Liang Feifei had already sat beside the organ, turned her head and straightened her back, staring at him a little shyly.
Mr. Liu took the key and helped Liang Feifei open the lock on the organ cover and straightened up.
Seeing Chu Jin coming over, Mr. Liu smiled and asked, "I knew that Chu Jin would definitely play "Dedicated to Alice". Come, the teacher will find you another stool, and you two will play one with four hands."
Chu Jin shook his head.
In the surprised eyes of Teacher Liu and Liang Feifei, the voice was low and firm, "I can't play with four hands."
Chu Jin started learning the piano when he was less than three years old, and he has been learning for more than three years. At first, his father taught him.
Father Chu played the piano very well. He heard from his father that he chased down his mother because he played the piano at the college party.
I also listened to my mother's countless sweet memories, and the wonderful past when she and her young father went to college in Beijing.
Later, my father gave up everything in the capital and accompanied my mother back to the small northern city where she was born and raised, and settled down with a family.
Occasionally, I would listen to my uncle and aunt chatting, talking about his grandparents' family in the capital, and that his father gave up his inheritance rights and was kicked out of the family.
Except for the occasional visit to Qizhou to see his little uncle, he has never seen any of his father's relatives.
Although the song "Dedicated to Alice" is famous, Chu Jin has never practiced it.
For him, playing the piano is relaxing, and he only chooses the scores he likes to practice.
One of the reasons is that Nuo Tuanzi wants to listen, and he has no other chance to come into contact with the piano. Although the timbre of the organ is worse than that of the piano, the conditions are limited and he can only do it...
Another reason is that he does have selfishness in it.
I have a favorite piano piece that I want to share with Song Qiaoxi.
More specifically, I want to give this song to her.
In a few days, June 5th will be Song Qiaoxi's eighth birthday.
Nine-year-old Chu Jin used the red envelopes given by his uncles and aunts in the Chinese New Year to buy books and teaching materials, and he didn't have much money on him.
The pocket money given by Uncle Song and Aunt Qiao is used to buy snacks for the dumplings every day. The little girl can eat so much that she can't save any money...
In 1998, he was only a nine-year-old child. He didn't have the opportunity to go to the mall on the way to and from school. Even if he went to the mall, he couldn't buy any decent gifts with this amount of money.
And this piano piece, he has always liked it, and he hopes Song Qiaoxi can like it.
That is "City in the Sky".
This cartoon is one of the few animated films he has watched. The videotape was bought for him by his father. The three of them watched it several times together.
My father and mother hope that he, like the little male protagonist in the movie, will always move forward, forge ahead, and indomitable spirit.
Until Song Qiaoxi shared his dream of "travelling around the world" with him, now he and Xiao Nuo Tuan have a dream.
With a dream, Chu Jin often lies in bed staring at the ceiling and thinks before going to bed.
Why is Song Qiaoxi, a small glutinous group, so bold
Not to mention going abroad, she has never even been out of the province, and the farthest place has only been to Taicheng, which is more than two hours away from Qizhou.
But she is so brave in making any decision, and she really works hard and takes action for it.
Through Song Qiaoxi's behavior, Chu Jin seemed to really understand the meaning of "City in the Sky" for him.
I understand why the little male protagonist Balu will unconditionally help the little female protagonist Hida to complete her vision.
Because now, he wants to do the same thing as Baloo.
Song Qiaoxi's dreams, visions, the people you want to be in the future, the things you want to do...
As long as it is what she wants and wants to do, Chu will do everything she can to help this little girl like a crystal fulfill her dream.
In the movie "City in the Sky", the encounter between Balu and Hida is very beautiful. The little girl who fell from the sky, wearing a blue sky stone on her chest, slowly fell in front of the boy.
As for Chu Jin, two years ago, when he was exhausted and curled up in the dark corner of the reception room in the courtyard, Song Qiaoxi was like a light shining into his dark and colorless world.
"Then let's welcome Liang Feifei and bring you a song "Dedicated to Alice". Where is the applause?"
Teacher Xiao Liu took the lead in applauding, and there was a sparse applause from the classmates in the class.
It was Song Qiaoxi who slapped the "piapia" in the back, after all, she has always been a cheerleader.
