Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1062 322. Xiaohu is going abroad? An in-depth conversation between partners

Seeing that Lao Zhao seemed hesitant to speak, Li An immediately realized the problem.

This was a good opportunity to talk things out. No matter what Li An said, he would not let Xiaohu's grandfather get in by relying on others for favors.

"Brother Zhao, listen, I know you have a close relationship with Uncle Xu, and Uncle Xu has always taken special care of me, but I can't let you spend your time, energy, and money on me. If that's the case, I won't work with you anymore."

"Let's put things in perspective. You guys should earn the money you deserve. One day, you can send a friend's child to learn piano. I won't charge the child for the lessons. Can you accept that, right?"

Lao Zhao: "Yes, that's right. We must make money."

As he said this, Lao Zhao sighed inwardly, "I'll tell you the truth. We won't lose any money at all. Don't worry about that. Uncle Xu has told us that according to the budget I discussed with you at the time, we will try our best to install it according to your requirements. Uncle Xu will give us the part that exceeds the budget."

Li An was a little confused for a moment.
Old Zhao: "Please don't tell Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu has warned you many times."

Li An: "Brother Zhao, tell me the bottom line. If we follow our original plan, how much will it cost to decorate this house?"

Lao Zhao: "About thirty-five. If you choose the floor-to-ceiling glass that your wife wants and better materials, it will probably cost no less than seventy thousand to seal the north and south."

Li An: "35 is 35. Does it include Huang's design fee?"

Lao Zhao: "Not included. He charges by square meter for interior decoration design, starting from 200 yuan per square meter."

Li An: "Then let's say 200. This house is 126 square meters, and the design will take -"

Lao Zhao interrupted: "Based on the price of the apartment, it's about 15,000. Just calculate it at 15,000. There's nothing wrong with this price."

Li An nodded and said after a moment, "Did Uncle Xu also secretly pay for the renovation of the store?"

Lao Zhao: "I don't know the details. This project is not my responsibility. I think it's more or less."

After a pause, he said, "Teacher Li, you see, I haven't hidden anything from you. So listen to me. We all know what Xiaohu was like before. If it weren't for you, the child might have been like that. In this matter, Uncle Xu treats you as a benefactor, so you don't have to feel any psychological burden. There is still a long time for your two families to live together."

"How much is the road behind Xiaohu worth?"

“It may not be appropriate for me to say this, but this is how it is.”

"Although money cannot fully measure the feelings between people, it can reveal people's hearts. Don't you think this is true?"

"Mr. Xu is in this situation now. What can the old man expect now?"
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After Li An left, Lao Zhao came to the balcony alone.

The wind blew in my face, and it was cold.

Old Zhao was wondering if he had said too much.

After all, it was a matter between two families, and Old Xu did tell him to pretend he knew nothing.

He understood what Old Xu was thinking.

But on second thought, if he didn't say it, Li An wouldn't know.

Even if Ang Lee knew about it later, it would be a long time later.

No matter how great a favor is, it will be diluted by time.

Now that Ang Lee knows this, he will naturally feel grateful.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhao stopped, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

But he has to tell Xu Li about this.

After waiting on the balcony for a while, Lao Zhao saw Li Ang appear on the lawn downstairs and took out his phone.

"Hello Mr. Xu, Mr. Li just came to the house to give me the keys. We talked about the progress of the renovation. He asked me how my brother's design fee was calculated. I hesitated for a moment and then told him."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. "You told him 350,000?"

Lao Zhao: "Well, because we agreed to let my brother do the design, I was negligent and didn't explain it to him clearly before. What he said just now was to ask how my brother charges for house decoration design. He knew that my brother charged, so I couldn't say it was free. But if I said it was free design for him, it would seem that Uncle Xu was taking advantage of me. I was thinking about how to answer him when he opened up to me and said that we should charge whatever we should charge. He was quite temperamental and clearly didn't want to take advantage of me. Now that we got to this point, I told him what was going on."

Xu Li: "Why don't you just tell him that the design fee is included in the total price?"

Lao Zhao sighed, "You were not there, so you don't know the atmosphere at the time. He wouldn't have believed me if I told him at the time. Otherwise, I should have said that I was negligent. I should have told him that at the beginning. He thought that 200,000 was just the sum of the projects I quoted him before. So from his perspective, it's okay to ask about the design fee now. It would seem problematic if I couldn't quote it."

Xu Li: "What did he say?"

Lao Zhao: "He said thirty-five, so thirty-five. Then he asked me if the thirty-five included the design fee. I said no. You were also at the dinner that day. My brother said that. Uncle Xu insisted on transferring fifteen thousand in design fees to my brother on the spot. Uncle Xu had already paid, so let Teacher Li know."

