Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1011 271. Lao Li wants to improve! ways to play with slingshots
After dinner, the guests helped to clean up the living room and kitchen and then left without disturbing us.

Ang Lee and Chen Xuan went downstairs to see someone off and agreed to meet again at Zhuangzi the day after tomorrow.

Old Li not only replaced the water heater in the bathroom, but also bought a bigger bed for Li An's room.

When they returned home, An's mother urged them to take a shower and rest.

It had been half a year since they last saw each other, so of course Mother An wanted to talk to them again, but she knew that they were very tired these days, so she wanted them to rest early tonight to replenish their energy.

"Go to bed, mom, you guys should go to bed early too."

"Hey." Mother An looked at Chen Xuan, "Xiao Chen, have a good sleep. You can sleep as late as you want tomorrow morning, okay."

Chen Xuan: "Well, Auntie, you and Uncle should also go to bed early. Good night, Auntie, good night, Uncle."

Mother An smiled and waved her hand: "Good night, I'm going in now, just watch and do it, the hot water for bathing is already heated."

An's mother went back to her house, and Chen Xuan and Li An also went back to their own little houses.

As soon as she entered the room, Chen Xuan asked in a low voice: "Don't you want to talk to uncle and aunt for a while?"

Li An waved his hand: "They are also tired all day, you take a shower and I will chat with my dad for a while, go to bed early today, and tomorrow we will set off early to go to my grandfather's place to hunt."

Chen Xuan: "Well, then I'll go wash it?"

Li An: "I'll send you a message later and you can just go and wash it."

After that, Li An came to the living room and closed the door. Old Li put down his phone and stood up: "Tell Chen Xuan that the towel blanket on the shelf in the bathroom is for her. It's new."

"Hurry up and sit down. I've told him." Li An sat down next to Lao Li and took out a cigarette box. "Have a cigarette, Mr. Li."

Old Li glared: "Don't smoke in the house."

Li Anle: "The door is closed. It's okay. You're making us all uncomfortable. Chen Xuan's dad also smokes at home."

Lao Li took it with a sigh: "Okay, I'll smoke one with you."

Li An lit a cigarette for Lao Li, and Lao Li went to the balcony and opened the window.

"Hey Dad, what is that thing on the balcony? It's so mysterious. Tell me about it."

Just now, when Li An was tidying up the living room, he was about to move things to the balcony. He saw a large oilcloth covering the corner of the balcony. He didn't know what was underneath, so he was about to lift it up to take a look when he was stopped by Old Li.

"Don't worry about it." Lao Li warned, "I'm telling you, stay away from the balcony."

Li Anle: "What if Chen Xuan accidentally opened it?"

With a "slap", Lao Li raised his hand and slapped Li An on the shoulder, "You are almost thirty years old, can't you be serious?"

Not to mention that Lao Li was really rude this time, it hurt Li An a little bit, "Okay, okay."

"No, no," Li An admitted defeat, took out his phone and sent a message to Chen Xuan, muttering, "I'll just wait and see what you can come up with."

Lao Li was too lazy to respond: "Who are you texting with so late at night?"

Li An: "Chen Xuan, I asked her to come out and take a shower."

Lao Li: “Oh oh.”

After a moment, "Her family is all good."

Lee Ang: “Everything is fine.”

Old Li nodded. He finally got to talk to his son that night. However, there were some things he couldn't ask Li An directly because of the door. It wasn't a big deal, but it would be bad if Chen Xuan heard it.

Let’s wait until tomorrow. “We’ve achieved quite a lot this year.”

Li An: "It's OK. I'll buy a car before I go back to chase Chen Xuan away. I'll try to settle on a house by the middle of the year. There's really no need to rent a house anymore. I calculated that one month's rent is almost as much as one month's mortgage."

Lao Li: "Just do it as you see fit. If you don't have enough money, just let me know."

Li An turned around and said, "I'll go."

Then he laughed, "No, Dad, our family still has money. What are you laughing at? Didn't you give me all the money last year?"

Old Li curled his lips and said, "What did you say? I couldn't give you all of it at that time. You don't have to spend money to get married, right?"

Li An gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, then just take the remaining money you have. I won't have to worry about anything from you from now on. Wait until next year. I will try to return all the money you gave me last year."

Lao Li smiled: "Then I'll wait."

A meal, "How much money did you make this year?"

Li An: "If you tell me what's hidden on your balcony, I'll tell you."

Lao Li: "You can say it or not, how much money you make has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I still say that you can't make money that you shouldn't make. "

Li An: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Speaking of this, Lao Li did not interrupt during the meal just now, "What did you mean by telling your second father? The price of the musical instrument is up to you to decide."

Li An laughed: "How can you say it's up to us? The price is set by the factory. They just said that because we have cooperated before, they can give me an ex-factory price this time. It costs money for them to produce musical instruments."

