Chapter Seventy-Seven: Brave You, Standing Here, Thin but Proud
Li Qingqing carefully forked the clothes hanging on the balcony with a clothes pole, and then hugged them tightly to his chest until he walked into his room before throwing them on the bed.
The yellow jersey, shorts, and yellow socks are the same as the school uniform, but the yellow and blue color blocks are swapped for the Dongchuan Middle School football team sports jacket.
She looked at the clothes with her hands on her hips, and a faint fragrance lingered on the tip of her nose.
There was no longer the indescribable stench before, which made her satisfied.
Now all she had to do was fold up the messy clothes and pants and put them in a plastic bag for Hulai to take to school.
It's a pity that Li Qingqing also washed his black sports bag, but it hasn't dried until now - she brushed that thing with a brush, unlike these clothes that are thrown into the washing machine to stir and then dried at low temperature, so a day is not enough to dry this sports bag.
Li Qingqing hopes that this sports bag will be able to dry tomorrow, because tomorrow is Tuesday, and the school team will be training.
What if it hasn't dried by then?
Then he had to lend his sports bag to Hulai.
She began to fold her clothes by hand, and she did it very skillfully, and she folded these long-sleeved jackets, short-sleeved T-shirts, shorts, and socks neatly and put them in a plastic bag.
"Qingqing, are you okay?"
Daddy's voice rang downstairs.
"Alright, alright." Li Qingqing put on his schoolbag, lifted the plastic bag, and walked out of the bedroom.
When she ran downstairs, Li Ziqiang stood at the door, holding two bicycles in his hands.
When he saw his daughter running out, he pushed the bicycle he was holding in his left hand to her.
Li Qingqing took the faucet, put the plastic bag into the basket in front of the faucet, took a long step, sat on the saddle of the bicycle very lightly, and finally turned his head to look at his father.
"Eh, Dad, don't you wear a suit?"
"What are you doing in a suit?"
"Isn't the one at today's flag-raising ceremony going to be on stage?"
"There's no need to wear a suit on stage." Li Ziqiang shook his head.
"But that would be more formal." Li Qingqing frowned and pouted.
"There's no need, Dad doesn't like to wear suits."
"I also saw it in the wedding photos of you and your mother, and my father is still very handsome in a suit. When will Dad be able to show me a suit? ”
"What's so good about wearing a suit? It was uncomfortable, and I felt uncomfortable when I put it on, and my hands and feet were stretched. Li Ziqiang shook his head and refused, and then he diverted the topic: "If you don't leave, you'll be late." ”
Li Qingqing pedaled the bicycle hard and staggered to the road outside the alley.
The wind rattled the plastic bags in the basket, and she glanced at Hulai's jersey inside, and the numbers could be seen through the transparent plastic bags.
She remembered that she had told her father a lot about Hulai on Saturday night, and that he listened very carefully and asked him a lot of questions about Hulai, and she basically said everything she could to solve his father's doubts.
Dad knows Hulai so seriously, he must want to entrust Hulai with important responsibilities in future training and competitions, right?
A smile crossed her face at the thought of such a future.
Although the cold wind of the winter morning was blowing, Li Qingqing's heart was hot.
Li Ziqiang started later, and saw the graceful back of his daughter riding a bicycle in the back, and he was in a trance.
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When Hu Lai opened the plastic bag that Li Qingqing gave him before in his seat, he suddenly sniffled: "Hey, it's so fragrant?" ”
"Don't be so useless, Hulai, it's just the smell of laundry detergent." Song Jiajia, who was at the same table, sneered.
"Then why doesn't the jersey you washed me smell like this?" Hulay glanced at his tablemates.
"It's too much, Hulai. I've worked hard to wash your clothes......" Song Jiajia covered her heart, her expression sad and angry, and her tone was sad.
"Didn't you wash it in a washing machine, what's the hard work?"
"I don't want to throw my clothes in the washing machine before washing, I don't want to add laundry detergent! Won't I dry it after washing! Song Jiajia was protesting, and he saw Hulai hand him the jersey. Why? ”
"You smell it, the jersey you gave me before really doesn't smell like this."
Song Jiajia didn't come to him to ask, but fanned the jersey with his big fleshy palm, and then sniffed the air that was fanned by him.
He frowned: "It's really different......"
"If this is the smell of laundry detergent, then the question is - Song Jiajia, did you not put laundry detergent when you washed my clothes?" Hulai asked.
Song Jiajia was furious: "What nonsense! Laundry detergent just tastes different! Our laundry detergent is jasmine flavored! ”
Hu Lai frowned and said in a thoughtful tone: "No wonder I feel that someone is brewing jasmine tea next to me every time I wear it......"
Song Jiajia slapped Hu Lai's hand holding the jersey back: "I don't like you, let Li Qingqing wash your clothes in the future!" Do you think I'm willing to do your laundry? ”
Hu Lai hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't, fat man, don't you know, my favorite tea is jasmine tea......
Song Jiajia rolled her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
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There is no morning reading class at Dongchuan Middle School on Monday mornings, and the flag-raising ceremony is held during the morning reading class.
In addition to raising the national flag, in general, the school will also use this opportunity to conduct some simple propaganda activities, such as if a student has participated in a competition and obtained excellent results, then they will be invited to the rostrum to receive congratulations from all the teachers and students of the school. There are also students who have excellent grades in school exams and have won scholarships, and they will also be invited to the stage to receive the award in public.
