Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 301 2. Teacher Qi, Principal Qi
After shaking the flower in his hand, Li An strode up the steps.

He thought it would be very deserted during Chinese New Year, but he didn't expect that the hall would be so lively. The staff at the front desk were surrounded by a pair of middle-aged men and women, and in the rest area beside him, a young man in a plaid shirt was serving People around me explained:

"Yes, last year's unified examination time was January NO.15."

The young man looked sideways, and saw a tall man wearing a mask looking at him.

"Hold on."

The young man said to the side, then put down his pen and got up, looked at Li An again and asked politely, "Who are you?"

Li An had no intention of interrupting the other party, "Excuse me, where is Teacher Qi's office?"

Hearing Teacher Qi's three words, the young man hesitated for a moment looking at the bouquet in Li An's arms, and then asked, "Which Teacher Qi are you looking for?"

Li An wondered if there is a second Teacher Qi here.

He laughed and said, "Qi Yunsong, Teacher Qi."

Hearing Qi Yunsong's name, even the staff at the front desk looked up.

The young man suddenly realized that it was another person who came to visit the principal. This was the third person from the previous year. He smiled and pointed the way: "Principal Qi's office is on the left hand side on the second floor, and it is at the end of the walk."

Li An nodded his thanks, and quickly walked towards the direction of the other's finger.

Watching Ang Lee leave, the young man continued to explain the art examination policy of Gan Province last year to the parents of the students who came to consult.

Compared with this time last year, this year's enrollment work for their Zhiyuan Art School started years ago.
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On the walls on both sides of the stairs are the school profiles of several art colleges in the Northwest. Li An looked all the way up the stairs, and then he saw a wall covered with eight-inch blue-background passport photos.

Underneath each photo is the name of a high school and a university, along with a year.

Curiosity drove him to stop, counting the photo frames with the year "2021" written one by one.

In 2021, a total of 34 children will go out from here and be admitted to music majors across the country.

Counting forward, there are 2020 photo frames in 19, and there are only 2019 photo frames in 10, and the photo frame books from 2018 to 2016 are all in single digits. By 2015, he only saw two photos.

One of them was his.

Sentimental.

Looking at his art examination certificate photo, Li An couldn't help thinking about it carefully in his mind. That's right, he was sure that this was his first time here. They all go to each other's house.

Combined with the number corresponding to different years of photos on the wall, he can infer that the Zhiyuan Music and Art School should be officially opened by Mr. Qi around 2018 to 2019.

It took less than three to four years to move the position from the home to the street to achieve the current scale and achievements.

Last year alone, 32 candidates were sent out. This kind of record is incredible in a small place like Yucheng.

When he was outside the gate just now, he thought it was a children's music training school.

Teacher Qi can do it.

No, now I have to call Principal Qi.

Seeing his former mentor come to the fore now, Li An felt happy for him.

He tightened the gift box in his left hand, and quickened his pace.
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dang dang-

"Please come in."

The door was unlocked, Li An took off his mask, and opened the door with a light push.

The long-lost teachers and students just met again through a door.

"Ouch, come in quickly."

"Teacher Qi."

Two sounds sounded at the same time.

Qi Yunsong didn't expect Li An to come so early, so he got up quickly and blamed, "Why don't you call me in advance, so I can go down and pick you up."

At this time, it was indeed an hour earlier than the time agreed upon by the two of them.

"What are you going to do? I'll come here early if I'm not busy."

Li An walked into the door with a smile, and when he came to Teacher Qi, he didn't show his talent, and put the tea on the table beside him.

"You say you, come here, and buy something."

"My dad won't be happy if he doesn't buy it."

"I like this flower, I accept it."

"Come on, give me the flowers so I can take a good look at you."

Qi Yunsong took the bouquet and looked Li An up and down, and couldn't help but mutter, "It's been three years."

Li An was a little ashamed, "Actually, I should have come to see you a long time ago."

He was about to continue talking when Qi Yunsong waved his hand, "Don't talk about you, I haven't been able to attend to see Teacher Jia for the past two years."

Teacher Jia is a piano professor at the Music Department of Jincheng University, and Qi Yunsong's professional teacher during his undergraduate period.

After a pause, he said slowly, "It's a good thing to be busy."

Qi Yunsong knew himself as a student. He used to be like this. Even though he usually didn’t like to talk in class, he remembered things in his heart. He still remembered calling him on the first night of the report from Ang Lee University.

After so many years, he still feels the same way when he looks at Li An now.

"Come and sit down, you have to have a good chat with me today."

Qi Yunsong preoccupied Li An to sit on the reception sofa, and then handed him a cigarette.

"Mr. Qi, when did you start smoking?"

Li An wondered, in his memory, Mr. Qi neither drank nor smoked, and his only hobby was to drink strong tea, so he specially bought tea today.

