Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 760 19. Lao Li’s new crutch

"Teacher Li, walk slowly."

"Teacher Chen, please be safe on the road."

"Goodbye teacher, goodbye sister Chen!"

"Come up quickly, don't let anyone wait."

At the entrance of the hotel, Ji Yang's family of three waved goodbye to Li An and his wife.

After the car drove out of the intersection, the three of them turned around and went upstairs.

"Mom and Dad, the teacher is great."

The couple looked at each other and smiled, and their daughter said what they wanted to say at the moment.

Before the car left the intersection, Li An hurriedly took out his mobile phone and opened his mailbox.

Just now at the dinner table, he finally received the video of the closing concert from Boss X.

"Hey mom."

The next step will be all about spending money, and he has to spend it carefully.

Ang Lee wanted to establish a connection through Lin Youyouhe and Pao Mei. It would be best to establish a long-term cooperative relationship in the future. He needed Pao Mei to provide him with the writing of some works.

Moreover, today Ji Yang asked them what they were rehearsing for their next work, saying that several children were chasing after her to ask.

"If you keep your belly, your uncle and aunt must have cooked a whole table of dishes. Let's eat more to make them happy."

Now the scholar's piano literacy class is about to begin. According to his course plan, the first two months will focus on the introductory course, but later he will need some simple piano ensemble practice works suitable for more than ten people.

About the possibility of promoting piano ensembles, but also about the possibility of several children.

After reading the message, she glanced at the sleeping Li An, and then quietly went to the bathroom.

Don't look at the fact that he spent a lot of money today. Every time he spent, he received a red envelope of 3,000 yuan, which was Ji Yang's college entrance banquet.

But it's all money.

Even though it is a simple work, he can't do it by himself, other girls are professionals.

Leaning back on the chair, looking at the scenery along the way, feeling the atmosphere in the carriage, and turning his head to take a look from time to time, Li An felt vaguely like he wanted to take his wife home to celebrate the New Year.
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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the train stopped in Longshi. Li An complained that he was hungry and took out instant noodles from his bag, but Chen Xuan stopped him.

"He drank some wine at noon, got in the car and fell asleep. I was in the bathroom, Mom, tell me."

"It's not Teacher Chen. It will take at least four hours. If you ask me to endure it any longer, you can't stop letting me eat if you're not hungry."

"Are you guys in the car? Have you got everything?"

So he needed a lot of professional piano scores.

After Li An fell asleep, Chen Xuan received a message of rest.

"Let's learn, let's learn." Lele took the water and took a sip. Li An twisted the cap of the bottle and put the water away. He sat up straight and stretched out, and then he lay down again.

"Have you slept?" Chen Xuan was about to close the book when Li An gestured for her to continue, "Same for you, you have to concentrate on your studies."

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Wait a little longer."

"Don't worry, Mom, let's not talk anymore. Get off the car and I will send you a message."

"There are still more than three hours left, please bear with me any longer."

Hearing Li An's hoarse voice, Chen Xuan twisted her hand away and handed it to Li An, saying with a hint of impatience: "I know."

"Where's Li An?"

After a while, Ang Lee turned on his phone again and sent the video of the septet played by the children at the closing ceremony to the parent group.
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After one hour.

Xiao Ji's college entrance banquet was coming to an end, and Li An and Chen Xuan had already boarded the train to Lan City.

Chen Xuan sighed softly after putting down the phone. She felt uncomfortable thinking about the scene when Li An's parents learned that she was going abroad.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news and go to someone else's house to get some insight."

He glanced sideways and saw that besides the Chinese characters on the page, the rest was in French that he couldn't understand.

She understood the truth, and she and Li An had already exchanged rings, but she still felt that she was very sorry for Li An's parents.
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It was already two hours after Li An woke up, and beside him Chen Xuan was holding a book and reading.

"Hey, you can see for yourselves. I think if you can't find an opportunity today, I'll have the final say. No matter what, the sooner they know, the better."

Ang Lee was certainly happy to see this scene, and the successful performance of Vivaldi's Seventh Ensemble allowed him to see many possibilities.

"Have you figured out how to tell his parents?"

"Wait a minute." Li An hadn't figured out how to negotiate the price yet, "Let's do it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"He said to eat first today and then finish working on the musical instruments tomorrow."

The train roared northward, and Li An fell asleep before it had driven for a while.

"Mom, we can handle it."

Chen Xuan probably knew what Li An was thinking, "Why don't you just tell Youyou that you want to buy music scores from that person."

Chen Xuan's stomach growled twice as she spoke, and then she said harshly: "You said it yourself, and we will listen to me from now on."

"Why didn't you send it to Youyou?" Chen Xuan asked confusedly when she saw Li An turned off his phone after listening to the septet.

"Yeah, don't worry, Mom, everything is packed."