"Liang Feifei has a straight face, so fierce..."
"Shh, she looked at you, be careful to come to you after class..."
"I still want to watch the four-handed play, what will Chu do play in a while?"
"I don't know, I also want to see Chu Jin play the piano."
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Liang Feifei glared at a few classmates who didn't applaud seriously, sat upright on the bench, and started to play the piano. The sound of the piano sounded.
She didn't play the four-handed together with Chu Jin, she was in a bad mood, and because she was not familiar with the organ pedals, she played several wrong syllables in the middle. The last hasty finish.
During Liang Feifei's love affair, Teacher Xiao Liu came over, took Chu Jin's shoulder, and asked softly, "What are you going to play later?"
Chu Jin stood at the front of the podium, raised his eyes and glanced at the seat where Song Qiaoxi was sitting, and nodded to Teacher Liu, ""City in the Sky"."
The teacher was stunned for a moment, she had never heard this song, but since the boy wanted to play it, let him go.
After the performance of "Dedicated to Alice", Teacher Liu gave Liang Feifei an encouraging smile and led everyone to applaud again.
Xiao Nuo Tuan gave Wang Junyang and the others a wink in advance, making their atmosphere warmer. Driven by several active members in the class, the applause was much warmer than the opening ceremony.
Song Qiaoxi felt that whether she played well or not is another matter, Liang Feifei had the courage to stand on the podium and play the piano in front of everyone, it was already very powerful.
Of course, give her the greatest support and encouragement!
Mr. Liu's voice came from the podium, "Thank you, Liang Feifei. Next, let's ask Chu Jin to bring you a song "City in the Sky". The students applaud."
The applause this time was as loud as thunder, and the students in the second grade and fifth class were all excited.
The most handsome school girl in their class had to perform their talents in public, but the children were so excited.
The "Little Gang of Five" felt even more respectful. Wang Junyang and Ding Yi both left the bench and cheered loudly.
Even Ding Miao, who was always calm, gave Chu Jin a hard applause, and whispered to his roommate Zhao Xin how well Chu Jin played the piano.
Not to mention Song Qiaoxi, who was already kneeling on the bench with his legs raised, his upper body raised, and applauding "piapia" like a little seal.
Chu Jin sat on the piano bench and tried a few syllables and pedal feel.
Turning his head to the side, looking through the curious little heads of the classmates, he glanced at the small glutinous balls that were "raised", and began to play with a knowing smile.
The sound of the organ is not as pure as the piano because of the different pronunciation principles, but the lingering syllables match this "City in the Sky" but it has a unique charm.
Wonderful notes swirl and jump into children's ears like sprites.
Most of the students heard this piece for the first time. The melody was moving and melodious, and because the sound of the organ brought a touch of sadness, a piece of music was played smoothly by Chu Jin, and the whole class was attracted, even Even Mr. Liu was shocked by Chu Jin's performance.
Song Qiaoxi was simply fascinated by it. It was just a 2-minute piece of music, but it was like a movie in front of her. A little boy and a little girl popped up. The two little protagonists were holding hands for ideals and pursuit of a beautiful vision. To fight, to move forward bravely.
After the song was over, Chu Jin stood up from the piano bench, bowed slightly to the classmates, turned around and nodded to Teacher Liu, and returned to his seat calmly.
The class was silent.
Teacher Xiao Liu was stunned. If it weren't for the bell for the end of get out of class, she would have even forgotten that she was in class, and felt sore in her eyes.
Chu Jin played really well. This little boy is really talented. If he didn't train him systematically, such a good sense of music would be wasted.
Because of the reminder of the end of the get out of class bell, the students in the class reacted and burst into the warmest applause than ever.
Almost all the classmates clapped their hands and turned to look at Chu Jin.
At that moment, Song Qiaoxi was the proudest.
Like everyone else, she gave her sincere praise to Chu Jin.
They knew that all the cubs of their old Song family were so good, as long as her family was able to do everything, any talent would explode the audience!
The boy's expression was calm, always in a humiliated manner, nodding his head lightly, and there was no other action.
Just after class, the curious onlookers dispersed. He grabbed Song Qiaoxi's clothes and asked her a question, "Do you like it?"
Song Qiaoxi nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, and she did not hesitate to praise her, and turned over all the compliments in her mind.
