Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1242. 462. Is it really a surprise? A return to Yanjing!

On a whim, the teacher and student opened a box of formaldehyde test kits.

The question of how long a newly renovated house should be left vacant before moving in has been a subject of much online debate.

Some say it should be dried for at least six months.

Some say it should be dried for at least a year.

Some say you can move in after three months of ventilation.

Some say that once the renovation is almost complete, you can move in.

Old Zhao said it depends on the specific situation, but even if a house is decorated with environmentally friendly materials, it should be ventilated for two to three months before moving in.

Old Zhao emphasized that formaldehyde cannot be smelled when the concentration is low.

Twenty minutes later, Xiao Che couldn't wait to pick up the test kit and carefully compare it with the contamination color card.

"Teacher," she said, her eyes fixed on the pale liquid in the box, which was so faint it was almost invisible, "it seems alright."

Li An took a closer look and compared it. Indeed, referring to the pollution colors on the color chart, the test results showed that the formaldehyde content in the living room area was within the safe range.

However, "the windows have been kept open during this period."

Because the air in a room is constantly circulating, this test result cannot necessarily mean that the formaldehyde content in the living room area is safe.

If he could move sooner, Ang Lee would be more than willing, but he couldn't gamble with his and his children's safety.

On a sudden inspiration, he told the car to close all the windows.

Before leaving, he opened another box of reagents to see if the color in the reagent kit would still be within a safe range after a night without ventilation.

The teacher and student agreed to get up early the next morning to have a bowl of beef soup, and then the teacher would come to check. After that, they took off their shoe covers and left.

"Teacher, are you happy?"

You mean houses?

"Hmm."

"Of course you're happy, it's finally finished. You know how difficult the process was."

"Well, it seems that Grandpa has it even harder."

"I'm so tired, do you understand? It's like when your school puts on a performance, you don't participate in the performance, but you're in charge of reviewing it, it's the same thing."

"Hmm, so teachers must have a lot of work to do."

"Otherwise, Linlin, let me tell you, I never want to renovate a house again in my life, it's too torturous."

"Haha, so you must feel very accomplished now."

"Great, even better than I expected. Now I'm just waiting for the home appliances to arrive."

"when!"

"Wait until we get back from Yanjing. We'll have bought everything and have it delivered to our door anytime."

"Okay! Xiaoxing and I will help you then!"

"You two? Forget about you two, it would be a big problem if you hurt your hands. Fixing home appliances is actually easier, there will be professional installers coming to your door. What I'm worried about now is the kitchen."

What's wrong with the kitchen?

“We have an open kitchen, but I saw online that some gas companies don’t allow open kitchens anymore. It would be a problem if they didn’t turn on our gas.”

"what?!"

"Really, I'm not kidding you."

Ang Lee took out his key to open the door, and as soon as 80,000 peeked out, he was lightly kicked.

"Go in."

"What should we do then!" Xiao Che followed closely behind into the house, his face full of anxiety. "How can we manage without natural gas!"

Ang Lee sighed softly: "If all else fails, we'll just buy a simple folding door online to get by in the inspection, and see if that works."

Car: "As long as there's a door, it's fine?"

Ang Lee: "Well, that's what your Uncle Zhao said. We'll talk about it later. He probably has other ideas. I'm just getting annoyed by this."

When Xiao Che heard that Uncle Zhao had a solution, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, saying, "The ordeal of renovations..."

Ang Lee: "Yes! The torment of renovation, sigh, I can't even think about it too much. The appliances haven't been installed yet. What if the actual size of the dishwasher and refrigerator is larger than the reserved built-in space? Sigh, I'm not going to talk about it anymore."

Little Car: "If the refrigerator is too big, can't we just get a smaller one that can fit inside?"

Ang Lee laughed: "Then it wouldn't be perfect."

Xiao Che: "But your and your teacher's wife's new home is really, really beautiful."

Ang Lee was speechless for a moment, then a scene of him and Chen Xuan living in their own little world appeared in his mind, and for a moment he felt less anxious.

Yes, the most important thing is for the whole family to live happily together.

“That makes sense.” Li An raised his hand and gave the car a thumbs up. “Go wash up quickly, let’s get some rest early today.”

The car bared its teeth: "Yes, sir!"
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To be honest, after chatting with Xiao Che for a couple of minutes, Li An felt much better.

He was so busy throughout May and June that he almost forgot all his initial ideas for his new home during the early stages of renovation. Now that he has a little more free time, he has fallen into renovation anxiety again.

I was afraid something might go wrong.

Hey.

It turns out that people shouldn't be too idle. (√)
"How many days has it been since you washed your hair?"

Back in the bedroom, Li An called Chen Xuan on video. Teacher Xiaomi was holding a flute and laughing heartily.

"Only four days."
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After washing up, Xiao Che arrived at the door of the main house and reported back.

