◎First update◎
When a safe theft occurred at the National Cotton Mill, the people who were under the greatest pressure were naturally the factory security department. Not only was Pang Lin criticized by the factory director at the meeting, he also had to assist the Public Security Bureau in investigating the situation.
Fortunately, the three men finally confessed to the crime. They were a group of poor guys who had no money to spend and had evil intentions. They actually sneaked into the state-owned cotton factory after scouting the area and tried to steal money.
Just when he was about to succeed, he was unlucky and was seen by Xu Shengjie and Hong Saner who were working the night shift.
Because of this incident, in the following days at the National Cotton Mill, the security department could be seen everywhere, from the main gate to the side gate, patrolling back and forth. Especially in the middle of the night, they took turns on duty and patrolled with flashlights, which made the workers in the factory feel more at ease.
However, because of this incident, the factory's sports meeting was postponed as safety must be prioritized.
After all, someone can come in with a knife and steal things, but one day he might chop someone down. How scary!
Liang Baozhen received a reward of 100 yuan from Xu Shengjie. This was a commendation from the factory for his bravery in fighting the criminals. However, he was too self-conscious and handed it over as soon as he got home.
"Just leave it there."
"Okay." Liang Baozhen took it happily without any hesitation, stood up and sat on the bedside, turned over the pillow, reached into the pillowcase and took out a handkerchief, opened it and saw that it was the money her family had saved in recent months, waiting to be deposited in the bank.
They both work full-time, so they can still save a lot of money every month. They have saved 180 yuan in the past few months, and with this 100 yuan, they can start saving money.
But after thinking about it, Liang Baozhen handed a big reunion card to Xu Shengjie, "Here, for you."
"What for me?"
"As for the reward, the factory will reward you 100 yuan, and our family will also reward you 10 yuan." Liang Baozhen thought her man was amazing. He could fight enemies on the battlefield, catch bad guys in the factory, and beat three knife-wielding gangsters with his bare hands. Although she was worried, she couldn't help but staring.
"Okay, I won't be shy then."
"Of course, you deserve it." Liang Baozhen put away the remaining money, took out the passbook, turned to the man and said, "Look, you did this brave act, and you got a total of 110 yuan as a reward. Not bad, isn't it?"
"Indeed." After Xu Shengjie finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
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Liang Baozhen has been concentrating on her pregnancy recently. She met a few pregnant female workers in the factory and couldn't help but exchange a few words with them. Coincidentally, one of the female workers was due to give birth close to hers, in early May.
This woman works in the cotton combing workshop. Her name is Tu Min. She is 27 years old this year. It was not easy for her to be pregnant with this baby. She had given birth to three children before, but only one survived. The other two were born with congenital deficiencies and died when they were just over one year old. The whole family attached great importance to this baby and hoped that the child would be born safely.
"That's definitely no problem. I see you're in good spirits and have a good appetite."
"Yes, I felt different when I was pregnant this time. The baby didn't bother me much, and I had no problem going to work in the past seven months."
"Then let's see who we are, sir?"
"Hahaha okay, maybe it's about the same time."
Liang Baozhen insisted on going to watch Xu Shengwei's game with her family while she was still able to walk. The bus was crowded, and a kind-hearted lady gave up her seat, allowing Liang Baozhen to sit all the way to Dongshan Stadium.
Xu Shengya held her sister-in-law's arm the whole time, fearing that something might happen to her and the baby in her belly.
"It's okay. The child is doing well. He knows we are going to watch Xiao Wei's game and he behaved very well."
Yang Yan also brought her son to watch the game. Her husband is a section chief under the Urban Renewal Bureau. He is usually busy with work, so she takes the children out to play. Since she signed up for Xu Shengwei, Chao Chao has also been curious about table tennis and wanted to come and watch.
Several people met at the entrance of the stadium and walked in together.
"Grandma, grandma, look at my tag." Xu Shengwei has already confirmed with the event staff that he will be on stage in 20 minutes. Now he has an athlete tag around his neck, which makes him look particularly majestic and magical.