Of course she likes it, not just an ordinary one, but an explosive one!
She likes to talk to her parents when she is ready to go home, and buy a piano for her and Chu Jin when she moves to a new house. Even if she can't play it, it is a pleasure to listen to Chu Jin play the piano every day.
But what Song Qiaoxi didn't know was that until he came home from school that day, Chu Jin didn't tell her alone that this song was actually a birthday gift he gave her.
This little secret has been buried in Chu Jin's heart for many years.
But in a very unexpected scene in the future, he was forced to tell the truth.
Times have changed, and Chu Jin, who is already a young man, never imagined that his feelings for a person had been planted from a very early age.
When he found out, the seed had grown into a towering tree, and the intertwined roots had already been firmly rooted in his heart, and his uncontrollable emotions made him collapse. . . .
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The summer vacation of 1998 passed slowly.
During the whole holiday, Song Qiaoxi, apart from hanging out with the "Little Gang of Five", was learning photography and English with sister Qiu Meng.
She has a very good sense of language. After a few months, the English story tapes that Sister Qiu Meng gave her were basically memorized.
I have been able to read some simple English picture books independently, and even if I have nothing to do, I will sneak through the original books that are full of words and no pictures at all.
It's just that every time he goes away with happiness and returns with disappointment.
Full of new words, I can't even get past the first page. Every time I knock on my head with a thick book, I sigh, it's too difficult...
Although her father took the time to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy her an English-Chinese dictionary, up to now, Nuo Tuanzi has not developed a good habit of looking up dictionaries.
The little girl has her own set of "fallacies and heresies", and she feels that, for this matter, it is still Chu Jin's fault.
Who keeps a living English dictionary beside him
If there are any words that you don't know, just open your mouth and ask, it's so troublesome to look up the dictionary? You can also listen to Chu Jin speak English by the way, killing two birds with one stone.
In October 1998, after the National Day, the Song family ushered in several happy events.
The first happy event, the new house was officially renovated during the summer vacation. After running for more than two months, my parents picked an auspicious day and prepared to move to the new house in the golden autumn of October.
The second happy event, although Chu Jin finally failed to agree to live in the new house, but his parents negotiated and renovated the third room into a study with a single bed, and prepared a big surprise in the room.
They hoped that this surprise might make Chu Jin change his mind
The third happy event was something that Song Qiaoxi did not expect at all. The plot that was not mentioned in the original book was that both father and mother got the opportunity to be promoted.
Dad's title was rated as deputy high, and he was promoted to the post of editor-in-chief, and his mother's title was also higher, which means that their wages have increased by a level.
The Song family in October was full of harvest.
The moving day is a Saturday.
The large pieces of furniture are basically new, and some outdated furniture from the old house are ready to be disposed of by the Song family.
Because it was very close, it took no more than ten minutes to walk. The rest of the clothes, bedding, and other bits and pieces, with the help of Uncle Ding and Uncle Wang, borrowed the tricycle of the janitor.
The neighbors of the compound have the custom of staying warm, and the Song family set the day of Wen residence on Sunday.
Everything was moved in on Saturday, so pack up.
On Friday night, Song Qiaoxi slept unsteadily.
Tossing and turning in her Westinghouse cot, unable to sleep at all.
He kept opening his eyes and looked at the alarm clock with the bunny holding the carrot at the bedside.
The pointer of the alarm clock is fluorescent, just watch the pointer from 9:30 in the evening, to 11:30, to 1:30 in the morning...
She didn't fall asleep until two in the morning.
After sleeping for a few hours, the alarm clock rang at 6:30. She pressed the alarm clock in high spirits, jumped off the bed barefoot, and rushed into her parents' bedroom.
One flew between the parents and rolled around like a small loach, "Mom and Dad get up! Get up soon! We're moving today, and the sun is shining!"
After the new home was renovated, in order to surprise her and Chu, Mom and Dad never took them there, and they were waiting for the mystery of the new house to be unveiled today.
Xiao Nuo Tuan was really excited, pulling his father's beard and poking his mother's arm.
Qiao Qin and Song Jianguo waited for their daughter to sleep last night, and went to their new house to clean and toss until they came back in the middle of the night. They were too sleepy to keep their eyes open.
