Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 323 24. Can't talk about defending, goodbye youth
"Oh, I'll go! What's the situation, Master Li."

Sun Hong didn't understand, didn't he just finished the class, why did he look like this.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yaling stood up and yelled, "Why are you standing still, I'll wait for you!"

"Come quickly." At this time, the bald man who was sitting in the main seat also stood up, speaking in a strong Yucheng dialect, beckoning Li An to sit down and rest for a while, "Are you done with work?"

The bald man's surname is Bi, and his name is Qiang. When he still had hair, the students in Class [-] and [-] of high school called him Teacher Bi. Now that his hair has completely fallen out, everyone starts calling him Brother Qiang.

"Mr. Bi, I'm really sorry today."

Li An clasped his hands together, looked around the audience, and finally returned to Brother Qiang's face. In the original owner's memory, Brother Qiang loved them very much, but he couldn't say the word "Brother Qiang" for a while.

Brother Qiang joked: "Why are we still separated, isn't it because we haven't seen each other for three years?"

It's not right for Li An to answer this, and it's not right if he doesn't answer it. He was at a loss for words for a while, who made the original owner hide from the class reunion for two years in a row.

Fortunately, Sun Hong helped him out, "Come on, come on, keep up with the rhythm first, and blow a bottle."

Then a table of classmates began to boo. Some of them had an impression of Li An, and some of them had no impression of Li An. Brother Qiang also said: "I heard that you can drink very well now."

Whoever said it was naturally Sun Hong.

When Li An didn't come, Sun Hong told everyone the story of the two having dinner at the age of 28, saying that Li An almost knocked him down.

Sun Hong is famous for being able to drink in the second class of the third year of high school.

Li An was wondering where he could sit, and Chen Yaling pointed to the only empty seat in the audience, "What are you thinking about, the waiter's seat is reserved for you."

Sun Hong: "It's really not easy. I can get both of you together in one party."

Chen Yaling: "I can tell you, Xiaoyu is going to get engaged soon, you should cherish the opportunity tonight."

Everyone laughed wildly, and Zheng Xiaoyu's face was red from laughing. Li An who laughed felt that Chen Yaling's joke was a bit too much.

When he walked into the gate of the Lotus Hall, he immediately saw the back of the first love in the diary.

He didn't do it on purpose, even before the moment Zheng Xiaoyu turned his head, he didn't know that the figure with long hair tied up in a white turtleneck sweater was Zheng Xiaoyu, because Zheng Xiaoyu's back was facing the door of the private room.

Perhaps it was because he pushed the door too carefully that the door of the private room opened slowly, making everyone notice that someone was about to walk in. When he stepped into the door, he saw Zheng Xiaoyu turning his head slowly.

However, the plot in the novel did not appear in the next second, and the memories of seven years ago did not rush into his mind.

The look in Zheng Xiaoyu's eyes at that moment only reminded him of an image, and then his eyes moved to the side and saw an empty place.

At this moment, he was walking towards that position amidst the laughter of the crowd.

As if to make the laughter that filled the entire private room subside quickly, he took off his mask, picked up a bottle of beer at hand, bit open the bottle cap with his teeth, and then raised his head at a ninety-degree angle to the bottle, The liquid in the bottle was almost running down his throat, and he shook the bottle as it flowed.

really.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

The audience began to count down the seconds, and the laughter turned into cheers.

When the number of people reached 7, Li An almost vomited out, but luckily he finished his drink before a second came.

With a muffled bang, the bottom of the empty bottle came into intimate contact with the table.

"it is good!"

"Brilliant!"

"Brother An blows one more!"

"Blow the chicken feathers, hurry up and let me eat something, I have been in class all afternoon."

At this time, a paper towel was handed over from the side.

Li An let go of the wine bottle and looked. From this angle, the blue birthmark under Zheng Xiaoyu's left eye became clearer.

"Thank you."