There are a total of 40 contestants in today's competition, which will be held in the indoor gymnasium of Dongshan Stadium.
First, after being drawn into two half-zones, the first round will consist of 20 matches, eliminating half of the players; the second round will consist of another 10 matches to determine the top ten; in the third round, the five players in the two half-zones will play a points-based round-robin match, and the top two in each half will be determined by the points ranking; the fourth round is the semi-finals, and the fifth round is the finals.
Considering the large number of players participating in the competition, if they want to advance to the finals, they have to play five rounds, which requires too much physical strength and endurance from the youngsters. Therefore, the first four rounds are played in a single-game system, and whoever gets 21 points first wins.
Only the semi-finals and finals of the fourth and fifth rounds are three-set matches.
The city's youth table tennis competition was organized in a very formal manner, with a large venue and a large scale. The director of the Sports Bureau was also invited to give a speech, and his words ignited the enthusiasm of many young players.
Even Zhou Yun in the audience applauded excitedly. She had always thought that her grandson was just a small-time player, but she didn't expect that he could now participate in such an amazing competition.
The surroundings were filled with applause, and Zhou Yun spoke to his family members at the top of his voice, "Look at Xiao Wei standing there, he looks different than before!"
"Yes, I've never seen Xiaowei so energetic." Liang Baozhen straightened up and looked over, only to see Xu Shengwei standing in front of the table with a ping-pong ball in his hand, focused and determined. Opposite him was a boy who was taller than him.
The two will compete in the first round.
"Come on, second brother! Come on, second brother!" Xu Shengya shouted softly, and basically only the people in the two rows nearby could hear it. Although it was noisy now, she still couldn't bring herself to shout outside.
The game on the field was in full swing. It was the first time for Xu Shengwei to play in front of so many people. He felt a little nervous for the first time. The boy on the opposite side was also very strong. The two of them tied at 15 and the battle was tense.
"Brother, come on!" Suddenly, a girl's crisp voice rang out from the audience. She raised her voice to cheer for the young man opposite Xu Shengwei, and her voice continued to ring out.
Xu Shengya looked in the direction of the voice and saw a pretty little girl, about eleven or twelve years old, with a pretty face. Her dimples were faintly visible around her lips when she spoke.
The score on the court was still close. Xu Shengwei was a little nervous in the first game. He felt his hands were tense and his performance was a little abnormal. He was closely followed by others. The score was already 19 to 18 and it was soon his turn to serve.
"Come on, second brother!" The gymnasium was bustling with noise. Ten games were going on at the same time. There were many spectators and the noise was deafening. Xu Shengwei suddenly heard a familiar voice. It was his sister's.
Looking sideways, Xu Shengya put her hands on her lips and cheered herself up loudly. On the other side were the boy's family members opposite her, also speaking loudly.
"Come on, brother!"
"Come on, second brother!"
The two younger sisters are also becoming more capable.
Xu Shengwei smiled, as if the appearance of the two people relieved his tension and restraint. He took a long breath, tossed the ping-pong ball high, and scored directly with a low and fast side spin serve!
The opponent didn't catch it!
Twenty to eighteen, Xu Shengwei got the match point.
"Wow!"
The Xu family was very excited when Xiao Wei scored directly from his serve. Even his grandmother Zhou Yun waved her arms in joy for her grandson. Xu Shengjie looked at his brother on the court with a bit of pride in his eyes.
Having completely gotten rid of his nervousness, Xu Shengwei pressed on and won with a score of 21 to 18.
In the next few games, Xu Shengwei, who had not received any professional systematic training, won all the way and unexpectedly made it to the semi-finals.
Become the top four in this competition.
Xu Shengwei's results were far beyond the expectations of his family and himself. You know, many of the contestants in this competition have received systematic training, or have played table tennis for several years. It is really shocking that Xu Shengwei, a young boy who only got his first proper table tennis racket half a year ago, could make it into the top four.