Lao Li: "I know. What I mean is the price for selling to students. Didn't you say that it can be sold for less than a thousand? Then sell it to students for twelve hundred or eighteen hundred. Isn't it up to you to decide?"

Li An: "That's what Second Dad has the final say. Even if Second Dad wants to sell it for 2,800, it has nothing to do with me."

Old Li: "Hey, our place is not like yours. Most of the students in your second father's school are from the mines. You know how well the factory has performed in recent years."

Li An: "I know, that's all."

Lao Li: "I'm talking to you nicely."

Li An: "I don't mean anything else. Is there anything else?"

Lao Li: "Nothing else, just this."

Li An: "Dad, let's do the math. When I was learning piano, what were the prices like? How much did a piano cost? How much did a lesson cost? Now, I ask parents to spend 4,000 yuan to buy a musical instrument, and they can learn it for free in school until their children graduate from elementary school. Is that worth it?"

Old Li suddenly changed his mind and said, "That's right."

Li An: "Right, but why should the teacher give you free lessons? He charges you for the lessons. Who will pay for it?"

Lao Li: "Teachers still need money? I thought the teachers were assigned by the musical instrument factory."

Li An: "How can it be so good? I'm still trying to figure out where to find a teacher for my second father."

Lao Li: "Then what were you bragging about to your second father just now?"

Li An: "Oh, that's it. I'm sure we can find a teacher. I want to find a good teacher for my second father, so the tuition fee is definitely necessary."

Lao Li: "How did you do that?"

Li An: "I found the teacher myself, and I paid for the lessons. The tuition was paid from the money the students earned from their musical instruments."

Lao Li: "Oh, so that's what's going on. What's the lack of an organizer like you now?"

Li An: "Yes, Baldy Yang doesn't do this, so it's a bit troublesome. Although selling musical instruments requires Second Father's approval, Second Father definitely can't get involved in collecting the money directly. It has to go around in circles. For example, if a musical instrument can earn 1,000 yuan, 600 yuan is the teacher's tuition fee, 400 yuan is the middleman's remuneration, and finally the middleman takes a portion of the 400 yuan, um."

Lao Li: "For your second father?"

Li An: "This is Second Father's business. Second Father doesn't have to care about it."

Lao Li: “Did you do that there?”

Li An laughed: "Dad, do you know how many musical instruments I sold last year?"

Lao Li: “How much?”

Li An: "Due to some special circumstances, the number of children who signed up last year was less than in previous years, so in the end, we only sold a little over 240,000."

Lao Li: “How much?!”

Li An: "You heard me right. It's half less than I expected."

Lao Li: “Oh my god.”

Li An: "But in the end, I only got 120,000 yuan."

Old Li felt pained when he heard this: "Is this how it is done now?"

Li An: "There is no other way. Everyone knows that this money is easy to make, but if you don't have a certain relationship, you can't make this money. If you have a relationship, you have to maintain it. Some school leaders don't accept money, so you have to find other ways to start from. In short, you have to consolidate the relationship, otherwise how will you recruit students next year." He paused, "Our situation is just the opposite. Now there is a school, but no organization to do it."

An idea suddenly occurred to Lao Li, "Can you set up an institution here?"

Li An: "When my second father mentioned this just now, I was thinking about this. It's not that I can't do it, but the key is that I'm not here. And this also involves a follow-up student conversion issue, which is to pull the children who have enrolled in the school to take one-on-one courses outside the school."

Lao Li: “This enrollment channel is very good.”

Lee Ang: “I need to find a partner.”

As the father and son spoke, a figure appeared in their minds at the same time.

"Teacher Qi."

After a while.

Lao Li: "Anzi, do you think I can help you in any way?"

Li An: "You? Forget it, you are not suitable for this job."

Lao Li: "I am more careful than any of you."

Li An: "Okay, Dad, just listen to me, take good care of your legs, and when you retire at the end of the year, I'll take my mom out for some fun."

Lao Li: "Hey, where are you going?"

Li An: "Go wherever you want. You still have your own little stash of money anyway."

Old Li grinned: "Alright, alright, go back to the house quickly, don't keep Xiao Chen waiting."

"Goodnight, Dad."

Looking at his son's increasingly broad back, Mr. Li actually envisioned his life after retirement.

He really doesn't like playing, but he is quite happy to take care of his grandchildren.

He stood up, poured himself half a glass of wine, took a sip, and then returned to his room happily.
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After washing up, Li An returned to the bedroom, where Chen Xuan was leaning against the head of the bed, holding her cell phone and smiling.

"What are you looking at?"

Li An jumped onto the bed, moved closer to Chen Xuan, and took a look at the phone screen.