After receiving the tissue, Li An subconsciously popped two words out of his mouth.

Zheng Xiaoyu pursed her lips and said softly, "Eat quickly."

The same two words are still so clear.
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"eat fast."

In the summer of 15, at the gate of Yucheng Mine, there were cars and people coming and going.

In a small restaurant by the road, a pair of old tablemates who haven't seen each other for a long time are sitting face to face, waiting for their sausage fried rice.

Not long after, the boss brought a plate of fried rice with bright colors to the dining table of the two, and without any explanation, he put the plate in front of the girl.

Zheng Xiaoyu habitually pushed the plate in front of Li An again, with blame in his eyes, "Did you stay up all night last night?"

Li An sighed and nodded, habitually took out the spoon inserted in the rice pile, then took out two pairs of disposable chopsticks from the chopsticks basket, and handed one pair to Zheng Xiaoyu, "Let's eat some together."

Zheng Xiaoyu took the chopsticks, "What have you been up to lately?"

Li An chuckled: "Playing games."

Looking at Li An's cynical look, Zheng Xiaoyu didn't know what to answer for a while.

The dinner table fell into silence for 15 minutes.

Soon Li An finished his half of the fried rice. There was half rice and half CD on the plate, which was clearly differentiated.

Just like the [-]th line he drew in the middle of the desk on the day he entered the class in the first year of high school, who wants to turn his head every day and see an ugly monster.

"Li An, which school do you apply for?"

Zheng Xiaoyu asked suddenly.

"Ji Province Art College."

Li An raised his head suspiciously as he said, "You haven't signed up yet, right? It's the last day."

Zheng Xiaoyu understood, "I've signed up."

Ang Lee asked, "Where?"

Zheng Xiaoyu smiled: "Guess."

You guessed it, the dining table seemed to suddenly become a school desk, and the feeling between the two of them seemed to have returned to a certain day in the past.

From the first time we met in the military training, we chatted until the evening and the first snow in 2014.

"Li An, tell me about your art test."

With a pleading tone, Zheng Xiaoyu wanted to hear it.

In other words, after Li An finished the art exam, he never went back to school. The two only met once before the college entrance examination. Speaking of which, today was the second time they met since Li An returned to Yucheng after the art exam.

Zheng Xiaoyu didn't know when the two of them would meet next time after today.

At that time, could two people sit face to face at the same table and share a plate of fried rice like today?

The topic of the art test was very long, and Li An spoke very slowly.

The small restaurant was about to close, Zheng Xiaoyu hurriedly finished the last bite of food on the plate.

The two walked out of the restaurant, stepped on the night, and walked around the mine again and again.

Finally stopped at the school gate.

Zheng Xiaoyu knew that it was time to say goodbye, and with the singing of cicadas in the moonlight, she tiptoed and hugged Li An.

Sure enough, you have to tap your toes.

Letting go, she took three steps back, "Goodbye."

Li An also waved his hand, "Well, let's go."

Neither of them moved their feet. You looked at me and I looked at you. There was a stalemate for about 1 minute.

"No, there are too many mosquitoes."

Li An urged Zheng Xiaoyu to leave quickly.

Zheng Xiaoyu then turned and left.

After walking about ten steps, Zheng Xiaoyu suddenly turned around.

Li An was stunned.

I saw Zheng Xiaoyu covering his ears as if mustering all his strength, and then shouted to him:
"Li An, have you really never liked me?"

Zheng Xiaoyu's voice was loud, but her eyes were gentle.

Just like the moment he walked into the gate of the Lotus Hall, Zheng Xiaoyu turned his head and looked at each other, evoking the only memory of Zheng Xiaoyu in his mind.

It is impossible to know the whole history of this pair of high school tablemates, but the scene of Zheng Xiaoyu covering her ears seven years ago has already made Li An feel like a master for the original owner.

She should be your first love.

