Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1074 334. April , Xiaoche's Heart Knot

"teacher--"

The door of the piano room was pushed open and Xiaobei jumped in.

"Long time no see, Xiao Beibei."

"It hasn't been that long!" Xiao Bei jumped to Li An's side and looked up at him and said coquettishly, "It's only been half a month!"

"Okay, okay," Li An patted Xiao Bei's shoulder and then asked doubtfully, "Have you grown taller again?"

Xiaobei: “Just a little bit.”

Li An: "Are you taller than your mother?"

Xiaobei was proud: "As tall as my mom."

"Okay," Li An said, then paused and changed the subject, "But your mother isn't tall either, so you still have to work harder."

Xiao Bei laughed out loud when he heard this: "We must work hard!"

"Come on, big girl," Li An put away his smile, "Have you been practicing piano at home during this period?"

Xiao Bei nodded: "I practiced, both the scales and the music."

Ang Lee: "Warm up."

Xiaobei sat down in front of the piano and began to warm up. Li An opened Xiaobei's grading test textbook.

Five minutes later, Li An asked Xiao Bei to play the scale first, "Slow down, and pay attention to the finger rotation."

"Ah."

Xiao Bei held his breath and concentrated, then let go of all the air in his stomach, took a light breath, and then played three fingers of his left hand and two fingers of his right hand at the same time.

Although D flat major has five flats, it is not difficult to play if you know how to play it correctly.

Xiaobei played it carefully, one note at a time, at a speed of sixty beats.

"There's nothing wrong with the fingering. Open your arms a little more, be more active with your wrists and fingers, and try again."

Xiaobei digested the teacher's words and put his hands on the keyboard again.

During this round of practice, Xiaobei consciously let his arms and wrists participate more in the performance, and found that his hands became much more "obedient".

happy happy!
After practicing seven times in a row, Xiaobei wanted to increase the speed, so Ang Lee handed the metronome to Xiaobei.

"You can decide the speed you want to play."

Xiaobei only added five beats, and after playing it a few times, he added five more beats, and kept adding until it reached ninety beats. During this time, he didn't hold up at all, and sweat beads appeared on his forehead from playing so much.

Seeing that Xiaobei was stable, Li An stopped Xiaobei and said, "Next week, I will listen to your 60-beat tempo again, but you have to play it with eighth notes."

Playing with sixty eighth notes is equivalent to playing with one hundred and twenty quarter notes, but the former will appear more rhythmic with the help of a metronome, which helps to enhance Xiaobei's awareness of finger continuity.

"Okay, teacher." Xiaobei nodded.

Then Ang Lee asked Xiaobei to look at the arpeggio in D flat major.

Today, Li An will teach Xiao Bei how to use wrist positioning to improve the speed and accuracy of arpeggio playing.
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Here, Li An was teaching Xiao Bei how to use his wrist. In piano room No. 1, Xiao Che's wrist was spinning very fast.

Xiaoche was playing the music with great concentration when he suddenly heard the door open.

Turning around, he saw Aunt Xu Li standing at the door through the glass wall. Xiaoche quickly stopped his hand and stood up to open the door.

"Auntie."

Xu Li had no intention of coming in, so she handed over the water she had picked up for the cart, "Take a short break and drink some water."

"Thank you, Auntie." Xiaoche took the water and took the opportunity to breathe in the cool air outside the piano room. She had unknowingly worked up a sweat from practice.

"Take a rest and then practice again," Xu Li smiled and left.

If it were any other time, Xu Li would definitely not interrupt Xiao Che's piano practice, but after learning about Xiao Che's situation, she was worried that Xiao Che would be tired from practicing.

It is indeed as Ang Lee said, it is nothing serious, just some childish thoughts.

However, through this incident, Xu Li can also see that Xiaoche is indeed a cute child.

After delivering a glass of water to Xiaoche, Xu Li then delivered a glass of water to her son.

"Thank you, Mom."

"Practice well."

"Ok!"
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Xiaoche sat in front of the piano again and was not in a hurry to continue practicing. She practiced for more than an hour in a venting manner. Now she has calmed down and is not as anxious as she was last night.

