When Tang Miao went out the next morning, he saw a canvas bag hanging on the door handle outside the door.
It was a very simple and thin canvas bag, made of cotton and linen, not too big or too small, with a cartoon pattern painted on it. Tang Miao saw the canvas bag, took it off the door handle, and then saw the notebook and pen stuck in the canvas bag.
Yesterday, after Yu Yaya knew that she and He Xiao knew each other, she asked her to ask He Xiao for an autograph for her. He Xiao took a notebook and a pen, and said that he would have dinner with the band members in the evening and could help ask for autographs from other musicians. Tang Miao thought that Yu Yaya would be happier, so she gave the notebook and pen to He Xiao.
Thinking of this, Tang Miao took out the notebook and saw the signature on it.
As expected, He Xiao helped her get signatures from other people. The signatures of four people were on one page, and on the other page, some musician even drew their band's logo with simple strokes.
The names of the four people sound nice and look beautiful when written. The different pen strokes are intertwined and connected with the name "Whistling Past" on a page in the notebook. It really gives a feeling of a wild wind whistling past.
Tang Miao's eyes were fixed on He Xiao's name, and he turned to look next door.
The door to the next room was closed, but He Xiao should be at home. He went out for dinner yesterday and should be back very late, so he didn't knock on the door to disturb her, but put something in a canvas bag for her and hung it on her door handle.
Tang Miao looked at He Xiao's door, his eyes dropped to the door handle of his door.
Not long ago, she had just moved in and He Xiao helped her. She wanted to thank him and hung the dessert she made on his door handle.
Now, not long after, He Xiao learned her method.
The relationship between the two has not yet reached the point of intimacy, but it is indeed much better than when they first came. And this improvement in the relationship makes Tang Miao feel at ease.
Coming to a new city is like a duckweed. Now she has her first root, slowly taking root in He Xiao's body, and will not be blown away by the wind.
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Tang Miao took a notebook and a pen to the music store.
When Yu Yaya opened the page of the notebook and saw the names of He Xiao and the other four, as well as the band's stick figure logo, she hugged her excitedly and silently, and started shaking around.
"Ah!" Yu Yaya was speechless and just hugged Tang Miao and rocked back and forth. Tang Miao's strength was still smaller than that of the excited Yu Yaya, and she almost shook her off the piano stool.
"I'm going to fall." Tang Miao grabbed Yu Yaya's arm and said to her with a smile.
After she finished speaking, Yu Yaya quickly let go of Tang Miao. Her face turned red with excitement, and her eyes were bright and she looked at her carefully: "Ah, you didn't fall down, did you?"
"No." Tang Miao smiled.
"That's good." Yu Yaya breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at the small notebook in her hand again.
Yu Yaya was usually noisy, but now that she was really excited, she calmed down. Tang Miao looked at her fingers holding the notebook and her movements of looking down at the notebook, and could tell that she was very excited.
"So happy?" Tang Miao asked Yu Yaya.
"Yeah." Yu Yaya nodded and smiled at her.
“In fact, sometimes liking a band or a song is not just about liking them as people or what they create. It’s more like liking a belief, liking something they reveal that makes us feel like we have something to pursue.” Yu Yaya said while looking at the signatures, “So getting their signatures gives me a feeling of having a conversation with my own belief soul.”
"And the signature is real. It's not an abstract memory or a simple sentence. It's in my notebook. I can take it out and look at it at any time to find that feeling."
Yu Yaya and Tang Miao said this.
She really likes something and pursues it.
When she was young, she liked animation. When she was older, she became a fan of celebrities. Now, she follows bands. What she believes in and pursues changes with her age, experience and state of mind.
There is just such a group of people, whose spiritual world never dries up. They always have their own beliefs and pursue their beliefs, which bloom passionately in their lives.
Tang Miao looked at Yu Yaya, seeing her excitement, and said nothing. Yu Yaya looked up and met her gaze, smiling, "Don't you understand?"
After Yu Yaya asked, Tang Miao smiled and said, "No. I'm just a little envious." "I've never chased anything like this, so I don't know how it feels."
