Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 881 141. Fast and Slow

I was so busy today that I forgot about Xiaoche. When Li An answered Chen Xuan's call just now, he was still thinking about telling Xiaoche.

I got distracted while getting a takeaway.

"Hey Linlin, go to sleep first. I have something to do. We'll eat the food at noon tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work."

After a moment's hesitation on the phone, "Teacher, are you drinking?"

Zheng Haitao: “Puchi.”

Li An glared at him and said, "No, the teacher is discussing the Shuren performance with your uncle Haitao and the others. Don't drink, don't worry."

Zhang Miao: “～”

Liang Yudan: “~”

On the phone, "Well, teacher, have you had dinner?"

Li An: "Yes, I ate it in the afternoon."

Everyone: “～”

The voice on the phone suddenly became cheerful, "Hey, good night, teacher. You can drink less, just don't drink so much that you feel uncomfortable when you come back."

Everyone: “～”

Li An: "Don't worry, the teacher is not in a good mood today. Good night, go to bed and cover yourself with the quilt."

On the phone, "Teacher, I'm going to sleep. By the way, teacher, I've also prepared millet porridge for tomorrow morning."

Everyone: “～”

Li An: "Okay, tomorrow morning we'll have millet porridge and pickled vegetables and eggs."

After saying that, Li An hung up the phone. Li An knew that he would not hang up if he didn't hang up the car.

Liang Yudan: "Mrs. Linlin is so well behaved."

Liu Zhaocheng sighed: "There are too few children like this."

Everyone knows that Xiaoche is very sensible, but no one has ever heard a conversation like this between a teacher and a student.

Upon hearing this, their feelings about the car changed again.

Zhang Miao: "I think the eldest brother will be a good father in the future."

Everyone seconded the proposal.

Li An smiled and said, "I'd be willing to raise three girls like Linlin."

Hai Tao: "Three? Three more? Too greedy."

Li An raised his eyebrows: "I think you guys are also short of wine today."

Haitao was not afraid at all: "Brother, I am really not afraid of you today. If you dare to make me drink, I will tell Linlin tomorrow."

In an instant, everyone could see with their own eyes that Ang Lee's aura was extinguished.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"We finally discovered the boss's weakness!"

Weaknesses? Ang Lee sighed and laughed, so be it, everyone has to have some weaknesses, otherwise they won’t be invincible.

How lonely it is to be invincible.

After having enough food and drink, Liang Yudan and others helped clean up the battlefield, and then left with the leftovers.

Xu Hongxin wanted to send a few people off, but they refused. Everyone asked Xu Hongxin to go back and accompany his sister-in-law.

"Okay, Boss Xu, I'm leaving too. I'm leaving Haitao. Bye."

"Bye, Brother Xin, be safe on the road."

As everyone left, only Li An, Xu Li and Zheng Haitao were left in the hall.

The three chatted for a while, and Li An introduced Mu Xin's situation in detail, and then mentioned the issue of renting a house for Mu Xin.

As for the fact that Li An had agreed on the phone to rent a private apartment for Mu Xin, since Li An had already promised the other party, Xu Li had nothing to say and supported it.

But if Li An had discussed this matter with her in advance, she would have been able to handle it in a more beneficial way for both parties.

"Sister Xu, do you think it's appropriate?"

Xu Li nodded: "Of course it's appropriate. Such outstanding talents are exactly what we need now."

Following this question, Xu Li said another thing in front of Haitao, "Two more parents contacted me today, expressing their intention to sign up for one-on-one courses. Together with the two parents who responded to me yesterday, there are now four more students."

Haitao gave a thumbs up: "Sister Xu is awesome."

Xu Li smiled: "The key is that our brand is well-known."

Li An: "The problem now is that we are still short of a teacher. We still need at least one more teacher, otherwise we won't be able to handle the winter vacation."

Hai Tao pondered for a moment, "Brother, I don't know if I should say something. I don't mean anything else, I just don't understand."

Li An: "Stop dithering. Zhang Miao is not here. Just say no if you have anything to say."