So standing in the third person, listening to Sun Hong's jokes and Chen Yaling's jokes, he felt that it was wrong to make such jokes about Zheng Xiaoyu, who was about to get engaged.

At that moment, as if he had become the eldest brother of the original owner and Zheng Xiaoyu, Li An walked to the table and picked up the bottle directly.

Not to mention defending, those who do not know are not guilty.

buzzing.

The phone in Li An's pocket suddenly vibrated.

I took it out and saw that it was a photo of his dining table with a small bowl of fruit on it.

then.

Xiao Ji: Report!Comrade Xiao Ji successfully completed the task!

Li An was happy, quickly edited a piece of information, and clicked send.

"Hey, hey, it's outrageous."

Chen Yaling seemed to be specifically trying to get along with Li An today, and scolded her, "Don't tell me you're late, just grab your phone as soon as you sit down."

Just as Li An put away his phone, Zheng Xiaoyu's phone rang again.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Yaling was speechless for the two of them.

"Sorry everyone."

Zheng Xiaoyu took out her mobile phone and saw the caller, then got up, "Teacher Bi, my tutor."

Brother Qiang: "Go, go, go."

After Zheng Xiaoyu left, Brother Qiang took a sip of wine. Who would have thought that the most inconspicuous little girl in the class had already started preparing for the doctoral exam.

Brother Qiang only knew about it years ago.

"Li An, how are you? When will the concert be held in Yucheng? Let's make an agreement first, we will buy the tickets ourselves."

Compared with Zheng Xiaoyu, Brother Qiang did not expect that the taciturn art student in his class has now reached the level of going back to his hometown to give a master class.
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Nanxin Community, Building 27, Unit 2 201.

living room.

Sitting in front of the piano, Xiao Ji kept saying "Dang!—Dang!"

When Professor Yu held the torrent etude, she played a little bit of the beginning, and when Li An told Liu Yushuang about this piece in the afternoon, she really wanted to try it, to see if she could do it
Especially after seeing Liu Yushuang get it done in a few clicks, her fighting spirit was even more aroused!

Finally got it done in the fourth time, Xiao Ji was happy, at this time An Ma came over with a bottle of hot almond milk and put it on the piano.

"Ah, thank you grandma!"

Xiao Li hurriedly stopped, and An's mother smiled: "Eat some fruit."

Lao Li shook his head on the sofa: "Oh, why don't you let me practice first, baby practice the piano, you go left and right again and again."

Five minutes ago, Xiao Ji sent Lao Li to the door of the unit.

Lao Li invited Xiao Ji to a meeting, how could Xiao Ji let go of this opportunity.

"It's okay, it's okay! I can practice piano while eating and drinking!"

It really was Ji Yan Ji Yu, which made the old couple giggle.

Twenty minutes later, at the entrance of the unit, Lao Ji cleaned the car, and they should start tomorrow.
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"Hey, time flies so fast."

Sun Hong sighed, "Everyone started working in a blink of an eye."

"Zhao Bo, how is the business of your shop recently?"

"Barely maintain it, let's see this year, if it doesn't work, just sell it."

The topic at the dinner table finally no longer revolved around Li An alone, which made Li An much more relaxed.

High school class reunion, there is really no need to just stare at a few people, good or bad, has nothing to do with the future and the present, Li An believes that most of the people who can come today are for the friendship of classmates back then, besides, he is sitting today Here, there is no sense of superiority.

"Brother Qiang, how are the kids this year?" one person asked.

Brother Qiang: "You guys are the best class I have ever led."

Everyone: "Cut."

Brother Qiang: "You still have points in your heart."

The crowd laughed.

Amidst the laughter, the past events of the third year of high school appeared before everyone's eyes one by one, as if it just happened yesterday.

Endless papers, endless notes, noodles in the cafeteria at noon, sausage fried rice at the school gate in the afternoon.

During the evening self-study class, so-and-so and so-and-so whispered where and where, it was the best gossip for everyone the next day.

