Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 895 155. Two slices of mutton
After bidding farewell to Haitao and Zhang Miao, Xu Li went upstairs first with her things.

The person who opened the door for her was none other than Wang Xiaohu, and she didn't even knock.

Ang Lee asked Wang Xiaohu to go downstairs to throw away the garbage and get some fresh air. Wang Xiaohu didn't expect that his mother was standing outside the door when he opened it.

"mom."

Wang Xiaohu tried his best to hide his emotions, but Xu Li still saw that something was wrong.

"go quickly."

Xu Li didn't ask any more questions. She gestured to her son to throw away the garbage and then went in.

The living room was still bustling with activity, and several children came up to say hello.

Xu Li chatted with the children for a while, then said hello to Lao Tang. When she learned that Li Anche Lin was busy in the kitchen, she took off her tweed coat and prepared to go to the kitchen to help.

At this time, the cart has washed all the green leafy vegetables to be eaten tonight.

"Teacher, what else can I do?"

Li An turned his head and looked at Xiaoche's face, then smiled for a moment: "Okay, your work is done, you are not needed here anymore, go out and play."

Xiaoche nodded, and when she was taking off her apron, Xu Li appeared at the kitchen door.

"Hello, Aunt Xu." Xiaoche greeted her obediently.

"Good evening, Chelin." Xu Li smiled and glanced at the car body, then joked, "You need to be paid for washing so many dishes."

Before Xiaoche could answer, Li An said, "Send it. We must send it."

"I didn't do it myself, Aunt Xu," Xiaoche explained, "Wang Xiaohu washed the spinach and cabbage, and he also picked bean sprouts at noon."

Xu Lixin laughed at the bastard, why didn't he help her at home?

Li An: "They both did a lot of work today, Linlin, you can go out and play."

"Ah."

Xiaoche put down her apron, and Xu Li made way for her at the door. Xiaoche grinned at Xu Li when he walked out the door.

"Sister Xu, don't get involved. It will be fine soon."

As Li An was talking, Xu Li had already come to the sink and turned on the faucet. "There are so many people, and the children are hungry. I just ran into Zhang Miao and Hai Tao downstairs. They came here together."

"Where are they?" Li An looked back.

Xu Li: "I went shopping."

Li An: “Oh.”

Xu Li: "Where is the plate?"

Lee An: "The cabinet under your left hand."

Xu Li squatted down and took out a pile of plates. "What do you think about Zhang Miao? Should we let her go and learn as well?"

Li An: "Yes, if conditions permit, I would like to ask all the wind instrument teachers to go and listen. We are still far behind in some concepts. The orchestra will have a heavy task next year. Letting them equip themselves is also for the better development of the wind instrument band."

Xu Li thought for a moment and said, "How about we discuss it with the school and let them go in the name of the school, let the school bear part of the expenses for us, and they can pay some of the fees themselves?"

Li An's eyes lit up when he heard this. Yes, this matter could be studied. The several performances were so successful. Logically, the school should sponsor them this time.

"Okay, I'll contact Liu Zhen in the next two days."

Xu Li: "No, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll coordinate this."

Li An: "Should we ask them first?"

Xu Li: "Don't worry about it."

at this time.

"teacher!"

"Aunt Xu!"

The two turned around and saw two little heads pressed against the door, one above and one below.

Xiaobei: "Teacher, how long will it take?"

Liu: "Marco said he was so hungry!"

Immediately afterwards, Marco's voice came from the living room, "Teacher, I didn't say that!!"

Li An: "Wait a moment, it will be here soon."

Xu Li: "There is stewed food in the bag I put on the coffee table. You can use it as a cushion first."

The hungry team received the order and was about to retreat. "You two take these dishes over."

Lee An: “Be careful.”

Xiaobei came over to serve the dishes and glanced at the chopping board, "Wow, so much meat."

Li An smiled and said, "I'll eat as much as I can in a while."

