Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1296, Section 516: Candy-Colored Seeds! Teacher Fang's Magic

Let's rewind to yesterday afternoon.

After the Shipo Choir finished singing both pieces, Teacher Fang Zheng announced that today's rehearsal was over!

But it was only 3:30 at the time.

Just when everyone thought the rehearsal was really over, Teacher Zhang Miao walked onto the stage.

Everyone was very curious about what would happen next when this female teacher, who was almost always in the auditorium but rarely said anything, took the stage.

Then, Teacher Zhang Miao said to everyone, "Let's decide what outfits to wear for the competition."

What clothes should we wear for the competition? Aren't we supposed to wear school uniforms for the competition?

Fang Zheng: "There is no rule that school uniforms must be worn in the competition, but it is recommended that everyone dress in a uniform."

So that means you don't have to wear a school uniform!?

The scene became quite lively.

Who wants to go on stage wearing a school uniform?!

But then a problem arises: what will everyone wear if they're not wearing school uniforms?

With so many people, how can everyone dress uniformly?

Immediately, someone suggested that everyone should order together or make a group purchase as soon as possible.

Actually, this wasn't an oversight on the part of Fang Zheng and his team. Zhang Miao had already mentioned the issue of competition attire to Director Guo at the beginning.

The school simply indicated, quite tactfully, that wearing the school uniform was sufficient.

Since the school's stance was clear, Zhang Miao couldn't say anything more.

Therefore, neither she nor Fang Zheng brought up the issue of clothing with the children.

However, during the two days of rehearsals, Zhang Miao felt it would be a pity to have the children sing "Courage Burst" while wearing their school uniforms.

Having creative stage choreography but lacking matching costumes is like a delicious lamb skewer that's missing a handful of salt.

So after some discussion, Zhang Miao and Fang Zheng decided to let the children change out of their school uniforms on the second stage.

If they don't wear school uniforms, what should they wear?

If the children don't have a burst of courage when performing their second song, they really don't have any good ideas.

But now that the car has choreographed the "Courageous Outburst" into a chorus performance similar to a stage play, Fang Zheng has plenty of room to showcase his talents.

Our teacher Fang Zheng was also an opera singer who performed on a professional stage, which is one of his strengths.

"Everyone, don't rush. What did you wear when you went to kindergarten?"

What should I wear when I go to kindergarten?
Got it!

A smart child understands immediately. Class monitor Aqian of the Konjac Delight Class raises his hands: "Wear pink and tender clothes!"

Hahahahaha——

Those who know him understand that he's joking, while those who don't might think he's being silly.

It all started with wearing pink and cute colors from a young age, sparking a discussion about what to wear to unleash your courage while singing.

First of all, everyone has made it clear that there's no need for uniforms. Which kindergarten children wear the same clothes?

What? Kindergartens have class uniforms too?
Sorry! We have school uniforms!
The second topic of discussion was whether or not a unified color scheme was needed, since the clothing styles were different.

When it comes to color selection, Mr. Fang Zheng suggests that you choose warm-colored T-shirts as much as possible.

"Teacher Fang! What are warm colors?"

"Mint green, light blue, apricot, coral red, milk coffee, any color will do."

"Teacher Fang, what is milk coffee color?"

"I'll still let you take a look for reference."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out his phone to demonstrate what warm colors are and recommended several color schemes that he personally thought were very good.

The children understood as soon as they saw the picture.

Finally, the children's attention shifted to their lower bodies. They were all wearing warm-colored t-shirts on their upper bodies, but what about their lower bodies?

Zhang Miao suggested that girls could wear light-colored skirts, and a considerable number of girls raised their hands in agreement.

"Female students who don't want to wear skirts can also wear light-colored shorts," Zhang Miao added.

At this moment, a boy asked, "Teacher Zhang! What should the boys wear?"

Zhang Miao: "Boys can just wear light-colored shorts."