Song's father grabbed the messy dumpling and pushed her into his daughter-in-law's arms, "Go find mother and let father sleep a little longer."
Qiao Qin was also very sleepy at the moment, she lifted the thin blanket and brought "Little Loach" in, and patted her little butt several times, "Be obedient, Xixi, sleep with Mom and Dad for a while, Count to 1,000 and call us."
After another pupa in her mother's arms, Song Qiaoxi really began to count silently in her heart.
It's just that I don't know if it's because my mother's arms are too warm, or because my parents' big bed is more comfortable than her little bed, and I fell asleep again before I counted to 100.
When she woke up, her parents were up, and she was alone on the bed.
Look at the alarm clock on the bedside, it's half past eight!
She remembered that Uncle Ding and Uncle Wang came over at 9:30 to help move the house, hurriedly got off the bed, stared at the messy long curly hair, and walked out of the bedroom with rubbing eyes.
There was very little left in the living room, and everything in the cupboards was emptied.
Chu Jin was sitting at the dining table peeling tea eggs. The plate in front of him was empty, and the cup was also empty. On the opposite plate were two fried sugar cakes and a cup of soy milk.
The sweet breakfast was prepared for Song Qiaoxi at first glance.
He gently rolled the egg on the table, his long pale hands carefully peeled off the egg-brown skin of the tea leaves, and soon, a whole tea egg was peeled.
Putting the eggs on the opposite plate, Chu Jin looked up at her and said calmly, "Uncle Song and Aunt Qiao will be back in a while, you go to brush your teeth first, and I'll comb your hair for breakfast."
"Well, good."
He agreed with his mouth, and ran into the bathroom barefooted.
I only heard that Chu Jin first entered the kitchen, and the bead curtain made a crackling sound and the sound of water.
Did he wash his hands
Soon, the glutinous dumpling with a toothbrush in his mouth heard a dissatisfied voice from Chu Jindai behind him, "Put on shoes."
The source of this sound is a little strange
Turning his head, he found that the boy was kneeling on one knee on the ground, straightening his little bunny cotton slippers, and he just put them on as soon as he lifted his foot.
Song Qiaoxi is very angry, as long as it is not very cold, she will not feel cold when she runs barefoot at home.
No one cares about her when her parents are not at home, and she is used to running around barefoot.
Sometimes she finds that Chu Jin and her parents are so lost, and they love to take care of her.
But still put on your slippers.
After brushing her teeth, she sat at the dining table and sipped the soy milk in both hands, dangling her slightly longer legs.
He glanced back at Chu Jin, he was holding the headband in his mouth, and holding a wooden comb in his hand was skillfully helping her to straighten her long hair.
"Do you bud today?"
With peace of mind, he asked his personal "hairdresser" for today's hairstyle, and started eating sugar cakes like a little hamster.
When Mom and Dad came back, the two children were neatly tidy up, the dining table was cleaned up, and they were waiting for them on the sofa with their books in hand.
Behind the parents were Dad Wang, Dad Ding, Mama Ding, and Wang Junyang. The families were all alive except for the opening of the beauty salon on the same day as Mama Wang.
"Guys, get to work!"
Uncle Ding shouted loudly, and the big guy started to act.
It didn't take long for this small two-bedroom apartment of more than 50 square meters to be emptied.
Afraid that the children would cause trouble, Song Qiaoxi and the others were driven to Chu Jin's boiler room again.
At twelve o'clock at noon, Qiao Qin came to knock on the door of the boiler room. The Song family's new home was closer to the boiler room. Even in the window of Song Qiaoxi's room, you could see the window of Chu Jin's boiler room.
Of course, neither child knows this yet.
Also because Song Jianguo and his wife used their minds to keep Chu Jin at home, they deliberately prevented the two children from seeing the new house in advance.
Qiao Qin, with Song Qiaoxi in her left hand and Chu Chu in her right hand, walked towards the new home with her two children.
As soon as he entered the door, Song Qiaoxi's eyes widened.
OMG!
The new home is really big!
Mom raised her finger and pointed to a room facing east, "Xixi, that's your room. Let's take a look first? Then we'll go to another room, but there are surprises waiting for you and Chu Jin."
