechless.
"No, I have all these."
There are three words "Xingzhu Biography" written on it in bold letters, and I don't know whether Kong Fei did it on purpose or by accident.
Kong Fei became even more nervous: "Then... I'll go get you some new books. What do you want?"
Jian Li waved her hands: "It's not a big deal, no need to send me off."
She was just helping out. Besides, it was unfair to Kong Fei that the parents' affairs were brought to the school.
"Anything else?"
Jian Li’s face showed “If nothing’s wrong, I’ll go back to sleep. You’d better be okay.”
Kong Fei: "...Is your class also going to participate in the sports meet?"
He racked his brains and thought of this topic that he could talk about with Jian Li.
Jian Li: "Yes, you sports students will definitely have to participate in many events, right?"
"I signed up for 1,500 long-distance running, relay race, high jump and basketball."
Jian Li said bitterly: "It would be great if you were in our class. Then you could sign up for everything and our sports committee wouldn't have to go around asking for help."
Although the provincial experiment pays more attention to the comprehensive development of students, there is not a single sports student in the key classes.
The Sports Commissioner would go around with a notebook every day to beg for help, just to get all the projects assigned to him to be reported.
But perhaps because Jian Li had shown off her talent in front of the whole class before, which had left a deep impression on the boys, the sports committee member only dared to arrange a long-distance running alternative for Jian Li in the end, and also added a relay race.
Jian Li was happy and relaxed. She was already tired enough from being dragged by her father to do boxing every day. She really didn't want to run the 1,500-meter race. Running in the relay race was okay for her, and she was happy to be a backup.
Kong Fei was a little surprised: "After your class is divided, don't you still have clubs?"
For this sports meet, the school suddenly remembered the previous clubs. As the weather gradually turned colder in the last semester, many clubs were in name only. So this time, the school encouraged the clubs to carry out logistics work as units.
This logistics team is not just a single class’s logistics team, but the logistics team for the entire grade.
Jian Li was mad: "Why didn't anyone tell me!"
She said goodbye to Kong Fei in a hurry and rushed back to the class to find the physical education teacher.
The Sports Committee handed her a notice: "Those who have been notified are on the notice board."
Jian Li rubbed her hair, feeling distressed.
Sports Committee: “…Well, the school will provide funding.”
When the subject of funding was mentioned, Jian Li raised her head suddenly.
Sports Committee: "...After this sports meet, we will select the club that performed the best and give them certificates."
Jian Li: "Let's not talk about the award certificate first, let's talk about the funding."
After successfully learning from the Sports Committee that the school would give each club two yuan per person as funding, Jian Li came back to life instantly.
She called out to her team: "Come on, it's time for a meeting!"
In the annual sports meet, if you can’t get first place in the class, you should at least try to be first in the club, right?
Jian Li plans to do something fancy.
Wu Feiran didn't understand: "Don't we just buy some mineral water and prepare some fruit?"
For a sports meet, the logistics are just that.
Song Tao was half-forced by the Sports Committee to sign up for the 3,000-meter race, and he was already half dead.
"I think so too. Let's buy some mineral water and divide the rest among ourselves."
Such blatant behavior of "using public funds for personal gain" was condemned by Wu Feiran.
"What's there to share? This is the money the school gives us for logistics!"
Song Tao turned his head slightly, his voice full of resentment: "Hey, hey, hey, each of us paid five yuan for class fees."
This is called using public funds for personal gain. He was using his own money to reward himself.
Part of the money in the class fee was distributed to the logistics department. Isn't this just taking money from the left pocket into the right pocket?
Wu Feiran: "...That won't work either! You can't use it randomly."
Song Tao slowly turned his head back and said, "Two yuan per person. There are five people in our club, so it's ten yuan. Make one for me."
Lin Shuyao tilted his head and said, "We only have ten yuan, but other clubs have many people, and one club can have hundreds of people."
Cheng Yu: "So I support Song Tao's opinion. We might as well divide it among ourselves."
With this little money, it's simply impossible to compete for the first place and get a certificate.
Jian Li thought for a moment and said, "Actually... I can try harder."
The four of them looked at Jian Li.
Jian Li smiled mysteriously.
…
The news of the sports meet quickly spread throughout the campus, and even the senior high school students were eager to participate. Although the school restricted the events they could sign up for and only gave senior high school students one day to participate, it was a rare break for them.
At the same time, various societies also began to show their talents.
Several large clubs were arguing over how to use the money allocated by the school.
Just like in the badminton club, many people advocate focusing on athletes who compete in badminton.
The same is true for table tennis.
Sports clubs have the most members, so at this point, quarrels over money are inevitable.
After much arguing, several major societies unanimously decided that they couldn't just do it in a mediocre way.
The table tennis club not only brought water, but also prepared some snacks.
After Song Tao went to see it, he compared it to Jian Li and others: "Hey guys, I've opened a cookie stand!"
It sounds exaggerated, but in fact, the biscuit stall only buys in bulk biscuits, and one stall earns less than 100 yuan.