Another girl spoke up: "Teacher Zhang, are girls allowed to wear overalls?"

Zhang Miao: "Absolutely, it's so cute, but try to choose light colors."

It has to be said that this girl's question saved Xiao Che's life.

The little car was having trouble deciding what to wear. She didn't have any light-colored shorts, but she did have a pair of sky-blue overalls with a little sheep on them that she really liked.

As for why she and Tang Xiaoxing went to buy hats as their first stop this morning, it's because Teacher Fangzheng said that students who want to wear hats can wear them, and even carry cute little crossbody bags.

"Try to wear white sneakers as much as possible, and you should have white socks too, right?"

"Have!"

Perfect! This is the candy-themed stage design that Founder has created for everyone!
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After a morning of hard work, the two girls returned home with a full load of goodies.

Xiao Che bought the hat she wanted, and Tang Xiaoxing bought the small crossbody bag she liked.

Originally, Xiao Che hadn't planned to buy another pair of light-colored overalls, and Tang Xiaoxing had planned to wear a beige skirt.

However, when the two of them arrived at the entrance of a clothing store, Tang Xiaoxing couldn't walk any further. She took a fancy to a pair of light blue overalls and decided on the spot to wear them on stage.

"Linlin, you should buy one too, so we can wear matching outfits on stage!"

What impressed Xiao Che was not only Tang Xiaoxing's suggestion, but also the cute little strawberries on the overalls.

That's not all! Since the pants are all the same, wouldn't it be better to make the whole outfit the same?
Coral pink T-shirt x2!

Two of the same white sneakers!

Two white ankle socks!

Two Er Mao Spicy Hot Pots!

"Xiaoxing, we bought a lot of things today."

"Oh yeah, the teacher won't scold us, will she?"

"Of course not, we still bought him a gift!"

"Hahaha! Are you sure the teacher won't be angry when she receives this gift!"
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"Ah!"

Perhaps the air conditioning in the study was too cold, so Li An rubbed his nose and turned it off.

What a happy and pleasant morning!

After finishing his morning piano practice, Li An glanced at the time; it was almost one o'clock. He wondered if the two little ones had finished playing.

He was just about to call the car when he heard the sound of the living room door opening.

Speak of Cao Cao and he'll return.

"teacher!"

"teacher!"

"Wow! You guys really went shopping."

Looking at the two little girls with their hands full of shopping bags and their excited expressions, Ang Lee felt as if he were seeing ten years into the future.

It seems that shopping is an innate gender talent.

"Happy summer vacation, teacher!"

"What a load of nonsense!" Li An chuckled as he took the small box handed to him by the car. "What other gifts did you bring me?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Teacher, please open it and see if you like it! This is something that Linlin and I carefully selected for you."

"I love the way you guys carefully pick out gifts for me. What the heck is this?"

Li An was a little confused after opening the box. "What is this?!"

Hahahaha, the two little girls are dying of laughter.

The little car gasped for breath: "Teacher, quickly pinch his bottom!"

Ang Lee subconsciously pinched it, and with a "plop," a cute pink poop was squeezed out.

Hahahahaha!
"Oh, thank you so much."

Hahahahaha!
"That's thoughtful of you!"

Hahahahaha!
The two children carefully selected a Crayon Shin-chan car keychain for him, complete with a bare bottom.

"Teacher, with this you will never have to worry about losing your car keys again."

Li Anxin said that if she used this keychain, Wang Xiaohu would laugh her to death.

After laughing and joking around for a while, the two girls went back to their room for a nap, while Li An went downstairs and ate some food.

At 2:30 p.m., the teacher and the three students set off together. After dropping off the two children at the entrance of Shipo, Li An turned around and went into the shop.

This afternoon, Lao Tang has to continue rehearsing at Shurending. He will be taking Lao Tang's place to teach a class to three art students.
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After yesterday's discussion about what to wear, some people dressed up in cute outfits and came to the rehearsal today.