Hai Tao: “!”

Lee Ang: "He's being hypocritical again."

Haitao: "No, this happened suddenly."

After a pause, "Is it so obvious?"

Xu Li: “I just noticed it today.”

Haitao: “.”

Li An: "It's not something to be ashamed of. If you like someone, go after them. If you can't catch up, forget it. It's just a small matter. Why are you so awkward? What era is this? Can't we be friends if we can't be friends?"

Hai Tao curled his lips: "You are the one who said it all. You..."

Hai Tao stopped talking halfway, and Li An glared at him, "Are our situations the same?"

When Xu Li heard that there was gossip here, she laughed and asked if she should avoid it.

Haitao regained his dignity and smiled, "No, no, Sister Xu, let's talk business."

"We have three teachers now, which is stable. I won't count the number of students. We can recruit 50 students in the first batch, which means one teacher can only teach 16 students on average. Can we really not handle it?"

Li An: "Sure, then what?"

Haitao: "That's it. I don't think you need to rush to recruit teachers for now. The New Year is coming soon. Who would be busy looking for a job at this critical moment? Let's talk about it after the New Year."

Li An: "Listen, isn't that how you calculated it? One week is a cycle, one child has one class a week, and there are two days on the weekend, so eight children a day, that's just enough to finish the class."

Haitao: “Yes.”

Xu Li interjected: "In theory, I also think this is reasonable. My idea is that four teachers are just right, because we have to consider that we cannot perfectly arrange the time for each child. One more teacher can solve this problem."

Li An: "Sister Xu, you are not a piano teacher. I can understand why you think this way, but I can't understand Haitao."

Haitao: "I've also taken ten classes a day."

Li An: "How many days did you go to school?"

Haitao: “Two weeks.”

Lee Ang: "Two weeks is only four days."

Haitao: "The children can't go to class during normal times."

Li An: "Okay, are you tired?"

Haitao: “Not bad.”

Li An: "Can you guarantee the quality?"

Haitao: "Brother, you underestimate me."

Li An: "Then I'll let you study for two months."

Haitao: "Absolutely no problem."

Li An: "I don't believe it."

Haitao was suddenly choked, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li An: "I'm not looking down on you, but I'm telling you, no one can do it. Even if you ask the old man to try, he can't do it either."

After a pause, he said, "We teachers are human beings. Teaching is a job. Let's not talk about asking you to teach for two consecutive months. Let's ask you to sleep enough tonight and eat well and teach eight classes tomorrow. Can you guarantee the same quality of the class at 9 o'clock in the morning and the class at 5 o'clock in the afternoon?"

Haitao was silent.

Lee Ang added: "Do you understand what I mean by quality?"

After a moment, Haitao nodded: "I understand, I think I can do it."

Xu Li's gaze turned to Li An again.

Li An: "Okay, let me ask you another way. If the child's class at 9 am is moved to 5 pm, with the same content, do you think the quality of the class will be better at 9 am or 5 pm?"

Haitao opened his mouth, but this time he said nothing.

Xu Li nodded thoughtfully. She understood why Li An said they needed at least one more teacher.

Li An: "Haitao, if I really let you teach eight children tomorrow, just tomorrow, I believe you can achieve the quality I mentioned. Even if you randomly change the order of their classes, you can guarantee to give the children the highest quality of lessons."

"Why? Because you are full of blood now."

Haitao: “Yes.”

Li An: "But taking classes is not something that can be done in one or two days or one or two months."

Haitao: "Yes." Li An: "Right, we are all teachers, we know best what is going on in class. Sometimes it's not that we want to be lazy, but we really don't have the energy and physical strength to keep up."

Haitao: “Indeed.”

Ang Lee: "So before discussing this issue, we must first put ourselves into the actual situation. Quite a number of people think that being a piano teacher is an easy job. You just sit there, hold a cup of tea, occasionally stop and chat for a few words, and an hour will pass. But is this really the case?"

"It's not that easy to teach a good class. It takes a lot of effort."

