Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1015 275. Gently, this year passed by

It was the first time Chen Xuan slept on a heated kang. The first thing she did when she woke up from the heat was to look for water to drink.

It was daylight outside the window, and Li An and the old man's bedding had been rolled up to the edge of the kang.

Grandma was still sleeping. Chen Xuan quietly got out of the quilt and was immediately hit by a chill.

I can't feel it in bed, but the room is quite cold.

She put on her coat, got off the kang and found Li Ang's water cup. Regardless of whether it was hot or cold, Chen Xuan picked it up and took a big sip.

The coolness goes down my throat and I feel comfortable all over.

Putting down the cup of water, Chen Xuan went to the kitchen where the cooks were.

There are two mirrors in my grandfather's house. One is a dressing mirror on the large wardrobe, but it is cracked beyond recognition. The other is a complete small mirror, which is a dressing mirror. It is hung on the earthen wall of the kitchen room. There is an iron rack under the mirror, and a basin for washing face is placed on the rack.

Without any facial cleanser or bottles and jars, Chen Xuan just filled a basin with clean water, brushed her teeth, and wiped her face.

She smoothed her hair in front of the mirror, then hurriedly left the room, looking for the sound outside the door.

The bare branches huddled in the cold wind, revealing the open view of the empty courtyard, which exuded a secluded tranquility that made people feel cool.

In a corner of the yard, Li An was talking to his grandfather in front of the donkey shed. Chen Xuan hurried over, as if she was afraid of missing something fun.

"Good morning, Teacher Xiaomi."

"Morning, Teacher Li."

"Good morning grandpa!"

Grandpa grinned and responded, then told Li An that it was cold outside.

"It's not cold!" Chen Xuan said loudly, "It's too hot in the room!"

Li An: "It's okay, Grandpa, she's wearing warm clothes!"

Grandpa nodded, threw the last handful of grass into the shed, clapped his hands, and then asked the two of them: "Cooking?"

Li An: "Grandpa just said he would cook some instant noodles for you when you get up, would you like to have some?"

Chen Xuan: "Thank you, Grandpa! I want to eat the noodles you cook!"

As soon as grandpa returned to the house, the door of the next door creaked.

"Good morning, fourth sister-in-law!"

Xiaoyan rushed to the two of them and said, "Hey, I heard some noise in the yard."

Chen Xuan smiled: "Me too, Yan Zi won't sleep any more."

Xiaoyan: "No need to sleep. We should cherish the last few days of the holiday."

Li An: "Grandpa is going to cook instant noodles, do you want some?"

When Xiaoyan heard this, she hurried to the main room.

Chen Xuan was puzzled: "Yanzi, what is this?"

"Who knows." Li An said and yawned, "I think I slept well last night."

Chen Xuan: "I slept well. Didn't you sleep well?"

Li An: "The kang was too hot. I woke up several times during the night because of the heat."

Chen Xuan: "I think it's okay. Did you name it together with grandpa?"

Lee An: "Well, we've already gone around the fields."

Chen Xuan: "You didn't call me!"

Li An: "What are you calling? Your snoring sounds like a whistle."

Chen Xuan: "Impossible! My throat must be too dry!"

Li Anle: "It's okay, I didn't record it for you."

Chen Xuan: "Give me the phone!"

Li An's cell phone was still on the kang, and his grandfather was standing in front of the pot in the kitchen, beating poached eggs.

Xiaoyan looked at the soup that was totally disproportionate to the amount of noodles and didn't know what to say.

Xiaoyan knew that her grandfather must have added a lot of water. Sure enough, as soon as she entered the kitchen, she saw a large pot of water with seasoning sprinkled in it.

Grandpa usually puts a lot of water when cooking instant noodles, so it has no taste, which is fine for Xiaoyan to eat normally.

But this is for my fourth brother and his wife to eat!
"Grandpa, add another packet of seasoning!"

Grandpa didn't hear clearly. Xiaoyan was about to say something else when Li An's voice came from behind, "That's it."

