Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1287, Section 507: Everyone Assemble and Set Off! Here We Come for the Band Competition!

After finishing their piano practice in the evening, the two girls said they wanted to go out for some fresh air.

It's just walking around.

Ang Lee asked with a smile, "Aren't you two tired yet?"

Not tired!

"If you're not tired, then Ang Lee will accompany them out."

After walking around the neighborhood, the two children said they wanted to eat something.

What else can we eat at this hour? Ang Lee thought we should go get some barbecue, and the two girls all agreed.

There's a barbecue restaurant right at the west gate of the neighborhood; the food is pretty good. Li An sent a message in the group chat, but Wang Xiaohu didn't reply.

The three of them, teacher and students, arrived at the barbecue restaurant. Li An let the two girls scan the QR code to see what they wanted, and he called Xu Li, thinking that he could call the mother and daughter to have something to eat together while he went downstairs.

Xu Li said that Wang Xiaohu was already asleep.

"Going to bed so early?"

"Hehehe, okay then go to sleep, don't wake him up. He's been exhausted lately. Why don't you come and have something to eat with us?"

"Okay, then forget it. See you tomorrow, Sister Xu."

After hanging up the phone, Li An also scanned the QR code to place an order.

Xiao Che: "What's wrong with the teacher?"

Ang Lee: "I was exhausted. I went to sleep right after dinner."

Tang Xiaoxing: "The captain has indeed been working very hard lately."

Xiao Che: "We rehearse with the orchestra in the morning and the choir in the afternoon."

Ang Lee: "You're still practicing piano and wind instruments tonight, so don't order any drinks. You two have been drinking too much these past few days."

Little car: "Roar!"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Hehe."

Ang Lee: "Have you decided? Are you two going tomorrow or not?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Uh."

Xiao Che: "We're still discussing it."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Yes, we are still discussing it."

In fact, they didn't discuss this matter at all today, so they didn't have the time or energy to think about anything else!
Let's get started!
After eating and drinking his fill, Li An returned home, washed up, and went inside first.

Regarding tomorrow's itinerary, the two girls discussed it for a while, and in the end, Tang Xiaoxing still said the same thing: "If you go, I'll go."

Of course Xiao Che wanted to go. Despite their bickering, Wang Xiaohu was going abroad in September, and as his good friend, how could she not want to go to his competition?

However, she also had to consider Tang Xiaoxing. If she went tomorrow, she would have to get up at 5:40 and wouldn't get home until noon.

If you get up so early, you must need to take a nap at noon, otherwise you won't have the energy to practice the piano.

This round trip would take seven or eight hours by the time she finished practicing piano in the afternoon. If Tang Xiaoxing was only going to accompany her, then that time would be wasted.

And she couldn't very well tell Tang Xiaoxing about this: "It's okay, you don't have to go if you don't want to."
"Little Star, do you want to go?" So the car changed its approach.

Tang Xiaoxing hesitated for a moment, "I actually really want to go, I like watching wind bands."

Xiao Che sighed inwardly, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Hehe, problem solved: 'Then let's go together!'"

Then Tang Xiaoxing asked, "Linlin, do you really want to go, or are you coming with me? You seemed to have some issues with the captain yesterday."

Xiao Che laughed: "He was too cocky yesterday, so I said I wasn't going, but actually I wanted to go and see."

Hearing Xiao Che say that, Tang Xiaoxing felt relieved. "I thought you really didn't want to go, so I didn't say I wanted to go. I was thinking you were afraid of taking up your piano practice time."

Xiao Che: "I was worried about interfering with your piano practice time!"

The two little girls burst into laughter at their unspoken understanding.

It turns out they were both thinking of each other.

Yesterday, when Xiao Che asked the teacher what time it would end, it was actually for Tang Xiaoxing's sake.

Xiao Che: "I've already asked the teacher, and it should be finished by noon tomorrow. There's a subway station near Yunxi Middle School. If we get back as soon as possible, we can get home around 1 p.m. We can order takeout in advance, eat as soon as we get home, sleep for an hour, and then practice from 2:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

"That's seven hours too!"

Tang Xiaoxing held out his palm: "Goal achieved!"

"Goal achieved!" the car responded with a high five.

The two girls then washed up before bed and decided to go to sleep immediately to be well-rested for tomorrow.
-
Before dawn, Wang Xiaohu opened his eyes.

He felt like he had slept for a century, and when he got out of bed, he felt full of energy.

I picked up my phone at 05:25 AM; there were only five minutes left before the alarm went off.

Seeing that he hadn't found any information about the car, Wang Xiaohu sighed inwardly and put his mind to work.

Xu Li had already helped her son prepare and tidy up the clothes he would wear for the performance last night.

She's making breakfast for her son right now.

Hearing a noise coming from the living room, she turned off the stove and went inside.

"Have you slept?"