“Working hard and doing something is not about how noble we are. It is the basic attitude we should take when doing every job.”

"I admit that the teaching attitudes of quite a few grassroots piano educators are problematic, but I can't control that much. I can only manage my own school and my teachers."

"Haitao, let me emphasize to you again, being a piano teacher is a job. If we want to do this job well for a long time, we must maintain a good attitude and find a balance between work and life."

"Only by balancing work and life can we maintain a stable working state for a long time."

"Your method of teaching ten classes a day while also wanting to ensure quality is not going to work for anyone in less than half a year."

"So why do I hire so many teachers? If I hire one less, I save money and you earn more, so why not?"

"We open a school to make money. I don't talk about sentimentality. Who doesn't want to make money? But how do we make this money?"

"I'm not saying I want to set an industry benchmark, nor do I want to destroy anyone's job, but I know one thing: we have to be responsible to the students and parents. Routines and scams are only temporary, but the quality of the course and reputation are long-lasting. I'm not playing around. I want to keep running Piano Classroom No. 4 and do it well."

"If you have a good reputation, do you worry about not making money?"

"How to build a good reputation is up to our teachers, who teach us lesson by lesson. If you slack off today, he will slack off tomorrow."

Alas, Li Ang sighed, this topic made him think of many things.

"Haitao, many times we give up on a child too easily."

"Hey."

As Li An said this, he sighed again. Haitao hurriedly handed him a cigarette and lit it for him.

Li An took a sip and spit out the air, as if to warn Hai Tao, or to warn himself again, "Don't give up, really."

Hearing this, Xu Li also sighed softly.

She was not sighing for herself, but for millions of parents.

As a parent, she was lucky to have met Li Ang.

Thinking about my son two years ago, most teachers thought his condition at that time was the kind that should be abandoned.

But my son met Ang Lee.

If my son had not met Ang Lee at that time, and if Ang Lee had not persisted in not giving up, would my son be standing on the podium with such seriousness and dedication tonight?

So when she heard what Li Ang said just now, she was deeply moved. It really is true that meeting a good teacher can change your life.

Seeing the silence at the scene, Li An dusted off his cigarette ash and then said with a smile, "Why is the atmosphere getting so heavy?"

"Is it heavy?" Xu Li asked Haitao with a smile.

"It's not heavy," Hai Tao said, looking at Li An, "Brother, I really don't mean anything else. I just expressed my thoughts. Now I understand that I was indeed inconsiderate."

Li An opened his mouth and said, "I don't mean anything else. It's just a little bit of emotion. Maybe some of my ideas are out of touch with the times. Isn't efficiency the key now? Oh, I've gone off topic again."

Xu Li: “You are right.”

Li An smiled and said, "Whether it's right or wrong, we'll probably know the answer by next Christmas. I hope we can all laugh by then."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting lively, Haitao suggested, "Sister Xu, are you in a hurry to go home? Why don't we find a place to have a drink?"

Before Xu Li could speak, Li An refused directly: "No more drinking, I've already promised the child, and we've been busy all day, let's sit for a while, and wait for Yuandan Mu Xin to come, we can get together and welcome her."

Haitao: "Okay."

Li An: "I will think about the teacher's question again. If there is no one else, I will take the initiative to attack."

Xu Li: “Is there anyone suitable?”

A figure flashed through Li An's mind: "Let's wait and see."

Haitao was curious: "Who is it?"

Li An: "You really don't know this person."

Haitao: "Male or female?"

Li An smiled and said, "Haitao, let me tell you, you will most likely have tracheitis in the future."

Hai Tao: "I think this word is used very well."

Ha ha ha ha--
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The following topics are much lighter, and emotions are always one of the most interesting topics for humans.

Before leaving, Haitao repeatedly asked the two to keep it a secret for him for the time being.

Haitao also used the word "temporarily" very well.

"Let me take you back."

"It's really not necessary. You guys should go back quickly. Bye, Sister Xu. I'm leaving, brother."

After waving goodbye to the two at the door, Haitao called an online taxi.

