Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1001 261. The Path Traveled by Young Bach [Part ]

Feeling the children's "little emotions", Li Ang smiled and took a bite of bread and started chewing.

"But God will bless children who love music."

The children all looked over when they heard the sound.

In fact, there is no such record in music history, but there is indeed such a vivid description in Bach's biography.

Bach grew up in a poor family, but he loved music.

Whenever there was a concert in Hamburg, he would go, even if he had no money and would walk there.

Bach was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time and lived with his relatives in Lüneburg.

Lüneburg and Hamburg are separated by a long river, thirty kilometers apart.

In order to attend a concert, young Bach often crossed the river alone and walked to Hamburg, a round trip of 60 kilometers.

This is really "cruel" for an adult.

Once after listening to a concert in Hamburg, young Bach wanted to continue to listen to the next concert tomorrow, so he decided not to go home that night.

When Ang Lee saw this, he was wondering what little Bach would eat the next day?

A child, penniless and without any relatives, who lives 30 kilometers away from home, may be very familiar with every corner of the Hamburg Concert Hall, but can he find a bite of food to fill his stomach in these familiar places? Ang Lee is not optimistic about this.

"Did he find anything to eat?" Wang Xiaohu's tone was a little anxious.

It was already dark. Little Bach had no money to stay in a hotel and could not even walk. Hungry and sleepy, he huddled under a bright window.

Perhaps he wanted to use that little bit of light to drive away the darkness and the fear in his heart, and to survive this lonely night without music.

"Before he knew it, he fell asleep."

He slept soundly until midnight, when a strong fragrance woke little Bach up.

The moment he opened his eyes, the window above his head was pushed open with a "bang", and a package of something fell out of the window in a hurry and landed right next to him.

"what!"

Hearing this, the children all exclaimed in surprise, as if the boy curled up under the window was them.

Little Bach opened the package and saw a delicious meat pie inside.

Little Bach, who was almost fainting from hunger, picked up the meat pie and took a bite, but he bit something hard and almost knocked out his front teeth.

He quickly took out the hard object from the meat pie. In the moonlight, he held a shining Danish gold coin in his hand.

"Great! Thank you to the owner of the window!"

"Now we can stay in the hotel!"

"And the fare for tomorrow's trip home!"

The children's excited voices, one after another, were blown far away by the mountain wind.

This is the story, and it ends here.

Ang Lee didn't want to pursue the authenticity of the story. If you had to ask him whether he believed it or not, his answer would be that he was willing to believe it.

He believed there was more to the story that had not been recorded.

Who gave young Bach the midnight snack and enough money to return to Lüneburg?
The young Bach must have felt inexplicably excited, but also extremely strange.

Thinking of this, Li An continued to preach.

"When he looked up at the window, it was closed, and there was only the night sky above his head full of stars, just like the sky above our heads at this moment."

The children looked up.

Wang Xiaohu: "There are no stars at all."

Li An smiled: "Take a closer look."

Little car: "Yes, there are many little stars, they are waving to us."

Xiaobei laughed and said, "I saw it too. Zhizhi, did you see it?"

Xiaoche: "I see! Wang Xiaohu, take a closer look."

moment.

Brother Tiger grinned: "I saw it!"

Another moment.

Xiao Liu: “I saw it too!”

Finally, Xiao Ma pushed the frame of the mirror, and for the first time he discovered that there was something that could see the sky farther than a high-power telescope.

Looking at the seven teachers and students sitting in a circle and listening to this conversation, the adults couldn't help but laugh.

They were also trying to find the vast starry sky that the children saw, but unfortunately they saw nothing, but they were willing to believe in all the mysterious things that the children saw.

Ang Lee also believes that young Bach saw this mysterious thing when he looked up at the sky.

Ang Lee didn't know who lived in the mysterious window and why he was silently helping little Bach.

Bach was just a child at that time. Could it be that there really was a god living in the window, and he or they had already seen the future fate of little Bach through prophecy?
"Teacher." Xiao Liu suddenly asked, "Why didn't the owner in the window invite Bach into the house? There must be a more sumptuous dinner and a warm bed in the house."

Ang Lee didn't know how to answer this question, and he couldn't guess.

If it were true as Xiao Liu said, there would probably be no sense of mystery, young Bach might not have had the opportunity to look up at the night sky, and there might be no Bach in the future.

"unimportant."

Li An smiled, stood up and patted his butt, "Kids, it's time to go home."

For children and music, a little mystery is needed.

Things that are too practical will inevitably be tainted with worldly flavor. They will not only erode children's imagination, but also rust their natural hearts.

Ang Lee also recently realized more deeply that the closer you are to the secular world, the further you are from art.

