50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 100: Do something big

At noon the next day, the thirteen members of the class committee did the same thing and brought back another 300 kilograms of firewood. Class 1 had already jumped to second place in the grade.

The head teacher warmly praised all the class committee members, and especially praised Sun Aila, a student who left his home for the class.

On the afternoon of the third day, when the third batch of firewood was handed over to the school's steelmaking group, Class 1 finally topped the grade list for the first time in history.

No matter what the first place is, it is still the first place. The class teacher who has always been at the bottom of the class spoke several decibels louder in the office today.

Although he is already the first in the grade, Sun Ailai is still not very happy.

Having already made the big promise earlier, she is now a little hesitant about launching the satellite at the end of the month.

If she weighs less than 1000 pounds, her sister-in-law can probably help her withstand her brother's anger. If she weighs less than 2000 pounds, she'll probably have to ask her godmother for support.

But now, Class 1's score is still 2000 points away from the first place in the school.

Including the 900 kilograms she had taken earlier, that would be kilograms of dry firewood. She estimated that even her godmother couldn't carry it.

If that really comes to the point, I might have to ask my biological parents to come and keep things under control.

She hasn't decided whether to really go all out like this, but luckily there's still some time, so she'll just have to wait and see.

Just when she was struggling at school about whether to do a big deal at the end of the month, Sun Zhiwei, who had returned home and was having dinner in the evening, heard Tong Jiajia talk about the lack of firewood at home.

"I guess Nannan came back to get it. Let her take it. Her small body can only carry as much as she wants. I promised her that she can take whatever she wants. Don't worry about her."

Tong Jiajia looked at Sun Zhiwei hesitantly, but still didn't tell him that there was nearly a thousand pounds of firewood missing from the kitchen.

As expected by Sun Ailai, her sister-in-law helped her carry the weight below 1000 kilograms.

Two weeks have passed quickly, and tomorrow is the last day of the month.

Because of the example set by class monitor Sun Ailai, in the past two weeks, many students in Class 1 brought iron tools from home to hand in for the school. Of course, many of them got beaten.

Now the score gap between Class 1 and Class 4 of Senior 1500, which ranks first in the school, is 12 points. At noon, the class committee members gathered around Sun Ailai again.

"Squad leader, are we going to do it today?"

"How many more points do you estimate you'll need?"

"Squad leader, we'll be tied with another 1500 points, but tomorrow is the last day. Just in case, we'd better get 2000 points so we don't have to worry about them sprinting to the finish line."

"2000 points." Sun Ailai weighed the pros and cons in his mind. Tomorrow was Saturday. After finishing one job, he could go straight back to his godmother's house after school to ask for reinforcements.

"Alright, we'll just call a truck tomorrow to deliver the goods. The 13 of us will be responsible for loading the truck. We'll leave on time at 12 o'clock and get it done quickly."

"Remember to wear gloves. It will be very tiring to carry so much firewood tomorrow."

“Okay.” “Okay.” “Okay.”

The class committee unanimously approved the proposal, and Sun Ailai then went into Principal Yuan’s office again to finalize the use of the car for tomorrow.

The school logistics department happens to have a Minsheng 75 truck that can carry two tons of cargo. Tomorrow, we can use one truck to carry firewood and people back and forth.

As for the problem of being overweight when returning, that is not a problem at all. You can just drive slower.

Nowadays, there is no truck that does not exceed the limit. The total weight including fuel and people is exactly 3 tons, which is only 50% over the limit. It is not a big deal at all.

The next day at noon, the school's Minsheng 75 bus carrying 13 students arrived at the gate of Sun Zhiwei's home on Wenjin Street.

The sun is very strong today. It is the height of autumn and it is scorching hot outside. There are hardly any people on the streets, which is exactly what Sun Ailai wants.

She waved her hand and said, "Move with me."

The 13 children immediately took their positions, using ropes and baskets to load firewood onto the truck. The driver, of course, couldn't just watch the children busy themselves, so he got out to help load the truck.

Fourteen people worked for an hour to load the two tons of firewood. Then, all thirteen children piled into the back seat of the car. The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the car and its crew disappeared onto the road. On the last day of the month, the steelmaking campaign at Yucai Middle School finally came to an end.

Class 100 of the first grade of junior high school narrowly defeated Class 4 of the third grade of junior high school with a score of more than points, and made a big move to top the battle honor list.

When the results were announced, there was a lot of cursing from the senior year students, but there was thunderous cheering from the junior year students, which almost blew the roof off.

A week later, the school held an award ceremony for the event. In addition to the original prizes and certificates, Sun Ailai was allowed to join the T organization in the first grade of junior high school as an exception because of his outstanding personal contributions.

However, no one knows the heavy price Sun Ailai paid for this.

Back to Saturday, after school, Sun Ailai didn’t have time to celebrate his victory with his classmates, and hurried to his godmother’s house.

"Mom, help!" She shouted, calling out her godmother's entire family.

"What's the matter? Who bullied you? Where are you hurt?"

"Mom, my brother wants to beat me." The godmother was not stupid. She knew something must be wrong, so she asked her.

"Why did he hit you?"

"I brought the firewood from home to the school to make steel."

"Hey, it's just some firewood, it's okay, mom will talk to your brother and won't let him beat you, don't worry."

"But, I took a bit too much?"

"A lot? How much did you take? 100 jin? 200 jin?"

"3000 pounds."

"Oh, you little girl, you emptied the house?" Even the godmother was shocked.

"I'm busy, there are still some left." Sun Aila explained embarrassedly.

"You can't carry that much. How did you manage to move it? It's so heavy."

"I called a truck." The godmother was speechless when she heard this. Is this girl so wild that she can even borrow a truck?

"Mom, you must save me. My brother will definitely beat me to death. Then you won't have such a lovely daughter like this anymore."

"I think it would be less troublesome to kill him." Godmother said unhappily.

Seeing that her godmother was about to back out, Sun Aila started to act cute and naughty, and finally persuaded her godmother to agree to go home with her today and plead for her.

The two looked at the time. Sun Zhiwei and his wife were about to get off work. The godmother carried some vegetables and took Sun Ailai to Wenjin Street.

When we got home, Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia had already returned.

Sun Zhiwei was drinking tea in the living room, and Tong Jiajia was busy washing vegetables by the well. The two had not noticed that most of the firewood pile had disappeared.

Seeing the godmother coming back with their daughter, the two of them didn't think much of it. After greeting them, Sun Zhiwei poured some cold tea for the godmother and prepared to let their daughter go back to do her homework.

"Zhiwei, let me tell you something, don't be angry."

"Godmother, what's wrong?" Looking at Sun Aila who was huddled behind her godmother like a quail, he was already prepared in his heart.

"Has Ai Lai gotten into trouble again?"

"Ai Lai sent the firewood from home to the school for steelmaking."

"You are talking about this. I know this and I agree with it." Sun Zhiwei picked up the teacup and took a sip without caring.

(End of this chapter)