The third year of high school carries the youthful memories of generations.

The confiscated mobile phone, the rejected confession, the graffitied school uniform, and the tears covered by smiles exist in every inch of color in the graduation photos.

At the moment, everyone is holding their mobile phones, looking at the graduation photo posted by Brother Qiang in the group.

Every smile is like a flower.

"Every time I change my phone, I set this picture as my wallpaper."

next second.

"I must always remind myself to be vigilant!"

Everyone laughed.

As far as the grade 15 graduating class of Yucheng Mine Middle School is concerned, the second class is the best. Not long after Bi Qiang finished taking care of the first high school graduates in his life, he began to lose his hair.

"Hey, it's a pity I have thick black hair."

Bi Qiang in the photo was indeed a handsome young man at that time.

Sun Hong suddenly suggested: "Brother Qiang, shall we go back to the school gate and take a group photo?"

Chen Yaling: "Huh?"

Zhao Bo: "Now?"

Liu Ning: "Okay!"

Everyone was chattering and quickly unified their opinions.

After drinking the last glass of wine, Chen Yaling called the waiter. The rest of the students had gathered behind Bi Qiang. Chen Yaling handed the phone to the waiter: "Take a few more pictures."

Then he went around the table and ran to Zheng Xiaoyu's side. Li An stood behind Zheng Xiaoyu, with Sun Hong beside him.

Seven years later, the foursome of that year are back in one shot.

"Brother Qiang!" "Eggplant!" "Second Year Three!"

Different slogans, with the same emotion.

Before getting together and leaving, everyone agreed that every year on the ninth day of the lunar new year, Gui Faxiang would meet at the Lotus Hall.
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"Where's my electric car!?"

Under the steps of the restaurant's gate, Li An shouted.

Sun Hong came over immediately: "You came here by bicycle?"

Li An didn't have time to explain, and hurried into the supermarket.

At this time, everyone noticed this place, and Chen Yaling asked, "What's going on?"

Sun Hong spread his hands: "His electric car is gone."

Just when everyone was about to help find a car, Li An walked out of the supermarket with a wry smile on his face.

The supermarket owner said he didn't know.

He didn't bother to adjust the monitoring, he lost it, the old one didn't go and the new one didn't come.

When he got there just now, he was in a hurry to go upstairs and forgot to pull out the car key. Fortunately, there was only one house key on the car key, otherwise it would have been even more troublesome.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't look for it, and avoid disaster if you lose money."

As he spoke, he wondered how much his father's broken car was worth, and the battery was weaker than Fu Tianming's kidney.

A joke that was not considered a joke ended the Year of the Tiger party of the graduating class of Grade 15 Senior Three in the mine.

"Bye bye, Brother Qiang!"

"Bye bye, Brother Qiang!"

"Bye bye, Brother Qiang!"

Everyone got into the car while saying goodbye. Li An and Zheng Xiaoyu got into the same taxi under the eyes of Chen Yaling and Sun Hong.

Sun Hong: "Do you think they still have a chance?"

Chen Yaling: "Are you sick? Didn't you say that Ang Lee has a girlfriend?"

Sun Hong: "I'm not married anyway."

Chen Yaling: "Believe it or not, I'll send Yuan Jie a message right now, and ask her to listen too."

Sun Honghan: "Hey, I just said that, why are you in a hurry, didn't you just lie to Li An that Xiaoyu was getting engaged."

Chen Yaling: "Who told him to lie to Xiaoyu?"
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"Master, Beizhuang."

Both sat in the back compartment.

Twenty minutes later, the car arrived at the gate of Beizhuang.

Li An paid the fare and got out of the car.

At this time, the two of them were standing on the street, diagonally across from the gate was the Nanxin Community. Looking north, the gate of the mine had taken on a completely new look.

The two of you have talked enough tonight.

"Bye, I wish you a smooth journey and a smooth landing this year."

