Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 227 222. Eight-Year-Old Memories of a Dumpling
Farewell to 2021, 2022 is coming as scheduled.

On January 1, New Year's Day, the weather was fine.

The reason why the New Year is called New Year's Day is said to be because "Yuan" means the first test, and "Dan" means day, which means day.

So New Year's Day is also called the first day, implying new expectations.

"Does your family eat dumplings on New Year's Day?"

On the way to the morning market, Li An asked Chen Xuan.

Yudong had a three-day holiday on New Year's Day, and the two of them decided last night that they would get up early today to go to the market, so they got up early in the morning to clean up and set off.

"When I was young, I loved to eat dumplings made by my grandma."

As Chen Xuan said, she could smell the dumplings boiling, "Every New Year's Day, my grandma would make a batch of Spanish mackerel dumplings, waiting for us to go back."

Li An is fresh, "Mackerel? Dumplings stuffed with fish?"

Chen Xuan smiled: "I haven't eaten it."

Li An has never eaten it before, "I have never heard of it. Dumplings stuffed with fish and meat, I can't imagine the taste."

"When I take you back, let my grandma feed you."

"I'm a little embarrassed."

"Tch, you're still too embarrassed."

The flow of people who came to the morning market today was particularly strong, and there was a lot of shouting and shouting, and there was a festive atmosphere with lights and festoons everywhere.

"What about you, do you have any customs for celebrating New Year's Day at home?"

"There is no special custom, just get something delicious and just be happy, it's the first day of the new year."

"Perfunctory me."

"We paid a lot of attention to Chinese New Year, and there is really nothing to say about New Year's Day."

The two went around and finally decided to eat dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage today.

There are some Spanish mackerel for sale, but Chen Xuan said that this mackerel is not good, so Li An gave up and gave up the idea of ​​making whole mackerel dumplings.

Indeed, when he buys it back, he can only adjust the stuffing according to the recipe.

I bought good-quality hind legs, mixed with streaky flowers, and the cabbage needs to be big, so I specially chose a fat one with big leaves and stems.

Another two catties of fresh shrimp, Li An knew that Chen Xuan had never left these seafood since he was a child.

He wanted to buy it before, but Chen Xuan never let him buy it.

"Look at what else to buy, what else do you want to eat?"

Seeing that the shopping trolley was almost full, with everything from meat to vegetables to fruit, Chen Xuan felt that the ice box would not be able to fit any more, "Okay, okay, this is enough for us to eat for half a month gone."

Payment and checkout, a total of 376.4 yuan.

They went out and took a taxi home, and within 10 minutes, the two returned to the east gate of Wanhe Mansion, and got out of the car with large and small bags.

On the way to the door of the unit, Chen Xuan reached out to take the handbag in Li An's hand, "Give it to me."

Li An turned sideways: "It's not heavy, you go press the elevator."

Chen Xuan refused, and finally grabbed the corner of the handle, and shared the heaviest handbag with Li An.

Not to mention that Chen Xuan shared the burden, Li An suddenly felt that the pressure on his fingers was relieved a lot.

When they got home, Chen Xuan was in charge of packing the refrigerator, and Li An was in charge of mincing the meat.

After a while, the battle on Chen Xuan's side ended, while Li An's side was still dividing the meat.

"Just grind it at the butcher shop."

Seeing how troublesome Li An is, Chen Xuan pouted.

The last piece of meat was cut with the last knife, and Li An's first step was completed.

"It's delicious when you chop it yourself, go and play, I'm fast."

"Shall I help you meet?"

"Farewell, farewell, I'll be fine in a while, let's try to eat on time during the big festival."

"You hate it."

The last time Chen Xuan wanted to try to make a bowl of hand-cooked noodles for Li An, but according to the online tutorial, add too much water and add noodles, and add water if the noodles are too dry, that’s it. The hill-like lump of dough was stunned.

To be honest, he felt sorry for those faces at the time.

Really.

"Hey, I'll teach you next time. Didn't you say that we're going to update a New Year's Day special today? Go and choose a song. After you choose a song, we'll start recording in the afternoon."

"Slightly~"

Chen Xuan turned and left, Li An lowered his head and shouted: "And you, what are you waiting for, kittens can't eat raw meat."

Bawan was extremely wronged.

It is a serious carnivore.
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Li An wasn't bragging, he was really quick at chopping stuffing.

That little wrist is insanely flexible.

From a distance, it looks like playing a one-handed wrist staccato etude. The blade falls rhythmically on the chopping board, and the clicking sound is like accompaniment to the sound of the flute in the living room.

From time to time, there will be a miserable "meow——"

Bach and meow can occasionally be paired in this way.

Although Li Ang and Chen Xuan had many disputes over the processing style of Bach's works, they should still appreciate each other's performance.

At least Ang Lee didn't say anything, but he still liked Chen Xuan's Bach in his heart.

