Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 762 21. Dad and Mom

The old couple didn't know why they were enjoying themselves together. When Li An returned to the living room, they immediately stopped talking.

"You two won't talk any more?" An's mother's voice was not as loud as the air conditioner above her head.

"What are you talking about?" Li An sat down on the floor. "Besides, my dad will have to knock on the door."

Lao Li glared: "This is your first time at home, why are you so ignorant? This is a matter of politeness."

Of course Li An understood what Lao Li meant, "I just said it casually, and I'm still in a hurry."

Turning to look at An's mother, he asked in a low voice: "Mom, do you like it?"

An Ma smiled and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing his mother's happy reaction, Li An felt a little more at ease for the time being.

After getting up and closing the living room door, he and the old couple told the old couple the details of Chen Xuan and her parents' family.

And she was happy that she had done such a thing.

Chen Xuan was not sure whether she really had no filial piety towards her parents. Regarding the issue of going abroad this time, she would feel guilty towards her parents, but she never had the slightest idea of ​​giving up this opportunity to go abroad for her parents.

For a moment, the only sound in the living room was the sound of the air conditioner overhead. An Ma rubbed the corner of her apron and looked at Lao Li.

Sitting in such a living room, feeling the past twenty years of winter and summer in this family, she really had a lot to say at that moment.

Hey.

Li An licked his lips: "There are some things that the two families will work hard to resolve."

She felt that it was right to sit with such parents and say what they really wanted to say.

An's mother stood up: "You two talk, I'll make tea for you."

After a moment, he said, "Dad, we need to explain our situation to others in advance."

An's mother: "Hey Anzi, how is the seafood we bought?"

Lao Li: "What two families?"

Originally, he hoped that his parents would ask these questions, and then Chen Xuan would talk about it himself. After the meal was over, since no one of the three people at the meal asked, he would do it.

Lao Li knew that there was nothing he could do to help his son. "If you are too busy then, tell your mother to cook for you."

A sigh that was so long that it seemed like he would spend his whole life sighing in this breath.

But just now at the dinner table, looking at the simple smiles of Li An's parents, she felt relieved for a moment.

So she said she would eat at home tomorrow, as the food anywhere was not as delicious as what her mother cooked at home.

Lao Li: "Does her father and mother agree to your stay in Chengdu?"

She never thought that she could talk endlessly at the dinner table like Li An, or sitting at the dinner table with Li An's parents.

After a long time, Lao Li sighed and nodded, "Yes."

When An Ma thought about that scene, she couldn't help feeling beautiful.

Lao Li: "Tell me what's going on in your school."

After sighing, she turned over and raised her hand to turn off the air conditioner.
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"Anyway, be more careful."

She was afraid that these two simple smiles would disappear when she learned that she was going abroad, because she would never choose to separate from Li An.

She and Li An must be tied, and Li An and this family of three are also tied.

Lao Li Yele: "This is too little for your mother. In fact, I think it's a bit too much. Why don't you leave tomorrow and eat slowly? Your mother can't help it. She has to do it all."

A family of three who had not seen each other for a long time were drinking tea on the wall and chatting about their lives. On the other side of the wall, another person who did not originally belong to this family was trying hard to feel and integrate into this family.

Lao Li nodded. Li An called them some time ago and told them about this. Now Chen Xuan and the others have also met. He is indeed a good boy, sincere and generous, and has a good temperament in all aspects.

Lying on the small bed where Li An grew up, lying on the brand new sheets, pillows on the soft new pillows, looking at the brand new air conditioner above her head, Chen Xuan thought of the new slippers Li An's parents prepared for herself, and the large table of seafood prepared by Li An's parents. , there are also new toothbrushes, new soap, and unopened new toothpaste in the bathroom, as if today is a new day for her.

Seeing the happiness that was almost overflowing from the corners of his mother's eyes, Li An felt very uncomfortable, "Mom, go and have a rest. It's been a busy day, and there are too many things done today."

Li An: "There is no way to compare it with other places. This food has to be eaten near the sea, but the taste is better than I expected."

She didn't expect that the seafood in the vast northwest also had a unique flavor. She couldn't say that it was the best seafood she had ever eaten, but she could taste her mother's taste in it.

Feeling the various feedbacks from Li An's parents, she even felt that Li An didn't understand her parents.

She didn't expect that she would take the initiative to help An's father downstairs. She didn't think much about anything at the time. She just felt uncomfortable when she saw An's father standing upright under the street lamp.

Parents are not just sensible people. Lao Li was happy for his son and grinned: "Then just continue to work hard."

"This is basically the situation in her family. The dinner with her parents went smoothly that day, and she was quite satisfied with me."