Goodnight, teacher! Goodnight, teacher's wife!

After saying that, he rushed back to his little house.

Her little house has changed dramatically; where there used to be a single bed, there is now a bunk bed made of wood.

The original wardrobe was moved to the living room and has now been replaced by two simple folding fabric wardrobes, one white and one light blue.

Her luggage is still in the wooden wardrobe in the living room. She wants to wait for Xiaoxing to arrive so she can choose the color first, and then she can move her luggage back to the remaining wardrobe.

As for who sleeps on the top bunk and who sleeps on the bottom bunk, she's fine with either of them; Xiaoxing can choose.

However, in order to get used to it in advance, she has already slept on the top bunk for three nights.

feel good.

Her desk remained unchanged, and the teacher prepared another desk for Xiaoxing near the window.

All that's left is for Xiaoxing to go back to Chengdu with them!
Just thinking about it makes me happy!

Hey.

Climbing up to the top bunk, Xiao Che picked up his phone from beside his pillow; three unread messages.

She guessed it must have been sent to her by Xiaoxing. Now that they were in the same time zone, they would chat for a while every noon and evening.

Eh?
When she opened the messages, she found that only two were from Xiaoxing, and the other was from Wang Xiaohu, who had sent it to her half an hour earlier.

It's not Thursday today, so where did Tiger get his communication equipment?

Xiaoxing: Linlin, I just finished eating.
Xiaoxing: I'm staying at Grandpa's tonight.
Tiger: Guess where I am!

Xiao Che replied to Tang Xiaoxing first: I just got into bed, have you eaten your noodles with soybean paste yet?!

Then, he asked Wang Xiaohu if he had gone home. Xiaohu replied instantly: "Smart." Xiaoche: "Are you sick?"

Tiger: Sick my foot! I'm perfectly fine!
Car: Then why go home?
Is it because the dorm is too hot?
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The neighboring community.

Wang Xiaohu said goodnight to his mother and went back to his room.

The main reason he came back today is that his teacher and Arlene are leaving for Yanjing tomorrow at noon.

He wanted to talk to Arlene a few more times tonight.

So when confronted with Arlene's questioning, he chuckled twice into his phone: "It's too hot in the dorm."

moment.

Xiao Che: I guessed it, is the air conditioner in your dorm broken?
Wang Xiaohu: What's the difference between only being able to run at 28 degrees and being broken? The older students are protesting today.
Xiao Che: Okay, let's hang in there a little longer, there are only two weeks left until finals.
Wang Xiaohu: Sigh, this semester feels like it went by so fast.
Car: Time flies wherever there's something to do.
Wang Xiaohu thought about it and realized that what Xiao Che said made a lot of sense. However, he didn't mean to express that time was passing quickly. But after Xiao Che's comment, he forgot what he was going to say.

Wang Xiaohu: That makes sense. What were you doing just now? Were you doing your homework?
Xiao Che: I didn't write anything. After practicing piano tonight, my teacher and I went for a walk around 2201. I just got back. My teacher's new house is super beautiful!

Wang Xiaohu: Hehe, you two didn't include me again!
Xiao Che: Last time you were too busy, and I didn't even know you were back today!
Wang Xiaohu: Oh dear, you got angry just because I said it casually?
Little Car: I'm not angry. Let's go help the teacher when we get back. The teacher needs to get some furniture ready.
Wang Xiaohu: Okay! When are you guys coming back?
Xiao Che: It should be at least the 20th, right? The teacher's performance is on the 19th.
Wang Xiaohu: Go for it, No. 17!
Car: Absolutely! Go go go! I'll bring you a surprise when I get back!
surprise?

Little Tiger was excited: What surprise?
Then a speechless bunny emoji popped up.

Car: What kind of surprise is it if I told you in advance!

Wang Xiaohu thought for a moment: Don't buy me anything!
Car: Don't worry.

Wang Xiaohu: As long as it doesn't cost any money, thanks!

Car: Hahaha, you're welcome, it's definitely free.

Wang Xiaohu thought to himself, "What a surprise!" and couldn't help but smile. Who doesn't like surprises, especially one from Arlene?

However, there's one thing that Little Tiger has always been thinking about.

Wang Xiaohu: Ah Lin, speaking of gifts, did you forget something? Cough cough, let me give you a friendly reminder: Bei Yi Bookstore.

Xiao Che: I haven't forgotten. There just hasn't been a suitable opportunity yet. I'll bring you a surprise when I come back this time!
Wang Xiaohu: I feel like I'll be too excited to sleep tonight.

Xiao Che: Then hurry up and go to sleep now, I need to sleep too, I also need to get up early tomorrow morning.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu reluctantly typed "Goodnight" and clicked send.

After receiving a goodnight reply from the car, he put down his phone and turned to the side.