Li An clicked his tongue: "Why did you eat so little at noon? If you had known, I would have eaten more at noon."

Chen Xuan: "Who told you not to eat more."

Li An: "They're all here to toast, right? You're watching too. Besides, it's hard for me to sit in that position and hold my chopsticks all the time."

Chen Xuan suddenly remembered something, "The fruit Ji Yang gave you."

At this reminder, Li An quickly took out the fruit box from his bag. The fruits inside seemed to be cut at home, and his knife skills were not very good. There were apples, watermelons, and pineapples, and there were seven or eight kinds of them.

"You want a piece too," Li An chewed his cheek and fed Chen Xuan a mouthful of watermelon with a toothpick.

At noon, Li An asked Ji Yang to toast the first glass of wine to Lao Ji and Hu Rong. After Ji Yang finished the toast, he immediately took out a fruit box from his bag and handed it to Li An with both hands.

Li An was very touched at that time, but no one at the table understood what this meant. If you don't let your teacher eat the delicious food on the table first, let your teacher eat the fruit first?

So Li An explained to everyone that from the second time he taught Ji Yang, Ji Yang would bring him a plate of fruit every time after class.

He has eaten fruits from all seasons, summer, autumn, spring and winter.

When everyone looked at the box of fruits, they all sighed in their hearts. Ji Yang was very thoughtful. On this occasion, he prepared a box of fruits for the teacher.

Of course, Teacher Li An's speech for Ji Yang was also deeply imprinted on everyone's hearts.

This kind of teacher-student relationship is really touching.

"Hey, did you think about it now, or were you prepared before?"

"I originally wanted to prepare a little bit, but I didn't know what to say. It was also my first time, so I didn't prepare anything in the end. For this kind of speech, I just want to speak from my heart."

"You really won't be afraid of your career in the future."

"What?"

"You can be a master of ceremonies."

"That will also save money. Then we won't have to find a master of ceremonies for our wedding."

"Remember your words."

"The word "ANG" is used very well. If you change the second tone into the fourth tone, you will have captured the essence of Yucheng Mandarin." "Wait for ANG!"

"Hahaha, eat another piece of pineapple and study quickly after eating."

"I can't watch anymore. Let's play backgammon on our mobile phones. When I was a kid, I would drag my dad to play backgammon with me as soon as I got on the train. He was really annoying and wouldn't let me play at all."

"I won't make you proud either."

We were laughing all the way, and before we knew it, the city lights in the distance outside the window had already adorned the horizon.

'Passengers arriving at Lanshi Station ahead, please prepare to get off in advance'

"How about you take off the ring first?"

"I don't want to die."

"I'll pick it for you."

"While you're at it, quickly put your bag on your back and get ready to get off the bus. When you see Li Fu later, just call Third Brother."

"Ah."
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"Dad, let's get off the car. I'll call you when we're almost here and you can come down again."

"If your legs are not convenient for you, please don't let me come down."

"I know, I just said that to save him from worrying."

The two pushed their suitcases and followed the flow of people out of the station. They heard a shout before they took two steps.

Turning towards the familiar voice, he saw Li Fu and his wife walking quickly.

As soon as the four met, Li Fu took the suitcase directly from Li An and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Li An: "I'm a little tired. It's the first time I've been on a high-speed train for such a long time. Third sister-in-law, you are too. You're following us here so late."

"What do you mean, I have to come even in the middle of the night. If I don't pick you up, I still have to come to pick up Teacher Chen!"

Chen Fengxia smiled and looked back and forth across Li An and Chen Xuan's face. The joy flashing in her eyes didn't look like a natural one. Finally, her eyes fell on Chen Xuan's face. After a moment, she sighed and said, "Our old Li family What a blessing.”

Chen Xuan suddenly felt embarrassed and said hurriedly: "Hello third sister-in-law, hello third brother, just call me Chen Xuan."

Li Fu and his wife were so happy when they heard the call of third brother and third sister-in-law that they didn't know how to answer the call, "Hurry up, let's talk in the car, don't keep the third father and the third mother waiting."
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On the way back to Yucheng, Chen Xuan was undoubtedly the protagonist in the car.

Chen Fengxia was born with a clever mouth and had been working in shopping malls for many years. How could the inexperienced teacher Xiaomi withstand it? Chen Fengxia said one sentence after another, which made Chen Xuan feel all kinds of comfortable.

Li An sat in the back row and listened, smiling and occasionally adding a word to lighten the atmosphere.

During this period, Chen Xuan mentioned Li Zheng, saying that Li Zheng worked very hard in school, but Li Fu took him away with just one sentence.

Less than 500 meters after getting off the highway, the car passed a quartz factory with lights on.

Li An knew that this was Li Fuji's factory, "It seems business has been good recently."

