I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 142. 142WD Race

After the five million yuan in start-up capital arrived in his account, Zhong Wenqing began the intensive site selection process.

After acquiring several plots of land with future property values ​​reaching a staggering 200,000 yuan per square meter, Xu Qingfan never bothered with the duck neck shop again.

Life returned to normal for him.

School starts again in a few days. Before the Lunar New Year, a few of us signed up for a competition to assemble four-wheel drive cars for elementary school students, and today is the day of the competition.

Since the time had been arranged the day before, Xu Aiguo drove to the main gate of Biguiyuan to pick up Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi around 9:00 a.m., and the group of seven happily set off.

Although Wu Lingyu did not sign up for the competition, she took the opportunity to come along because she would not see her father for a long time after school started.

The five little girls were all wearing the little dresses that Xu Qingfan brought back from Yanjing today. Xu Qingfan looked back from the passenger seat and felt as if he were in a fairy tale world. The little girls were like five budding flower fairies in a fairy tale forest, graceful and delicate, like budding flowers in early February.

Modifying a four-wheel drive vehicle is a technical skill that requires balancing horsepower, RPM, and vehicle stability.

However, the group was all just there for the experience, so they simply assembled a four-wheel drive car according to everyone's preferences and came to participate in the competition.

"I wish the competition was held when we were in school!" Lin Wanning said, pressing his head against the window and looking at the row of small bungalows outside.

Lin Wanning was very envious that Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao could skip class for the whole day whenever they went out to participate in competitions.

"Ningning, don't stick your head out, it's dangerous!" Xu Qingfan quickly reminded her upon seeing this.

"Okay!" Lin Wanning obediently pulled her head back. "Qingfan, did you take this route when you went to Gangcheng for your exams last semester?"

"No, we took the highway, and the car was going really fast!" Because the car was already obviously overloaded, Xu Aiguo was worried about safety and did not take the highway.

"Is it as fast as an airplane?" Lin Wanning asked again.

"Of course not, what are you thinking? It's probably about 20 meters per second, while an airplane can fly more than 200 meters per second!" Xu Qingfan said with a laugh.

"Wow~ He ran the 100 meters in a flash!" Lin Wanning thought of Xu Qingfan's 100-meter sprint at the school sports meet last semester.

“Wanning’s rockets are faster than airplanes; Shenzhou V even flew into space last year!” Xiao Ruanwen chimed in.

"I wonder if there really are moon rabbits on the moon. It would be great if we could go up there and see!" Lin Wanning said, looking at the azure sky.

"Just eat Xizhilang jelly, that'll do," Xiao Ruanwen told a very lame joke.

Lin Wanning was about to ask why when she saw everyone else was already laughing. Then, belatedly realizing what was happening, she burst into laughter herself, "Hehehe~"

Xu Qingfan didn't laugh along. He remembered that 7.9 km/s was the first acceleration in the universe, and 11.2 km/s was the second acceleration in the universe, but he couldn't remember the third acceleration because he hadn't taken the test many times.

The competition was held in the afternoon. Around 11:00 AM, the group drove to Zheng Guo Old Street, intending to have wontons for lunch.

Zheng Guo Wonton can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. Almost every household here makes wontons. In some northern places, wontons are also called Chao Shou or Hun Dun. In fact, these three are all the same thing.

After parking their car, the group went to Kun Kee. A bowl of wontons cost five yuan, with ten wontons in a bowl. At five mao (0.5 yuan) each wonton was considered expensive in those days.

A bowl of wontons at the noodle shop downstairs from Xu Qingfan's house costs only three yuan.

These long-established shops in the port city seem to have a common problem: the owners have an exceptionally poor service attitude, giving off an attitude of "take it or leave it."

When your food is slow to arrive and you go to urge them, you will almost certainly hear the owner shouting in Cantonese while wiping the table: "Hurry up, hurry up, what's the rush? It will come out when it's ready!"

However, many diners actually enjoy this stern-faced service, saying they come to eat just to hear the proprietress criticize them, which Xu Qingfan finds hard to understand.

Despite the lack of service, the wontons were still very nice. Everyone ordered a bowl of wontons for six yuan each, and also ordered more than a pound of fried wontons. They were delicious with the garlic chili sauce!
A small deep-frying stall was set up in front of a residential house facing the street. Freshly fried shrimp and sweet potato cakes were casually placed on a wire mesh. Xu Qingfan couldn't resist the temptation and bought one for each person before leaving.

The group got back into the car and set off again. They arrived at the Provincial People's Hospital a little after 1 p.m. Wu Suowei had just finished dialysis and was still asleep in his hospital bed.

Long-term dialysis can lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and low blood pressure in patients. Looking at her father lying on the bed with a pale face, Wu Lingyu's eyes were filled with tears.