"Smoking less." Qi Yunsong passed a cigarette to the other party after smelling the smell of cigarettes on Li An's body, and sat down opposite Li An.

Li An looked at Qi Yunsong's skillful smoking movements, and thought to himself that he was smoking less, obviously he was smoking a lot.

He can understand that Teacher Qi is now Principal Qi.

But whether the other party is Teacher Qi or Principal Qi, he has no other purpose in coming here today.

I just want to say thank you to Qi Yunsong.

In any case, without Qi Yunsong, there is a high probability that the original owner would not be admitted to the piano department of Rongcheng Conservatory of Music.

Secondly, Qi Yunsong, as the original owner's art test mentor, is also his art test mentor now. After the youth group open competition, the other party did not wait for his good news, but took the initiative to call him to congratulate him.

For these two points, he had to make the trip himself when he came back this trip.

"Thank you."

The two smoked while reminiscing about the events of Li An's art exam.

Qi Yunsong sighed, seven years have passed in a flash, but it feels like it was just yesterday when talking about these things.

"You don't have to thank me. If you want to thank you, you have to thank your parents."

Li An didn't think so. In his mind, these were two different things: "Parents are parents, and you are you. Without your guidance at that time, I would have missed the Rongcheng Conservatory of Music."

Qi Yunsong said with a relieved smile, "Okay, let's not talk about it. Your parents have been in good health for the past two years. How is your father's leg?"

Li Ang: "Everything is fine, he is still the same, his legs hurt when it is cloudy and rainy."

Qi Yunsong: "You can't take the old man to visit Lanshi again. After all, our place is small and the level of medical treatment is limited."

Leaving aside this, Li An still sighed, isn’t it just the day before yesterday, it was a cloudy day, and he complained that his legs were uncomfortable, so Li An thought about taking the old man to a big hospital to see, you always hoped that he would be healed with plasters.

In the end, Lao Li said it was all right, and kept emphasizing that he had traveled too much that day.

What kind of road is too much to walk, go downstairs, how many steps can you walk if you buy two catties of eggs in the community supermarket?
Li An knew that the old man was afraid of spending money, so he said that your leg pain is not a serious illness, the worst thing is to stay in the hospital for a few days, anyway, we have medical insurance.

Lao Li still didn't think he was long-winded.

In the end, he talked all kinds of things, and he was just two words: don't go.

Qi Yunsong didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, but he wasn't surprised either. There were some things Li An didn't know, but Old Li was stubborn.

"Old people are like this. Let me give you a trick. When you turn back, you tell him that you have found someone to hang up, and the money has been spent. If you don't go, the money will be wasted."

Li An's eyes lit up, let alone, why didn't he think of this move.

He thinks this trick works well, aren't you afraid of spending money?

Teachers and students took advantage of their parents' short stories, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for lunch.

Qi Yunsong looked at his watch, got up and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you at noon, let's chat while eating."

Li An: "Don't be Mr. Qi, I have to invite you for today's meal."

Qi Yunsong: "You have to listen to me when you come here. I'll go to Rongcheng tomorrow, so it's up to you."

Respect is worse than obedience.

Li An was thinking about this situation, and asked if the other party wanted to call his wife and children, but Qi Yunsong said that his mother had returned to her natal home twice.

"Today it's just the two of us, no one else will call."

It was only when Qi Yunsong went downstairs that he remembered to ask Li An how the piano was tuned, and Li An told the story of the piano tuner's visit to the house.

"This old Lu."

After hearing this, Qi Xuefeng said displeasedly, "I've told him several times, and he even forgot to bring accessories."

Li An explained: "I don't blame the master. The main reason is that my piano has not been tuned for too long, and the piano is also old. The master is also careful. When I opened the cover, I found that the inside was dirty. Insufficient, so I dare not act rashly."

Hearing what Li An said, Qi Yunsong's face became a little better, "What about the piano? How do you use it during the Chinese New Year?"

"Principal Qi."

"Principal Qi."

The two of them just went down to the first floor, when the young man in plaid shirt and the female receptionist looked at it together.

Qi Yunsong introduced Li An grandly to the two, and the two looked at Li An who had taken off his mask. Isn't this the special award winner in the report on the list of winners of this year's New Sea Cup that Principal Qi forwarded in his circle of friends? gainer.

The two suddenly became excited.

"Don't, just call me Li An."

Ang Li still couldn't bear this kind of enthusiasm.

Qi Yunsong watched and smiled for a while, and then said to the two of them, "You two should go to eat quickly, and take a break when you come back. There are still some parents who are consulting in the afternoon."

After leaving the school gate, Li An joked: "I see Teacher Qi, you are almost becoming the godfather of Yucheng's art test."

Qi Yunsong laughed, but he was not humble, "Who made you all unwilling to come back," he said, taking out his car keys.