Not bothering to look at the living room carefully, Song Qiaoxi took Chu Jin's wrist and ran to her room.
"Wow... ... "
The combination of pink and white children's furniture, the handles of the wardrobe are all pink butterflies.
The bed is a princess bed with love at the head of the bed. The bedding is a four-piece set of off-white lace. The desk is pure white. one.
The curtains are soft cherry blossom powder and white gauze curtains, double-layered curtains, she walked to the window and looked down, turned her head excitedly and said to Chu Jin, "Look! You can see the boiler room here, so before going to bed at night, I open the window, you open the window, and we can say goodnight to each other!"
Song Qiaoxi was so excited that she pulled Chu Jin to jump on the bed.
Mom knocked on the door of her room, "Xixi, do everything, come and see another room."
The other room, next to her bedroom, also faces east, with a good orientation.
As soon as she entered, she was stunned.
If the room just now was the little princess' room, then this room is really like the little prince's room.
The overall tone is log color and navy blue, and one wall is full of bookcases, on which many father's books are placed.
Next to the bookcase is a single bed, similar in style to Song Qiaoxi's small bed, but with a navy blue and white color scheme, and a desk under the window sill.
But this is not the biggest surprise. The biggest surprise is that there is a black YAMAHA upright piano in this room, sitting quietly against the wall.
"Mom, this is..." Nuo Tuanzi walked to the piano excitedly, gently stroked the shiny lid, looked up and down, left and right, and exclaimed, "It's really a piano, Mom, you Really bought a piano with my dad!"
He turned his head to look at Chu Chu.
He stood at the door in a daze, his hands no longer hanging loosely at his sides, but slowly clenched.
His dark eyes stared at the piano, his throat rolled up and down, and his thin lips opened slightly.
But after half a day, Chu Jin didn't say a word.
Nuo Tuanzi saw complicated emotions in his eyes, and he couldn't tell at once, was he happy or unhappy
The origin of the piano begins with Chu Jin playing "City in the Sky" at school.
It was also a coincidence that in the afternoon when Chu Jin was playing the organ at school, Qiao Qin and Song Jianguo were both free, so they did not let the children go to Xia's house for a meal.
In order to make up for the "hard get off work" of the two children during this time, the couple left work early and prepared a table of good dishes.
As soon as Song Qiaoxi came home from school, she smelled the familiar aroma of food again.
The little guy hadn't eaten his mother's cooking for a while, so he followed his mother's buttocks delicately in the kitchen for a long time.
It wasn't until I rubbed the freshly cooked braised prawns, the sweet diced sweet sausages that had not yet been served as a side dish, and the sweet sand-fleshed tomatoes, they walked out of the kitchen.
At the dinner table, Song Qiaoxi described Chu Jin's splendid performance of playing the piano at school, and described it with a fluttering expression, and finally asked his parents with big eyes, "Mom, Dad, Chu Jin plays the piano so well, I also want to To learn piano, how about we move to a new house and buy a piano? Chu Jin can be my teacher!"
Xiao Nuo Tuan naturally did not know how expensive and difficult to buy pianos in those days.
She only remembered that Chu Jin took her arm and said something to her parents, probably meaning that she didn't want her parents to waste money, and he didn't like playing the piano that much, and said that Song Qiaoxi was not someone to learn the piano.
At that time, the glutinous dumplings were so angry that they turned around and hugged a big steamed bun with jujube flowers and turned their heads angrily. For the rest of the meal, they turned their backs to him.
The character of "little straight ball" made Song Qiaoxi naturally unable to understand the meaning of Chu Jin's words. He just said this on purpose because he didn't want his parents to spend money.
But Song Jianguo and Qiao Qin listened.
After a discussion in the evening, the couple decided to take out the manuscript fees and bonuses they had saved, and asked a friend to buy a piano for Chu Jin and put it in the new house.
By the way, I also let my daughters follow the nurture and nurture. It is also good for girls to learn to play the piano and cultivate their temperament.
The main purpose is to hope that Xiao Chu can relax and live in the Song family in earnest...
At this moment, Qiao Qin was pounding in her heart, and she was not sure about Chu Jin's reaction.
Seeing that the child did not speak, he just stared at the piano.
Is he willing or unwilling to stay