Chapter 146 Drink Your Water Together
Because we had a day off on Monday for New Year’s Day, we only had four classes this week, and Friday came in the blink of an eye.
Only after personally experiencing work or school do you realize how huge the difference is between working four days a week and working five days a week. It may seem like only one extra day of rest, but the feeling of working four days and resting three days and working five days and resting two days is completely different.
In fact, these days, even working five days and having two days off is considered a high-welfare job, and working six days and having one day off is the norm.
I don’t know if I can wait until the three-day-off system is implemented in my lifetime.
After school on Friday, Fang Wei and the other three were not in a hurry to go home.
After the last school sports meet, Teacher Niu officially formed the school track and field sports team.
Based on everyone's performance in the school sports meet, the members of the school team were selected from the first grade of junior high school.
As the first member of the school team, Xu Cailing, with her outstanding performance in the school sports meet, undoubtedly became the captain of the school track and field team.
It's a pity that she doesn't manage many players as the captain, and it's just a nice title, but the girl is still very happy about it. When she talks about it to others, she says, "Captain of the Baitan Middle School team!" What a loud and nice title!
There are a total of six people in the school track and field team. In addition to Xu Cailing, Fang Wei, and Lu Jialiang, there are three others from Class 1, Class 3, and Class 4 respectively.
Except for the team leader Xu Cailing, the other five are all boys.
It’s not that Teacher Niu doesn’t want to select girls. After all, the number of qualified girls selected from the first grade who can meet the requirements for joining the team is quite limited. Except for Cai Ling, most girls have no interest in joining the track and field team.
There was no other way, so the prototype of the school track and field team was temporarily decided like this.
As the instructor of the school track and field team, Niu Wengang is responsible for providing them with special training in physical fitness and track and field events on a daily basis.
Teacher Niu’s requirements were not high, especially considering that the final exams were approaching, so he would only organize them to stay after school every Friday for one training session.
……
On Friday evening after school, the dusk light filled the campus.
While other students were leaving the campus in groups of three or four, carrying their bags, talking and laughing, the six members of the school track and field team, led by Xu Cailing, were running around the track and field field, sweating profusely.
"Nine laps, one more to go!"
"Don't lower your head! Lift your feet! Swing your arms! Keep your breathing rhythm good!"
"Hu-hu-hu-"
The sound of footsteps sounded in front of him. Liu Zhiyi, who was sitting cross-legged on the grass, looked up.
Fang Wei and Xu Cailing were running in the front. Lu Jialiang and four others were a little behind them. After running nearly two kilometers, they were all a little exhausted.
Because Fang Wei and Cai Ling had to stay for training, Liu Zhiyi and A Sheng did not go back first and stayed in the school waiting for them.
A Sheng was playing basketball on the basketball court, while Liu Zhiyi found a quiet corner on the track and field field, sitting there, reading a book and watching their training.
This made her feel very comfortable. It turned out that leisure and happiness were created through contrast.
The girl gave a cheering gesture to Fang Wei and Cai Ling who were looking at her, stretched, and turned another page of the book in her hand.
Soon, the ten laps required by Teacher Niu were completed, and the six members of the school team returned exhausted to Teacher Niu and stood in a row.
"Lv Jialiang, Zhou Qide, Wang Ming, Yang Minghui, the four of you are still too weak!"
Lu Jialiang and the other three were so tired that they couldn't speak. Following Fang Wei and Xu Cailing to run two kilometers at such a high pace, their lungs almost exploded. God knows how they usually train?
Fang Wei had indeed practiced more, while Cai Ling had practiced less, but the girl had an extraordinary talent, which could not be compared...
After resting for a while, Niu Wengang continued to train them.
The current training mainly consists of some basic physical training, including strength training, endurance training, agility and coordination training, etc.
There are also many different training methods, including endurance running, sprint running, or wheel running, squats, rope skipping, ligament stretching, elastic band resistance running, high leg raises, arm swings in place, etc.