Including today, there are still a full forty days until the competition.

There is still plenty of time, but there are only five weekends left.

You can definitely practice the piano in five weekends or ten days.

She may not be able to practice the piano every day for the remaining thirty days, and judging from her current daily homework situation, she can only practice the piano two or three times a week, and each practice session lasts less than an hour.

If I didn't have evening self-study classes, I might have more time to practice the piano during the week.

Is it okay not to go to evening self-study? Xiaoche knew that her father would definitely listen to her ideas, but what about the teacher?

The teacher has been emphasizing that she should not fall behind in her studies.

Hmm—

How to do it
Not daring to be in a daze any longer, Xiaoche seized the opportunity to practice again.

With the competition coming up, she couldn't afford to lose any minute of opportunity to practice the piano.

The piano music from Classroom No. 1 rang out again.
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Half an hour later, classroom 4 became quiet.

Xiaobei happily got the new piece of music and prepared to leave get out of class, which was also an etude by Duvernoy.

"Teacher, Zhang Yahui studies very well!"

"what?"

It was time for the "gossip" session between teachers and students after class, and Xiaobei told them what had just happened downstairs.

Li An nodded after listening to it: "That's amazing. She must spend a lot of time practicing the piano."

Xiaobei: "Teacher, can I ask a question?"

Ang Lee: "Please speak."

Xiaobei smiled mischievously: "Why don't you bring Zhang Yahui~"

Li An thought Xiao Bei was going to ask something, "I'm too fierce, not suitable for her."

Teacher is mean?! Xiaobei was the first to disagree: "You are not mean at all."

Li An immediately tensed his face: "Is it fierce or not?"

Xiao Bei observed carefully for a while and shook his head, "Teacher, you are not pretending at all."

Li An smiled helplessly. He had no way of explaining this to Xiao Bei. "Just like with Teacher Tang's class, let her get used to the environment here first."

Xiaobei nodded: "Teacher, I actually think Zhang Yahui is quite normal."

"No one said she was abnormal," Li An said, adding, "Xiaobei, don't talk about Zhang Yahui and her father in the future, and don't treat her specially."

Xiaobei: “Yeah.”

Li An: "Although some things happened to her, here, I hope she doesn't feel special care, but makes her feel that she is the same as everyone else. Do you understand what I mean, girl?"

Xiaobei nodded: "Teacher, I understand."

Li An: "Okay, your dad sent me a message. He will be here in half an hour. Go and play with Che Lin."

Xiaoche bared his teeth: "See you next week, teacher!"

Just then, a big round face appeared on the glass door, and Li An turned around in shock.

"Hahahahahaha!" Xiaobei had already seen Xiao Liu.

"Come in!"

A teacher yelled.

Xiao Liu pushed the door open happily.

"Morning, North."

"Morning, Liu."

"Teacher, you are handsome again!"

"Stop talking nonsense and warm up."

"As ordered."

Xiao Liu took over the piano to warm up, while Li An and Xiao Bei went out for some fresh air and visited Lao Tang next door.

Through the glass wall, in the piano room, Lao Tang was still pointing at the music score on the table and explaining something to Zhang Yahui who was sitting in front of the piano.

Then he turned around and went back to his piano room.
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When Xiaobei went upstairs, he saw Linlin in piano room No. 1.

Listening to the sounds coming from the piano room, Xiaobei hesitated for a while and then knocked on the door.

She only took up five minutes of Linlin's time! After not seeing each other for half a month, she knew that Linlin must miss her!
As Xiaobei expected, the moment Xiaoche heard the knock on the door, he thought that Xiaobei was finished with get out of class.

Not only that, Xiaoche really needs Xiaobei now!
As soon as the door opened, the cart pulled Xiaobei into the piano room.

Xiaobei was also the first to notice his friend's unusually "excited" state.

"What's wrong Linlin?"

"Xiaobei, my competition results are out." "I know!" Xiaobei thought to himself, didn't he send a congratulatory message to Linlin last night?

Xiaoche then said, "Do you know when the final of Group C is?"