Xu Li: "And then?"

Lao Zhao: "Then he asked me if Uncle Xu also paid for the decoration of the store. I said that the project was not my responsibility and I didn't know the details. It was just the labor fee of the relief workers at the end."

Xu Li: "What will he do next?"

Lao Zhao: "Measure the windows first. The rest will have to wait for him to contact my brother to come up with the design. When he left just now, he said he would contact my brother in the next two days."

Xu Li: "I'll contact you later."

Lao Zhao: "You need to help me speak to Uncle Xu."

Xu Li: "Let my dad thank you."

Old Zhao smiled bitterly, "If I really want to let him know, there are ways to do it. How dare I act on my own about what Uncle Xu told me to do? It was really a matter of time. Later, I also talked to Teacher Li about Xiaohu's problem. Uncle Xu really has great intentions."

Xu Li: "Thank you for your hard work."
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Li An started helping out as soon as he got home, and Ji Yang drove over after class at around eleven o'clock.

"Grandpa and grandma, we meet again!"

Xiao Ji brought a lot of things to the old couple, but after being "scolded" by Li An, he was also scolded by "Old Li".

An's mother brags about Xiao Ji and feels sorry for him again.

While An's mother was pouring water, Xiao Ji quietly asked Li An what heartache meant.

"Distressed means beautiful."

"Wahaha! That grandma feels bad too."

"Hush! Don't dare. Feeling sorry for the younger generation can only be used by elders."

At noon, Xiaoche came home from school and saw a pair of boots at the door. He immediately guessed who had come!
As Li An expected, the two sisters stuck together as soon as they met.

Soon, Lao Li announced that it was time to eat, and the two sisters rushed to the kitchen in a hurry.

Then a man came into the dining room carrying a large basin of lamb bones.

In the blink of an eye, the whole house was filled with the delicious aroma of lamb shanks.

"I got lucky again today."

Li An said that if it weren't for the two sisters, he probably wouldn't have been able to eat the lamb shanks stewed by Lao Li this time.

"Chew the bones!"

Lao Li assigned the task, "You two each have three, and you have to finish them all!"

Xiaoche: "Make sure to complete the task!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji has already gotten the hang of it.

"It still tastes the same! So delicious!"

While chewing on the bones and reminiscing about the trip to the northwest, the dinner table seemed to have brought me back to the snowy night in Yucheng two years ago.

Xiaoche was envious when he heard this, "When can I go to Yucheng to play!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "We can do it this year. We can go together to our teacher's wedding!"

Listening to the two children, one big and one small, imagining their trip to Yucheng, Li An agreed with them while thinking about other things.

After dinner, Li An and Ji Yang chatted for a while about the start of school, listened to little Ji talk about the first week of the new semester, and then gave the time to the two sisters.

At 1:20, Li An suddenly received a call from Xu Li, who asked him what time he would go to Shu Ren. Li An said he was ready to leave right away, and the two agreed to meet at the concert hall later.

"I'm leaving first. How are you two going to get there later? Ji Yang, are you going to take Linlin to school?" "Yes! I'll go home after I send Linlin off. I don't have classes in the afternoon."

"Okay, drive slower. I'm leaving now. Dad, I won't be back for dinner tonight. You three can eat whatever you want."

"goodbye teacher!"

"goodbye teacher!"
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Li An drove out of the underground garage and happened to see Xu Li's car passing by on the road at the garage exit.

Xu Li also saw Li Ang's car. The two honked at each other and drove to Shu Ren one after the other.

Xu Li's car was not allowed to enter the campus, so Li An stopped the car and waited for Xu Li for a while.

Xu Li parked the car and got into the back seat of Li An, who then drove the car into the Shu Ren underground parking lot.

"Ji Yang came over at noon and had a meal."

"Ji Yang must be very busy this semester."

"Busy. This semester and next semester are the busiest. I've started two more courses."

Neither of them felt awkward, but after Li An parked the car, he did not choose to get out immediately.

Someone had to speak up about this matter, "Sister Xu, how much is left for the store renovation?"

Xu Li: "It was just the 12,000 yuan labor fee. It was also missed in the calculation at the beginning. Huang Guohua didn't ask about it. It was only later when my father calculated that he found that there was a little difference and made up for it."

"Uncle Xu is worried again." After a pause, Li An turned his head and looked at Xu Li and smiled, "What should we say?"

Xu Li laughed and said, "You are the principal, what do you want to say?"