Li Fuxiao: "It's better than at the beginning of the year."

Li An: "Third brother, do you know anything about inkstones?"

Li Fu: "Is it used for writing calligraphy?"

Ang Lee: "Yes."

Although Li Fu's family deals with mineral sand, they really don't know much about inkstones. "I don't know much about the details, but Helan Inkstone is quite famous here in the northwest. What's the matter?"

Li An: "Third brother, help me find out."

Li Fu didn't ask any more questions. As the car entered the city, the conversation among the four people came to the window.

Yucheng is a small place. It was not a place before the reform and opening up. After the reform and opening up, it has become a small place now because of the underground mines.

Chen Xuan didn't feel that this place was very backward. Although it looked far less bright than the streets in big cities, there were few cars on the road and the whole city seemed very quiet.

The urban area is very small, and within a short time the car arrived at the gate of Nanxin Community.

As the car drove into the small community gate, Chen Xuan listened to the shouts of children outside the window and looked at the old people enjoying the shade. Every time she passed an old building, she became more nervous.

She grabbed Li An's hand, thinking that it was a good thing that her uncle wouldn't come down, which at least gave her some time to mentally build up before knocking on the door.

But at this moment, he saw a thin figure between two low buildings in front of him with his hands behind his back, looking in their direction.

Chen Xuan couldn't see clearly the expression under the street light. She could only see the straight back of the other party, and her nose felt sore for no reason.

"Slow down, Third Dad." Chen Fengxia reminded.

Li Anxin sighed that this old man came down as soon as he came down, without taking his crutches with him. He really didn't know what to say.

"Third brother, Zhuangzi doesn't even know I'm back."

"Don't worry." Li Fu slowly stopped the car.

Chen Fengxia opened the car door and called her third father, and then opened the door for Chen Xuan and Chen Xuan. The first words Chen Xuan heard when she got out of the car in a hurry was "Chen Xuan is here."

Her voice was dry but cordial, as if it wasn't her first time here.

This time she also saw clearly the face in front of her. It was smiling. It was kinder than she imagined, but it was much older than what she saw in the photo. The folds carved on her forehead were like circles. Dark growth rings.

"Uncle, why are you down here!"

Chen Xuan is no longer nervous at all, and has forgotten the meeting skills that Li An gave her in the morning. Now she just wants An's father to go upstairs quickly.

She didn't know how long Dad An had been standing downstairs waiting without receiving their call, and she didn't know where Dad An's crutches had gone. She only remembered that Li An told her that Dad An went downstairs to buy groceries. I also have to use crutches.

"That's true of you," Li An's first sentence after getting off the car was filled with complaints, "Didn't I tell you to wait for my call?"

Lao Li grinned, without even looking at his son, and said to Chen Xuan, "It's okay, I'm fine up there, and I won't be allowed to interfere in his mother's cooking."

"Third father blamed me. Teacher Chen had to buy something on the way. The store I took him to was not open, so I took a detour and wasted some time." Li Fu said as he got out of the car and walked towards the trunk.

When Lao Li heard this, he looked at Li An and his face seemed to change. He was smiling just now, but in the next moment his brows were furrowed. Lao Gao lectured: "How did I tell you?"

Li An spread his hands: "Ask Teacher Chen, my tongue is almost worn out."

Chen Xuan said hurriedly: "Uncle didn't buy anything either."

At this time, Li Fu took out an unopened box of Wuliangye and a bag from the trunk. Before Li An could react, Li Fu asked Chen Fengxia to quickly send the suitcase up.

When Lao Li saw this, he didn't know what to say, "Thank you for your hard work, you and your wife." He was hesitating about how to give in when he heard Li Fu say, "Third father, we have to leave quickly. We still have something to do at the factory. I'll see you another day." And the third mother.”

Chen Xuan didn't know where she got the courage, so she stepped forward and took Lao Li's arm, "Uncle, let's go upstairs too."

At this moment, Lao Li felt that this girl was good. The good things made his legs and feet soften, and the good things made him feel that the house was full of life. "Okay, go upstairs, go upstairs, it's a long way."

"Uncle is not far away. Let's sleep for a while and play for a while. Then we'll be there after sleeping for a while and playing for a while."

Lao Li grinned again when he heard this, then paused and said behind him, "You can watch if the car door is unlocked."

After saying that, with the help of Chen Xuan, he slowly approached the dilapidated unit door.

Li An looked at the backs of the two of them. Under the street lights, he laughed in waves, and occasionally laughed.

He was wondering if Lao Li came down without his crutches on purpose?

'Auntie, we are home, everything is fine, you and uncle can rest assured'

Clicking send, Li An put away his phone.

Li An and his wife returned downstairs, and Li An didn't mention the wine again. He thanked them and followed them into the unit door.

Come back home.

(End of this chapter)