"Then you can try it now." said Yu Yaya.
After Yu Yaya finished speaking, Tang Miao's eyelashes twitched.
Seeing Tang Miao's expression change, Yu Yaya hugged her and said to her, "You can go chase what you want now, and then experience the happiness it brings you!"
Yu Yaya looked at Tang Miao seriously, with her eyes sharp, waiting for her question.
Looking at Yu Yaya's appearance, Tang Miao hugged her backhand. A faint smile appeared in her eyes, and she asked following Yu Yaya's words.
"So what do you think I should pursue?"
After Tang Miao asked, Yu Yaya couldn't wait: "Of course it whizzed past!"
After Yu Yaya finished speaking, Tang Miao laughed softly.
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The work at a music store is to give classes day after day.
After Tang Miao worked in the piano shop for a while, her piano teaching ability was recognized by many parents. Later, Tang Miao's classes almost didn't need her to receive students and parents who came for trial classes with Xiao Jiang as before. The students introduced by her students' parents also gradually filled her classes.
Regardless of whether everyone in the piano store recognizes it or not, Tang Miao's ability is currently the strongest in the entire piano store, and it can even be said that he is better than the piano teachers in some large piano stores in Huaicheng.
After all, she has been working as a piano teacher for nearly ten years, which is something other piano teachers cannot compare to.
After playing with Yu Yaya in the morning, Tang Miao went into work mode. From morning till night, he did not rest even when the class was on break. He only had an hour to rest when it was time for dinner.
Tang Miao now has more and more evening classes. But she told Qian Cheng that she would only have one class at night, which would last until nine o'clock in the evening. She lives alone, and it is not safe to take a taxi home too late. Qian Cheng agreed to her request without thinking. In general, Qian Cheng did not want to lose Tang Miao, an excellent piano teacher, more than losing one or two classes every night.
When she has classes in the evening, if her schedule is not full, Tang Miao will go home after class and have dinner. If her schedule is full, she will order some takeout nearby.
Tang Miao also had a simple dinner, just some light meals. When Qian Cheng came to see her in the evening, she had just finished Meiji. When Qian Cheng told her to go to his office to discuss something, Tang Miao drank some juice and got up and left the piano classroom.
Qian Cheng's office was also on the second floor of the piano store. It was right opposite the staircase and very conspicuous. Tang Miao went over and knocked on the door twice. Qian Cheng said "Come in" and Tang Miao pushed the door open and walked in.
Boya Music Store is not big, and the main decoration is focused on the piano classroom, so Qian Cheng's office seems cramped and a bit shabby. His office only has a sofa, a coffee table, and his desk and office chair. There are a pile of documents and a computer on the desk, and Qian Cheng is playing games at the desk.
In fact, although it looked shabby, Tang Miao could always tell from Qian Cheng's behavior or temperament that he should be from a relatively good family. Yes, after all, even if it was a shabby little piano store, it would have to have two floors, a piano classroom, and each classroom would have to be equipped with a piano, air conditioning, and other facilities. He had just graduated at the time, and without the support of his family, he would not have been able to come up with such a sum of money.
In addition, Qian Cheng was also very generous in his spending. He paid his employees a higher tuition fee than other piano stores on the market. He also closed the store twice a day and took them out for dinner and drinks, and paid for everything himself.
In general, Qian Cheng is a very good boss. He is generous and easy to talk to. When communicating with him, there is no sense of tension or crampedness between superiors and subordinates. Instead, it is very comfortable.
This is also one of the reasons why Tang Miao likes staying in this music store now.
Qian Cheng was playing games when Tang Miao came in. When Tang Miao came in, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at her, then said to her, "Wait for me, I'm going to die soon."
After Qian Cheng finished speaking, Tang Miao smiled and said, "Okay."
After saying that, Tang Miao went to the sofa behind the coffee table and sat down waiting for Qian Cheng.
Qian Cheng sat in his office chair, playing games with a serious look on his face, waiting to be killed. To be honest, he looked good. He didn't have thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he had a sunny and clean look. He usually dressed casually, wearing T-shirts and jeans, and looked a bit boyish.
