Early the next morning, Li Wei went to Li Jianbo's class and asked the head teacher of their class.
The teacher told her: "Li Jianbo came to complete the withdrawal procedures two days before the start of school. It is such a pity. He is a good young talent. As long as he performs normally, he will definitely shine in the college entrance examination. When the time comes, he will choose Peking University and Qingdao University. Our school might even be famous for him. Several leaders of the school value him very much, but unexpectedly something like this happened."
"This is the result of the second brother's careful consideration, and we can only respect his choice."
"I hope he can find his own place and make a name for himself after going abroad." The head teacher has taught Li Jianbo for three years. It is the first time in his teaching career that he has met such an outstanding student as Li Jianbo, and it is inevitable that he will be a little reluctant to leave.
The second brother has indeed gone abroad.
Because his second brother left without saying goodbye, Li Wei was depressed and unhappy for several days and was not in the mood to do anything.
Just after school this afternoon, Li Wei had just packed his schoolbag when Wang Yu came over.
Li Wei glanced at her and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. How was your New Year?"
Wang Yu originally had shoulder-length hair, but now it is cut to ear length. She looked a little tired, but she tried her best to smile at Li: "It's not bad."
The two of them pushed the car backwards and out of the school gate. Wang Yu asked Li Wei about Li Jianbo.
"Why did Li Jianbo drop out of school?"
Li Wei raised his head and looked at the clouds in the western sky, and then said after a while: "Maybe he wants to see the outside world."
"I really can't understand him."
"You like my second brother very much, right?"
Faced with Li Wei's straightforward question, Wang Yu, although shy, nodded generously and agreed: "Yes, I like him. It doesn't matter if you laugh at me, but I'm not the only one who is tempted by an outstanding boy like him. I want to show my love to him." I'm not the only one who expresses his love. But he... I can't seem to understand his thoughts. He is too old and feels like an uncle. "
Like an uncle? To Li Wei, Jian Bo was indeed more like an elder sometimes.
The two of them talked about Li Jianbo all the way. Later, when they were about to part ways, Wang Yucai talked about serious matters with Li Wei.
"During the May Fourth Movement, the county would have a party about youth, requiring each middle school to put on a program, and some units would also put on a program. We in the Literature and Art Department thought about it and thought that your class danced "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" at the New Year's Eve party. "Very good. Do you want to sign up?"
It's only March here, and there are less than two months until May Fourth. Li Wei thought for a while and then said: "Okay, I will ask the people in the class tomorrow and make a decision after researching it."
Wang Yu said: "I'm waiting for your good news."
The two parted ways, and Li Wei rode towards home.
Before she got home, she heard the sound of a guitar coming from the house. Li Wei's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her second brother was back again. Li Wei hurriedly jumped out of the car, pushed the bicycle to the side, and hurried into the house. But I saw Li Jianping playing with the guitar. Li Jianping was not good at playing it yet, and his intermittent tunes could not form a song.
Li Wei couldn't hide his disappointment.
Li Jianping looked up at Li Wei and said, "You're back."
"Well, brother." Li Wei dropped these words and returned to his house.
The next day, Li Wei, as the squad leader, told the class about Wang Yu's incident, and no one had any objections. Li Wei turned around and reported their program.
This time they had prepared long enough to design the costumes and hairstyles, so the issue of coordination was not that difficult after the last performance.
Li Wei would stay and practice dancing with everyone every afternoon. After getting busy, she temporarily forgot about the depression caused by her second brother's departure.
Regarding the clothing, she drew the design herself and planned to find someone to order it. The cost of fabric and labor costs about two hundred a set. Li Wei got into trouble because of clothing. Two hundred yuan is a lot of money for a middle school student. He has to ask his family for it, but his parents are unwilling to pay for it.
After suffering a setback in the clothing matter, Hu Linlin comforted her: "You are too striving for perfection. Although I have seen your design drawings are very beautiful, they have to be based on reality. How about borrowing them from the county cultural center? Then reform it yourself.”
Li Wei said: "The cultural center can't lend it out, and they also need to use that set of costumes, so I had to find a way on my own."
Hu Linlin looked at the anxious Li Wei and wanted to share the burden for her, but he couldn't think of any compromise.
"Mom, if you want to think about it, you still have to do it yourself." Li Wei made up his mind and planned to do it himself.
Over the weekend, she found a shop selling cloth that had exactly the materials she needed. She asked about the price, which was five yuan per meter. If she bought more, she could get even better discounts. In addition to selling fabrics, they also sell other accessories, such as sequins, tassels, bells, gold and silver threads, various plastic beads, and rice beads.
If you buy the fabrics and materials and cut and sew them yourself, the set is not too expensive. Li Wei told the dancing girls about this.
When everyone heard that they could make their own clothes, they were all dumbfounded and said, "We don't know how to do it."
"I know how to cut. Who has a sewing machine?"
Hu Linlin immediately said that they had one at home, and Li Wei nodded and said: "When the time comes, I will borrow your sewing machine, and I might have to ask your mother to help. I have calculated it carefully, and if I do it this way, the cost of a set will be about Around seventy. Can everyone afford this price?”
The girls all said it was okay.
Li Wei first paid for the fabrics and accessories himself, and then asked Hu Linlin to measure everyone's size and write down everyone's size.
She took the size and started cutting.
When she was still in the Shangshu Mansion, she sewed her own clothes, and even after entering the palace, she also made her own skirts. After all these years, my hands are inevitably a little rusty. Fortunately, there are many more tools at hand than in Daqi. She drew the line with the pink block and started cutting with the scissors.
Hu Linlin said from the side: "Li Wei, what other abilities do you have that you have hidden but not revealed?"
Li Wei said modestly: "What kind of skills do I have? I made it simple and easy to modify, so it will be convenient for future use."
Hu Linlin smiled and said, "You think long-term."
At the weekend, Li Wei took this pile of cut materials to Hu Linlin's house and asked Hu Linlin's mother to help sew them with a sewing machine.
Hu Linlin's mother laughed when she saw this pile of things and said, "You know how to mess with it." When she sewed a dance skirt for Hu Linlin to try on, she was dumbfounded and praised: "The style is so beautiful and the tailoring is so good." Not bad either.”
"Yeah, it seems I still have to do it myself."
With the help of Hu Linlin's mother, the clothes were sewn upside down. For the remaining accessories and some decorative patterns, Li Wei glued and sewed them by hand. After half a month of busy work, the costume was finally made. Li Wei asked everyone to put them on and try dancing. Hesitation was that they were cut according to their own size, and they fit perfectly. The effect is much better than the last time I borrowed it temporarily.
Hu Linlin said confidently: "We will definitely achieve more satisfactory results this time."
(End of chapter)