Xiao Bei suddenly thought of something, and then widened his eyes: "No way!"

Xiao Che nodded vigorously. It must be Xiao Bei. He understood immediately: "There will be two days on the 22nd and 23rd. The results will be announced right after the competition on the 23rd!"

Xiao Bei suddenly became more nervous than Xiao Che, "Auntie Sang will definitely go to see it!"

Xiaoche: “Of course I will go!”

"Oh my god!" Xiaobei grabbed Xiaoche's arm, "Linlin, you have to work harder!"

Xiao Che said anxiously: "I am particularly worried that I will not perform well. This is my first time participating in a competition and I am a little scared."

Xiao Bei pouted: "What are you talking about? How could you not perform well? There is nothing wrong with you, Linlin, you have to believe in yourself!"

In the next minute, Xiaobei used all the words he could to cheer and encourage.

Finally, “Linlin, there must be nothing wrong with you!”

"Thank you, Xiaobei. I will try my best." Facing Xiaobei's motivated gaze, Xiaoche also wanted to clench his fist and shout "Come on!", but when he thought about how he would not be able to face Aunt Sang if he didn't get a good result, he felt that he would not be able to face Aunt Sang.

Xiaobei understood that April 4 was Aunt Sang's birthday. Linlin had told her in the letter long ago. [Volume 23, 117, Inside and Outside the Letter (Part )]

In the letter, Linlin talked about her relationship with Aunt Sang. Xiaobei was deeply moved. Aunt Sang really treated Linlin like her own daughter. No, she treated Linlin better than many biological mothers do.

But Linlin did not accept Aunt Sang from the beginning. Linlin rejected Aunt Sang from preschool to elementary school graduation. Now she finally accepted Aunt Sang in her heart.

Just like Linlin herself said, Linlin is also working hard and waiting for an opportunity.

When Linlin mentioned Aunt Sang’s birthday, she said it was still half a year away and she wanted to give her a surprise.

Although Linlin did not mention Xiao Xiaosai, Xiaobei knew that the surprise Linlin was talking about was Xiao Xiaosai.

Xiaobei also knew that Xiaoxiaosai’s result was not only a surprise for Linlin to give to Aunt Sang, but also the opportunity that Xiaoche had been waiting for.

Now the date for the final results to be announced is Aunt Sang’s birthday. You can imagine how “shocked” Linlin is.

Let alone Linlin, Xiaobei also had trouble controlling his emotions the moment he found out about it.

Thinking about the scene of Aunt Sang sitting in the audience and announcing the results on the stage, Xiaobei's heart beat faster.

No! Xiaobei told himself not to mess around.

"Linlin, let me tell you an experience I had. One year, I wanted to do well in the final exam because I was angry with a girl in the class whom I didn't like. Normally, my total score was 30 points higher than hers, but that time I wanted to surpass her by 50 points."

"In the end, I was only three points higher than her. I felt very embarrassed. But then I thought about it and realized that my ranking was still higher than hers, just three places lower than before."

"If I hadn't been so focused on getting 50 points ahead of her, I might not have been so nervous during the test and made a few stupid mistakes."

"Although my goal at that time was different from yours now, the nature of the matter is the same. I know that even if April 23rd is not Aunt Sang's birthday, this competition is still very important to you. It's just a coincidence, right?"

"Would it feel better if Auntie Sang's birthday was April 24th?"

The car nodded.

Xiao Bei bared his teeth: "Right, just pretend that Auntie Sang's birthday is not on the 23rd, and prepare as you should. Why worry when you have a teacher with you?"

The car nodded.

Xiao Bei continued, "And I think you, Linlin, know better than me what gift Aunt Sang wants to receive most for her birthday this year, right?"

The car nodded.

Xiao Bei raised his hand and pinched Xiao Che's face: "Silly Linlin, so why are you so nervous? No matter what result you get in the end, all of us will be as satisfied as Aunt Sang. Just smile."

"Be obedient~"

Xiao Che pouted, and Xiao Bei used a little force to pull the corners of Xiao Che's mouth open.

Xiaoche pouted again, and Xiaobei used a little force to pull the corners of Xiaoche's mouth open.