After all, Cailing was the only girl in the team, and Teacher Niu did not let her practice alone, but asked her to practice with the boys.
Even among boys, Xu Cailing's training results are no worse than others.
On the contrary, because of her presence, other boys are unwilling to be outdone by a girl like her, and they all train with all their might.
Compared with the intensity of training now, physical education classes are like playing house.
This kind of training that pushes your physical strength to the limit is very hard, but also very addictive. When you are extremely tired, your brain is completely empty and you have no time to think about anything else.
With Teacher Niu’s whistle, today’s training finally ended.
The six people seemed to be liberated. They sat down on the spot and collapsed on the grass. Some of them didn't care about their image and just lay down.
"Everyone, stand up! Don't lie down or sit down right after exercising!"
"Teacher Niu, my legs are not working anymore..."
"stand up!"
Looking at the six people who stood up again, Niu Wengang said a few more words:
"This is your last practice session this semester. You will have final exams next week, so you won't have time to practice."
"Teacher Niu! Will you be sick and take a leave next week?" Xu Cailing asked.
"...I'm not sick, and I'm not asking for leave. I will arrange physical education exams for each of your classes during next week's physical education class." Teacher Niu said.
"Huh? There's an exam for physical education? What's it about?"
"1,500 meters for men and 1,000 meters for women."
"Teacher Niu, will the physical education exam be included in the grade?"
"Not now, but that doesn't mean not in the future!"
Niu Wengang continued, "Improving physical fitness is not something that can be done overnight. If you only think that physical training once a week can change your physical fitness, it is impossible. In the following holidays, you should also practice more on weekdays. Don't wait until the end of winter vacation to find that you have gained nothing except weight. Do you understand?"
"understood--"
"Okay, let's disband."
Teacher Niu rode his motorcycle away from the school and everyone went their separate ways.
Fang Wei was exhausted. He had never done such physical training in his previous life. Thanks to Cai Ling, he was pulled into the school team and was given a lot of training.
Having said that, I am a little tired, but I feel quite fulfilled inside. Perhaps this is what is called youth and sweat?
"I can't walk anymore! Carry me!"
The culprit Xu Cailing said this, and before Fang Wei could react, she straddled him and jumped onto his back like a dog-skin plaster.
Fang Wei's legs were already weak and shaking, and she pounced on him unexpectedly. He lost his balance, and they both cried out and fell to the grass.
"Get up! You're pressing on me!" The girl was dizzy after being hit by him.
"Don't be the first to complain, who started it first?" Fang Wei was helpless, but fortunately Cai Ling was there to take the blame. He stood up and stretched out his hand again.
Xu Cailing grabbed his hand, her body was so limp that Fang Wei couldn't even pull her up.
"Please try harder!"
"Tired, no strength left."
The two held hands, feeling the warmth of each other's palms, and Xu Cailing's heart beat faster.
After a while of half-coquettish and half-cheating, she finally cooperated and used a little strength to be pulled up from the grass by him.
Grass clippings were all over her blue and white school uniform, and Fang Wei reached out to brush them off for her.
She smiled at him foolishly, just like she did when she was a child.
After he finished, she raised her hand and hit him: "You hit me so hard, it hurts me!"
"Deserve it!"
The two of them walked over to Liu Zhiyi.
Liu Zhiyi is still reading.
She read books for as long as they were training, and she never even moved from her seat.
She placed her own schoolbag aside, and Fang Wei and Cai Ling's schoolbags were also placed on her side. The three schoolbags were thrown here at random, and Liu Zhiyi was responsible for keeping them.
Seeing that the two of them had finished their training, Liu Zhiyi closed the book and was about to stand up when Fang Wei and Cai Ling sat down on her left and right respectively.
"I'm so tired, let me sit down and rest for a while." Fang Wei said.
"Zhiyi, lean on me!" Cai Ling said.