Li An walked into the kitchen, and Yan Zi turned around and said, "Brother, let's eat these two packets. I'll cook another packet for Sister-in-law later."

Chen Xuan, who followed Li Ang in, didn't understand what was going on.

Li An: "Grandpa boiled two packets first and put too much water. Yan Zi was worried that you wouldn't be able to eat it."

Chen Xuan thought something was wrong. "I just like to eat light food. I just want to drink more soup to moisten my throat. Yanzi, you can eat it and cook it. I'll just eat what grandpa cooks."

Seeing this, Xiaoyan gave up and said, "I just want to eat some steamed buns. I don't want to eat instant noodles."

When she was a child, Yan Zi loved instant noodles, but later she got tired of them.

After grandpa finished cooking Li Ang and Chen Xuan’s food, he wanted to cook for Yan Zi, but Yan Zi said she wanted to eat steamed buns.

"What does grandpa eat?" Chen Xuan just realized the problem.

Grandpa wanted to eat egg cake, so he served a bowl of noodles to Li An and Chen Xuan respectively. There was still some soup left in the pot, so Grandpa served himself some.

Li An and Chen Xuan moved the table outside. Yan Zi served two bowls of noodles and a plate of steamed buns, and then brought out a dish of pickles. Grandpa took out a bag of loose egg cakes from the wooden cabinet in the kitchen, took one out of it, sealed the bag and put it back in the cabinet.

"You guys eat."

After Grandpa finished speaking, he was holding the soup bowl and the egg cake and was about to go to the doorway. At this moment, Li Rui pushed open the door of the main room and bumped into Grandpa.

After greeting his four sisters-in-law, Li Rui glanced at what his grandfather was holding, then snatched the bowl and egg cake from his grandfather's hand.

"Fourth sister-in-law, please eat quickly." He said and went into the house.

Yan Zi: "Don't worry about him, Fourth Brother, let's eat first."

After looking at the kitchen, Chen Xuan turned back to look at her grandfather and asked, "What's wrong?" She already knew that her grandfather had the habit of eating outside, but why did Li Rui take away her grandfather's bowl?

In less than a minute, Li Rui brought a bowl of hot soy milk powder and an egg cake that looked much more colorful.

He walked up to the grandfather and said, "Hurry up and eat something!" Li Rui's tone was not gentle. The grandfather didn't know if he didn't hear clearly or was used to it. He took the new bowl and egg cake handed to him by Li Rui and left the main room.

Li An then spoke: "What's wrong? What did you do?"

"Soy milk powder, ah," Li Rui turned around and sighed with a smile, "I can't say anything about him, sister-in-law, eat quickly, it's cold in the room, and the food gets cold quickly."

Chen Xuan's mind was full of Li Rui's yelling at his grandfather. Naturally, she felt unhappy, but she didn't show it. "Well, what do you want to eat?"

"Just have a couple of bites." Li Rui went back to the kitchen to retrieve the bowl that his grandfather was about to take out, as well as his grandfather's egg cake.

Only then did Chen Xuan realize what was in her grandfather's bowl. There were bits of egg crumbs floating in the thin soup.

Then there was a sound of "crunch", and Li Rui broke the egg cake in his hand into two halves.

How long has this egg cake been kept?
For a moment, Chen Xuan felt even more choked up. In addition to them, there were many other relatives who bought egg cakes for grandpa during the New Year.

Grandpa why?
Li Rui continued to break the dry and hard egg cake into small halves and soak them in the bowl. "It's useless no matter what anyone says. My mother secretly threw away two boxes last time. Don't pick them up again by yourself."

Chen Xuan: “.”

Li Rui: "Ah, grandpa is also an unlucky person. In fact, the family has everything they need now. He can get more than 400 yuan a month, plus grandma's money, there is always 800 yuan. How can it be enough to live here? I don't know what he is squandering every day."

Li An: "You guys should buy less on a regular basis, buy when you want to eat, don't let it sit."

Li Rui: "What does he give you to eat every day? He only eats two a week. You can't buy him one or two at a time. He won't eat anything else. He just likes to eat this kind of cowardly thing."