Looking at the temple gate in the mountains, Li Anxin smiled and thought it was fortunate that they did not set out for that mountain today.

Just like that night in Hamburg in 1762, the window did not open again.

The teachers and students did not return the same way they came, but took the cable car down the mountain.

After returning to the foot of the mountain and boarding the minibus, the children couldn't wait to ask Ang Lee about the follow-up as soon as they fastened their seat belts.

"Teacher, what happened next?"

The children's urgent tone left Haitao and his friends a little confused.

Li An, who was sitting at the front, said without turning his head, "After dawn, Bach continued to listen to the concert. It should be said that Bach had already been fascinated by music before that, but I think it was from this night that he really entered the music world."

As he spoke, Li Ang played an aria on the G string on his mobile phone and stopped talking.

The soft string music flowed slowly in the carriage. The other adults stopped talking and the children stopped asking questions.

It was as if all the questions and answers were in this music at this moment.

Leaning against the corner of the car window, Xiaoche stared out the window in a daze.

Listening to Bach's music again, she felt a new calling.

In the past, she could only hear the unique solemnity and elegance in Bach's music, but at this moment, Bach filled her heart with dreams. It seemed that there was an open window in the dream, and on the other side of the window, there was a brilliant starry sky.

Of course, there is also the aroma of meat pie.

Xiaoche became even hungrier, she really wanted to eat Ermao Malatang.

Time passed quickly as I listened to one Bach piece after another.
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When the car got off the highway, Haitao suddenly stood up and turned around, "Do we have one more step to go?"

What else is there? This was obviously addressed to the children. Lao Tang clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it seems that you still need a final summary."

Final summary!

The children suddenly remembered that they had discussed this matter last night after going upstairs. Fortunately, everyone was prepared after last night.

"I'll go first."

Wang Xiaohu volunteered to raise his hand, but at this moment Li An raised his hand and waved.

"It's almost time, so I won't talk to you one by one. If you really have something to say, write it down and put it in an envelope. Give it to me during the next class. It's not homework, so you can write it or not."

Xiao Ma: "Teacher, when is our next class?"

Li An: "It's the last class before the New Year. Hmm, let me think about it. Let's go to the 28th. I'll be at home all day. You can come to my house anytime. If the time is not convenient, you can make an appointment with me in advance on the 27th and I will teach you in the store."
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A group of teachers and students got off at the door of the Sigang classroom, and the remaining teachers and students will be taken to the next pick-up point by Master Liu.

The children said goodbye to each other reluctantly, and the teachers asked each other to go home and have a good rest tonight.

"You guys stay with Teacher Tang, bye."

The car started again and Li An continued on the road with the children who had not gotten out of the car.

"goodbye teacher!"

Wang Xiaohu, Qiao Zhizhi and Xiao Liu waved at the car.

Xiao Liu's father and Lao Ji had been waiting there for a long time. Xiao Wu followed Lao Ji's car and left. Xiao Liu and Wang Xiaohu made an appointment to go swimming together tomorrow afternoon, and then they got in the car.

"Zhizhi, when will your family come to pick you up?" Xu Liguan asked, "If no one comes to pick you up, I will take you back."

Qiao Zhizhi waved her hand: "Thank you, Aunt Xu. I have already told my mother that I will go back by myself. Don't worry, Aunt Xu, it will be fine for me to go home alone."

How could Xu Li feel at ease? At this moment, Hai Tao suddenly said, "Isn't your home on Tianchen Road? We are on the same way. I will take you home."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Thank you, Mr. Zheng. I'll take your car then."

Seeing this, Xu Li told Haitao to send Qiao Zhizhi to the gate of the community, and then said, "Zhizhi, you should tell your family members, it would be best if they come downstairs to pick you up."

"Yes!" Qiao Zhizhi took out her cell phone and called home, "Hello, Mom. I'll be at the gate of the community in about 20 minutes. Yes, Teacher Zheng will drive me there. Yes, yes, yes, I got it."

Only then did Xu Li feel relieved. She asked Wang Xiaohu to wait while she drove.

Haitao followed and drove the car.

Qiao Zhizhi hung up the phone and took out a piece of paper from the drawing board and handed it to Wang Xiaohu.

"What is this?" Wang Xiaohu took it puzzled.

"I don't owe you a painting." Qiao Zhizhi picked up the drawing board again and ran towards Haitao. "Goodbye, Teacher Tang! Goodbye, Teacher Mu!"

"this."

Wang Xiaohu suddenly remembered what happened in Luyuan yesterday afternoon. He said that he was not in Qiao Zhizhi's painting.

Well, he just said it casually, and I even drew a picture for him.

But I have to say, Qiao Zhizhi's painting is really good, and he looks quite handsome.