Li An sighed and turned his head, "Oh, I'm so embarrassed."

Xu Li: "This is my dad's fault. This is not how things should be done."

Li An: "How can I blame Uncle Xu for this? When Brother Zhao calculated the price for me, I really didn't expect it to be so much higher. I knew he must have given me a discount. I thought about giving Brother Zhao a red envelope after the renovation is completed."

Xu Li: "My dad wants Xiaohu to go abroad after he graduates from junior high school."

This.

At once, the amount of information was overwhelming. Li An took a moment to digest it. "Where are we going?"

Xu Li: "Vienna. He had this idea last year."

Li An suddenly remembered that Wang Xiaohu was going to travel to Vienna last summer, which conflicted with the summer camp schedule. In the end, he chose the summer camp, but Xiaohu's grandparents went.

Then he said, "Uncle Xu was here last summer for this matter?"

Xu Li: "It's half and half. They also want to take Xiaohu to see the city first and let him experience it first."

Li An: "Xiao Hu doesn't know about this yet."

Xu Li: "I don't know, what do you think?"

Li An: "He is still too young after graduating from junior high school. Will you accompany him?"

Xu Li: "Yeah."

Li An: "That means until you graduate from college. Will you come back then?"

Xu Li: "It's too far. I don't know. I can only wait and see. It doesn't matter where I am. It mainly depends on him."

Li An nodded: "Oh, now that you mention it, I suddenly feel a little reluctant."

Xu Li smiled: "It's still early. We can only plan this matter first. My father asked me to talk to you about this last year. At that time, I didn't want him to die so early, so I never told you."

Li An: "Now I am willing."

Xu Li: "Maybe I really saw something in him. Going there earlier and integrating into the environment there earlier may be more beneficial to his growth."

Li An: "Indeed, the soil is there."

Xu Li: "Of course, your opinion will prevail at that time."

Li An: "My opinion is not important. It depends on Xiaohu and you."

Xu Li: "Your opinion is the most important. No one can influence his thinking except you. If he doesn't want to go, you can let him go."

Li An: "Can I understand that Uncle Xu and Auntie Xu have reached an agreement with you to leave after graduating from junior high school?"

Xu Li: "Yes."

Li An: "What if I don't want him to go?"

Xu Li: "Then I won't go. I'll follow your instructions and we'll execute them."

Li Anxin laughed at herself for getting into trouble. "Sister Xu, I admit that I like Xiaohu."

Xu Li: "You set your terms."

Li An: "Sister Xu, you know me well."

Xu Li: "As for Xiaohu's issue, your teacher-student relationship is your business and has nothing to do with me."

Li An: "I don't have any conditions. We'll see how things turn out. I'm only talking about the teacher-student relationship between Xiao Hu and me. It has nothing to do with you."

moment.

Xu Li: "I don't want to owe you so much."

Li An: "Stop, your family never owed me anything. If you feel that you owed Xiaohu too much, then let me tell you, Xiaohu started to change after you came back."

Xu Li was startled, then answered Li An and continued, "Sister Xu, Xiaohu has never blamed you for anything. He just wants to live with his mother. Just like he likes to conduct, he just likes to conduct. It's very pure."

After a pause, he said, "I will regard the part of the renovation fee that Uncle Xu paid for me as your advance payment for the course fees."

"Sister Xu, you know me well. I don't like to owe others anything. Besides, you are a woman. Forget it. Let's just leave it at that, okay?"

Xu Li spit out a sigh and nodded: "Thank you."

Li Anle: "We partners still say thank you to each other."

Xu Li: "Will Xiaohu be willing to leave after graduating from junior high school?"

Li An: "It's hard to say. He definitely wants to go, but he definitely doesn't want to leave."

Xu Li: “I think so too.”

Just like that, the two Sigang partners got out of the car and Li Ang opened the trunk.

One was holding a box of water, and the other was carrying a bag of bread and sausages. The two kept a proper distance and walked towards the comprehensive building.

"I contacted Huang Guohua this morning. Please make an appointment with him."

"okok!"
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Piano classroom number four.

Lao Tang stood in the middle of the hall holding a bowl of noodles, watching the couriers carry one musical instrument after another into the store.

The day before yesterday it was the drum set, what is this today?
Haitao: “Various orchestral instruments.”

Mu Xin: "What about those in the morning?"

Haitao: “Cosplay costume.”

Mu Xin: "Cosplay!? Cosplay who? Who cosplays?"

Hai Tao spread his hands and said, "I don't know the details. Ask Zhang Miao when she comes."

(End of this chapter)