Seeing that the table tennis club took the lead, the others were not far behind.
The badminton club was creative and wanted to set up a stall, but was ruthlessly rejected by the school. The answer was that it could not be done immediately.
So the badminton club had no choice but to go for the snacks route and buy all kinds of candies and potato chips.
The closer we get to the sports meet, the more new tricks the big clubs come up with.
Later on, several societies even started to lose money.
Wu Feiran was still worried: "I think we should just prepare some water."
For a small society like theirs, they don't seek to achieve anything meritorious, but only to avoid making mistakes.
Lin Shuyao also nodded. She had also been registered by the Sports Committee to play table tennis.
Lin Shuyao knew very well that he was just there to collect the attention.
Several members looked at Jian Li. Ever since Jian Li said she wanted to do something different, she had done nothing in the past few days, which made them confused.
Jian Li: "Why rush? Good things are worth waiting for."
She has to prepare what she wants to make one day in advance.
Someone called Jian Li's name at the door: "Someone's looking for you!"
Jian Li left the classroom and saw Kong Fei again.
"..." Jian Li began to reflect, could it be that this boy is having romantic feelings for her?
It's possible, it's possible. The last time she helped him, Kong Fei might have had a suspension bridge effect. He was really a little...
Kong Fei spoke up: "Jian Li, our basketball club wants to order snow yogurt from your mother."
Jian Li: ...
Damn it, I was just being too sentimental!
Jian Li quickly put away her little thoughts and felt ashamed of her dirty thoughts as an adult.
"Okay, okay. How many barrels do you want to order?"
Kong Fei was so nervous that he tried to suppress his heartbeat: "Let's get two buckets."
Kong Fei took out a few large bills.
Jian Li: "How can I need so much? Wait, I'll go home and ask my mom to give you a price."
Jian Li asked Wang Mengmei, and Wang Mengmei waved her hands and said, "It's free, just ask Kong Fei to move it."
The money Lin Hui gave her was enough for her to supply Kong Fei with a bucket of milk every day and still have some left over!
Especially recently, Lin Hui not only ordered milk ice, but also took the initiative to find her and asked her if she wanted to invest in the beauty salon.
Wang Mengmei was too embarrassed to join the business. The beauty salon was all Lin Hui's hard work. If she joined the business for nothing, she would feel that Lin Hui would suffer a loss. She finally turned down the offer after several attempts.
"Two buckets aren't enough, right? I'll make three buckets later and you can let him get them."
Jian Li: "You guys are so annoying. You don't want the money you deserve. If Kong Fei insists on giving you money, I will pass on a message to you!"
Wang Mengmei: "Then just ask him to come and I'll talk to him."
Kong Fei hasn't been to the store much recently, which makes Wang Mengmei feel uncomfortable. Lin Hui and Tao Hanjin both gave her money, and she also assumed that she needed to take care of these two children. If Kong Fei doesn't come, she will be burned by Lin Hui's money.
Jian Li snorted: "I will only be a mouthpiece once."
As a result, the next day, Jian Li came back with two hundred yuan in her hand.
"He's not coming."
You have to give money.
Jian Li stuffed the money into Wang Mengmei's small drawer and said, "Stop pushing it around and don't delay my performance!"
The day before the sports meet, Jian Li asked Wang Mengmei to buy her a bucket of milk.
This is the advantage of running your own restaurant, everything in the store is ready-made.
After school in the evening, Jian Li took Cheng Yu to the kitchen.
"Did you bring anything?"
Cheng Yu nodded and took out two tea cakes from his pocket.
"These are tea leaves that someone gave to my dad. He doesn't even know how much he has at home. I brought two of them. Can you see if they can be used?"
Jian Li: "...You didn't choose the expensive ones, did you?"
Cheng Yu: "I don't know whether it is expensive or not."
I just picked up two that I liked the most.
Jian Li: "...Forget it, let's start cooking."
Jian Li wiped the pot clean, then broke up the black tea and put it into the pot to stir-fry with sugar. They didn't dare to use a clay stove because they couldn't control the heat well, so they used a small wok connected to a gas stove. After stir-frying, they transferred the mixture to a bucket of milk that was being heated.
After the tea leaves were cooked and the milk was boiled, Jian Li could already smell the aroma of milk tea with caramel flavor.
Jian Li put the pearls that she had rolled and boiled in advance into two large bowls, and gave each person a bowl of hot milk tea.
Cheng Yu took one sip and fell in love with it: "What is this?!"
Jian Li tasted it and thought it was okay, but a little too sweet. But it was no big deal. She would add some ice cubes to it tomorrow and it would be just right.
"milk tea."
Cheng Yu: ...This is milk tea, then what is that powdered tea I've been drinking these days?
Jian Li narrowed her eyes happily. After drinking the real stuff for a long time, people will want to drink some additives. When they have had enough of the additives, they will miss the real stuff again.
"Okay, we'll set up this stall tomorrow!"
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