Li An sighed: "Stop eating now and drink some eight-treasure porridge."

"It's okay." Li Rui finished the instant noodle soup and egg cake in a few big mouthfuls. Chen Xuan was really not sure if she could eat such a thing, even with some unspeakable emotions towards her grandfather in her heart. Looking at Li Rui again, she changed her opinion of him.

The first impression Li Rui left on Chen Xuan was not a very good one. The first time they all ate together, Li Rui ate two bites and then went aside to play with his mobile phone.

Although Li Rui would put down his phone and be the first to stand up when someone else was needed to stand up, he would curl up in a corner and play with his phone by himself after finishing his work.

Of course, Chen Xuan had no opinion about Li Rui. She was just looking at her younger brother from the perspective of an older sister. This was not the attitude that a college student who was about to graduate should have.

When talking about Li Rui in private, Fifth Father and Fifth Aunt also sighed repeatedly.

But Chen Xuan saw another side of Li Rui today. Behind that irritable "Eat quickly", wasn't it another manifestation of filial piety and care, or even a more substantial manifestation.

In other words, if Li Rui had not come to the main room and stopped grandpa from taking the dishes away, grandpa would have had a breakfast like that.

But Li Rui stopped his grandfather, gave him a piece of fresh egg cake, and also gave him a bowl of soy milk powder, almost forcing his grandfather to have a sweet breakfast early on the fifth day of the New Year.

Chen Xuan had never eaten such a breakfast before, and she was not sure whether she would remember this breakfast for the rest of her life.

But at this moment, the simple brother and sister at the dinner table, and the grandfather holding the bowl at the door, have been completely engraved in her heart.

In the morning, Li Ruiyanzi took Li An and Chen Xuan to the mountain for some fun.

The four of them stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance. Li An asked Li Rui what his plans were next. Li Rui brought up the same words again, that he would come back as soon as he graduated and raise pigs with his father.

Facing the mountain breeze, Li Rui spoke with great enthusiasm.

Li An: "Raising pigs is also a technical job."

Li Rui smiled: "Learn it."
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After going down the mountain and returning to the yard, half an hour later Li Xuebin drove to pick up Li An and Chen Xuan.

The cooperation plan was finalized in less than the time it took to finish a meal.

Li Xuebin was responsible for the opening call, Teacher Qi was responsible for gathering the teachers, Yang Guangtou was responsible for the musical instruments, and Li An helped with the curriculum.

As for the pricing of musical instruments, that is not what is being discussed at today's meal.

On the way here, Li An had already given Li Xuebin a price range, and the rest was up to Li Xuebin to decide based on his own reference.

When the time comes and Li Ang completes the course based on the enrollment situation, his task will be accomplished.

"There are several good seedlings this year," Teacher Qi sighed before the dinner ended. "I really should let you hear about them."

Li An: "This trip is really too tight."

Teacher Qi: "You can also let them listen to it online. Do you have time this year?"

Li An: "It's really tough this year, but I have three professional piano teachers here, all of whom are very good. I'll arrange for them to take time to listen to the piano for the children."

Teacher Qi: "Then I feel at ease!"

Li An: "I'll keep an eye on the art exam for you. You have to work harder this year to promote the wind music industry in Yucheng. At least by the end of the year, the Second Mining Primary School should put on a show to open the eyes of the surrounding schools."

Teacher Qi: “Okay!”

Amidst loud laughter, everyone raised their glasses to end the meal.
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At the restaurant entrance, Li An invited Teacher Qi and Yang Guangtou to visit Chengdu when they have time.

Then he called a designated driver to take the two of them to the car.

Chen Xuan didn't drink, so the task of driving naturally fell on Chen Xuan.

"Where is your home, second dad?" Chen Xuan wanted to turn on the navigation.

Li Xuebin: "Where are you going back to?"

Li An: "Don't worry about us, I'll send you back first."

Li Xuebin: "No, I have to go back to the village. I mean if you guys don't go back, I will park the car downstairs of your house and I will take a taxi over."