Ang Lee moved his gaze to the black Audi next to him.

Row.

"Then what about your Qin, can you wait until the next year?"

In the car, Qi Yunsong continued what he had just said and asked.

Li An then told Qi Yunsong about the subsequent matter that he borrowed tools to tune the piano by himself, "I came here just after buying the strings this morning."

Qi Yunsong: "It's really troublesome, which piano store bought it?"

Li An: "It's on the side of Wenhua West Street. It seems to be called Dawei Music Store. I asked around, and it's his house."

Qi Yunsong smiled: "Liu Liwei, do you still remember?"

Li An didn't know him.

Qi Yunsong: "Have you forgotten, I took you to have dinner with him during your art exam, that bald head."

When he mentioned the bald head, Li An seemed to have a little impression, "He doesn't stutter a bit when he speaks."

Qi Yunsong let out a sigh: "That's him, he's the one who opened Dawei Piano Store."

Li Ang: "He opened it. I think the entire street is the size of his store."

Qi Yunsong: "No, he has dry hair now. A few years ago, he set up a musical instrument factory by himself, and his word of mouth is doing quite well in the whole Gan Province."

Ang Lee: "The piano is really good. I played it today."

Qi Yunsong laughed again: "The piano you play is not made by him, he only does wind music, hey, today is not suitable, otherwise I will call him in, and when the year is almost over, I will be the host and introduce you Get to know."

Li An really listened to what he said, and when he returned to Rongcheng, he had his own school, so he didn't feel at ease about selling musical instruments to students.

If he can make friends with the owner of a musical instrument factory, at least he can understand the way inside.

I just don't know what the relationship between Qi Yunsong and this boss Yang is.

"Teacher Qi, you and this Boss Yang?" He asked curiously.

Qi Yunsong: "I opened Zhiyuan Art School together with him."

Li An nodded, that's why.

moment.

"Li An, what are you mainly doing in Rongcheng now?"
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For lunch, Qi Yunsong chose a well-known restaurant in Yucheng.

After drinking for thirty days, Qi Yunsong, who is not very good at drinking, is indeed a bit overwhelmed.

"Good job."

Qi Yunsong joked, "When you grow up in the future, I will also help your teacher."

Qi Yunsong thought that Li An had won the grand prize, and now he was doing well in Rongcheng.

Little did he know the other party's current situation, firstly, he had no house, secondly, no car, and he didn't have much savings in his hand.

Of course, there is also the reason for the ambiguity that Li An said just now, people, no one wants to reveal their embarrassing side.

Not only did he pay the rent, but the day before yesterday he had a brainstorm and paid off the last 6000 yuan of online debt. Even with the salary paid in advance last January, he now only has 400 yuan in his whole body. Yuan money.

So when I heard Qi Yunfeng's words, I could only smile wryly in my heart, and I had to smile along with it, "Mr. Qi, you are going to say goodbye soon, I have to tell you this."

Qi Yunsong suddenly looked at Li An, and his tone became a little more serious, "Then you come back, let's do it together."

For a moment, Li An couldn't tell whether the other person's expression was genuine or joking, but he still shook his head subconsciously.

The corner of Qi Yunsong's mouth suddenly grinned again, "Look."

Then he sighed, "Li An, you were right to choose to stay in Rongcheng."

"Look at how well you are developing now. If you really came back, it would be delaying you."

What did Li An think of these words, the decision not to return to Rongcheng was not his decision, then he turned around and smiled, dismissing this idea again, isn't he the same.

But he was planning to study abroad in order to save money in a big city.

Suddenly he found that this reason was a bit untenable. Couldn't he save money when he went home? The expenses at home were much lower than those outside.

No, no, for his profession, big cities have more opportunities to create wealth.

Thinking about it, his eyes could not help falling on the Zhonghua cigarette case on the dining table.

Yucheng is also a small place.

In just a few years, Teacher Qi back then has become Principal Qi today.

As Qi Yunsong himself said just now, the entire Gannan area who trained for the dry arts test a few years ago is doing pretty well now.

He was thinking that if he returned to his hometown as soon as he graduated from university, would he be able to move his old father and mother out of that short and narrow house today?
But how can there be so many ifs.

Few people can really grasp the opportunities that are often talked about.

"Teacher Qi."

Ang Lee raised his glass, "I wish your career will grow bigger and bigger."

Qi Yunsong raised his glass and said loudly, "The teacher also wishes you to go farther and farther on the road of piano performance."

cheers.

Lifting his head, he took a sip of spicy food into his throat, Li An felt that the wine was a little too good today.

Piano playing.

He smiled inwardly and didn't know when practicing piano started and became his habit.

It wasn't like this before.
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"Hey, Teacher Wei hasn't been out and about often in the past two years?"

Qi Yunsong's question brought back Li An's thoughts.

(End of this chapter)