"Ah. Dead." Tang Miao waited for less than a minute before Qian Cheng let go of the mouse and said this.
Tang Miao looked at him and smiled.
Qian Cheng finished the game and remembered his business. He stood up from his office chair, poured a glass of water for Tang Miao, and then poured himself a glass. After drinking it all, he told Tang Miao why he asked her to come over.
"It's like this. This Saturday, all the piano shops in Huaicheng will have a social gathering. People from the piano shops will get together and have a meal. Our shop has also been invited. I can bring a piano teacher with me, and I want to take you there."
While Qian Cheng was speaking, he returned to his office chair with a cup of water, sat down, leaned back in his chair and said this to Tang Miao.
It is normal for piano shops to hold social gatherings like this. In fact, the competition between piano shops is not that serious, because people usually choose to go to a piano shop for lessons because it is close to them, so the students in a piano shop are all students from the area where they are located, and there is not much conflict with other areas.
"Will you take me with you?" Tang Miao looked at Qian Cheng and asked.
"Yeah." Qian Cheng responded, and then said, "Because this time, in addition to the people from the piano store, we will also invite some piano manufacturers and sellers. It's a social gathering, but it's also like a business negotiation meeting."
Generally speaking, in addition to teaching piano lessons, piano shops also sell and buy musical instruments. After all, some students who come to learn piano will take exams or pursue a career, so they will naturally want to buy a piano.
For example, there will be pianos on display on the first floor of their music store. If any students want to buy one, they can place an order directly from the nearest music store, and the piano manufacturer will then deliver the goods directly to the students.
At this point, Qian Cheng said, "That means your students' mothers will also go, that is, their hometown mothers."
Tang Miao has a student named Sang Zi, who is only 15 years old this year. Her mother is the manager of a piano dealer of a certain brand in Huaicheng, and she is quite powerful.
In fact, such a student would not come to their piano store for lessons. It was just because the parents of one of Tang Miao's previous students knew Sang Zi's mother. After taking Tang Miao's class, they learned that Tang Miao was a teacher from a famous piano store in South City, so they recommended Sang Zi's mother and sent Sang Zi here.
Sang Zi's mother originally wanted to find a piano store in this area to give her daughter piano lessons. Because Sang Zi's mother and father are divorced, Sang Zi is currently being taken care of by her grandparents, who happen to live nearby. Sang Zi also attends kindergarten in a nearby government kindergarten, so it is convenient for her to come to piano lessons directly after class.
In this way, Sang Zi became Tang Miao's student.
When Qiu Yu learned that Sang Zi had become Tang Miao's student, she even came to see Qian Cheng. Qiu Yu had been a piano teacher for several years and knew some piano dealers, so she naturally knew what Sang Zi's mother did.
Qiu Yu thought that it was Qian Cheng who recommended Tang Miao to Sang Zi's mother, and had a quarrel with him, but later found out that Sang Zi's mother had found Tang Miao herself, and the matter ended with Qiu Yu's gloomy face.
Qian Cheng could bring a piano teacher to this piano store gathering, but he brought Tang Miao because he thought Tang Miao was familiar with Sang Zi's mother, so there would be no awkwardness at that time.
But after he finished speaking, Tang Miao asked, "Can I not go?"
Qian Cheng, holding the water cup, glanced at her.
"Of course you can. Why not go?" Qian Cheng asked.
For piano teachers, there is no harm in knowing more people. Generally speaking, piano stores will bring their more outstanding teachers there, which is also a kind of affirmation for the teachers.
After Qian Cheng asked, Tang Miao felt a little embarrassed. She looked at Qian Cheng and said, "I'm not really good at dealing with this kind of situation."
It is true that she knew Sang Zi's mother, but for such a large social gathering, she only knew Sang Zi's mother and Qian Cheng. If she was from Huaicheng before, it would be fine, maybe she would meet a few old acquaintances at the social gathering, or meet some new people through some city connections.
But she knew nothing about this city and had no connection with it, so she would only feel embarrassed when she went there.
Tang Miao really shouldn't be able to handle this kind of situation.
