50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 99: I can’t take the firewood from my house?
Ever since he bought firewood for the first time, the village outside Yongdingmen that sold firewood would send him a cart of dry firewood every few months.

There are still several thousand kilograms of dry firewood piled up in the kitchen at home, so she is not afraid of carrying it no matter how much she carries.

"Really? Thank you, brother." Sun Ailai immediately became happy when he found a way to earn points.

Tong Jiajia came over at this time to summarize: "Forget it this time, but don't do it again next time. Look, we didn't even have a spoon to use when eating today. How inconvenient."

As she spoke, she shook the small wooden spoon in the soup bowl. It was an old spoon that was now being used again.

"I was wrong, sister-in-law. I will definitely discuss it with you next time."

"It's good that you know you're wrong. Okay, let's eat."

The matter was resolved, and the three of them began to eat in peace.

On the third day, Monday morning, Sun Zhiwei took Sun Ailai back and forth to school. This time she carried 20 kilograms of firewood. Sun Zhiwei did not object. He would first send his daughter to Yucai and then to Beihai.

Since it was a round trip, he had no choice but to let Tong Jiajia go to school first, and then he would return after dropping her off. Only his speed could ensure that no one would be late.

After arriving at school, Sun Ai went to hand in a task first. She exchanged 20 kilograms of firewood for 20 points. Her points were enough, but Class 1 was still ranked second from the bottom.

She gathered the class committee for a meeting during recess to discuss solutions, but there was no better solution.

Sun Ailai thought of what Sun Zhiwei said the day before yesterday: "As long as you can carry it, you can take any firewood in the house."

"I have a way to get firewood, lots of it, but I have to carry it myself. Can we organize some classmates to get it?"

As soon as Sun Ailai said this, all the class committee members who were originally listless became energetic.

"Really? How much? 300 pounds?" The math class representative calculated carefully and knew that 300 points would be enough to catch up to a higher rank.

"Squad leader, how many people do you need and where is the location?" The physical education committee member didn't care about the number of enemies, he only asked where the enemies were.

"It's right on the shore of the North Sea, about twelve or thirteen miles away. How many people are needed depends on how many points we need."

"Deputy monitor, calculate how many points we need to surpass Class 3."

“我们1班现在1250分，3班是年级第一现在1906分，初中部现在最高是2770分，高中部最高是3813分。”

"To be first in the grade, you need 657 points, to be first in the junior high school, you need 1521 points, and to be first in the whole school, you need 2564 points."

"Class monitor, who should we surpass?" The 12 class committee members are now very excited.

"It's more than that. This month is only halfway through, and there's still another half month before the final evaluation. Now is not the time to exert force."

Sun Ailai was relatively calm and did not view the problem too optimistically.

"Let's catch up with Class 3 first to boost morale, and then launch a big satellite on the last day of the month. How do you think?"

"Okay, then there's no need to organize the students first. We can just run a few more times." As class committee members, they should contribute, and none of them backed down.

"At least three trips. There are 12 of us, and each person lifts 20 kilograms once. That's 720 kilograms in three trips, which is definitely more than three shifts. We just need to hold steady from now on."

"Without further delay, let's go today and take bus No. 14 from the north entrance of Taiping Street to Fuyou Street. Everyone has a monthly ticket, right?"

“I do.” “I do.” “My house is nearby, I don’t have one.”

"If you don't have one, go borrow one from a classmate. Go now and borrow one for me too. I don't have one either."

"Oh, and bring some rope for tying the bundles."

"Ah, where can I find ropes?" Even if there were ropes, there couldn't be 12 of them.

Sun Ailai still had a solution: "I know where it is. I'll go borrow it. Someone come with me."

The sports committee member stepped forward and followed Sun Ailai all the way to the principal's office. Seeing the words "Principal's Office", the sports committee member felt a little uneasy: "Class monitor, this is the principal's office."

"I know. I want to borrow something, but I don't know the person. I need the principal to say hello."

"Okay, since you look guilty, just wait for me at the door." After saying that, he knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

"Grandpa Yuan, it's Nannan." Sun Ailai pushed open the door and walked in.

The physical education teacher almost laughed when he heard such a cute nickname, then he quickly stepped forward and tried to eavesdrop through the crack in the door.

As a result, the door was slammed shut, hitting the tip of his nose. After he rubbed his nose, he could not hear any sound afterwards.

After a while, Sun Ailai came out and said to him, "Let's go."

The two quickly came to the security department office and found Chief Du of the Security Department.

The principal just called and asked them to lend 12 backpack ropes to Sun Ailai, the monitor of Class , Grade .

The section chief had already asked someone to get it. After the two waited for a while, a soldier came over with a bunch of backpack ropes.

After thanking Section Chief Du, the two of them each held half of the backpack rope and returned to the classroom.

At this time, those who did not have monthly tickets also borrowed them, and everyone was given a backpack rope and set off immediately.

20 minutes later, 12 class committee members followed Sun Ailai and arrived at the gate of the courtyard on Wenjin Street.

She took out the key from her neck and opened the door. When she turned around, she saw the class committee members looking at her with strange eyes.

"What are you looking at? Can't I take my own firewood?"

A street patrol happened to be passing by the alley. When they saw them gathered at the gate, they came over to check. The leader of the patrol knew Nannan and was Yue Ming, the captain of the street militia.

Only after knowing that they were not thieves did Yue Ming lead his team to say goodbye to them and leave.

Sun Ailai saw many neighbors looking over and quickly invited everyone in.

"Squad leader, this alley is so long."

"Squad leader, it's so cold here."

"Squad leader, there are fish in the water."

"Okay, stop looking and come with me to bundle the firewood."

Leading everyone to the kitchen, they saw a pile of dry firewood that almost reached the roof. Numerous half-meter-long pieces of firewood were neatly stacked along one wall.

"Come on, load the firewood. I tried it this morning. Thirteen sticks equals 20 kilograms. If we each bundle 15 sticks, it should be enough weight."

Everyone took action. Several class committee members who had lived in the countryside knew how to pack the firewood so that it would not fall apart, so they were responsible for tying the bundles, while the others were responsible for carrying the firewood.

Everything was done in half an hour. Sun Ailai felt a headache looking at the bumpy pile of firewood, and quickly asked them to level it.

Although her brother told her that she could carry as much firewood as she wanted, she was still unsure about carrying so much at once.

This time I carry 300 kilograms. I estimate that even if my brother finds out, my sister-in-law can stop me, but the longer I am discovered, the better.

After confirming that everything was fine, she quickly led everyone out of the courtyard and took the bus back to school.

That afternoon, the first grade class one was filled with cheers. Their class ranked third with a score of 1586, achieving a historic breakthrough.

(End of this chapter)