Even though it's just a back view.

The boy in the painting is wearing the same hoodie as him, and is pointing a slingshot at the sky. He looks quite handsome.

"Thanks! I'll draw one for you next time!"

"no thanks!"

A reply came from far away.

Old Tang and Mu Xin came over and took a look at the painting. They nodded in approval, saying that Qiao Zhizhi's painting was really good.

"Very similar to you." Lao Tang nodded.

Wang Xiaohu touched his chin and said, "It's OK. I'm definitely more handsome than him."

Mu Xin laughed: "I didn't realize you're quite narcissistic."

At this time, Xu Li's car also drove up, and Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Goodbye, Teacher Tang, goodbye, Teacher Mu!"

Mu Xin: "Bye, have a good sleep tonight."

"Goodbye, Xiaohu. Sister Xu, drive slowly." Lao Tang waved and watched the mother and son drive away.

The two-day journey finally ended here. When Lao Tang went downstairs yesterday morning, the street light in front of the store was also on.

It felt like several days had passed, and the neon lights of the city once again enveloped Lao Tang, but Lao Tang no longer felt tired.

Mu Xin: "How do you feel? Are you inspired to create some poetry when you go back?"

Lao Tang: “You are quite good at guessing.”

Mu Xin: "Of course, I saw you writing in the car, so I guess you didn't make it this time."

Lao Tang: "Indeed, it's a fruitful harvest. How about you?"

Mu Xin: "Except that the bathroom in the B&B is a bit shabby and leaks air when taking a shower, everything else is perfect."

Lao Tang: "When you're out and about, it's inevitable that everything won't be like home."

Mu Xin: "I just said that, you just need to listen to it casually, but you are lecturing me."

Lao Tang: "This is not education at all. I am just stating an objective fact."

Mu Xin: "Look, it's still education."

Lao Tang: "Okay, have you booked your ticket home?"

Mu Xin: "It's settled. The train ticket is for 29: pm on the th. I'll leave after class in the afternoon."

Lao Tang: "Tickets to Chengdu East Station?"

Mu Xin: "Rongcheng Station."

Lao Tang frowned: "Isn't it a bit rushed? Rongcheng Station is far away, and there is a traffic jam at 5:30."

Mu Xin: "There are no more suitable tickets. It should be fine. What about you?"

Lao Tang: "Also on the 29th, Chengdu East Station, 8:15 p.m."

As they talked, the two walked to the door of Lao Tang's unit. Mu Xin waved and said, "Look forward to the update of the official account."

Lao Tang smiled: "It's been a tough night tonight, see you tomorrow morning."

After returning to the cabin, Lao Tang took out the unused flashlight from his bag and threw it back on the bedside. Then he asked everyone in the group to post all the photos they had taken in the past two days. He wanted to select a few for backup.

Then he went to the bathroom. He felt uncomfortable as he hadn't showered for two days.

To be honest, he admired Mu Xin very much for having the courage to take a shower in a bathroom like that last night.
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At the last stop, the car was sent off and Li Ang and Chen Xuan got off.

"Thank you, Master Liu. I've been working hard for the past two days. You should go back and have a rest."

In the face of the strong refusal of the driver Lao Liu, Li An threw down two packs of cigarettes and got out of the car, "Happy New Year, Master Liu. I will contact you in advance next time we go out to play."

Rejecting the request of the small car to enter the store, Li An directly called an online car-hailing service.

"Master's wife~" Seeing this, Xiao Che looked at Chen Xuan pitifully.

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Have a good rest tonight. Come to my house and play when you are well rested."

It’s not that Li Ang didn’t want to go in and take a rest. Not only that, he also wanted to go in and say thank you to Lao Che. He had been eating Lao Che’s skewers for the past two days. What the hell was that farm banquet? He spent six hundred just on a table of disgusting food.

But the store was occupied and he didn't want to go in and disrupt Lao Che's business before the New Year.

Of course Xiaoche understood the teacher's intention, so he didn't say anything and just waited for the bus with the teacher and his wife.

Two minutes later, a white tram slowly stopped by the roadside.

"Goodbye, teacher. Goodbye, mistress."

"Goodbye, Linlin. Come in quickly."

"Come in," Li An waved his hand, "You can officially practice that Bach piece starting tomorrow."
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Before going to bed at night, Xiao Che leaned against the head of the bed with only the bedside lamp on, and carefully found the Bach collection from the set of scores that her master's wife gave her on her birthday last year.

Gently turning to the Three-Part Invention in B flat major, she seemed to see the bright starry sky through the window again.
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The next morning, at half past seven, the morning light was dim outside the window and the sound of a piano could be heard from the small bedroom.