Children are naturally empathetic, and when they saw Wu Lingyu cry, their eyes also reddened.

Zhang Yiyi gently held Wu Lingyu's small hand, while Lin Wanning cried even harder than the person involved, saying, "Xiaoyu's father will definitely get better soon!"

"Mm!" Wu Lingyu nodded gratefully.

[I hope Delicious Duck Neck gets back on track soon.] Xu Qingfan thought to himself.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Wu Lingyu's grandfather, Xu Aiguo left Wu Lingyu behind and took a few children with him as they left the hospital.

Influenced by their recent emotions, the atmosphere in the car was dull the whole way, until they arrived at Tianshui Science and Technology Park and the kids regained their energy.

"Brother Qingfan, where is the sign-in point!" The little mood came and went quickly, and Lin Wanning jumped around excitedly like a lamb just released from the pen.

Xu Qingfan couldn't bear to watch any longer and pulled her to his side. "There are so many people, be careful not to get lost. If you do, we'll sell you to some remote mountain village where you won't get any strawberries and will go hungry every day!"

"Hehe~" Lin Wanning smiled shyly and obediently let Xu Qingfan hold her hand.

There were so many people in line that it took more than ten minutes for Xu Qingfan's group to get their turn.

"Region, school, and group name," the staff member in charge of check-in asked, following the procedure.

The girls all looked at Xu Qingfan, waiting for his answer.

"We are from the Barbie Group of Licheng Experimental Primary School!" Xu Qingfan felt so embarrassed that he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment on the spot.

"What group?" The staff member seemed not to have heard clearly and asked again.

"Barbie Group!" Xu Qingfan said, blushing as he met the curious stares of the onlookers.

"Pfft~ Haha, cough cough cough. These are your entry cards. They won't be taken back, but you can take them home as souvenirs, Barbie princess." The staff member, barely suppressing a laugh, handed Xu Qingfan five entry cards.

"Okay, thank you." Xu Qingfan took the competition plaque, covered his face, and turned to leave without looking back.

"Xu Qingfan, don't walk so fast!" Xia Xiaoxiao said.

"Brother Fan, wait for us!"

"Brother Qingfan, slow down!"

The little ones followed Xu Qingfan with big smiles.

After finally escaping the crowd of onlookers, Xu Qingfan said irritably, "Next time, whoever comes up with the group name should call it out!"

"It's okay, Barbie is such a creative name!" Xiao Ruanwen said with a smile.

"It sounds better than the name 'Prosperous People's Group' that Brother Qingfan came up with!" Lin Wanning also laughed.

"What's there to be ashamed of, a real man!" Xia Xiaoxiao smiled slyly and pressed the elevator button to go upstairs.

"Brother, it's not shameful!" Zhang Yiyi said coquettishly, clinging to Xu Qingfan's arm.

Xu Qingfan gave the four of them a helpless look. Just then, the elevator doors opened. "Alright, alright, hurry up and get on the elevator to participate in the competition!"

"Hehe~" The group walked into the elevator with playful smiles.

The competition was held on the fifth floor. According to the principle of first come, first served, Xu Qingfan and his team were placed in the next round of the competition as soon as they entered the venue.

A huge four-wheel drive track was set up on the ground, with eight tracks for eight four-wheel drive vehicles to compete on the same stage.

Xu Qingfan watched for a while and thought the track was pretty impressive, with steep curves over 150 degrees like those on a roller coaster and a series of sharp turns like those on Mount Akina.

Screams erupted throughout the arena as many high-speed four-wheel-drive vehicles lost their balance while cornering and flew off the track, tragically ending their races. Even before it was their turn to compete, the atmosphere was already electrifying.

"Barbie's group, proceed to arena number three and prepare. Kakashi's group, proceed."

"It's our turn! It's our turn!" Lin Wanning shouted excitedly after hearing their group's name.

"Let's go!" Xu Qingfan took Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi by the hand and walked towards Field No. 3.

Xia Xiaoxiao pouted and followed behind Xiao Ruanwen, holding her arm.

The group had already divided the work and practiced many times beforehand. As soon as the staff said to start, the group began to assemble the parts they were responsible for in an orderly manner.

After Xu Qingfan attached the last piece of the car body, the little ones, who were already prepared, raised their hands and shouted, "We're all assembled!"

The staff member in charge of timing their group stopped the stopwatch. "One minute and twenty-three seconds!"

They were the fastest to finish assembling their group out of the eight, and the little girls were very happy because it was the result of everyone working together.

After handing the assembled four-wheel drive vehicles over to the judges for inspection and scoring, the final competition stage quickly followed.

At the referee's signal to start, Xu Qingfan placed the four-wheel drive vehicle, which was already running at full speed, onto the track.

At first, it was an extremely long straight road, and Xu Qingfan and his car soon pulled a short distance behind the car in front of them.