"I slept well, Mom! What's for dinner? I'm so hungry!"

Seeing her son full of energy, Xu Li's spirits lifted as well; she hadn't slept well the night before.

"I've made the omelet and shrimp cakes, now I'm going to take a shower."

"Mom, I love you to death!"

When people are hungry, they'll say anything. He rushed into the bathroom and first showed off his abs in front of the mirror.

"Just do it!"

This is also a performance full of anticipation. After preparing for so long, who wouldn't want to win the final glory on stage?

Wang Xiaohu had a premonition that the Shuren Wind Orchestra would surprise everyone today.

But before that, he has to take a big bite.

"The shrimp cakes are amazing! Mom, how did you make them? Can you teach me? And the thick omelet, did you put five eggs in it today?"

Wang Xiaohu took a bite of shrimp cake with his left hand and a bite of thick omelet with his right, making mumbling noises that were hard to understand.

Xu Li smiled and said, "Don't talk, eat slowly, there's plenty of time."

After Wang Xiaohu swallowed his food, she asked, "Are Che Lin and Xiao Xing going today?"

Wang Xiaohu: "They have to practice their instruments. There are only a few days left. Teacher Yan said yesterday that they will be the first to perform at the opening concert of this summer camp."

"Mom, you should eat too."
-
It’s broken. It’s broken.

Not only did the three teachers and students oversleep, but Li Anlin couldn't find his car keys when he went out, and to make matters worse, he also forgot where the spare key was.

It was already 6:15.

Have you seen my car keys?

"No!"

"That's strange! I think I put it on the coffee table."

"Teacher, I'll go look in the study again."

A minute later, amidst the chaos, Xiao Che's voice came from the living room: "You wicked devil, Ba Wan!!"

The key was found; it was on the sofa, but it was hidden under Bawan's stomach.

Just before leaving, Li An pointed at the nonchalant-looking Ba Wan and gritted his teeth, saying, "You!"

Let's go! Let's go!
As anxious as you may be, safe driving is still the most important thing.

Li An smoothly controlled the steering wheel and the accelerator and brake pedals, arriving at Shuren after passing all green lights.

The entrance to the concert hall was already bustling with activity.

Liu Zhaocheng and his group had arrived ahead of time and were organizing the group between the two buses.

The children of the Shuren Wind Orchestra were thrilled to participate in their first competition.

They have already completed two large-scale performances and have considerable stage experience.

"What's there to be nervous about? We'd better draw the first one to go on stage and show them what real strength is!"

Wang Xiaohu was cheering everyone on when three figures suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision.

Suddenly, he felt like he had been injected with 300 pounds of chicken blood.

"Do you have confidence?"

He raised his voice, looked around, and shouted, "Yes!"

With Wang Xiaohu's encouragement, the band members were also full of ambition.

"What is our goal!?"

Wang Xiaohu asked again.

"First!!"

A vibrant voice echoed throughout the campus.

This scene was naturally witnessed by the three teachers and students who came over.

The car's assessment was: "He saw us 100% of the time."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Huh?"

Ang Lee: "Your captain hasn't been like this in a long time."

Tang Xiaoxing immediately understood that the problem must lie in her and Linlin's clothing.

They wore Shipo's school uniform today, which was Linlin's suggestion. She said that although Shipo doesn't have a wind band, they still came, and she thought it made a lot of sense!
So the current scene looks like the two of them came to challenge the master. Tang Xiaoxing would naturally think that way because they and Shuren are indeed in some kind of "hostile relationship".

"You two didn't even bother acting! You just showed up in your school uniforms!"

Wang Xiaohu walked over with a cheerful smile, "This is our territory."

At that moment, Qiao Zhizhi and Wu Yifan jumped over.

Qiao Zhizhi smiled happily: "Good morning, Sister Linlin! Good morning, Sister Tang! I knew you would come!"

Tang Xiaoxing waved, "Good morning, Zhizhi," and then looked at Wu Yifan, unsure of how to greet her.

Qiao Zhizhi immediately introduced, "This is Wu Yifan, the principal flute player. You can just call her Fanfan, Sister Tang."

"Fanfan, this is Sister Tang Caiyun, the conductor of the Shipo Choir."

Wu Yifan exclaimed in surprise, thinking to herself that this beautiful young lady was actually the conductor. She couldn't help but excitedly say, "Sister Tang, you're so amazing!"

"Hello Fanfan, it's nice to meet you," Tang Xiaoxing replied with a smile. "The flute is a very important part, and I look forward to your performance today."

Wu Yifan instantly felt highly recognized, and her face beamed with joy.

Just then, "Hey, hey, hey," Little Tiger, who had been left out, said, a little annoyed, "Fanzi, didn't you see their school uniforms?"

Wu Yifan turned her head: "I can see it very clearly."

Wang Xiaohu: "They are our opponents! This isn't appropriate for you."