The first round of competition starts tomorrow, and the program arrangement is basically finalized. Therefore, Fangzheng doesn't plan to have everyone sing much today.

He sang "Encounter" twice, and then, with a burst of courage, he went through it twice more before announcing the end of today's rehearsal.

It's not even 3:30 yet!
Just like yesterday, Fang Zheng ended the rehearsal early.

Just when everyone thought that Teacher Fang was about to say something interesting again, some students noticed that Teacher Fang seemed to be smiling very gently today.

In everyone's impression, Teacher Fang, who likes to tell corny jokes and be funny, rarely laughs like this.

"Come on, kids, let's sit here."

It seemed that everyone sensed that Teacher Fang's mood was a bit unusual today, and they all sat quietly on the stage.

Xiao Che sat down next to Qin Yuwei, holding his harmonica.

"Time flies so fast."

Fang Zheng simply sat down on the stage as well.

The atmosphere at the scene became subtle because of his words.

Fang Zheng asked everyone, "Isn't a third of summer vacation already over?"

"Yes, Teacher Fang!" a boy replied with a smile.

Fang Zheng smiled faintly: "Time really flies."

After a moment, he asked, "How many of you are joining the choir for the first time? Raise your hands so I can see."

In an instant, more than half of the children raised their hands, including Tang Xiaoxing in front of the piano.

Fang Zheng: "How are you feeling? Are you happy?"

The children shouted in unison, "Happy!!"

Fang Zheng: "Do you know what song I sang the first time I joined a choir?"

Xiao Guan: "Singing and smiling!"

Just as Fang Zheng was getting into a serious mood, he immediately lost it, yelling, "Who told you that?!"

Xiao Guan: "I'm just guessing! My dad said that the first time he joined the choir, he sang 'Voice and Smile.' Teacher Fang, you must be about the same age as my dad, right?"

Fang Zheng gave a wry smile: "Do I look that old?"

Cao Yuze: "Teacher Fang, are you forty years old?"

Liang Junyu: "I'd guess he's thirty-eight!"

Li Yaqi: "Teacher Fang, you're married, right?"

Zhou Kexin: "Teacher Fang, how old is your child?"

As the questions became increasingly outrageous, Fang Zheng suddenly wondered if he was really getting old.

Fang Zheng: "I'm not married and I don't have any children. I'm even a little younger than your teacher, Mr. Li."

The stage fell silent in an instant.

Fang Zheng chuckled; for the first time, he truly understood what it meant to be most afraid of a sudden silence.

Xiao Che: "Teacher Fang is clearly very young, okay!"

Xiao Zhang: "Exactly! Teacher Fang is the cutest teacher I've ever met!"

Fang Zheng thought none of that mattered anymore. "Thank you! Thank you!"

After a pause, he said, "Well, actually, I wanted to tell you all a story."

The moment the children heard there was a story to tell, their attention immediately shifted!

"I want to hear a story!"

"Teacher Fang, please tell us the story quickly!"

Hearing the children's response, Fang Zheng thought to himself that he had laid so much groundwork and the baby carrier almost went astray. Sure enough, An Ge's linguistic skills were not something he could easily master.

It would have been better to just say from the beginning that you were going to tell everyone a story.

"Okay! I'll start now."

The subtle atmosphere seemed to return, and no one spoke again, but the children's eyes were filled with the most sincere expectation.

"I was also in the first year of junior high school at the time, and the school organized a choir."

"I didn't know what a choir was at the time, but I still signed up."

"Well, at first I didn't take it seriously at all. My purpose in participating was to avoid the third period in the morning and afternoon."

A soft chuckle.

"But after rehearsing for a while, I wanted to quit because the rehearsals were very hard. Although we didn't have to attend the third period class, other students could go straight home after school, but we had to stay at school to practice our voices and choral pieces."

"Pitch, rhythm, harmony—none of these were easy for me back then. I often practiced until my throat was dry and sore, and I was full of complaints."