However, Xu Qingfan was not worried because their car used large gears. The size of the gears is negatively correlated with the vehicle's rotation speed, but it can increase horsepower.

As the saying goes, anyone can accelerate in a straight line, but being fast in corners is what really matters!
Sure enough, when they reached the first hill, the leading four-wheel drive vehicles slowed down due to insufficient horsepower. On the contrary, Xu Qingfan's Barbie Group was not affected at all and easily overtook the original leader.

"Yay!" The kids started popping champagne at halftime.

On the downhill section, the original top three finishers flew off the track due to excessive speed, completely losing their chance to compete.

The champagne curse didn't work; their Barbie team surged ahead of the pack and crossed the finish line.

"yeah!!!"

Xu Qingfan reached out and took back their four-wheel drive car, then high-fived the four girls in celebration.

The competition results will be tallied and announced after the start of the school term, so you can leave in principle after the competition.

The group was happily discussing the exciting moments of the competition, completely unaware that several elementary school students behind them were glaring at them resentfully.

"Brother Fan, I need to go to the restroom!" Xiao Ruanwen said as she reached the restroom door.

"I will go with you."

"Ningning is going too!"

He shook his head and chuckled, "You all go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

Xu Qingfan leaned against the handrail on the fifth floor, whistling idly. Five elementary school students came out of the entrance to the competition venue, pointing at him and talking about something.

Xu Qingfan didn't take it seriously. After all, he was handsome, so it was normal to be pointed at and talked about.

"Is there something you need?" Xu Qingfan asked, puzzled, as several elementary school students, about his height, approached him.

"What were you laughing at just now!" one of the elementary school students said, pointing at him.

"Just now? What just now? What are you talking about?" Xu Qingfan was baffled by the question.

"Shut up, hit him!" One of them came up and tried to push Xu Qingfan.

"Are you all crazy?!" Xu Qingfan staggered back a few steps, putting distance between himself and the group.

Unexpectedly, the group of people rushed forward and surrounded him as if they had gone mad. Seeing that things were not going well, Xu Qingfan turned and ran.

But his path was blocked by several people. Xu Qingfan's arm was being held by one of them, and when he saw this, he kicked the person away.

"You dare fight back? Beat him up!"

Xu Qingfan parried and retreated, but he was outnumbered and soon he was cornered against the wall.

"Brother Fan!"

Xiao Ruanwen came out of the toilet not long after, and then saw Xu Qingfan being forced into a corner and beaten by a group of people.

Without saying a word, the little girl took a running start and rushed over, then kicked off the ground with her right foot, sending a primary school student flying four or five meters away.

The remaining four were stunned for a moment. Xu Qingfan seized the opportunity and delivered a left front kick and a right whip kick, sending the two elementary school students flying.

"Brother Qingfan!"

"Xu Qingfan!"

"elder brother!"

The three children ran out without even washing their hands when they heard Xiao Ruanwen's voice, and just then they saw Xu Qingfan being beaten up by a group of people.

By the time they rushed over to help, the last two elementary school students had already been taken care of by Xiao Ruanwen, one with each of their legs.

"Awesome!" Xu Qingfan bent down and rubbed his knee, which was a little purple from being kicked, and gave Xiao Ruanwen a thumbs up.

"You bullied Brother Qingfan! You bullied Brother Qingfan!" Lin Wanning's expression changed from worry to anger, and he kicked each of the elementary school students who tried to stand up.

After kicking, she felt that what she had done was unladylike, and even scratched her face shyly, smiling at Xu Qingfan, "Hehe~"

The matter quickly attracted the attention of the staff, but fortunately, Xu Qingfan was eloquent and explained the cause and effect of the matter in just a few words.

When the adults asked, they learned that the elementary school students' four-wheel drive cars had flown off the track during the competition, and they felt that Xu Qingfan and his friends were mocking them, so they came to retaliate.

Xu Qingfan felt as if three crows had flown overhead, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. All he could say was to stay away from fragile hearts.

The first elementary school student kicked away by Xiao Ruanwen vomited out in disgust. The rest of the students were also kicked by Xiao Ruanwen until they were bruised and swollen. In China, as long as you fight back, it's considered a fight.

The organizers eventually disqualified the elementary school students from the competition, and the matter was dropped.

On the way back, Wu Lingyu sat in the passenger seat, while Xu Qingfan, shirtless, sat in the back seat, enjoying the massage and medicine services from the four little ones.

"Hiss~ be gentle!"

"Brother Qingfan, take your pants off too, you haven't applied the medicine to your thighs yet!"

"I can apply it myself at home!"

"Don't be shy, Brother Fan~"

"Hey~ what do you guys want!"

"No!"

"Hahahaha~"

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(End of this chapter)