Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 362 63. Xu Li's Trouble

"Why kneel there, stand up."

Li An walked over in two steps, only to see that the other party was struggling to reach out and feel around the bottom of the piano.

He tilted his head and asked curiously, "What fell into it?"

"No teacher, right away," Wang Xiaohu replied breathlessly, and suddenly his upper body stuck to the ground, his arms flung forward, and then he took out a pencil from under the piano.

After getting up and wiping his forehead, Wang Xiaohu put the pencil back on the piano.

Seeing what was going on, Li An stepped forward to help Wang Xiaohu pat the dust on his clothes, "How old are you, can you use your brain before doing things, can't you see there is a broom there?

Shaking his head, Li An asked Wang Xiaohu to turn around.

Wang Xiaohu turned around and turned his back on Li An before he heaved a sigh of relief.

One minute ago, when Wang Xiaohu heard footsteps outside the door, he hurriedly stuffed his new cell phone sheet music into the sheet music bag. In his panic, he moved too much, knocked the pencil on the piano board to the ground, and rolled under the piano.

"I know that you are in a critical period recently. You should focus more on your studies, pay attention to rest, and it is best to spare some time to practice the piano, but don't force it. You can handle it according to the situation. There are only these two pieces of music. We will not talk about new content during the competition. up."

Speaking of which, Li An reached out and took off Wang Xiaohu's coat from the hanger, "Okay, get out of class is over, your mother is going to sign up for you, are you waiting here?"

"It's okay, teacher. I'll wait outside. Goodbye, teacher."

Wang Xiaohu took the coat and picked up the music bag and was about to leave.

Li An was a little surprised by this. Why did the other party stay here for a while before leaving before Xiao Bei? He thought that the child might have been too tired recently.

There are even fewer words in class.

Seeing this, he stepped forward and patted Wang Xiaohu's head, "Come on, go to the door and wait for a while."

What he didn't know was that it wasn't that Wang Xiaohu didn't want to stay in the classroom for a while longer, but that Wang Xiaohu was worried that some flaws would be seen

When Wang Xiaohu walked out of the classroom, he ran into Xiao Bei who was coming to class. When he greeted Xiao Bei, he couldn't help letting out another breath.

"Goodbye Yu Xiaobei, goodbye Auntie."

On the way home, Wang Xiaohu fell asleep in the co-pilot. Xu Li looked at the road ahead and turned her head from time to time while holding the steering wheel.

Half an hour later, the car stopped downstairs at Grandma Wang Xiaohu's house, and she woke Wang Xiaohu up.

Wang Xiaohu sat up in bewilderment, and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

"Eat well at noon."

Xu Li hesitated for a moment, "I'll pick you up in the afternoon to take you to the Science and Technology Museum."

Hearing that his mother would come to pick him up in the afternoon, Wang Xiaohu felt a little unhappy in his heart, and suddenly he became sober.

He muttered, "I won't go, you lied, you agreed to let me stay at grandma's house today, and go to the Science and Technology Museum tomorrow."

Xu Li didn't expect her son to give such a reaction, and she turned her eyes, "Ms. Li told me just now that the competition is going to be a month away, I hope you can spend more time practicing the piano, we went to the Science and Technology Museum today , you can practice the piano tomorrow, I will take you back after finishing the transfer in the afternoon, and I will pick you up after you have lunch at grandma's house tomorrow, okay?"

Hearing Teacher Li's three words, Wang Xiaohu couldn't resist for a while.

Thinking of going out to play with his mother in the afternoon, he was actually quite happy, and his wrinkled little face couldn't help stretching.

"Then you have dinner at grandma's house at noon, okay?"

"Mom has something to do at noon, can I take you to eat steak tonight?"

"Don't you have work tonight?"

"Mom won't be working tonight. Let's come out of the science and technology museum, then go to the bookstore, buy the picture book you like, and then go to eat steak, and send you back after playing. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?"

moment.

"Mom, can I go home tonight too..."

Children's nature is like this, the wind comes and the rain goes away.

"Be obedient, grandpa and grandma miss you so much."

"OK then."

Xu Li got out of the car to help her son tidy up his clothes, knelt down and said, "Talk to grandparents, don't ask them for mobile phones, do you hear me?"

Wang Xiaohu suddenly became impatient again, "I know."

After a pause, "Go and get busy with your business." Then he turned around and walked towards the door of the unit.

He still had his music bag hanging in his hand, swaying with his steps.

After watching her son walk into the unit door, Xu Li got back to the car, took out her phone, and dialed a number.

It took a long time for the call to connect, and then a deep male voice came, "Sorry, I was in a meeting just now, Xiaohu has piano lessons?"

