Chapter 136 Cooperation
During the break in the middle of the race, Fang Wei helped Wen Susu back to the office and brought over a box of water and a box of snacks.
Water is heavier, so Fang Wei took the initiative to carry it. Snacks are lighter, so Wen Susu carried them herself.
Since there was no one else around at the moment, Fang Wei didn't call out the position.
"Sister, how many boxes did you buy? Have you finished the two boxes just now?"
"It's a rare opportunity to watch a game, so eating something will make it more exciting and also help you replenish your energy."
Wen Susu smiled. She naturally didn't care about this small amount of money. It was mainly because she wanted to eat it, and she didn't have to go to class, so she bought more and shared it with everyone.
She tore open a pack of biscuits, which were classic scallion soda biscuits, and gave one to Fang. They then ate them together with great delight.
"You have also signed up for the 4*100m race later, right?" Wen Susu asked.
"correct."
"Good! You all performed well today! You gave our squad leader face!" Wen Susu praised.
"Cai Ling is so proud. I just barely made it to the finals."
"That's great, too. I didn't expect you to be so good at sports besides studying. But Cai Ling is really amazing!"
"Haha, you have to praise her in person, she will be so happy."
After thinking for a while, Fang Wei asked again: "I saw in the schedule that the teachers seem to have a competition as well. Are you participating, sister?"
"All teachers have to participate in the competitions."
Wen Susu smiled and said, "Remember to come and cheer me on when the time comes!"
"Of course, the whole class will go!"
While chatting, they had already returned to the "base camp" where Class 2 was located.
Because we cannot return to the classroom during the school sports meet, each class has a base camp in every corner of the school.
The base camp of Class 1 and 2 is under a shady tree near the track and field stadium. It is halftime now, and everyone in the class has gathered here, sitting on the ground, playing various small games in groups of three or four, such as chess, gobang, or playing handkerchief dropping in a circle.
You can hear the laughter coming from far away.
The relationship between us deepened little by little through such interactions and games. We studied together, exercised together, cheered together, and played games together...
As Wen Susu and Fang Wei returned to the base camp with the "supplies", the scene became even more lively, and even Wen Susu was pulled by the students to join in the game of dropping the handkerchief.
Compared with other classes, the atmosphere in Class 2 is truly enviable.
There is a canteen in the school. The owner is quite business-minded. Taking advantage of this rare event in the school, he simply set up a stall on the campus and sold grilled sausages in front of the canteen.
After Fang Wei put down his things, he went to the convenience store and bought five sausages.
When he came back, he held one in his mouth and gave one to Cailing, one to Zhiyi, one to Asheng, and one to Wen Susu.
"Class monitor! What about us?" Seeing this, the other students laughed and cheered.
Fang Wei flipped his trouser pockets and said, "No money left!"
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi were eating grilled sausages happily. It was only ten o'clock in the morning, but they had been active on campus. Even though they had eaten breakfast, they were already feeling hungry. Compared to snacks, such delicious grilled sausages were more filling.
The box of snacks that had just been brought down had already been divided up like wolves by everyone in the class.
But Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi took out a bag of biscuits and a bag of shrimp crackers from their pockets as if by magic and handed them to Fang Wei.
"You two kept it for me?"
"I'm afraid you'll be hungry!"
Fang Wei didn't eat by himself. He sat down on the ground, unwrapped the snacks, and shared them with the two girls.
It is already the end of November. It is almost noon and the temperature is not that hot. The weather is very good. The campus is bustling under the blue sky and white clouds.
Half an hour later, the halftime break ended and the lively game continued.
"Next are the men's 4*100m and women's 4*100m preliminaries. There are also students from our class participating in the competition. Let's all go and cheer for them!" Wen Susu patted the grass debris off her butt, stood up and said.
"Come on Fang Wei! Come on Asheng! Come on Jialiang! Come on Yuanxin! Come on Cailing! Come on Zhiyi! Come on Yushan! Come on Xiaoli!" Everyone laughed and surrounded the eight contestants as they headed to the stadium.
Fang Wei and Xu Cailing had already participated in two competitions and were not nervous at all at this moment.
For Liu Zhiyi and the others, this was the last game of the morning and also their first game. After being a spectator for the entire morning, it was finally their turn to play and they were somewhat nervous.
Liu Zhiyi's face was solemn. She was never nervous when facing exams, but now she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding and her palms sweating.
"Cai Ling, is it okay for me to be the third runner? I feel that the third runner is very important... If I run slowly, I will hold you back..." Liu Zhiyi said worriedly.
As a team event, 4*100m not only is personal ability important, but also teamwork.
A few days ago, Xu Cailing, Liu Zhiyi, Wang Yushan and Ye Xiaoli had already practiced cooperation.
According to the classification of 100-meter ability, Cai Ling is undoubtedly the strongest, followed by Wang Yushan and Ye Xiaoli. Liu Zhiyi has the worst 100-meter result among the four, so she is the most nervous at the moment, fearing that she will drag the team down because of her poor performance.
"It's fine!"
Xu Cailing encouraged her confidently, "Zhiyi, you just need to play steadily and take the baton from me. I will take care of the rest!"
Nothing can give people more peace of mind than words like "Leave the rest to me". Liu Zhiyi calmed down a lot after hearing this and nodded vigorously.
According to the tactics, Wang Yushan, who is good at starting, will be the first runner of the relay. Ye Xiaoli, who performs more stably, will be the second runner. Liu Zhiyi, who has poor explosive power but good endurance and cornering skills, will be the third runner. Xu Cailing, who is invincible in all aspects, will be the last runner to provide a backup for the team.
"Fang Wei's match is about to begin, let's watch theirs first!"
"it is good."