"Bye, I hope to buy your piano performance CD one day in the future."

Li An nodded, and then his eyes fell on a white BMW he was familiar with in front of the small hotel behind Zheng Xiaoyu.

"good luck."

Turning around and waving his hands, he walked towards the zebra crossing.

Three seconds were not too long, and a soft call from behind stopped him again.

Ang Lee turned around.

"Li An, have you ever liked me?"

Zheng Xiaoyu's eyes are always so clear.

Li An nodded, and then walked forward.

Zheng Xiaoyu looked at Li An's back and smiled, and said in a voice that only she could hear, "Thank you, Li An."

"good luck."

After turning around and walking into the gate of Beizhuang, she took out her mobile phone and opened WeChat.

Click to open the chat interface of the first avatar.

20:45 ***: Sister, can I pick you up at the airport at noon tomorrow?
moment.

Raindrop: You have to think about it.

After sending this message, Zheng Xiaoyu quickly stuffed her phone back into her backpack and quickened her pace. Tomorrow morning, she will leave Yucheng and fly back to Jinshi. Her new life actually started a long time ago. up.

Youth may have regrets, but it teaches us how to cherish the present.

If she hadn't resolutely rewritten that night, maybe the two of them would have a different ending today.

But there are no ifs in life, she is thankful for this elementary school boy she met last year.

In the end, Ang Lee made her understand the feeling of liking someone, and the junior brother made her realize the feeling of loving someone.

Then the bag vibrated again.

Zheng Xiaoyu couldn't hold back and took out her phone.

***: Sister, I want to pick you up now
Raindrop: Are you stupid? Tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I will see a bouquet of roses at the gate of the airport-
"Father, I'm your electric car."

"What? No electricity? Broken? Tell me."

"That, it's lost."

"Why did you lose it? Where's my key?"

"Lost it with the car."

".Why didn't you lose yourself?"
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Even if he promised a new electric car, Li An really couldn't stop Lao Li from complaining. After sitting in the living room for a while, he went back to the bedroom on the grounds that he was sleepy.

On the phone, Xiaomi had already said goodnight to him two hours ago.

Xiaomi is going back to Rongcheng tomorrow morning, and depending on the situation, Lao Ji's family will also be leaving tomorrow.

Li An stared at the ceiling for a while, then opened the diary next to the pillow.

Turned to the latest page.

After a while, he picked up the pen beside the bed and wrote.

"2022.2.18 Half Snow"

"Zheng Xiaoyu originally filled in the Rongcheng Normal School, but changed it to Jinshi University that night. I guess, she may know that you were lying to her at the time. Now that I write this sentence, I still don't know what you were thinking at that time, and why you lied to her?" Why didn't she answer her again, maybe you don't like her anymore, but you just don't want to delay her, maybe you still like her, but you just think you have no future, I don't know, Li An, I really don't know, it doesn't matter , that's not my business, now I just want to tell you that she is doing well now and is preparing for the exam. She said that she met someone she likes very much. I can feel her love from the eyes when she talks. This kind of liking is completely different from the feeling of liking you. She is doing well now, I hope this is what you want to see, and I will leave the day after tomorrow. Bullying my parents, you are really inferior to me on this issue, forget it, let’s not talk about this, just leave it alone.”

"The money has been repaid, and the problem of the thumb is also solved. I know that your favorite composer is Bach. Although Bach is still too far away from me for the time being, don't worry."

"Don't worry about everything."

"I can share everything with you except Xiaomi."

"That's it, good luck to you."

After closing the diary, Li An re-locked the diary, got out of bed and opened the window, and threw the key of the diary into the farthest night sky with all his strength.

He then went back to bed, and the phone screen turned on.

Xiaomi: Woke up hungry, miss you

Looking at the two bamboo dragonflies on the chat background picture, Li An smiled like a newborn.

After today, in this world, he is him.

(End of this chapter)