Wu Yifan scoffed, "So what? Linlin and I have performed together twice."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Exactly!"

Wang Xiaohu: "What about your goals!?"

Wu Yifan: "Commander, you're being very unladylike in front of girls."

Wang Xiaohu: "You!"

Ha ha ha ha--

"Let's go! Let's go! Wang Xiaohu, what are you doing!"

"Teacher! There's a traitor here!"

Ha ha ha ha--

At the invitation of Qiao Zhizhi and Wu Yifan, Xiao Che and Xiao Xing boarded the girls' bus.

"Commander, who is she?"

The boys surrounding Wang Xiaohu were looking in the direction the girl got on the bus when Yan Junze asked them with some curiosity.

"An opponent," Wang Xiaohu replied calmly.

Lin Ziyang: "Old Yan means he wants to get to know her."

Yan Junze: "I didn't!"

Wang Xiaohu: "Can't we think about something serious?"

Yan Junze: "I didn't! It was Lao Lin who wanted to get to know me!"

Wang Xiaohu could understand what these young boys were thinking, but said, "You'll get to know her soon enough, get in the car."

There are four days left until the choir competition.

"Huh? Where's my bag?"

Little Tiger stood up as soon as he sat down.

"wipe!"

His shrimp cakes and thick omelets are still in his bag!
There was breakfast on the bus that the school had prepared especially for the children, and Xiao Che and Xiao Xing ate it for free.

Ang Lee also managed to get some of Wang Xiaohu's leftovers.

"good to eat."
-
Shuren is 33 kilometers away from Yunxi Middle School, and it takes at least 40 minutes to reach the school even if you avoid the morning rush hour.

On the way, Ang Lee ate breakfast and took a nap.

I woke up to find myself at my destination.

At first glance, the school gate was full of buses, and looking into the campus, there were young musicians dressed in various costumes and holding musical instruments everywhere.

Hai Tao, Zhang Miao, and their group had already scouted the location in advance.

"Uncle, our rest area is in the east teaching building."

"Thank you for your hard work. We'll take the whole team there in a bit. We'll wait for Teacher Chen and the others to come and move the larger instruments."

It wasn't just the children from the book club who were visiting Yunxi Middle School for the first time; it was also the first time for most of the other schools' groups as well.

Children's curiosity is inevitable.

Seeing other school teams, some in performance costumes, some in school uniforms, and some dressed in all sorts of colors, made them feel even more excited.

These are all their opponents today.

On the way to the East Teaching Building, as we passed the No. 5 Middle School students, many of them were fiddling with their instruments, making loud, chaotic noises, which seemed particularly undisciplined.

Moreover, it's not just No. 5 Middle School; you can hear people playing musical instruments everywhere on campus.

In comparison, the group of scribes appeared particularly disciplined.
They lined up in two columns, each carrying their own instrument case, and no one whispered to each other in the ranks.

This made Wang Xiaohu, who was walking at the front, very proud.

However, the good times didn't last long. When the children of the book people arrived at the rest area, the section leaders became restless.

At Lin Ziyang's suggestion, Wang Xiaohu sent Yan Junze to gather intelligence from the neighboring village.

The main reason was that he could hear something quite good coming from next door; they were playing the same tequila they had played at the end of last semester.

Yan Junze returned shortly afterward with the intelligence.

"They're from Victory Middle School, they seem to have something going for them."

Is Victory Middle School really that good? Wang Xiaohu didn't really remember it.

But in any case, they are definitely the best.

She stood up, clapped her hands, and said, "Quiet down, quiet down."

The huge classroom fell silent instantly.

"The different voice parts are in harmony."
-
At 8:15, Mr. Mu Xiangze, who represented the book draw, returned.

"Number eight."

"Not bad."

In Ang Lee's mind, the best order of appearance is the middle.

There are a total of fourteen schools participating in the citywide competition today, and the eighth school will be performing, which is basically in the very center.

“Alright,” Li An told everyone not to rush to prepare. “Everyone, take a break. I estimate it will be at least an hour before we arrive. Teacher Zheng will come to let you know when to go to the waiting area. You can talk and go to the toilet during this time, but don’t run around or touch your instruments. You will have time to warm up while waiting.”

After saying that, Li An gave a final reminder: "The teams participating in the city competition this time are the best teams from each district. You must not think that you have the victory in your hands. Live competitions are different from video competitions. We can record videos countless times, but live competitions only have one take."

"Wang Xiaohu."

Wang Xiaohu: "Here."

Ang Lee: "Just stay here and relax."

Wang Xiaohu nodded: "Mm."

Actually, Little Tiger wanted to watch the previous matches, but he understood what his teacher meant: he couldn't be distracted before going on stage.

Afterwards, Li An took Xiao Che, Xiao Xing, and a group of teachers to the competition venue.