As she spoke, Xu Cailing leaned towards Liu Zhiyi. Seeing this, Fang Wei also leaned towards Liu Zhiyi.
“…You guys are so heavy!”
Liu Zhiyi was sandwiched between the two of them, like a sandwich.
Fortunately, the forces from falling on both sides offset each other, so she didn't have to work hard to maintain her balance.
You know what, leaning against Liu Zhiyi was really super soft, like a human-shaped sofa, which made Fang Wei and Cai Ling breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm so thirsty! Do you have any water?"
Xu Cailing took out her own water bottle from her schoolbag. The mineral water bottle that she usually used to hold boiled water was now empty.
"I've finished mine too. I'll bring some more water before next training."
Fang Wei took out his bottle and looked at it. The water he had filled during the day was all gone by now.
"Zhiyi, do you have any water?" Cai Ling asked.
"Yes." Liu Zhiyi said, then opened his kettle, which still had half a bottle of water in it.
"That's great! Just drink your water!"
"Eh?"
Xu Cailing took her cup, tilted her head back, poured a few mouthfuls of water into her mouth, and began to drink it up.
Liu Zhiyi was stunned.
"Cai Ling, I've drunk this water before... Don't you mind?"
"I don't mind. We are so close. Why should we mind drinking water together? We are not drinking from each other's mouths. Do you want some?"
"Come."
Under Liu Zhiyi's stunned gaze, Fang Wei reached out and took the water that Cai Ling had drunk before, raised his head and opened his mouth, poured the water out through the air, and drank it all in one gulp.
Drinking from a bottle of water together in such an intimate and natural way was something Liu Zhiyi had never experienced before. As she watched the water poured from her bottle flow into Fang Wei's mouth without a drop missing, the scene seemed to be playing in slow motion in front of her eyes, causing the girl's cheeks to blush.
"It tastes good and quenches my thirst."
Fang Wei returned the empty bottle to her with satisfaction.
Liu Zhiyi took it in a daze. She tilted the bottle downwards and saw that he had already drunk all the liquid without a drop left.
After drinking all her water, the two enemies were not satisfied yet. They stretched out their legs and asked her to help massage their legs.
Liu Zhiyi had no choice but to use both hands to help them massage their legs.
"Zhiyi, did you know that Teacher Niu just said there will be an exam in physical education class?"
"Ah? Do we have to take exams in physical education class? What are we going to take?"
This year's final exam may be the most special one for Baitan Middle School. In addition to exams in cultural subjects, there are also exams in art and music.
Wen Susu has already assigned the homework for the art exam. We need to submit a self-portrait next week as an art exam.
As for the music exam, it is also very simple. There are 42 people in the class, and each person only needs to take turns to go on stage and sing a song of more than 30 seconds. You can also choose to sing in chorus.
"For the physical education exam, we girls will take a 1,000-meter test!"
"One thousand meters is not bad..."
Thanks to his morning jogs, Liu Zhiyi felt relieved when he heard that the physical education test would be a 1,000-meter race.
Today is Friday. We will have weekend holidays tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. From next week onwards it will be exam week.
For some early classes, art, music, and physical education exams have already been completed. By next Monday to Wednesday at the latest, all miscellaneous subjects like art, music, and physical education will be completed.
Thursday and Friday are the final exams. After the exams, I take two days off to get my transcript and winter vacation homework, and then the winter vacation officially begins.
All in all, there are only five or six days left in this semester.
Unconsciously, a semester has passed. Looking back on the first day of school, it seems like it was just yesterday.
Fang Wei, Cai Ling and Zhiyi sat on the grass, back to back, chatting and looking at the brilliant sunset on the campus at dusk.
The lively battle on the basketball court over there seemed to have ended. A Sheng ran towards the three people with a basketball in his arms, sweating profusely.
"I'm so thirsty! I'm so thirsty! Do you have any water?"
"You're late! You've finished drinking!"
(End of this chapter)
