Chapter 92: Surprise
"No more. We only have four water-sleeved suits in total, two of which are still soaking in the water. We plan to wash and dry them after the tour is over tonight."
After finishing a performance, the touring art troupe would always stay in the local military area for a day or two to hang out all the costumes and leave only after that.
"Is it too late to wring it out and dry it in the sun?"
"It's too late..."
Water sleeve clothes need to be dried naturally. If you wring out the clothes, the whole body will look wrinkled, especially the sleeves, which will greatly affect the picture when waving.
Huang Qian calmed herself down and said, "Try it first. If it doesn't work, find another piece of clothing and sew long sleeves on it. For now, cancel the drum."
The Northwest Military Region was furious when it learned that its backstage had been destroyed.
An order was issued to find out who damaged the performance clothes.
Wen Ci and Yu Qing sat backstage at a loss.
The performance they had been looking forward to for a long time was ruined, and they had practiced dancing for more than two hours every day in vain. They felt an indescribable pain in their hearts.
Until the lunch break was over, the audience sat on the playground again.
"Have you heard that there's a thief in the military camp?!"
Zhu Jing held the little monkey in her arms and said in shock, "What? There was a thief in the barracks? How much money was stolen?"
"No money was stolen, but the troupe's clothes were cut in half. I heard from my husband that the superiors are trying to figure out who did it."
"You didn't steal the clothes, you just cut them?"
"Yeah."
Zhu Jing frowned and asked a soul-searching question: "What was the thief's purpose? He didn't steal anything but cut up the clothes. What a strange thief."
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Backstage, Su Wanqing walked up to Yu Qing in a beautiful dress and said gloatingly, "I heard that your water sleeves were cut? You are so unlucky. It seems that I am the only one who can bring honor to the hospital on your behalf."
Yu Qing couldn't help but wonder: "Did you cut it badly?"
Su Wanqing took two steps back and said, "Doctor Yu, please don't accuse me. I didn't come to see the performance this morning, let alone come to the military camp."
"Oh, then you are even more suspicious."
Hearing this, Su Wanqing shrugged, "Whatever you think."
Suddenly, Yu Qing remembered something and snorted at Su Wanqing, mocking her: "Even if you can perform on stage, so what? Captain Huo is not in the Northwest Military Region at all, he is still lying..."
Yu Qing realized that he had said something wrong and shut up immediately. He glanced at Wen Ci guiltily and saw that she looked calm and seemed to be thinking about something. He changed his words:
"No matter how beautifully you dress, it won't help."
Su Wanqing widened her eyes. She had thought that Brother Huo could see her performance from the audience, and her mood instantly dropped a lot.
"It's better than you not being able to get on stage."
Wen Ci sat nearby, thinking about the suspects in the entire Northwest Military Region. From her personal point of view, both Jiang Ye and Su Wanqing were possible.
They like Huo Jingyuan and don't want to perform on stage themselves.
But……
In the absence of surveillance, Wen Ci did not dare to rashly suspect others. In the end, he could only sigh and comfort himself: "I can only go with the flow."
Not long after, Captain Huang Qian brought over two sets of clothes. One was a water-sleeve suit that had been soaked in water and had not yet dried, and the other was a modified one.
"That one isn't dry yet, and this one has different sleeves of different colors."
Wen Ci blinked: "Can I only choose from these two sets?!"
"Yeah."
Captain Huang Qian's words were like a heavy blow that left Wen Ci breathless. No matter which of them was not going well, the stage effect was greatly reduced.
After much hesitation, Wen Ci chose a dress with wet water sleeves. At least the long sleeves could be swung out and retracted, and the wrinkled waist was not affected.
"I, I."
Suddenly, a male voice sounded, and Xue Li ran into the backstage panting, holding two pieces of clothes covered with dust-proof cloth in his hands.
"Who are you?"
Xue Li took a deep breath and said, "I'm here to give you the water sleeves!"
As he spoke, he lifted the dustproof cloth, and what came into view was a white skirt with a rainbow color, and a blue vest on the outside.
The sleeves fall straight to the waist, and one can tell with the naked eye that the material of the dress is extraordinary, and it emits a dazzling light in the sun.
"What is this?" Wen Ci widened his eyes.
Xue Li paused for a moment and said, "Brother Huo ordered it for me. I just asked someone to get it from Hai City. I thought I would miss it."
Hearing this, Wen Ci remembered that Huo Jingyuan once mentioned a master tailor from a century-old family. At that time, he asked for help in making the contact, but he gave up because he thought the price was too high.
Unexpectedly, Huo Jingyuan still contacted the master to do it.
Wen Ci reached out and gently stroked the water sleeve dress in front of her. The fabric was extremely soft and smooth. She could already imagine what she would look like wearing this dress.
only……
Huo Jingyuan went on a mission!
Huang Qian's eyes fell on the clothes. As the head of the art troupe, she had seen too many high-quality clothes. These two water-sleeved dresses were obviously very expensive.
"This is at least three hundred dollars a piece, right?"
Wen Ci shook his head with shock in his eyes.
She didn't know the price of the two clothes.
The other female soldiers who were watching came forward one after another. Their salary was only about 20 yuan a month, and they would have to save for more than a year even if they didn't eat or drink to afford it.
It's simply inhumane.
Yu Qing swallowed her saliva and said with a shy look on her face: "Can I not wear it? Or let Wen Ci perform the finale alone."
"Why?" Wen Ci asked.
After saying this, Wen Ci immediately realized that it was Captain Huang Qian who told him the price of the clothes. Yu Qing also felt that it was expensive so she didn't want to wear it.
Wen Ci took Yu Qing's hand, his eyes moving: "Since Huo Jingyuan asked someone to do two things, it means he hopes that I can complete the performance with you.
Yu Qing, I hope you don't have any psychological burden."
"But...but." Yu Qing hesitated.
The combined cost of all her clothes from childhood to adulthood is not even one tenth as expensive as this water-sleeved dress. It would be a waste to wear such expensive clothes.
"No buts!" Wen Ci frowned, looked at her seriously, and said firmly, "We are teammates. If you really don't want to participate, then I won't participate either."
"this……"
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On the playground, the family members accompanying the troops sat together.
Zhu Jing looked at the curtain on the stage and said excitedly, "Is it Wen Ci's turn for the finale performance next?"
"That should be it."
Zhao Dongmei listened to her neighbors discussing Wen Ci and couldn't help but lower her head with a faint smile on her face. She wanted to see what the finale performance was like!
The host walked up to the podium with a bright smile: "It will be our turn to perform the water sleeve dance as the finale. We need to add some decorations on the stage. Please stay tuned!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into applause.
Xue Li called on the brothers of the Fifth Regiment to applaud and shouted, "Captain Huo is not here, we have to liven up the place for my sister-in-law."
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