Forty-three, Motor neuron

  At the end of April, the school held its annual sports day. The university's sports day is also completely different from those in primary and secondary schools.

  In elementary and middle school, everything is based on the class unit, with individual grades going into the overall class score. In the end, it's usually about which class is the strongest. So, in elementary and middle school sports meets, everyone has to participate - either as an athlete or a cheerleader or providing logistical support. During the sports meet, everyone on and off the field is full of enthusiasm and passion for their class's honor!

  College was different, it was just a departmental unit, and the participants were generally special students or school-level sports teams, who usually received training. The Medical College was the largest department, and every time they took the first place in total score without any suspense. So, when the school held a sports meeting, it was equivalent to giving everyone a holiday.

  Originally, most classes in the first grade did not have anyone participating in the competition, because except for students with special talents, freshmen are generally not selected into the school team in their first year. Only Guo Ling, because she easily ran first in the 100-meter test, left a deep impression on physical education teacher Yang Yan, who directly signed her up.

  The day of the competition was on a weekend, and everyone else had gone out to play, but Fanghua didn't go out because her brother called to say he would come over to find her today. Guo Ling then asked Fanghua to help her cheer them on. She even said with a flourish: "You're the life committee member, aren't you? Since there are classmates going to compete, of course you should do a good job of logistical support."

  At this time, Lin Zhengyu also happened to arrive. Guo Ling said to him: "Lin brother, you are in charge of sports, and it happens that our school is holding a sports meeting. If you help me cheer up and give me some advice, I will definitely get the prize!"

  So Lin Zhengyu agreed to accompany them to attend the sports meeting first.

  When they arrived at the playground, they found that the 100-meter dash was preparing for the preliminary round on the track.

  Teacher Yang was talking to a few senior students, and when she saw Guo Ling coming over, she said: "Guo Ling, why are you so late? It's almost time for the 100-meter dash, hurry up and go get your number plate over there."

  After finishing speaking, she turned her head and continued talking to those girls. But she immediately turned her head again, staring at Lin Fanghua as if discovering a new continent: "Who's that, Lin Fanghua is! Come over here for a moment!"

  Fanghua walked by inexplicably, and Yang Yan asked her urgently: "I remember you did pretty well in the 100-meter test last time, what was your score again?"

  "Fourteen seconds more, and it would have been a full class second!"

  Teacher Yang patted her shoulder: "Alright, it's you! You see, the Medical College has six people participating in the 100-meter preliminary round, but this girl suddenly has a fever! We were going to let her insist on running, but since you're here, you can replace her!"

  "Ah?! No way! I'm not good at running and haven't practiced before. What if I trip and fall?!"

  Before Yang Yan could explain, the girl with a slightly red face and a tired expression hastily said: "It's okay, no need for you to get a good ranking. It's just that if we have one less person participating, we'll lose points. I was going to grit my teeth and run anyway, but now I'm really burning up and my legs are soft. Little junior sister, help me out! You just try your best to run, even if you don't do well, no one will blame you."

  Since everyone said so, Fang Hua had no choice but to grit her teeth and go up. The girl who was originally on the school track team even lent her professional running shoes to wear. After all, they couldn't let Fang Hua run in high heels, and fortunately, their shoe sizes were the same.

  So, Fang Hua, who was originally just a spectator, put on her gear and waited at the edge of the arena to go on stage.

  Lin Zhengyu couldn't help but laugh after understanding the situation: "Little sister, are you kidding me?! You don't even have a single sports cell in your body, and you're going to compete?! Your medical school really has no one left, does it?!"

  Originally, the uncertain Fanghua was also provoked by her brother's words and showed a bit of temper: "Hey, don't look down on me! I'm going all out today! I don't believe it, even if you're into sports, Mom and Dad wouldn't have left me without any athletic cells!" As she spoke, she rolled up the sleeves of her shirt.

  Lin Zhengyu smiled and said, "Alright, since you're my sister's friend, I'll give you some advice. But now it's too late to teach you anything, just remember - high leg lift and quick arm swing. That is to say, your only way out is to increase the frequency, after all, you can't change your height or length of legs!"

  Fang Hua rolled her eyes: What kind of brother is this, always remembering to belittle himself at any time!

  She lifted her foot and showed the shiny steel studs on the sole of her shoe, saying: "What's wrong with having short legs? One kick from me is enough for you to suffer. Want to try?"

  Lin Zhengyu dodged and said: "Alright, alright! I'm scared of you! Oh, right, when running, you should land on the forefoot to make good use of these spikes."

  "What's the use of these nails anyway?"

  "Don't underestimate these nails, they can increase traction and prevent slipping. Knowing that the force is equal to the reaction force, wearing these shoes while running will make your strides more powerful and you'll run even faster."

  As they chatted, they arrived at Fanghua's group and started running. Among them, several were from the Medical College track team, and they all crouched down with their hands on the ground, ready to start. Only Fanghua and a few others who looked like novices stood at the starting line with their hands swinging. No way, such professional movements can't be practiced in a short time, so don't imitate them blindly, or you might end up falling flat on your face.