Perhaps influenced by the two people who had experienced it, on the way home, Haitao sent a message to Zhang Miao: We are done too.

Haitao was not too nervous when editing the message, but as soon as it was sent, he had the urge to withdraw it. He seldom sent messages to Zhang Miao so abruptly, but it was too late. A message with a white background popped up at the bottom of the dialog box: You guys are just finished!
Seeing the other party's reply to the message in seconds, Haitao felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if the two of them had been messaging each other non-stop in the past hour.
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After Haitao left, Li An and Xu Li also drove back.

After some discussion, Xu Li took the initiative to suggest that she would go to show Mu Xin the house tomorrow.

Li An: “It’s hard work.”

Xu Li: "Just focus on your business tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I think it will be about the same before the New Year. It will be easier to rent a house at the end of the year."

Li An: "By the way, Sister Xu, do Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu usually eat beef and mutton?"

Xu Li: "Eat, what's wrong?"

Li An: "That's good. I was worried that they wouldn't eat it. New Year's Day is coming soon. I asked my family to send some beef and mutton over. You can have a taste."

Xu Li: "I've always heard that your beef and mutton are delicious. It's all thanks to Old Xu."

Li An: "You're kidding. We just boil the mutton in water and sprinkle some salt on it before eating."

Xu Li: "Then I have to try it. I like eating mutton, but Wang Xiaohu doesn't eat it."

Li An: "He doesn't eat mutton? I've never seen him eat less every time we eat hotpot."

Xu Li: "He only eats the mutton from the hot pot. He won't touch any other mutton. If he eats it, he will spit it out."

Li An: "You shouldn't, it's a psychological effect, right? If you don't tell him it's mutton and you let him eat it, will he vomit?"

Xu Li: "Vomiting too."

Li An: "I can only say that this kid is not blessed with good food."
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The next morning.

Breakfast is millet porridge with eggs and pickled mustard tubers.

During the meal, Xiaoche took out the piano practice video of her last night and "showed off" it.

Li An agreed after listening to it, and then said: "It would be better if it goes slower."

Xiao Che was puzzled: "Teacher, I played according to your speed requirements."

Li An nodded: "Let's continue to slow down today, another ten beats."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, I understand."

Then Ang Lee seemed to be talking to the car, or to himself: "When others are going fast, let's go slower."

Xiao Che hummed thoughtfully, "Teacher, others practice fast, I practice slowly, then I will be able to play more solidly."

Li An smiled: "Smart, eat quickly, I will go with you today."

Xiaoche also laughed: "The teacher is going to find Xiaobei."

At the school gate, before the teachers and students parted, Xiaoche took out a small box of chocolates from his school uniform pocket and gave it to the teacher.

"Teacher, this is Xiaobei's Christmas gift, thank you."

After saying that, he ran towards the school gate with a group of children in school uniforms.

"Slower."

Li An watched the car walk into the school gate with a smile, then turned and left.
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After working on experiments for a whole morning, Li An returned home at 11:30 in the morning.

When Xiaoche got home at noon, he ran to the kitchen and asked.

"Teacher, how is Xiaobei doing?"

"I sent you a WeChat message. Check it out on your tablet."

Then Xiaoche quickly ran to the study, and his eyes first fell on the tablet next to the music stand, where a cute Christmas hat keychain was hanging.

She removed the cardboard from the keychain and opened it. [Merry Christmas, Linlin!]

Five minutes later, a voice came from outside the door: "It's time for dinner!"

Xiaoche put down the tablet in a hurry, muttering to himself, "Xiaobei is so handsome! So handsome!"
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For lunch, there was the dish that Xiaoche had cooked yesterday, and Li An also prepared a cold dish. Together with two bowls of rice, it was another hearty lunch.

While eating, the phone on the table rang.

"Teacher, it's the courier uncle."

Li An took the phone that Xiaoche handed over and said, "Hello."

On the phone, "Teacher Li, are you back?"

Li An: "I'm back, I'm back. What time is convenient for you to come over?"

"One-thirty, all right!"