It turned out to be a circle of friends message sent by Wang Xiaohu.

[I have seen the sea! 】

The illustrations are very familiar.

Ang Lee: "The bastard stole the picture."

Chen Xuan: "Go on."

Li An took the phone and flipped through it. After a moment, he also smiled. The little things must have been agreed upon.

At exactly 10:30, every child posted a message on their Moments with exactly the same text and pictures.

In the afternoon, on his way to the airport, Li An sent all the photos of the sea he had collected in the morning to Ji Yang. He was not in the group chats with several children, so he asked Ji Yang to forward them for him.

But it’s not the children’s fault for “stealing” his pictures. He carved each child’s name on the beach, making it seem like everyone really went to the beach together.

Chen Xuan: "What did you say to your uncle?"

Li An: "I'm talking about the school that my second father attended."

Chen Xuan: "I was just wondering why you and Second Father offered such a high price."

Li An: "There are so many people at the dinner table. It would be bad if it gets out."

Chen Xuan: "So what are you going to do? Is there a suitable organization here?"

Li An: "Let's have dinner with Teacher Qi tomorrow night, and invite Old Yang as well. We need to have a good discussion. Let's start with Erdie's school and try to buy all the primary and secondary schools in Yucheng. Don't underestimate this place. Once it's big enough, it will be very impressive."

Chen Xuan: "We are just helping to pull the strings, and it is also Teacher Qi's responsibility to do it."

Li An: "Yes, we want to help Teacher Qi gradually monopolize the art training industry in Yucheng."

Chen Xuan: “And then?”

Ang Lee: "The art exam will be reformed."

Chen Xuan: “So?”

Li An: "Don't be impatient, let the bullet fly for a while."

"I don't want to bother with you." Chen Xuan turned over and lay down, picking up the phone again, "Turn off the lights."

Li An got out of bed and found a small umbrella in the suitcase. He turned off the light, got on the bed, covered himself with the quilt, and snuggled into Chen Xuan's arms.

Teacher Xiaomi tried to resist but failed.
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During the Chinese New Year, adults stay up late and children are also willing to stay up late.

Some children stay up late to play with their older brothers and sisters, while others simply don't want to go to bed.

For example, Wang Xiaohu.

Wang Xiaohu always felt that the Chinese New Year was meaningless. He envied Liu Fengrui and Monkey, who would go back to their grandparents’ home in the countryside every Chinese New Year.

Wang Xiaohu has been to the countryside several times and it is so much fun. There is a big yard and a pond with ducks and fish in the pond. You can run all over the mountains and fields outside the yard.

What about him?

During the Chinese New Year, we just go from one building to another, and then from one building to another, and it takes just a few days like this to get through the New Year.

It's boring not being able to even fire a cannon. It's really boring.

Wang Xiaohu was unwilling to give up and could only stare at the short video sent to him by Liu Fengrui and Monkey with envy. He really wanted to experience personally such an exciting thing as using a cannon to blast cow dung. Liu Fengrui was definitely the slowest runner!
Hahahaha!

"Oh, it would be nice if grandpa and grandma lived in the countryside."

Brother Xiaohu was muttering to himself, and the little kid on the sofa next to him asked him why.

"It can blow up shit!" Brother Xiaohu jumped off the sofa, looked angrily at the adults playing mahjong, and then went into the house to get his cell phone.

The little kid was stunned by his cousin's tall back. He is indeed his cousin! !
"Where are you going, bro?"

"Don't follow me, look at your SpongeBob."

The little brat was stunned again. The SpongeBob SquarePants on TV was not played by him.

No, tomorrow is the third day of the New Year. If I don’t do something, the New Year will be over.

What can I do?

Hey! Wang Xiaohu suddenly came up with a good idea.

I don't know if Che Lin is asleep, um——

Wang Xiaohu: Let’s play badminton tomorrow? !
Xiaoche replied immediately: I won’t be at home tomorrow, are you going to play ball tomorrow?

Wang Xiaohu: I have to practice my basketball skills. I want to fight Uncle Fang to the death! Where are you?
Xiaoche: I’m in the countryside and can only go back the day after tomorrow.

The countryside?! Che Lin didn’t practice piano at home! She went to the countryside!

Wang Xiaohu: Is it fun in the countryside? !

Car: Super fun!
At this moment, a faint voice suddenly came from behind: "Cousin."

Wang Xiaohu was startled and turned his head sharply: "What are you doing?"

The little brat held onto the door frame and retracted half of his head, looking a little embarrassed. After a moment, he said, "Cousin, I want to poop."

Wang Xiaohu was so angry that he laughed: "Do you have a gun?"

Little brat: "You have a slingshot."

Wang Xiaohu: "."

The little butt pulled his head back again: "I want to see."

Wang Xiaohu: ".Get lost."