  The gunshot sounded, Fang Hua's reaction was not slow, but the professional takeoff of those few people was not in vain. They immediately rushed to the front. After Fang Hua started running, she didn't feel tense anymore, and remembered her brother's words "quick arm swing", using the maximum frequency she could manage to accelerate. As a result, the distance between her and the people in front narrowed significantly in the second half of the race. If she had run another 10 meters, she might have even surpassed one or two of them. In the end, she ran a time of 13 seconds 05. Although she didn't make it into the finals, Teacher Yang Yan still praised her for running well and said she would record this result in her achievement book.

  But when Fang Hua proudly told her brother, Lin Zhengyu came up with a sentence "The worst girl in our school can run 12 seconds" and hit her again.

  Later, the hostess Guo Ling participated in the 100-meter dash and ran really well, finishing fourth in the whole school. You know she had never practiced before. Even Lin Zhengyu said she was a good material for long-distance running, but unfortunately, she was too old, and besides, her family would not let her engage in sports anyway. Guo Ling also said that she was afraid of hardship, it seems that her athletic talent can only be buried.

  After the sports meeting, it was May, and the school's swimming pool opened. The physical education class set up a course to learn how to swim.

  Due to the different concepts of raising boys and girls, most girls have never been in the water before, while boys all know how to swim, even those from the north. So male teachers don't have much to do, but female teachers have a tough job ahead of them - they need to turn a group of hydrophobic girls into swimmers within 2 months and get them to pass the swimming test.

  Boys and girls who are free to swim are separated, boys in the deep water area, girls in the shallow water area. The deep water area is crowded with people, as lively as throwing dumplings, while the shallow water area has only about ten people, very quiet.

  Only three girls in the third class can swim, Guo Ling and Yang Qian were taught by their dads in the swimming pool, while Fang Hua naturally gained the benefit of rebirth and didn't need to learn how to swim again.

  Everyone who can swim is eager to change clothes and jump into the pool to play with water. Only Fang Hua walked slowly at the end, still wrapped in a large bath towel, almost wrapping up her upper body. When she took off the towel and put it on the handrail by the pool, several girls nearby couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

  Because of her unique purple swimsuit, the deep purple background has yellow, blue and black abstract color blocks, rich in dynamic feeling, while the high-elastic fabric makes her figure as smooth and beautiful as a willow branch on a spring day.

  At that time, bikinis had been popular overseas for many years, but domestically, even in big cities, most girls were still wearing swimsuits with lots of rubber bands that could shrink into a ball. This kind of swimsuit didn't show off one's figure at all and was cheap, no more than 10 yuan. The history of domestic factories producing high-elastic close-fitting swimsuits was only two or three years old, mainly supplying professional swimmers. Due to the higher price, ordinary people used them very little, so the girls in our class basically wore bubble swimsuits, mostly in tacky red colors.

  Lin Fanghua's swimsuit was specially picked out by her brother Lin Zhengyu, who asked a female classmate from the physical education department to take her shopping. Fanghua chose the cheapest one, which still cost over 10 yuan. The female classmate said that they usually use ones that cost over 100 yuan, and better ones cost over 200 yuan, which only a few students can afford.

  The sister of the Ti Yuan helped to choose a good style and fabric, so Fang Hua could only express her opinion on the color. Originally, she was quite satisfied with this swimsuit. However, after changing into it in the dressing room, she discovered the embarrassing part of the swimsuit.

  Although this is already considered a trendy swimsuit, it's not as thoughtful as later swimsuit designs, because it doesn't have a built-in bra. So when you put it on, the "points" will be obvious. Embarrassing!

  Lin Fanghua could only comfort herself: At that time, people didn't have such a concept and didn't think it was indecent. Besides, the swimsuit was dark-colored, and after getting in the water, others wouldn't be able to see anything anyway.

  And so she just played out the scene of hiding and covering up that happened earlier.

  Little did she know, the unusually thick and tightly wrapped bath towel actually drew attention from others. When she took off the towel, many boys cast admiring glances her way, and were slightly disappointed that they couldn't get a full view of her as she quickly got into the water.

  This is something beyond Fanghua's expectation!

  After getting into the water, Fang Hua no longer felt the fiery gazes from earlier and swam freely. The girls beside her came over to ask where she bought her swimsuit. When they heard it cost over ten yuan, they all clicked their tongues in dismay. However, Guo Ling said that there were similar ones at the wholesale market near Huahua Pond in Beichen Station, which were of poorer quality but much cheaper. Sure enough, soon after, several girls changed into this new style swimsuit. Before long, bubble swimsuits were abandoned by everyone. Lin Fang Hua inadvertently led a small fashion trend. The school's swimming pool was filled with a kaleidoscope of colors, and the boys had a feast for their eyes.

  Swimming is indeed the best sport to maintain a good figure. Fang Hua took out her "treasure time like gold" spirit and turned the swimming pool into her own training ground for physical exercise. Every class, she insisted on swimming four laps, which is 400 meters, and even during breaks, she would swim in the backstroke position, with a large amount of exercise. On days when there was no physical education class, she would also come to swim for an hour every afternoon, and it's great that the school swimming pool only charges two yuan and five jiao, which is very cheap.

  She persisted in swimming throughout the summer, and with her daily long-distance running exercises, her physical condition improved further, so she didn't feel tired from her heavy coursework and clinical practice.