Ah Liu also came to join in the fun and saw the happiness in everyone’s eyes.

As the two children walked out of the door with their plates, they heard Ah Liu shouting, "Today will be a happy day!"

Children are children, and what is good is happiness.

Less than five seconds later, Marco also stretched his head over and asked a little embarrassedly: "Teacher, I don't think I saw the white radish."

"I forgot, I forgot," Li An hurriedly asked Xu Li to take out the white radish from the bag. Marco saw the white radish and smiled and ran away.

Most people like to eat meat when having hotpot, but Marco likes to eat white radish, which is best cooked until it is soft and melts in the mouth.

As Marco left, the kitchen fell silent again.

"Did he get scolded today?" Xu Li said while peeling a white radish.

Li An put down the knife and put the fourth portion of meat on the plate. "He didn't get scolded. He performed well today."

After a pause, he said, "Well, it's just a matter between kids."

Li An had just finished telling the whole story when Xiaoche came to the kitchen again.

"Teacher, we are still short of two stools. Can I go next door to ask Grandpa Lin to borrow two?"

"By the way, go get two sausages from the refrigerator and put them on a plate and send them over."

After the car left, Xu Li said, "I'll tell him when I get home tonight."

Li An: "Stop talking. Xiaohu can't be blamed for what happened today. Xiaohu has also apologized. I'll ask Che Lin after you leave. This kid likes to hide things in his heart. I don't think it's a big deal."

Xu Li shook her head. "I won't criticize him. His problem isn't here. Don't worry. I'll go make the pot."

Li An wanted to ask what the problem was: "The base is on top of the refrigerator, use the big one first."
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Wang Xiaohu downstairs didn't go upstairs immediately after throwing away the garbage.

Haitao and Zhang Miao came downstairs after shopping and saw Wang Xiaohu wandering alone.

"Hello, Teacher Zheng, Hello, Teacher Zhang."

Zhang Miao: "Hello, Xiaohu."

"No need to pick it up, I know the way." Haitao thought Wang Xiaohu was sent to pick him and Zhang Miao up, "Come on, let's go up quickly."

Wang Xiaohu was stunned. "Teacher Zheng, I came down to throw away the garbage."

Ahem, this kid is so honest?
Haitao almost rolled his eyes and complained, "Why don't you lead the way?"

Wang Xiaohu didn't know what was going on, but he thought Teacher Zheng's tone was very funny, so he stepped forward and opened the unit door.

Haitao climbed up a step first, then turned back and said to Zhang Miao, "Slow down, be careful on the steps."

Wang Xiaohu laughed in his heart, how could Teacher Zhang not see such a bright light?

Then, "Yeah."

Uh, what’s wrong with Teacher Zhang’s voice again?
What's wrong with the two teachers today? They both look so weird.

Seeing two teachers coming, Wang Xiaohu ran to press the elevator button in advance.

The elevator reached the first floor and Wang Xiaohu didn't even need time to take a breath. He took a deep breath as soon as he got out of the elevator.

At the elevator door, Xiaoche and A Liu were each carrying a stool. He didn't have time to think about anything and went up to help Che Lin.

Xiaoche turned aside and said no, then greeted Haitao and Zhang Miao enthusiastically, and Ah Liu followed and said hello twice. The entrance door to the living room was open, and the spicy hot pot aroma could be smelled from the corridor. The group entered the house happily, and the only one who lost his memory was Wang Xiaohu, who closed the door last.

Everyone was present and the table was filled with sumptuous dishes.

Seeing that Lao Tang and Haitao were still chatting, Li An took off his apron and said, "Hurry up."

Then he looked at Xiaobei and said, "Xiaobei, you are hungry, right? Hurry up and sit down. No need for introductions, everyone knows Teacher Zhang."

Everyone laughed, adults laughed, and children laughed too.

"I want to sit with Linlin!"

"Don't worry."

Li An asked Lao Tang and Zhang Miao to sit first, but they said the children should sit first.