However, because he had never received any training, he was always a step behind others in terms of physical strength allocation and technical and tactical level. In the end, he was defeated in the semi-finals, and the loss was quite large.
The family was worried that Xu Shengwei was upset, so after he finished, they looked at each other in bewilderment. It was not easy to talk about the game again. Xu Shengjie patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "It's no big deal. You can win again next time."
Although he said that if Xu Shengwei couldn't get the first place last time, he was surprised when he saw his younger brother playing so hard and when the opponent was still fighting for the match point at the end. It seemed that Xiaowei had really grown up and became a capable person, no longer the little brat who only knew how to play in his eyes.
Xu Shengwei laughed and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. "Brother, I'm fine! I'm so happy. Fourth place! I never dared to dream of this before."
Nine of the top ten players in this competition are from the Children's Palace table tennis class, with Xu Shengwei being the only exception. This alone is enough to make his reputation soar to the sky.
"Well done to our Xiaowei! Grandma thinks you are no worse than the first place." In Zhou Yun's eyes, his grandson is the best.
During the finals, Xu Shengwei watched the game intently, his heart was surging, and he wanted to compete with them! When the family was leaving, the coach of the Children's Palace suddenly found Xu Shengwei. He learned that Xu was a junior high school student and had no systematic training. He immediately felt that he was a good seedling.
Just a little older.
Sports training should start early. Many children start to get in touch with it at the age of four or five, or five or six, and start training gradually. It is really late for Xu Shengwei to start at this age, but it doesn’t matter, he can also try to cultivate himself.
"Comrade Xu Shengwei, do you want to join our Children's Palace table tennis training team?"
Another purpose of this competition is to form a youth table tennis training team, which has higher requirements and more rigorous training than the current table tennis classes.
"Really? Can I go?" Xu Shengwei suppressed his inner excitement. He had heard about it before, but only the top three would be selected.
"Yes, you have such great potential even though you have not received any training. You should join us and see how great your potential is."
"Let's go, of course!" Zhou Yun, who used to be the most opposed to his grandson playing table tennis, responded the fastest at this moment.
After watching the competition for a day, she realized that her grandson had found a suitable place!
After another long bus ride back to the compound, many people in the compound knew that Xu Shengwei had gone to participate in a competition, and when they saw the Xu family coming back, they kept asking about him.
"How's Xiaowei doing?"
"It must be no problem. I heard from our Biaozi that Xiaowei has no rivals in table tennis in the whole alley."
"Auntie, I'm fourth."
"Oh my, that's amazing!"
“It’s incredible.”
Most people don’t know what’s the point of this table tennis match. It’s just a group of kids playing it, and they think it’s just a small prank to show off.
Xu Shengwei was so proud that day that he put down his racket and went to show off to Fang Zhibin and the others.
Liang Baozhen had been busy all day, so Xu Shengjie helped her back to the house to rest. However, as soon as he walked into the second courtyard, he saw Liu Nianhua with a flushed face running back in a hurry from outside.
"Sister Hua? What happened?"
Liu Nianhua looked up at the two of them, without saying a word, shook his head and ran towards his home, then slammed the door.
"What's going on?" Liang Baozhen was surprised. She had never seen Liu Nianhua like this before. "Could it be that Zhou Guoping is here again?"
"Impossible, Zhou Guoping was criticized and sent to labor reform." Xu Shengjie was well-connected and had no connections, so he could only accept the reform honestly. It was impossible for him to come out and harass Liu Nianhua now.
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Qingdang also walked into the yard. He looked gloomy and when he saw Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie, he just nodded as a greeting.
"Zhou Qingdang also looks weird." Liang Baozhen didn't know what was going on today. One thing was wrong after another.
Xu Shengjie helped his worried and curious daughter-in-law back to the house to rest before speaking, "Have you noticed that Zhou Qingdang seems to have feelings for Sister Hua?"
Idea? "What idea?"
Xu Shengjie saw that she was usually quite smart, but now she was confused. He smiled quietly and said, "It's just the idea of dating someone."
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