Of course, there will be some extreme cases, that is, if you make a very serious mistake, you may be called to the stage and review in front of the whole school teachers and students.
Today, the dean was on stage to summarize the previous week, and the students in the audience were obviously a little absent-minded.
Everyone, especially the girls, looked at the staircase below the rostrum.
There stood a group of people dressed in uniform sports coats — the entire team of the Dongchuan High School football team.
They come from different grades and classes, but because they have the same identity, they gather here and wait for the stage.
Captain Chu Yifan stood in the middle of the crowd, surrounded by everyone, holding the heavy championship trophy in both hands, with a smile on his face that made many girls feel like a spring breeze.
Luo Kai was standing beside him, also with a faint smile.
The two handsome guys stood side by side, so that the girls on the court couldn't help but look at them, they didn't care about what the teaching director on the stage said, they just cared about enjoying this heart-warming scene.
Hu Lai stood beside Mao Xiao and Meng Xi, the two big men, looking inconspicuous.
He tilted his head to sniff the smell of his sports coat, and as he sniffed, a faint fragrance entered his nose.
This smells so much better than jasmine! I don't know what brand and flavor of laundry detergent Li Qingqing uses at home, so I went to ask Li Qingqing between classes, and then went home and told my mother to let her buy it for use......
Hulai thought to himself.
“…… Here's great news for you! "In the final of the Anton Cup Football Tournament held last Saturday, our football team from Dongchuan Middle School defeated Jiaxiang High School in Jincheng and won the Anton Cup!" And qualified for next year's National High School Soccer Championship! They will represent all the high school football teams in Dongchuan City and Andong Province to participate in the national competition! Next, let's welcome them to the stage with warm applause and show off the trophy! ”
As soon as the dean finished speaking, the classic Queen song "We Are The Champions" was heard on the campus radio, and cheers and screams broke out in the classrooms on the playground.
Under such momentum, Chu Yifan took the lead on stage with the trophy in his hand.
Yan Yan and Luo Kai followed.
Then came the rest of the football team, and Hulay no longer smelled the good smell of his clothes, but held his head high and stepped to the top.
At the end of the team was coach Li Ziqiang, who did not prepare any suits for today, and was still wearing his usual sportswear.
In the phalanx of the second class of the year, Li Qingqing first looked at her father, feeling that her father's appearance in sportswear was too ordinary, and she imagined that on this occasion, her father should be wearing a straight suit. I don't know why my father is so reluctant to wear a suit, is it because wearing a suit makes him think of his mother?
Li Qingqing frowned in incomprehension, and it wasn't until her eyes turned to Hu Lai that her brows relaxed.
The uniform sportswear of the football team is worn on him obediently and fits very well, which makes Hulai particularly energetic today......
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Hulay and 35 other teammates stood on the podium, hugging the trophy en masse.
The golden Anton Cup shone brilliantly in the morning sun at 8:40 in the morning.
The dean was still holding the microphone and making an impassioned statement: "...... They overcame many difficulties and defeated a series of powerful enemies! Facing the powerful Jiaxiang High School football team, after tenacious struggle and hard work, they finally defeated their opponents! Broke the record of five consecutive championships in the Anton Cup of Jiaxiang High School! …… They represent the spirit of our Dongchuan Middle School! They inspire youth on the football field and show the world the demeanor of our Dongchuan students......"
Song Jiajia looked around left and right, and found that no matter which class it was, everyone looked at the people on the rostrum, and some people whispered: "So handsome......"
Thousands of people just looked up at Hulai and his teammates.
Song Jiajia also looked over, not knowing if it was his delusion, he seemed to see Hu Lai's eyes sparkling in the sun, just like the golden cup.
He remembered that Hulai, like himself, had never been on the rostrum at the flag-raising ceremony, whether as a positive or negative character...... They are unknown in this school and no one cares.
At that time, Hu Lai asked him how he could become a man of the hour, and he didn't know how to do it, so he could only give Hu Lai a bad idea and ask him to go to Tang Xiuyuan, the school flower, to confess.
Now, Senior Sister Tang Xiuyuan, like herself, is standing under the stage, looking up at the people on the stage.
Later, Hulai became the most discussed figure in the school, albeit only temporarily, because he appeared in a foreign appearance during recess exercises, and attracted the attention of the whole school with exaggerated and funny exercises.
In private, Song Jiajia also heard that someone gave Hu Lai a nickname, called "Dongchuan Middle School Emperor Caodi".
They often talk about it with a playful tone and exaggerated ridicule, and it is clear that they do not think that Hulai's name is good.
Yes, Hu Lai has become a well-known "man of the hour" by selling his ugliness abroad, but if he has a choice, who wants to be a clown?
Song Jiajia saw Li Zhiqun in the crowd in front of him.
He remembered that when Hu Lai and Li Zhiqun "met on a narrow road" in the classroom this morning, Li Zhiqun's eyes flashed, and he actually took the initiative to back down...... Again, what else could he say? Do you still say that Hulai is a ball dribbled by shit? Ren Hu Lai carried the goal scored by Wang Guangwei's personal marker in the final!
Song Jiajia turned back and stared at Hu Lai.
His table mate was standing there at this moment, his face thin but proud.
Seeing this scene, Song Jiajia laughed.
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PS, note: The chapter name comes from the single "Life You Are Hot" by the band New Pants.
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