The children asked the adults to sit down first.

Oh, this is the love that an old person has for the young.

"Alright, alright, teacher, please take a seat first. Come on, serve the soup. You are a guest who has come from afar."

Lao Tang was helpless, "Okay, okay."

Lao Tang sat down, and Hai Tao sat down next to him, "Sister Xu, please sit down too."

Xu Li reserved a seat for Li Ang in the middle across from Lao Tang, and then Zhang Miao sat to Xu Li's right.

"You five, please take a seat."

"Xiaobei, sit next to Teacher Zhang, and Chelin will sit next to you."

Xiaobei sat down happily, and Xiaoche followed and sat next to Xiaobei.

Before Ang Lee made any arrangements, Liu sat down next to Haitao, and Marco understood what he meant and sat down next to Liu.

Finally there was only one position left, Xiaoche's right hand and Marco's left hand.

Everyone looked at the dumbfounded Wang Xiaohu.

"Please sit down!" Li An was so angry that he almost laughed. In the past, he would wait to sit next to Che Lin wherever they went, but now, even when I gave you the chance, you don't dare to sit down.

"Uh." Wang Xiaohu sat down quickly.

Finally, Ang Lee sat down and the scene became quiet.

The room was packed with people, white smoke was rising from the boiling red oil pot, and everyone's eyes were on Ang Lee again.

"Let's get started." Li An looked around and smiled.

Lao Tang: "You have to say a few words."

Ah Liu replied: "Yes, yes!"

Li An curled his lips and said, "Don't answer the teacher."

Ah Liu stuck out his tongue.

Haitao: "Brother, it's time for get out of class to end now."

Everyone laughs.

Li An: "The teacher can't let the get out of class end. There is no theme today. It's a holiday, so let's have a meal together. It just so happens that several children are here."

"This year has passed, and the new year is coming soon. Forget it, there is really nothing to say. We are all family, so what can we say? I wish everyone good luck and good health in the new year."

"Xiaobei, start eating!"

"Roger that!"

Xiaobei picked up two pieces of meat and put them in the pot.

"Who will eat this?" Li An stood up and poured a plate of meat into the pot. The children were very excited to see such a bold move.

"Today we only have drinks, no alcohol, just eating. Finish all the meat. No one can leave until you finish. Let's eat. Lao Tang, hurry up and start chopping. Stop taking pictures."

Lao Tang: “Right away!”

Ha ha ha ha--
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At the end of the year, gathering with a few good friends to have hotpot is one of the most beautiful things in life.

Let's talk about the past year, throw all the happy and unhappy things into the pot and cook it, no matter whose experience it is, eat it all into your mouth and swallow it, go to the toilet tomorrow, and the year will be over for everyone.

Especially today’s dinner, it is a good thing x2 because there are two groups of good friends.

The adults talked about adults' things, and the children talked about children's things.

Everyone was talking about their own things, which should have been unrelated to each other, but at the beginning the adults' voices were much louder than the children's.

It's not that the adults' voices are loud, it's that the children's voices are too soft.

But after a while, the other children's voices became louder, but Wang Xiaohu's voice was still a little soft.

Xiaoche always smiles more than he talks in such occasions. Even if he smiled less today, no one would think there was anything abnormal about Xiaoche. However, Wang Xiaohu's abnormality was almost evident in his every move.

Wang Xiaohu not only spoke less often, but also picked up his chopsticks less often. He was completely different from the previous Wang Xiaohu who was talkative and a big eater.

Xiaobei and Marco knew what was going on, and Liu knew it even better.

Ah Liu observed a minute of silence for his brother in his heart.

From the beginning of the meal until now, Che Lin has basically not spoken to Wang Xiaohu.

But faced with so many delicious foods, a minute of silence is already Liu's way of showing his true brotherliness.

"Teacher, is there any dipping sauce?" asked Liu.

Xiaoche stood up: "I'll get it for you."