Xu Cailing, together with Liu Zhiyi, Ye Xiaoli and Wang Yushan, watched the men's 4*100 relay race first. On the one hand, it was to cheer them on, and on the other hand, it was to gain some experience, after all, they would soon be on the field.
In the 4*100 relay race for men and women, each grade and each class has a team, a total of 4 teams, divided into two rounds, six teams in each round, the top six teams will enter the final tomorrow morning. The men's 100* relay team of Class and is Fang Wei, A Sheng, Lu Jialiang, and Jiang Yuanxin, who played in the first round.
Fang Wei and his four companions also trained for this project a few days ago and developed a simple strategy.
A Sheng started the fastest and was the first runner-up. Jiang Yuanxin was the second runner-up. Fang Wei, who had the best cornering technique, was the third runner-up. Lu Jialiang, who had the strongest sprinting ability, was the fourth runner-up.
"Do you remember the training a few days ago? When did you start running? Where did you take the baton? It doesn't matter if you are slow, but you must not drop the baton."
"No problem! I've got it all in mind!"
Fang Wei and the other three gathered together and briefly discussed the tactics that had been agreed upon previously.
"Awei, those guys in the third grade look so fierce."
"Just run well on our own and don't let others mess up your rhythm."
"Do not worry!"
"Come on, let's refuel together!"
As soon as Fang Wei stretched out his hand, the four buddies put their palms together, roared, and then ran to the designated location to wait.
Other students in the class who were watching the game also started cheering. Perhaps because they had just eaten, the cheers from Class 2 were particularly loud.
As the first runner, Asheng stood on his own track with the baton in his hand. He wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes from time to time. He was a little nervous because, after all, all the guys at the starting line were taller than him.
They say playing basketball will make you taller! Why hasn't he grown any taller yet?
"Come on, Asheng!"
Ah Sheng looked over when he heard the voice and saw Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi cheering him on.
"Fang Yuansheng! Come on!!"
Ah Sheng was surprised when he heard the voice. This sentence was not shouted by Cai Ling and Zhi Yi, but by Wang Yushan, his desk mate who always quarreled with him.
Inexplicably, Ah Sheng felt a strong desire to win. It was rare that Yu Shan cheered him on, so he couldn't lose face! !
Soon, the referee, Mr. Wang, also began to give commands.
"Everyone is in position——"
"preparation--"
"Beep——!"
As soon as the whistle sounded, A Sheng rushed out!
"Come on, Ah Sheng!!" "Come on, Fang Yuansheng!!"
The cheers were getting louder and louder. Ah Sheng no longer had time to figure out who was cheering. He only had one thing in mind: Go faster! Go faster!
A Sheng's 100-meter result was not very good, but his performance in the first half was quite good. Even though he had a height disadvantage, or perhaps because of this, he started very quickly and maintained a leading position in the first half.
Although he was gradually caught up by other players in the second half, the gap between them was not too big.
In the 4*100m relay, the baton taker can start in a specific area.
From a distance, A Sheng was seen running towards them holding the baton in his hand, and Jiang Yuanxin, the second runner, started to run slowly.
After all, I am not a professional athlete, and the training time for this project is limited. I cannot complete the baton handover at the fastest speed like professional athletes, but fortunately... everyone is the same.
There was even one team that had never trained at all. They just stood there stupidly, waiting to be passed the baton before starting to run.
"Yuanxin! Run! Run faster!" A Sheng shouted.
"Hurry!" Jiang Yuanxin sped up, but was afraid that he would not be able to catch up, so he waved at him desperately.
Ah Sheng gritted his teeth and finally handed the baton to Jiang Yuanxin in the designated handover area.
He breathed a sigh of relief and slowly slowed down, watching Jiang Yuanxin holding the baton and running all the way towards Fang Wei, who was the third runner.
"Come on Jiang Yuanxin!!"
"Yuan Xin! Don't slow down!"
Fang Wei's teamwork was obviously more tacit than Asheng and Yuanxin. While running, he looked back to observe Jiang Yuanxin's speed to adjust his own baton-taking speed. He successfully completed the baton-taking at a speed of about 70% to 80%.
Having already reached 70% to 80% of the starting speed, Fang Wei can run very fast!
"Fang Wei! Come on!!"
All along the way, we could hear cheers from Class 2.
Fang Wei tightly grasped the baton in his hand and ran wildly accompanied by the cheers along the way!
At this moment, in the peripheral of his vision, there were still two teams following him very closely.
Soon, he saw the figure of the last runner, Lu Jialiang.
As members of the school team, Lu Jialiang and Fang Wei train more often and have a better understanding of each other.
Hearing Fang Wei shout "Run!", Lu Jialiang didn't think much, completely trusted Fang Wei's speed, and started running at full speed!
The reason why he was the last runner was because his starting speed was not an advantage, but his burst in the middle and late stages was very strong. In the relay race, he could start early, which allowed Lu Jialiang to make up for his starting disadvantage.
Fang Wei rushed all the way, and after Lu Jialiang started running, he burst out at full speed again to catch up. Finally, when he was almost at the critical range of the intersection, he successfully handed the baton in his hand to Lu Jialiang at nearly 90% of his speed.
Perhaps each of the four players in the team is not considered an outstanding player individually, but compared with other teams, they win in terms of tacit cooperation, which saves a lot of time in the process of passing the baton.
Lu Jialiang completed the last leg at almost full speed and successfully crossed the finish line as the first in the group, while the second and third place were nearly two or three seconds behind them!
"First place in the group! Grade 1-2 class!"
"Oh yeah!"
Everyone in Class 2 burst into warm applause and surrounded Fang Wei and his four companions as if they were welcoming heroes.
"Fang Wei, Ah Sheng, Jia Liang, Yuan Xin, awesome!"
(End of this chapter)