While wondering what surprise Arlene would bring him, he also thought about going abroad. Before long, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Last time at the North Bookstore, the two children picked out birthday gifts for their mothers. Because Wang Xiaohu helped Xiaoche choose the most suitable book, Xiaoche promised to cook a meal for Wang Xiaohu.

It's been almost two months, but I haven't forgotten about the car at all.

However, after Xiaoshao's competition ended, both she and Wang Xiaohu became even busier.

When she returns from Yanjing this time, she will definitely cook a sumptuous meal for her two friends herself.

Goodnight, Little Star, see you tomorrow!

Finally, after not receiving a reply from Xiaoxing, Xiaoche couldn't resist the drowsiness, her phone slipped from her hand, and she fell into a deep sleep.

Silent all night.
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The next morning at 6:30, the teacher and student were woken up by their alarm clock.

After having some beef soup downstairs, I rushed back to 2201 to check the test kits I had left behind the night before.

"So green."

"Looks like we need to keep ventilating. Let's go."

After opening all the windows in the room again, Ang Lee began to have second thoughts.

It seems Brother Zhao was right; if you want people to live in it, you need to ventilate it for two or three months.

But it didn't matter, he wasn't in a hurry.

Back home, Xiao Che started her morning exercise, and in the last bit of time before setting off, she wanted to go over the music again.

This is part of the preparation for the runway rehearsal this afternoon.

"You continue practicing, I'm going out for a bit."

Goodbye, teacher!

Li Anxin thought to himself that he would be gone for almost another week. Now that Lao Li had gone back, what if it got windy and rainy during that time? Who would go to 2201 to close the windows for him? And what about the two kittens at home?

He told Xu Li about this a few days ago.

"Sister Xu, are you home? I'll bring you the keys."

"Oh, okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll give the key to Sister Mei in a bit, you can ask her for it later."

"Haitao and Yanzhen went with Sister Yun. Yes, what I mean is, let's prioritize Lao Tang and Mu Xin in the first wave."

"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."

“Okay, I’m going to the store anyway, I’ll tell him.”

After walking around the store, Li An left the key with Wang Meili and then discussed with Lao Tang the allocation of class time for piano candidates at the Lantian Art Examination Department.

Currently, Sigang needs to teach the professional courses of nine piano art students. Lao Tang's idea is that since there are four teachers, each teacher can take on two roles, and the extra one can be given to Yan Zhen.

He doesn't have many students right now.

Before Old Tang could finish speaking, Li An raised his hand to interrupt him, "You three, Mu Xin three, Hai Tao two, and Yan Zhen one."

Old Tang was taken aback, then Li An continued, "In terms of professionalism, you two are the best. Mu Xin used to tutor art students. Besides, there's always a first-come, first-served principle. Xu Jie and I have already decided on this."

Old Tang was deeply moved. He and Mu Xin were preparing to buy a house and planned to get married this year. Although they would definitely need their families' help, they wanted to earn as much as they could right now.

"Brother Xie An." Old Tang didn't know what else to say, he could only say that coming to Chengdu to seek refuge with Li An was the best decision he had made in all these years.

“Hey,” Li An waved his hand, “I’m not smoking anymore. I have to hurry back. I haven’t packed my luggage yet. Sister Yun won’t be at the shop for a while. Please take care of me. I’m leaving now.”

"Don't worry, Brother An, let us know when you arrive."

Old Tang waved and watched Li An get into the car.
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Back home, Li An began packing his luggage. He had plenty of time today, so he didn't need anyone to see him off. He and Xiao Che took the subway to the airport.

At 10:30, the car practice ended, and the teacher and student checked their belongings one last time before locking the door and leaving.

"Mom, my teacher and I are off!"

As the crowd entered the subway station, Xiao Che sent Sang Ping a voice message.

I chatted with my mom, Xiaoxing, all the way, and time flew by.

Two months later, Xiao Che went to Yanjing again, and this time his feelings were completely different from the last time.

It's worth mentioning that not long after the competition ended, she was so busy that she didn't even have time to follow up on the subsequent matches.

It was during an interview a while ago that she heard Uncle Liangshan talk about the aftermath of Group C, saying that Sun Wenjun, Xiao Jingchen, and He Jiaming did not achieve very good results in the global finals in Warsaw.

Only Xiao Jingchen came in fourth place.

She ranked the same as her in the domestic finals.

However, it seemed as if the matter had been over in her mind for a long time.

"Grab your things and get ready to get off the bus."

As the subway arrived at the station, Ang Lee closed the Beethoven's Fourth Score in his hand.

The little car stuck out its tongue, and the teacher kept looking at the sheet music the whole way, making her a little embarrassed.

An hour later, the plane bound for Yanjing took off.

This time, the teacher and student both took out their sheet music.

Curious glances were frequently seen from those around them.