Chapter Twenty-Four: A Seven-Hundred-Pound Box
"Brothers, work hard today, let's go to the skewers together after finishing the work!"
Lao Zhang clapped his hands and encouraged, and then walked with Lao Li to carry the box towards the truck outside the warehouse.
Soon several of the other stevedores had found a partner, and they carried the boxes out one-on-one, but they all moved very slowly, and it was evident from their struggling expressions that it should be very difficult.
It's also strange that today is too unfortunate, only seven stevedores came, and two of them had to move together, so now only Qi's father is left in front of the pile.
"Dad, I'll move with you. Seeing this, Qi Dong took the initiative to say to his father.
"It's good, it's just that in this case, you should also be paid a salary. Father Qi frowned and said, "Xiaodong, don't hold it hard if you can't move, otherwise it won't be worth it if you hurt your body." ”
"It's okay, I'm here to help anyway. Qi Dong didn't care, and put his hands on a box as he spoke, "Dad, let's start." ”
Father Qi answered, walked to the opposite side of Qi Dong and put his hands on the bottom of the wooden box.
"One, two, three. As Qi's father counted to three, the father and son worked together to lift the box off the pile.
"Eh-"
As soon as the wooden box was lifted, Father Qi suddenly screamed in pain, and then the hands holding the box also let go.
Fortunately, Qi Dong was quick and hugged the other half of the box, so as not to let the box fall.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?!" Seeing his father pressing his waist in pain, Qi Dong hurriedly put the box on the ground, and then stepped forward to support Qi's father.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" the female purchaser, who was counting the goods on the side, saw this situation and immediately walked over and asked with concern.
"Hey, my waist is getting more and more useless, and I twisted it again just now. Father Qi sighed and said, fine beads of sweat had already appeared on his head.
"Dad, why don't you go to the hospital to have a look?" Qi Dong asked anxiously.
"No, no, I'll just take a break. Father Qi waved his hand again and again, and the pain on his face was also soothed.
"Uncle, why don't you sit on the box and rest for a while? The female purchaser also stepped forward to support Qi's father on the other side.
"Okay, I'll take a break. Father Qi nodded.
After hearing this, Qi Dong hurriedly dragged the wooden box on the ground and helped his father to sit on it.
After placing his father properly, Qi Dong walked to the pile again, planning to carry a wooden box alone.
"Xiaodong, what are you doing! Don't move it alone, this box is very heavy!" Father Qi, who was not far away, saw this scene and immediately stopped him.
But when Qi Dong heard this, he had already hugged the box down, and it didn't seem to be difficult at all.
The father and son glanced at each other, Qi Dong looked relaxed, but Qi's father was already dumbfounded.
"Dad, I can do it. Qi Dong smiled at his father and said, and then walked towards the warehouse with the box in a hurry.
"Wow, uncle, your son has so much strength!" At this time, the female purchaser standing beside Qi's father also exclaimed.
"Hehe, I can't see through this kid anymore. Father Qi replied with a surprised expression, but there was a faint sense of pride in his tone.
Qi Dong walked quickly, holding a two-hundred-pound box as if empty-handed. As soon as he walked out of the warehouse, several other pairs of stevedores had already turned back.
"!" The flat-headed stevedore who was walking in front stopped in surprise when he saw Qi Dong striding towards him alone with a box in his hand.
Seeing this scene, several other stevedores were also surprised, and they couldn't speak with their mouths open.
Of course, Qi Dong knew the reason for their reaction, but he couldn't explain anything, he just smiled and nodded at those people.
After moving the wooden crate to the truck, Qi Dong did not pause and quickly returned to the warehouse. He saw his father still sitting on the box resting, surrounded by several stevedores.
"Lao Qi, your son looks thin and thin, and his strength is really unusual!"
"Alas, my son who is not angry is probably still watching TV at home!"
"It turns out that your son is studying in a sports school, no wonder he is so powerful!"
"Lao Qi, you are blessed to have given birth to such a good son. ”
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Listening to everyone's compliments, Father Qi was quite proud in his heart, but he didn't show it, just had a faint smile on his face, and coped with a few words from time to time.
Next, Qi Dong maintained the same speed to move the boxes, others took one trip, he could go three times, and half of the boxes on the truck were moved by him.
Time passed, the sun was getting higher, and several stevedores simply took off their shirts to move goods shirtless, and the T-shirt on Qi Dong's body was also soaked with sweat.
By the time it was close to eleven o'clock, the warehouse was almost half empty.
"Hey, little girl, come here!"
Suddenly, Lao Zhang, who was standing in front of the row of wooden crates against the wall, shouted, and his tone was quite unkind, and several other stevedores immediately surrounded him when they heard it. The female purchaser, who was counting the goods on the truck, heard the shouts and immediately trotted to the warehouse, with a puzzled look on her face.
"What's wrong?" the girl asked as she walked up to Lao Zhang.
"What's going on? How do you tell us to move such a big box?" Lao Zhang said, pointing to the row of goods in front of him, his tone quite annoyed.
Hearing Lao Zhang say this, everyone took a closer look at the row of wooden boxes against the wall in front of them.
Sure enough, this whole row of wooden crates is very different from the previous ones, with a length, width and height of more than one meter, almost twice as long.
"Oh, it's a big....big battery, so the case is a little bigger, too. The female purchaser explained hesitantly.
"We also need two people to move the batch of small boxes just now, how do you tell us to move them when they are several times bigger?" said Lao Zhang angrily.
"Do you know how much this box weighs?" asked Lao Zhang continued.
"It seems to be....it's seven hundred pounds. The female purchaser replied in a low voice, her expression embarrassed.
"Alas, seven hundred catties, even a cow can't move it!" Lao Zhang didn't hold back his anger, and yelled at the female purchaser.
Looking at the girl's aggrieved face, Lao Zhang shook his head again and again, and finally sighed and said, "Forget it, let's move and see the four of them." ”
After speaking, the four stevedores, including Lao Zhang, stepped forward to the shelf, and all stretched out their hands to support a large wooden box on the top of the shelf, and together they moved it off the shelf and put it on the ground.
Then, they each stood on the side of the box and put their hands on the bottom of the box.
"One, two, three, lift!"
With Lao Zhang's order, the four stevedores worked together, and the muscles all over their bodies were stretched into strong bumps, everyone's faces were swollen and red, and the blood vessels in their necks were also highlighted like earthworms.
"Huh-" Under the combined efforts of the four stevedores, the large wooden crate was slowly lifted, but as soon as it was lifted to the waist position, the four of them were a little unsteady on their feet.
Seeing this, the other two stevedores rushed up to hold the crate, which kept it from falling to the ground.
"I'm glad you arrived just in time. This box is really heavier than I thought!" Lao Zhang's face turned pale with fright, and he gasped and said, "Come, let's go slowly." ”
The six stevedores stepped together and moved towards the outside of the warehouse, but the speed could be described as a turtle crawling.
Now only Qi Dong, Qi's father and daughter are left in front of the pile.
"Xiaodong, you're tired, sit down and rest for a while. Father Qi raised his head and said to Qi Dong.
"Dad, I'm not tired at all, you rest first, I'll move one too. ”
After saying this, Qi Dong walked to the shelves and removed another large wooden box placed at the bottom from the shelves.
Then, he held the box with both hands and lifted the inner side off the ground, then reached into the gap with his right hand to support the bottom of the box. Next, he placed his left hand on the top edge of the other side of the box.
After taking a deep breath, Qi Dong tensed his body and lifted up with all his might.