bookbashuk Chapter 6 Dare to Gamble, But Dare Not
Chapter 6 Dare to Gamble, But Dare Not
Yang Yun was completely dumbfounded. "You...you really can't do anything?"
To be able to perfectly replicate someone else's dance after watching it only once, her skill level is definitely much better than hers, and she's almost as good as Teacher Xia, who teaches them to dance.
The difficulty of this piece, "Under Pinghu Mountain," isn't particularly high for those with a solid foundation, but it's still quite challenging for beginners to perform well.
Xu Sui shook her head, "I've had some contact with them before."
Before transmigrating into the book, she had already achieved financial freedom through her own hard work and entrepreneurship, and had plenty of time to improve herself. She had countless hobbies, one of which was dancing, but she had never been exposed to dance in this era.
Yang Yun fell silent. Talented people are indeed formidable.
"You jumped very well."
Xu Sui smiled and said, "Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to master it so quickly. Thank you."
"Wait for me after the show, I'll treat you to something to eat."
She also had a white steamed bun, which could be given as a thank-you gift.
Yang Yun laughed too, "Okay."
I hope everything goes well for you.
"If you need anything in the future, you can come to me."
Her family used to be well-off, but an accident happened and they fell into poverty. Now, out of the seven or eight people in her family, she is the only breadwinner left to support them. Not to mention, there is a famine now, and her nephews and nieces are starving to death.
Xu Sui always makes food, which might help her save more money and send more back home to help her family.
7 PM.
Night gradually fell.
The performance hall of the cultural troupe.
A large number of spectators arrived one after another, including military leaders, officers, family members from the residential compound, adults and children. The audience was packed, a huge and lively scene.
In a corner, Qin Shu, dressed in a dark green military uniform, sat there, with Gu Yunzhou sitting not far from him.
Backstage.
Xu Sui had just changed into her performance outfit and was applying makeup and drawing her eyebrows in front of the mirror.
Gu Shuang, the most famous performer in the cultural troupe, walked over, glanced at her sideways, and said, "You're Xu Sui, the newcomer?"
"She is good-looking, but if you want to stay in the performing arts troupe, it's not enough to just have a pretty face."
Xu Sui put down her eyebrow-drawing tools and said calmly, "You're Gu Yunzhou's cousin, right? I've heard him mention you before."
"Just as rumored."
"The same as what?" Gu Shuang asked instinctively.
Xu Sui casually remarked, "Just as rude."
"You..." Gu Shuang's face turned ugly with anger, "Who are you calling rude?"
A man from a small town, whose poverty was unmistakable, actually accused her of being impolite.
Xu Sui got up and walked to Gu Shuang. Her height of nearly 1.7 meters made her a full head taller than Gu Shuang.
She smiled politely, "I'm talking to you."
"Comrade Gu, I don't know what I did to offend you that you want me, a newcomer, to perform on stage alone."
"Now you're coming to mock me again, it's really rude of you."
The commotion gradually attracted many onlookers, but considering that Gu Shuang's uncle was a military commander, they dared not approach and could only watch from afar.
Most people in the audience actually know the inside story of tonight's performance.
The head of the performing arts troupe was a relative of Gu Shuang.
Gu Shuang was the one who suggested that Xu Sui, who was on leave and absent from work, participate in the lottery. With Gu Shuang speaking up, no one dared to question whether the matter was in compliance with regulations.
Even the regimental commander didn't say anything.
"Xu Sui, do you think the opportunity to perform solo on stage is a bad thing? If you weren't lucky, you probably wouldn't have had the chance to showcase your abilities even after a year or two in the performing arts troupe." Gu Shuang gradually calmed down, crossed her arms, and sneered.
"No matter why you joined the performing arts troupe, now that you're in, you should follow the rules. If you don't have the ability to stay here, then leave as soon as possible so that someone more capable can come in."
Xu Sui nodded. "That's right."
"Then I must thank Comrade Gu for your help, which gave me, a newcomer, a chance to perform solo very quickly."
Gu Shuang twitched the corner of her mouth. "I hope you have the ability and don't let this good opportunity I've given you go to waste."
"The performing arts troupe doesn't keep people who don't have real skills. If you mess up tonight's performance, you'd better get out of here and not make a fool of yourself."
Don't think she doesn't know; this woman is no good.
She already has a fiancé, yet she repeatedly tries to seduce her cousin, Gu Yunzhou, with the intention of marrying into the Gu family.
Don't they know what kind of family the Gu family is? How could they possibly tolerate a woman like this?
If her cousin is to marry, he will at least marry a girl from a family similar to the Gu family.
Xu Sui spoke slowly and deliberately, "Comrade Gu, let's keep things separate. This is not a reason for you to deliberately scheme against me."
"You should apologize to me. As for whether I can gain a foothold in the cultural troupe, that's my own business and has nothing to do with you."
Whether I stay or leave is none of your business, and it's none of your concern.
In the book, Gu Shuang is a vicious sister-in-law with a name and a background.
After the truth about the mistaken identity of the real and fake young masters came to light, Qin Shu was recognized as belonging to the Gu family and changed his name to Gu Shu, while Gu Yunzhou became Qin Yunzhou.
However, Gu Shuang didn't have a good impression of Qin Shu, her cousin who grew up in a small town. Although she didn't target him, she often targeted Lu Xiaoya, the female lead, who also came from a humble background.
He didn't treat Lu Xiaoya as his sister-in-law at all, and even said in front of Lu Xiaoya that he wanted to introduce other women to Qin Shu.
She even tried to sow discord between Lu Xiaoya and Gu's mother.
In short, that novel set in the past mostly tells the story of Lu Xiaoya's encounters with her husband's family: a wealthy mother-in-law, a vicious sister-in-law, a husband who still harbors feelings for his first love, and various relatives who look down on her humble background.
These events were among the reasons why Lu Xiaoya later divorced Qin Shu.
Gu Shuang didn't take those words to heart at all; she just pursed her lips.
"If you have the ability to stay in the performing arts troupe, I will naturally apologize to you."
"If you don't have the ability, then resign and leave the cultural troupe. This place isn't for just anyone to come and coast along."
Xu Sui clapped her hands and said, "Alright, everyone's here now, Comrade Gu can't deny it."
"But an apology isn't enough; you also have to compensate me with two ounces of grain coupons as compensation for emotional distress."
Gu Shuang rolled her eyes, gritting her teeth in anger, "Xu Sui, you really know how to ask for the moon."
In those famine-stricken days, food coupons were lifesavers. Unless you were someone I was very close to, who would give away food coupons for no reason?
Don't let her status as the leader's niece fool you; she's just a niece, not his biological daughter.
She didn't have many food coupons on her.
Two grain coupons were enough for her to eat one or two meals.
Xu Sui spoke calmly, "Comrade Gu Shuang, are you scared? We both have solo dances tonight. Are you afraid I'll dance better than you?"
"So you're afraid to gamble?"
Gu Shuang's face turned ugly. "Fine, I promise you."
"But if you embarrass yourself in tonight's performance, then get out of the performing arts troupe and never show your face in front of me again."
Her mother was in a performing arts troupe, and she started practicing dancing from a young age, working her way up step by step to where she is today.
How could a woman from such a small place compare to her?