Chen Xuan also sighed.

Li An once told her that his father was a very strong man.

Li An: "Her parents are both sensible people, and her father also asked her to convey it to me, telling me not to put too much pressure on her, and to talk to both families."

Li Anle: "When you quit next year, you can come with my mother."

So at that moment, looking at the scene under the streetlight, she couldn't control her emotions. Maybe she was overthinking, but whether she was overthinking or not, she had already done that.

Ang Lee: "Yeah."

An Ma: "Your father always buys the most expensive ones."

Li An: "That's great. Didn't Chen Xuan say yes? She doesn't lie when she speaks. Look at what she eats."

Lao Li: "Yes, I think Xiao Chen is also an honest child. Besides, seafood is indeed not a specialty here. Didn't she say today that she still wants to eat at home tomorrow? You can make her a mutton dumpling tomorrow night. Let her try the noodles."

Li An: "Pinch it more, I'll have enough for breakfast the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll take out the mutton and melt it first, and you two will go to bed early." After saying this, An's mother happily left the living room.

Lao Li: "Go down and take a look?"

Li An was planning: "Let's go."

Li An wanted to help Old Li stand up, but Old Li opened his hand. Li An laughed at the old man.

He spoke to An's mother in the kitchen, and then went to the small bedroom to take a look. Then Li An went back to the living room and turned off the air conditioner. He came to the door and grabbed Lao Li's crutch, "Let's go."

When they went out, a sweltering heat hit them. Li An supported Lao Li's arm, and the two of them went downstairs.

At night, people in the Xinnan Community were sleeping peacefully. Only some windows were still lit, and the two of them walked together, supporting each other, under the quiet night sky.

Lao Li was in an indescribably good mood. Looking at the buildings in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh: "Your mother and I never dared to think that we could live in a building."

Li An smiled: "What kind of building is this? Look at it from a distance."

Lao Li was too lazy to read: "For your mother and me, this is the best."

Li An: "Really dad, when the old people are gone, you and my mother can move here."

Lao Li: "When you have children, we will help you take care of them."

After a while, "Anzi."

Li An: "What?"

Lao Li: "Your grandma may be dying."

Li An frowned: "What's the situation?"

Lao Li: "It happened in May. I wanted to tell you at that time, not to mention your uncle and your aunt. Your grandma was the closest to you when you were a child, and your mother didn't let me call you." Li An: " what did the doctor say."

Lao Li: "What did the doctor say? Ninety-five people have arrived."

Lao Li was a little tired, so the two of them found a bench and sat down.

Li An: "The day after tomorrow. Chen Xuan and I will go visit grandma the day after tomorrow."

Lao Li: "Look, I think so too. If you have time to go see it, you won't have to come back."

Li An: "How can that be done?"

Lao Li: "It's okay. Everyone knows that you are busy abroad now. If you take a look this time, no one will be able to say anything about you."

Ang Lee: "That's not what I meant, I."

Lao Li held down his son's hand and said, "We'll talk about this later. You can concentrate on your work first. Look, when will your mother and I go to Chen Xuan's house for a walk?"

"Since his parents are sensible, we have to do something about it."

a long time.

Ang Lee: "Dad, I'm sorry"

Lao Li grinned: "What are you talking about? Your parents are so proud. Chen Xuan is such a good kid. Our Lao Li family is very lucky."

"That's what I think. I'm retiring soon anyway, and I have a lot of time. While it's still early, I want to buy you two sets of furniture. I'll tell you if you need them later. Do you think it's okay?"

Every word spoken by Lao Li seemed to hit Li Anxin on the head with a huge force. For just a moment, all the words he had prepared for this moment seemed to be stuck in his throat, and then fermented and swelled, blocking his breath. Can't get angry.

He could no longer organize words.

"Can you?" Lao Li wanted to do more for his son.

Seeing that Li An stopped chewing, Lao Li turned his head and looked at his son's expression. The wrinkles on his head trembled.

Li An swallowed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit one, "It's okay, Dad, I just thought you were too tired."

Lao Li shook his head and asked again: "What are you talking about?"

Li An slowly turned his face, and the father and son looked at each other at this moment. Li An looked at Lao Li's old face, and sighed after a moment, as if he squeezed out a few words: "Chen Xuan is going abroad soon, to France. Studying abroad may take several years.”

After speaking, Li An did not dare to look at Lao Li anymore, and looked away. He propped up his legs with his arms and looked at the ground, letting the smoke rise between his fingers.

a long time.

Lao Li: "A few years."

Ang Lee: "Four years."

After another long time, there was a long sigh in the night sky, which seemed to be longer than Chen Xuan's sigh.