Then the two little girls burst into laughter.

"It's great to have you, Xiaobei."

"What a coincidence, I've always felt that way."

One second passed when two little girls looked at each other.

next second.

Xiaobei stretched out his fist: "Stand up!"

Xiaoche then stretched out his fist and gently bumped into Xiaobei's fist, "Stand up!"

Hahahahaha——

Seeing Aunt Xu Li passing by outside the door, the two little girls quickly covered their mouths.

Xu Li happened to pass by the door. Although she didn't know what the two children inside said, she guessed that Che Lin's heart knot had been untied.

It seems that sometimes some children’s problems have to be solved by the children.

Just then, there came a sound from Piano Room No. 1.

"Rise up!"

Xu Li: Why are you joining in the fun?
As it approached half past twelve, classes in various classrooms were over one after another.

"Teacher, am I leaving?"

"Go ahead, try to find as much time as possible to practice in the first half of the semester, and get the exam pieces down first, don't wait until the summer vacation."

"Understood! Goodbye, teacher."

After Xiao Liu’s class, Li An began to write the growth records of several children in the morning.

When I came out, I saw that Xiaoche was no longer in Piano Room No. 1.

I picked up the phone and saw that it was Haitao and Zhang Miao who took their three children to eat hamburgers.

"Boss." Mu Xin came over with a pile of music scores in her arms. "Li Muhan's mother wants to replace her old piano with a 303. She asked if we would accept her old piano and give her a discount."

Li An: "What kind of piano does she have at home?"

Mu Xin: "The OEM piano was priced at 15,000 yuan when I bought it. I've been using it for three years and it looks pretty good from the photos."

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Let Sister Yun contact the manufacturer and go to her house to have a look. Teacher Lu buys second-hand pianos, but I don't think her piano will be worth much. Let them talk about it themselves, and we won't get involved in other things."

Mu Xin: “Oh.”

Li An: "Did Li Muhan sign up for the annual course?"

Mu Xin: “Yes.”

Li An: "Well, if she signs up for another year, Qin will give her a 40% discount."

Mu Xin: “It’s a bit difficult.”

Li An: "You can calculate the commission for selling pianos and taking lessons. The commission for selling pianos is 20% off."

Mu Xin laughed: "I feel like I'm doing it again."

Li Anle: “Come on.”

As the two of them were talking, Lao Tang also came out of the piano room and asked, "Didn't you two write your growth records?"

Li An: “I’ve finished writing it.”

Mu Xin: "Who would want to write in regular script like you? It makes your handwriting look good."

Lao Tang: "Ahem, I'm used to it. Where's Haitao?"

Li An: "Haitao is taking the kids out to eat, let's go eat too."

Old Tang and Mu Xin said in unison: "What to eat?"

Lately, both of them are almost driven crazy by what to eat every day.
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Burger shop.

Xiaoche was eating a burger and laughing, and saw that Wang Xiaohu was confused.

People say that girls’ minds are hard to guess, and it’s really true.

It's cloudy sometimes and sunny sometimes, it's scary.

The weather should be turning from cloudy to sunny now, and Brother Xiaohu felt relieved to see Che Lin like this.

As he was thinking about it, a sentence suddenly popped up in Brother Xiaohu's mind: If you are well, it will be a sunny day.

Then Wang Xiaohu thought of a joke that Marco had told him about this sentence, and he burst out laughing.

Everyone gave him puzzled looks, as they were discussing whose chicken nuggets were better.

Wang Xiaohu: "Can you let me tell a joke first?"

Xiaoche: "Can you tell jokes?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Who are you looking down on? I'm the best at telling jokes!"

Zhang Miao: “Hurry, hurry, hurry!”

After Wang Xiaohu finished his speech, everyone at the table laughed like crazy.

Haitao: "What a psycho!"
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This is what Mark said at the time.

"It's said that Optimus Prime got into a fight with someone and was torn apart. Bumblebee collected the parts and found a mechanic to fix it. The mechanic looked at the pile of junk and said, what else can be fixed?"

"So Bumblebee said to the repairman, if you are well, you will be the sky."