Xu Li: "Sorry, I didn't know you were in a meeting. That's it. I thought about it. Let's meet at noon."

After a while, she replied on the phone: "Okay, but it will be a little later, I can finish my work after 12:30."

Xu Li understood that it was she who proposed to change the time: "If it's inconvenient, I can do it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow—" the phone draws a long tone, and then uses a joking tone as if trying to test something, "Then tomorrow night?"

After a while, seeing that Xu Li hadn't gnawed, hearty laughter came from the phone, "Just kidding, don't mind, I'll order the restaurant to be fixed later, where are you now, I'll pick you up at noon."

Xu Li: "Thank you. I can drive by myself. I will rebook the restaurant and send it to you later. Don't bother me. See you at noon."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Li put down the phone and lay down on the back of the chair to feel a sense of dependence for a moment, and then a deep tiredness hit her heart.

It is a kind of fatigue that cannot be confided to others. Everyone will understand it when they hear it, but only those who have experienced it know what kind of breathlessness it is.

The silver dolphin chain hanging on the rearview mirror also stopped moving. This was the first birthday present that Xiaohu's father gave Xu Li that year.

Since then, she has been hanging around her neck until the end of Xiaohu's father's funeral. After that day, she took it off.

All the jewelry on her body, this little dolphin was hung on the car. She left Rongcheng two years ago and took it away. When she came back last year, she hung it back on the car. Give her spiritual comfort when she is helpless.

But I don't know when, the little dolphin has lost its luster.

After watching for a while, Xu Li sadly found that her heart was neither peaceful nor turbulent, and could no longer generate any emotions.

After crying for a while, she wiped the corners of her eyes and restarted the car.

Just like meeting for the first time years ago, it was also at noon.

In her another choice, she is still grateful for the silence of her in-laws

As a modern woman who is financially independent, she now has a career and savings, and her real estate in Chengdu has increased to three.
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Three years ago she chose to leave Rongcheng temporarily, and her parents-in-law supported her with silence,

At that time, the retirement pensions of both parents were enough to allow both mother and son to live comfortably.

But worry-free for a while, not forever.

For the sake of her son, she must shoulder all the responsibilities of raising the family. In order to give Xiaohu a better life, she chose to be transferred to Haishi three years ago.

Two years and four months passed in a flash, and she thought that she had earned enough capital to raise her son little by herself, and she thought that her son would still be that little one after she came back.

But she was wrong. After witnessing all kinds of things about her son, she also regretted it.

If she was given another chance, she would not choose to walk half a step away from her son.

Especially this year, she felt more and more the changes in her son's puberty.

Resist, irritability, emotional instability, as if you can't speak without pulling your throat

When she was worried about this, the first 10 minutes of a piano lesson gave her some hope.

Years ago, she took her son to piano lessons, and the scene at the elevator door where Li An severely lectured her son frightened her, but afterwards her son did get rid of his habit of making loud noises.

This made her more aware of the need for a father's role in the child's subsequent education.

She has read many cases on the Internet about single widowed mothers remarrying with children, some with happy endings and some with bleak endings.

She also asked some friends around her, and there were all kinds of voices.

Other people's experience and suggestions are always others', and finally she decided to give it a try herself.

However, this matter was far more difficult and complicated than she imagined.

In the past two months, she has met with three men, in various situations.
Most of them gave her a bad feeling, only the third university teacher gave her a good feeling.

Be a man of virtue, behave in a responsible manner, and be gentle.

The other party is also widowed, with a 13-year-old daughter.

During each exchange, from the Three Views to the Parenting Classics, the two can feel that they are in tune with each other, and the more they chat, the more speculative they are. The two make a decision. Both of them have already decided to make an appointment to take care of the children. Come out and meet.

But one evening, three days before the appointment, the other party sent a message saying that her daughter might not be ready yet.

Xu Li who received the message immediately understood, and at the same time she was relieved, and replied that I did not do my son's work well.

What she didn't do well, she hadn't started at all, she still didn't know how to start with Xiaohu.
Then the two exchanged an emoji, and they have not been in touch since then.
Maybe she wasn't ready to be a stepmother either.

After that night, she narrowed the selection down to widowed and no children.

Coincidentally, through the introduction of the same city from the previous business group, she met the executive of the listed company who was going to meet at noon today.

During the period of chatting online before, to be honest, the other party left a very good impression on her.

She was humorous in conversation and had a strong sense of professionalism. Later, she cared about Xiaohu almost every day, and her colleagues also told her about the other party. After chatting for a while, she decided to agree to the other party's request to meet.

It's not about falling in love, adults pay more attention to efficiency.

But even though it's not a relationship, occasionally some words from the other party in the dead of night will touch her heartstrings that have been dusty for a long time.