Li An: "I'm sorry, Dad."

Lao Li grinned: "What are you talking about? It's good. You also said that Xiao Chen is motivated."

After a pause, "Since you said it, let's talk about it."
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Chen Xuan sent three messages to Li An in a row, but the other party didn't reply to her. She couldn't hold it in any longer, so she opened the door and walked out of the bedroom.

An Ma in the kitchen heard the noise and ran over quickly.

"Auntie, why are you still in the kitchen?"

"It's okay. I'll get his dad some food to take with him to work tomorrow. What happened to Xuan? Anzi and his dad went downstairs to go to the bathroom."

Seeing Chen Xuan nod, An's mother hurriedly went to the bathroom and took out a toilet seat from the bag on the wall.

When Chen Xuan saw this, she quickly stopped her, "No, aunt! I never use it at home."

An's mother was stunned and didn't understand what this meant.

Chen Xuan immediately realized that An's mother didn't understand what she meant. She smiled sweetly and took the toilet seat from An's hand, "This is my home."

An's mother was stunned again, then nodded repeatedly, nodding and laughing, smiling and nodding, "Hey, eh, Xuan, come on, Auntie is out."

An Ma returned to the kitchen and had never experienced such a happy feeling several times in her life. It seemed that her body was not tired at all. While kneading the dough, she was thinking about what she would bring with her when the two of them left.

"Auntie, let me help you."

At this moment, Chen Xuan also came to the kitchen to help. An Ma asked Chen Xuan to rest quickly, it was so hot.

"It's okay, Auntie, I'm not sleepy. I just want to learn how to knead dough from you."

An’s mother: “Hey, go move a stool.”

Chen Xuan imitated An Ma's tone: "Hey."

Then Pidianpidian moved two stools from the living room.
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ten minutes later.

"Ah?" Chen Xuan never expected that such a kind and gentle woman like An Ma would actually pick up a belt and whip someone.

An's mother rubbed her face while recalling and laughing: "That was the first time I hit him. I felt distressed for several days. He didn't secretly take a piece of iron from the factory and didn't care about its value. What he did was wrong. His father's life will be ruined for the rest of his life." He was handed over to the mine, and he never took any advantage of the government. His father protected him so that no one knew about it, and I whipped him with a belt when he came back."

At this moment, Chen Xuan felt that the thin short-haired figure in front of her, this woman who had never been outside this hundred-mile radius for most of her life, and the mother who Li An said had never gone to school, was so tall.

Who said that people need to read thousands of books to understand the principles of life, and who said that people need to travel thousands of miles to broaden their horizons.

"Auntie, was Li An quite naughty when he was a child?"

"While others are running all over the mountain, he just likes to find a place to sit there," An's mother laughed, "He's such a little person, and he doesn't know what to think about sitting there."

"It turns out that he has liked to think about problems since he was a child."

"Don't we understand? Let him sit if he likes to sit. Later, when he learned the piano, he would sit on the piano and play after school. I would sit behind him and listen to him play."

"Auntie, it's true that many, many, many people like him playing the piano very much. Many conductors in our country say that he plays well. Our colleagues all like to hear him play the piano, and his students especially admire him."

An Ma stopped, clapped her hands, wiped it on her apron, and smiled. "He didn't tell me this, but I know he can't be wrong." She said and placed the basin on the dough.

"Auntie, he is really the person who loves piano the most I have ever met."

"I believe it. His father told me back then that after he learned a trade, he would be able to have a job like his teacher Qi," he said after a pause, "I don't expect it. A person's life is determined. Who knows what will happen in the future?" , just learn if you like."
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Bench downstairs.

Lao Li sighed again and again in this moment.

"It's also a pain for this family, a pain for the children, and a pain for the parents. I can understand her father, and I can understand her, and it's all right."

After explaining everything about Chen Xuan, Li An felt relieved.

Lao Li: "Since you have made your own decision, and her parents haven't said anything, it stands to reason that we should still go there, but with your grandma like this, we don't dare to move for a while. She still has to prepare to go abroad. The time is too short, so , if she doesn’t come back for the New Year this year, go there yourself.”

Ang Lee: "Dad"

Lao Li: "Anzi, listen to me, four years is not long, don't let me down Xiao Chen."

Li An: "Thank you, Dad. Don't worry, Dad."

Lao Li: "What are you talking about? Just tell us quietly from above. Your mother happens to be here too."

Li An: "I'm worried about my mother."

a long time.

"You."

Lao Li sighed with a smile, touched Li An's cigarette case, took out a cigarette, paused, and then put the cigarette back after a moment.

He put down the cigarette case and said, "No matter how much you know, you don't understand your mother at all."

(End of this chapter)