"Which work is this that you just blew?"

When Li An stopped to wipe his sweat, Chen Xuan just finished playing a movement, so he turned his head and asked.

"The fourth movement of the Sonata in E minor."

To be honest, there are quite a few Bach works in E minor. Anyway, this is the first time Ang Lee has heard this work for flute in E minor.

"You can find a steel companion score."

The two have not specifically passed by the classical works of the flute.

"Are we going to record this?" Chen Xuan walked over with a cup of hot water.

Li An nodded and said with a smile: "It's appropriate to point out the classic works, and also improve the quality of our B station account."

On the night of True and False Czerny Night, Ang Lee's account B received a lot of new attention.

After the night of the finals, he didn't know how enthusiastic netizens discovered his ID at station B. In a few days, Kung Fu fans had already surpassed a thousand.

After being told by Li An, Chen Xuan put down the water glass and went back to the living room to continue practicing.

Unlike the previous ensemble works, this work is purely for flute solo, and the piano is only responsible for accompaniment.

She was a little excited to publish her personal work online for the first time.

As for the steel accompaniment score, it is ready-made, and it is in her mailbox.
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"You don't know how to make dumplings?"

"I can."

"Okay, pack two more hands, let's seal that mouth as tightly as possible."

"Understood. By the way, why are you so good at bagging? I think you look better than my mother's bag."

Li An sighed and did not speak, then let out a long smile.

"Look."

As he said that, he quickly rolled out a thin and even dough skin, then put a spoonful of filling on it, folded the dumpling skin in half, pressed it together with his fingers, and squeezed it together with the tiger's mouth.

In less than five seconds, a beautiful dumpling appeared in his palm.

"Have you learned?"
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Another 45 minutes passed, and the two of them finally ate the dumplings after a busy morning.

Most of the dumplings on Li An's plate were of different shapes and styles, while the dumplings on Chen Xuan's plate were all small and exquisite.

"Try it quickly."

Li An picked up a dumpling and blew it, then fed it to Chen Xuan's mouth, "Bite a small bite, don't eat the whole one, it's hot."

Chen Xuan opened her mouth and guessed that she had bitten half a mouthful. After taking a bite, the next second, the rich aroma of meat and the sweetness of cabbage filled her mouth and atrium in an instant.

⊙▽⊙!
Before she could swallow the part in her mouth, she then swallowed the other half into her mouth in one gulp, puffing her cheeks indistinctly, "It's delicious."

Chen Xuan was so surprised, the dumplings made by Li An really looked like those sold outside!

Living together for so long, she admits that Li An's cooking is really delicious, but compared with the dumplings at the moment, it is completely eclipsed.

What a strange skill tree!

Just as Chen Xuan swallowed the dumpling, Li An fed another shelled shrimp to Chen Xuan's mouth.

Couldn't be happier. Chen Xuan took advantage of the time when Li An was not at home to lose the weight, which seemed to be coming back again.

The two who had been hungry for a whole morning finished off 90.00% of the three plates of dumplings and one plate of shrimp in a short time, leaving the last dumpling on Chen Xuan's plate.

Chen Xuan couldn't take it anymore.

Leaning on the chair, he patted his stomach and burped cutely, "I still have to eat tonight."

"In the evening, let's boil pork slices and steam rice."

Li An started to clean up the table, "I have some leftover stuffing and I'll wrap it into wontons, enough for you to have a few breakfasts."

Hearing Li An's words, Chen Xuan got up and kissed him hard on the face, "Hurry up and marry me."

Then happily helped to clean up.

Li An couldn't eat anymore, but he still picked up Chen Xuan's leftover dumpling and fed it to his mouth.

He couldn't remember whether it was this smell or not.

But every bite is his deepest thoughts.

"Xiaomi, how old were you when you first played the flute?"

Li An suddenly asked.

"It seems to be eight years old."

"Well--"

Chen Xuan tried hard to remember.

"It was eight years old, I remembered, my cousin showed off her talents during the Chinese New Year, and then my dad asked me to brag about it."

What a coincidence.

Reminiscing about the taste in his mouth, Li An carefully packed the stuffing in his hand until he dug the bowl of the stuffing with a loud noise and it was clean.
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In Li An's memory, when he was in kindergarten, other people were picked up by his parents, and he was picked up by three people in turn.

When I was in elementary school, other mothers got off work at six o'clock in the afternoon, but her mother didn't come home until almost ten o'clock every day.

Occasionally he would bring back a piece of stewed pork, and most of the time he would bring him dumplings.

When he was a little older, he knew that his mother made the dumplings, and then sold them to others, and then bought him delicious ones.

That year, my mother was making dumplings at home around the chopping board during Chinese New Year, so he leaned over and said that he wanted to make dumplings too.

He wondered if he had learned, would his mother be able to go home early in the future.

Dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage are all his memories of his mother in his long childhood.
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"Don't get in the way, go play while you're at it. Your second grandpa will be here in a while, and I'll give you the New Year's money when he comes."

"Second Grandpa will definitely give me an extra ten yuan if he eats the dumplings I made."

"You-"

"Look good, stick the skin first, then fill a spoonful of stuffing, fold the skin in half, like this, press it between your fingers, and squeeze it hard at the end."

"Have you learned?"

Li An is smart and can learn everything quickly.

The second master had a very happy meal that night. After the meal, he talked to Li An's father about something.

The second master is a small manager in the logistics of the school for the children of the second mine. That year, the government issued a policy to incorporate all factory-run schools on the market, and the school of the second mine will be handed over to the Municipal Education Bureau after the year.

Otherwise, he would be responsible for counting the school's property, and finally found an old piano in the warehouse.

The piano was not on the property list of the ledger, so the second master was moved.

"Let the baby learn something. Look at the children around you who don't learn a specialty. It's a pity to lose this ready-made piano. I'll give it to you."

Li An's father is a miner who has been working underground all year round, and his waist has long been unable to straighten up.

Hearing what the second uncle said, his back became even more hunched, and he just lowered his head and smoked without saying a word.

"Li An is smarter than the two of you, and he can learn everything quickly."

Li An's father still didn't say a word, while Li An's mother wanted to say something, but swallowed it again.

Seeing this, the second master called Li An.

After a while, Li An ran out, holding a piece of paper torn from his work notebook in his hand.

"Second Grandpa, look."

The second master took a look, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes squeezed his eyes, "Is this a family portrait?"

On the paper are green lawns, blue clouds, golden sun, and three big, one small and four little people on the lawn.

"This is Second Grandpa."

Li An pointed at the black-faced villain on the page in the arms of the second grandfather, tilting his head and giggling.

The second grandpa also laughed: "Why do you draw me so crouching?"

After laughing for a while, the second grandfather put Li Ang's painting aside, and then asked, "Do you want to learn piano?"

"think."

Li Anke likes to listen to the piano played by the teacher in their music class, the sound is very bright.

The couple heard their son's words and looked at his son's little face at the same time.

"I want to learn to kowtow to me."

Li An didn't say a word, got out of the second master's arms, knelt down and kowtowed.

Then the second master took out a small stack of red boards from his arms, grinned and said, "Hey, take the gram, go to your mother, and sign you up to learn the piano."

Li An hadn't seen so much money before, so he hurriedly thanked the second master, then took it and slipped it into his mother's arms.

At that time, he heard the second master laughing and scolding.

As for what happened later that night, he doesn't know. He only remembers that on the fifteenth day of the new year, he was doing his homework for the winter vacation when he heard someone coming from outside the bedroom door. Then he put down his pen and ran out, and saw his father and second grandfather. There were three uncles struggling to carry a big brown guy into the house.

He never dreamed that the piano, which can only be seen in the music room, would actually enter the living room of his house.

However, this also made the small living room rather narrow. After the piano was set up, he couldn't wait to walk up to it.

The second master touched his head, "Let's play."

There was no piano stool, so Li An moved a stool from the bedroom. The moment he dropped his finger on the piano for the first time, there was a bang, and he felt that the dark room became brighter.

From pressing one note to pressing two notes, the living room was soon filled with the sound of the piano.

At that time, Ang Lee didn't know the pitch and pitch, but he could feel that the sound of some keys was not right.

"Thank you, uncle."

The three men at the door were already smoking.

Second Master: "Thank you, look at how happy he is, let him study hard, listen."

Suddenly, a very familiar tone came from the living room, and the three men walked over. Li An's mother, who was cooking, also wiped her hands on her apron and mailed it to the door of the living room.

In front of the piano, a small figure used one finger to flick out the happy new year tune.

Li An didn't know, but at that moment his father's dark face showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.

At noon that day, the family of five ate dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork.

The happy laughter is still fresh in Ang Lee's memory.

It is a pity that her mother came home later after the year.

I never brought him dumplings again.

But Ang Lee has learned how to make dumplings.

If he remembers correctly, he was also eight years old that year.
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"What about you, when did you start learning the piano?"

Ang Lee thought about it.

"Nine and a half years old."
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After waking up from the lunch break, Ang Li took Chen Xuan's tablet computer and began to practice the steel accompaniment part of the fourth movement of Bach's Flute Sonata in E minor.

I kept busy until it was completely dark outside the window before uploading the last recorded video.

The leisurely day ends with a delicious boiled beef meal.

The two of them went out for a walk before going to bed.

"do you happy today."

"happy."

"We're going to start work tomorrow."

"Well, you're going to be busy again next time."

Early the next morning, Li An began to design the repertoire for his personal concert, which was the most important thing for him right now.

(End of this chapter)