Eat meat.

Eat meat, eat meat. Everyone eats meat and praises the beef and mutton from the northwest.

Only Xu Li kept an eye on her son's plate. From the beginning till now, her son had eaten six or seven slices of beef but not a single piece of mutton.

Then, the fact that Wang Xiaohu only ate mutton in hot pot was rejected by her in her heart. She thought her son should only eat mutton processed in hot pot restaurants, or in other words, only eat the prepared meat called mutton.

Marco eats all kinds of meat. He can't tell which is mutton and which is beef. Anyway, all kinds of meat taste better than the beef cubes in his pocket.

Good things should be shared, especially with those friends around you who are too lazy to pick up their chopsticks.

Marco picked up several slices of meat with his chopsticks and put them on Wang Xiaohu's plate. "Eat more, it's delicious!"

"Thank you." Wang Xiaohu said with a dizzy feeling. He didn't want to eat this mutton. "You should eat more too."

Marco: "I'm eating all the time. If you don't eat, I'll keep picking it up for you."

Marco didn't mean anything else. The God of Cars ignored Wang Xiaohu. If he didn't take the initiative to say a few more words to Wang Xiaohu, Wang Xiaohu would definitely feel more uncomfortable sitting here.

But Wang Xiaohu was really frightened and quickly picked up his chopsticks, "Thank you, thank you, I'll do it myself."

Wang Xiaohu picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't want to pick up the meat in the plate in front of everyone. He waited until he thought no one was paying attention to him before he picked up a piece of meat, lowered his head and pretended to eat it and smelled it. Only when he was sure that it was not mutton would he put it into his mouth.

In front of so many teachers and friends, he really didn't want to say that he didn't eat mutton. He didn't want to be the focus today and just wanted to be quiet and not be noticed by everyone.

A man was picking shrimps on the side and didn't know what to say when he looked at the scene beside him. Couldn't he just tell everyone openly like he told her that he didn't eat mutton? It's not a shameful thing. Why make things difficult for himself?
Just like just now in the kitchen, Xiaoche thought of just now in the kitchen.

Wang Xiaohu clearly thought that she had done something wrong, but when the teacher asked him about it for the first time, Wang Xiaohu insisted on taking all the blame on himself.

The reason she didn't say anything at first was not because she was still angry with Wang Xiaohu. She said she was not angry anymore. It was just that it was the first time such a conflict had occurred between her and her good friend. She had never experienced this before. She didn't know what she could say to the teacher and Wang Xiaohu at that moment. She was also trying to digest her emotions.

Once, Dingzi had a conflict with a diner because he said a few too many words.

Afterwards, Aunt Sang told Dingzi something. She was right next to him at the time. Aunt Sang said: When you don’t know what to say, just shut up.

So she chose to remain silent at that time.

And when Wang Xiaohu took the initiative to take all the responsibilities, Xiaoche was really a little angry.

At that time, an idea popped into her mind: she was 100% sincere to Wang Xiaohu, but Wang Xiaohu was not so sincere to her.

No matter what the reason was for Wang Xiaohu to speak to the teacher like that, at least in her opinion, this is not what should happen between good friends.

If she was wrong, she was wrong. She was not unwilling or afraid to face her mistakes. She did not need others to bear the responsibility for her mistakes, and she did not need her good friends to bear the responsibility for her!
Seeing Wang Xiaohu eating mutton timidly, Xiaoche became even angrier. What's wrong with you telling everyone that you can't eat mutton? ?
Something is wrong!
Just when she couldn't help but speak up for Wang Xiaohu, she saw the chopsticks in Wang Xiaohu's right hand slowly reaching for the only two pieces of meat left on the plate.

The next second, Xiaoche put down the shrimp in his hand, and while everyone was not paying attention, he took the chopsticks and nonchalantly picked up the two pieces of meat, then fed them directly into his mouth.

There was still laughter and noise at the dinner table, and the heat from the pot continued to boil.