Just then, a soft, melodious piano melody slowly rose from in front of the piano.

Fang Zheng looked over and saw Tang Xiaoxing smiling at him in front of the piano. The music was a familiar song and smile, but the tempo was unusually slow.

"Then one day during rehearsal, the teacher asked us to combine the second part with the first part. As a result, I couldn't find the pitch of my own part, and I kept making mistakes when coordinating with other students."

"Seeing that other classmates could sing their parts smoothly, I immediately had the idea of ​​quitting the choir."

"I don't think I'm suited to singing."

"Just when I was about to tell the teacher about leaving the group, something happened that changed my mind."

"The school is going to hold a large-scale anniversary celebration, and the choir is an important performance."

"In order to perform well at the school anniversary celebration, the teachers need us to practice extra and rehearse at night. As a result, we students who are in the choir don't have to do homework."

Hahahaha!

Even the car couldn't hold on!

"Isn't it interesting?"

Fang Zheng couldn't help but laugh when he recalled this period of time.

"So I forced myself to overcome the difficulties. Whenever I felt like giving up, I would look in the mirror and ask myself, 'Do you want to do your homework?'"

"When I heard the person in the mirror loudly telling me that I didn't want to, I understood the meaning of perseverance even more."

Hahahaha!

"It was late when rehearsal ended one day and it suddenly started raining heavily outside the music room."

"When none of us had brought umbrellas and we were worried about how to get home, a girl from the first section suggested that we all wait for the rain to fall."

"While waiting, I don't know who started it, but we began to hum the songs we had rehearsed that day."

"Gradually, everyone became more and more engrossed in the singing, forgetting their fatigue and the troubles they had during rehearsals."

"There was no conductor, no accompaniment, only our singing echoed throughout the corridor."

"Suddenly, for a moment, I felt an unprecedented power—the power of the team, the power of music."

"It was the first time I experienced the beautiful harmony of human voices intertwined. It seemed to have a magical power that brought each of us together."

"The rain stopped, and we walked out of the classroom together. The moonlight shone on the campus path."

"I think it was around that time that I suddenly understood the meaning of the choir."

"It's not just a place to sing, but also a place where we learn to persevere, cooperate, and grow."

“From then on, I never complained about the hardship of rehearsals again, but devoted myself wholeheartedly to every training session.”

"Later, I was chosen as the leader of the second voice part."

"On the day of the school anniversary, we performed that song perfectly on stage."

"The applause from the audience was thunderous, and I saw smiles of pride and joy on everyone's faces."

"At that moment, I knew that all the sacrifices were worthwhile."

"But I still didn't like doing homework, so I went into a vocational school before I even graduated from junior high."

"No matter where I go in the future, the time I spent in the choir in the first year of junior high school will always remind me how to persevere in the face of difficulties, how to cooperate with others, and how to express my emotions through singing."

"That precious experience was like a seed that took root and sprouted in my heart, accompanying me all the way to this day."

"Children, you will be participating in the competition tomorrow."

"You may find rehearsals very difficult during this period, and may even have had thoughts of giving up."

"But I think when you actually stand on the stage tomorrow, conveying emotions through your songs and creating beautiful music with your team, you will understand how precious this time is to you."

"Teacher Fang won't be able to go on stage with you tomorrow, but I think the seed that once belonged to me should now be passed on to you."

"Thank you everyone!" Fang Zheng stood up and bowed. "You've all worked hard during this time."

"Wow——————"

The applause doesn't represent the children's emotions at this moment; it's just that besides applauding their beloved teacher, Ms. Fang, what else can they do?

Teacher Fang truly possesses magical powers; within this little story, the little car conceived a new stage idea.

Although the first round of selections will be held tomorrow, she believes that everyone has plenty of time.

The thought that the ideas in her mind would appear on the final stage sent a shiver down her spine...

Come and fight! !