Xu Li is a mother and a woman, a 35-year-old woman.

The heart also longs to be cared for, and longs for the natural nature of being a woman.

It is completely different from the inner feelings brought to her by the university professor. Frankly speaking, she already has a good impression of this executive surnamed Bai.

But even so, she has always avoided certain topics that the other party intentionally or unintentionally mentioned. As a widowed single man and woman, she gave the other party some understanding, but only a little.

But the phone call just now made her feel a little disappointed. She was frustrated that she couldn't have dinner with her son at noon, but the other party repeatedly emphasized that it was evening.

Is it that important at night, and is it that different from noon?

In her opinion, as long as two people talk about that step, some things just fall into place.

Or are the goals of the two people not on the same line from the very beginning?
Xu Li did plan to change the meal to noon last night and didn't tell the other party in advance, but it doesn't mean she doesn't pay attention.

She spent a lot of thought on her body early this morning, just for the first official meeting.

In her opinion, the phone call was not a joke in the middle of the night. Couldn't the other party hear her tone just now?

But it doesn't matter, she still has great expectations for this meal.

At least the other party first asked about Xiaohu's piano lesson today in the first sentence.

Another reason is that Xu Li knows in her heart how difficult it is to find a partner of comparable strength on the premise of giving her son a complete and stable home in her class circle, and it is even said that she is at a complete disadvantage.

A single mother with a son, some personal assets and looks.

How can people in this circle think highly of her financial ability, young, beautiful and well-figured girls try their best to squeeze up one after another, and in a few years, she will have no market.

So she hoped the meal would go as smoothly as she thought it would.
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After Xiaobei got out of class, Xiaobei's mother took out her mobile phone and signed up for Xiaobei on the spot.

Xiaobei, who finished the application, smiled happily, but it wasn't the grinning grin of last year, the grin was gentle and quiet.

very shy.

Besides, Li Anxin said that girls mature earlier than boys, and among the little guys who are going to junior high school,
Obviously Xiaobei has changed the most since then.

"Xiaobei, guess if I can enter the semi-finals this time?"

Xiao Bei smiled and said, "Listen to you."

Li An stared: "What's the use of listening to me about this?"

After a pause, "Tell me, do you have the confidence to enter the semi-finals?"

Before Xiao Bei could answer, "Yes!" A familiar voice came
Then Liu Fengrui's figure appeared, "Hey, hello teacher, hello auntie, hi Xiaobei!"

Li Anle: "Why are you here for the 11 o'clock class now? Is there a cram school today?"

Liu Fengrui whispered: "The cram school has been reported, and the class will be suspended this week. It happened to be fine in the morning, so my dad asked me to come to you to sign up."

Why is Li An so disbelieving, "Then I'll call your dad now," he said as he pulled out his cell phone.

Seeing this, Liu Fengrui quickly stretched out his hand, "Hey, don't leave the teacher, my parents are not at home this morning, I am alone

Someone came to you when he was bored, and he did let me sign up with you, and all the money was transferred to me. "

At this time, Ma Ke and his son also appeared at the corner of the corridor, Li An looked away, "Go to the office to find Teacher Wang, if Teacher Wang is not here, go to the front desk to find Teacher Wang at the front desk, don't run around after registering, you can go to my office and wait. "

Looking forward to attaching Xiao Liu, Li An and Xiao Bei's mother dinged again and asked Xiao Bei to send him a practice video within a week.

"Alright Mr. Li, you are busy."

After attaching Xiao Liu, Li An and Xiao Bei's mother told Xiao Bei to send him a practice video within a week.

"Alright Mr. Li, you are busy."

"See you next week, teacher."

"See you next week, Xiaobei."

When he took Marco into the classroom, he heard Xiaobei's mother behind him asking about the report of Xiaoliu's cram school.

During lunch, the Blue Sky General Group announced the student registration status of each teacher.

"It has to be my brother An."

Ma Tao Bai Gubai said something, then turned his head, "Currently you are the first, 16 students have signed up."

what?
Li An put down his chopsticks in surprise. He has already verified that there are only 4 people who signed up. Where did the extra 12 come from?

Wait, he seems to know what's going on.

Then he picked up his phone and sent a message in the group.

After a while, Jia Mingyu replied: If you don't fill in yours, fill in whose?

sweat.

Li An created a separate group yesterday, brought in a few good friends from the division, and then suggested that everyone call on students to participate in the Blue Sky Cup competition.

Whoever's student signs up, the recommender will write their name, and there will be a registration rebate at that time.

You said it was a mess.

Chen Xuan, who was finishing get out of class here, received a message from Sun Yuman and smiled happily.

Xiaomi: Listen to you.

(End of this chapter)