She is a quiet, gentle, and highly skilled piano teacher. After arriving at the piano store, she has little contact with anyone except her colleagues and the parents of her own students. She is not like Yu Yaya, who knows other piano teachers' students and gets along well with children. She is also not like Qiu Yu, who knows other piano teachers' students' parents and discusses beauty and luxury goods with them.
She just doesn't seem to be very good at socializing.
But she was not good at it, and Qian Cheng couldn't force her.
After Tang Miao finished speaking, Qian Cheng thought about it and nodded, "Okay."
Tang Miao said, "Sorry, boss."
"But we can let Teacher Qiu go over. She should be able to do it." Tang Miao said.
After Tang Miao finished speaking, Qian Cheng looked at Tang Miao again. He looked at Tang Miao with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and then he laughed again.
"Teacher Tang, you are such a gentle person."
She still remembered vividly how aggressive Qiu Yu had been towards her yesterday. Today, faced with this kind of situation and opportunity, Tang Miao did not feel any resentment towards Qiu Yu for what happened yesterday. Instead, she recommended Qiu Yu, who was more suitable for this situation.
After Qian Cheng said this, Tang Miao smiled and said nothing.
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After chatting with Qian Cheng for a while, Tang Miao returned to his piano classroom.
Not long after, Qiu Yu @ed Qian Cheng in the piano store group, asking about the time and dress code for the social gathering. After Qiu Yu @ed him, Xiao Jiang asked what kind of social gathering it was, and Qiu Yu told him about what happened on Saturday.
Not long after Qiu Yu finished speaking, Yu Yaya came to Tang Miao's piano classroom in a hurry.
"What the hell?" Yu Yaya held the phone screen in front of Tang Miao's eyes, "Look at how proud she is. My god, if she has something to say, why not just chat in private? She has to say it in the group. She's afraid that we don't know! She just wants to show off!"
Yu Yaya was so angry that she was talking nonsense. Tang Miao handed her a glass of juice and said, "It's really good. You will meet a lot of people then, so it's okay to ask about your clothes."
"What? How could she not know what to wear for an occasion like this? She would definitely wear all kinds of expensive things." Yu Yaya said, "She even asked the boss what to wear. The boss is a straight man, he doesn't know shit."
Just as Yu Yaya was complaining, there was a knock on the door.
"Hey, Yu Yaya, I heard everything!" Qian Cheng said dissatisfiedly.
Hearing the boss's voice, Yu Yaya quickly lowered her tone.
Qian Cheng would pass by occasionally. The door of the piano classroom was not very thick, and Yu Yaya's voice was loud, so Qian Cheng's voice reached her ears.
Qian Cheng was not really angry with Yu Yaya, so after saying this, he left.
The footsteps outside died down, and then Yu Yaya punched the piano.
"How can I repair it?"
Tang Miao was startled by the sound of the smashed piano.
"Why let her go?" Yu Yaya said, "If anyone should go, it should be you! Look, just because of this, she will definitely brag about it until Saturday, and after Saturday she will definitely brag about it for another two months."
After hearing what Yu Yaya said, Tang Miao said, "I can't handle it even if I go."
After that, Tang Miao thought for a moment and said, "Besides, I don't have a suitable dress or bag. If I buy them separately, I don't have the money."
That's true.
Although there was no competition for students among the piano stores during this get-together, there was definitely some overt and covert fighting among the store owners, teachers, and even the people who attended.
Wherever there are people, there will be struggle and vanity.
By then, everyone will surely be dressed up and wearing famous brands, otherwise it will bring shame to their own music stores.
As soon as Tang Miao finished speaking, Yu Yaya looked Tang Miao up and down and said, "If you go, I will buy you a set of EL clothes."
Tang Miao: “…”
"Do you know how much that costs?" Tang Miao said.
Yu Yaya: "...I just want to satisfy my craving for pleasure."
After Yu Yaya finished mumbling, Tang Miao raised his hand and pinched her face.