Li An: "Then let's go back together. There's no one at home. My mom is at my grandma's house and my dad doesn't get off work until the evening. It's a good time for us to have another meal."

Li Xuebin: "Grandpa always thinks about you. When Yan Zi goes home on weekends, he catches her and asks her what time you have off. When you were on TV, your grandfather sat in front of the TV for the whole night, and kept asking us which one of us was you."

Li An: "I told you I was in the second half, what did you tell grandpa?"

Li Xuebin: "We said, hey, your grandfather sometimes pretends to be deaf."

Just then, a voice came from the driver's seat: "Grandpa also likes to be lively."

Teacher Xiaomi finally understood what Li Ang meant by what he said last night.

moment.

Li Xuebin suddenly sighed: "Chen Xuan, your grandfather had a very hard life."

Li An: "Well, that's just what we think."

Li Xuebin nodded: "That's what I said."

Teacher Xiaomi didn't hear anything else, but her nose felt inexplicably sore.
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Chen Xuan stayed in the main room the whole afternoon, watching the Spring Festival Gala with her grandparents again, and ate the cold noodles prepared by her fifth aunt.

Of course, in addition to all this, she also did something big.

While watching the Spring Festival Gala with her grandparents, she sent Li An to secretly go to the kitchen to investigate.

After making sure that the egg cakes grandpa ate were all sold in bulk, Teacher Xiaomi bought a variety of individually packaged egg cakes in all flavors online.

Knowing her grandfather and soy milk powder, Chen Xuan bought a variety of soy milk powders with high nutritional value suitable for the elderly, plus a simple kettle.

Specially used to make soy milk for grandpa.

Before going home in the evening, Chen Xuan asked Li An to secretly pack all the egg cakes that Grandpa Chen had placed in the cupboard into the food they brought.

Before leaving, grandparents, fifth aunt, fifth uncle Yan Zi and Li Rui saw them off to the gate of the courtyard.

Chen Xuan said goodbye to a group of people and finally came to her grandfather.

"Grandpa! You and grandma, have a good meal!" Chen Xuan leaned close to Grandpa's ear and shouted, "Next time I come back, I'll take you to my house to eat fish dumplings!"

Grandpa nodded after hearing this, grinned and raised his hand to tell the two to get in the car quickly, as if she was herding sheep. "Go."

Li An: "Okay, hurry in, we may not be back this year."

Yan Zi: "Brother, send me a message in advance when you come back!"

Li An: "Well! Yanzi, grit your teeth and work hard. It's the last four months. When you get into college, no matter where you get into, Fourth Brother will send you to school!"

Yan Zi: "Fourth brother, don't lie to me!!"

Li An: "I'm not lying to you, Li Rui."

Li Rui stepped forward and opened his arms, and the two brothers hugged him tightly.

Amid the farewells, Li Ang and the other man got into the car.

Chen Xuan kept looking back from the moment she got in the car until she could no longer see the lanterns at the gate of the courtyard, but she seemed to still be able to see the cute and simple faces under the lanterns.
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When Lao Li returned home in the evening, Li An and Chen Xuan were packing their luggage for tomorrow's trip in the small bedroom.

Li An stuffed the beef sauce prepared by An's mother into his backpack, picked up his phone and took a look, then whispered to the phone: "It's 7:30 pm on the eighth day of the first lunar month. I put the ticket in the second drawer at the front desk."

Just then, Lao Li knocked on the door gently.

"Xiao Chen."

"Uncle, you're back."

"I'm home!"

As Old Li spoke, he took out a brand new red envelope from his coat pocket.

Chen Xuan was stunned. Her uncle had already given her the red envelope.

"Xiao Chen, take this. Grandpa Li An gave it to me the day before yesterday. He asked me to give it to you when you leave."

"Thank you, grandpa."

"What are you thanking me for? Hurry up and clean up."

Chen Xuan gently took the red envelope and waited for Lao Chen to leave the hut before she continued to pack up.

Quietly, this year passed by.