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No matter what was said in the end, Qiu Yu's going to the social gathering was settled. In the end, Qian Cheng said in the group that it was okay to just wear anything. Qiu Yu sent an emoticon to complain about him and then stopped talking.
After complaining to Tang Miao, Yu Yaya went back to class. Tang Miao's students had also arrived, and Tang Miao sat in the piano classroom and finished the evening class.
After the class, Tang Miao left the music store.
Tang Miao's class tonight was quite late, and it was almost nine o'clock in the evening. After leaving the piano store, Tang Miao took a taxi back to the community.
Before returning to the community, Tang Miao asked the taxi driver to park the car in front of the supermarket where she usually purchased food.
After paying the fare, Tang Miao got off the car and went to the supermarket.
It was almost nine o'clock, and there were no more people in the supermarket, except for a few people who came in to buy drinks or ice cream. Tang Miao went to the fresh food area and bought some ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast. Finally, he stayed in the supermarket for a while before paying and leaving.
After leaving the supermarket, Tang Miao walked towards the residential area.
Although there were not many people in the supermarket, the shops on both sides of the community were bustling. Whether they were eating, drinking, or buying ice cream, there were people gathered in front of each shop.
Tang Miao walked through the bustling commercial street and entered his own neighborhood.
Just like outside the community, the community was also bustling. There were old people who had just come back from a walk in the park, and children fighting with water guns next to the pond. In the apartment buildings in the community, almost every household had lights on. Tang Miao stood downstairs of his own apartment and counted up to the 16 floors.
After counting, my eyes felt a little blurry, so I simply stopped counting. I entered the apartment building and got on the elevator.
The elevator quickly reached the 16th floor, and Tang Miao took her things and got off the elevator. After getting off the elevator, Tang Miao came to the door of He Xiao's house and knocked on the door.
Tang Miao didn't know whether He Xiao was at home.
Under normal circumstances, He Xiao should not be at home at this time. He was either out for dinner or in the rehearsal room to rehearse and write songs.
So Tang Miao didn't expect He Xiao to open the door. After knocking on the door, Tang Miao was about to hang the things on the door handle. Before she hung it, the door handle moved and He Xiao pushed the door open.
Tang Miao paused while hanging things and looked over.
He Xiao did not go out. He did not know what he was doing at home. When Tang Miao saw He Xiao, she smiled first.
"You're at home." Tang Miao said.
He Xiao stood at the door, raising his hand to support himself on the door frame. His mood was not very high, but he was still calm, revealing his usual coldness and indifference.
"Yeah." He Xiao responded.
After He Xiao responded, Tang Miao seemed to come back to his senses and said, "I'm just here to return something."
After Tang Miao finished speaking, He Xiao looked at her with his eyes lowered.
When his eyes dropped, Tang Miao had already handed him the thing he was about to hang on the door handle.
It was the canvas bag that contained the notebook and pen that I signed for Yu Yaya this morning.
He Xiao looked at the canvas bag for a while, then took it.
After taking it, He Xiao looked up at her again.
The bag in Tang Miao's hand was taken away so directly. The feeling of weight that was originally pressed on the palm of his hand by the handle of the canvas bag disappeared at once, and Tang Miao was a little slow to react.
He Xiao simply accepted the bag without saying anything. Tang Miao looked at him and blinked.
It seems like there is nothing more to say.
He Xiao didn't say anything, but the look in his eyes seemed to ask her if she had anything else to do. Tang Miao had nothing to do, so she smiled at He Xiao again and said.
"Good night then."
After saying that, under He Xiao's gaze, Tang Miao took the key, opened the door of his house, and walked in.
It took the woman less than two minutes from knocking on his door to closing hers. He Xiao stood at the door, looking at the tightly closed door next door, the light in his eyes dimmed slightly.
After looking for a while, He Xiao closed the door and threw the canvas bag in his hand on the cabinet in the entrance hall.
The canvas bag landed steadily on the counter as he threw it. The counter was made of wood, and the moment the canvas bag touched it, there was a crisp sound of landing.
He Xiao stopped and looked back at the canvas bag.
The canvas bag was placed on the wooden counter top, and its bottom had some slightly raised traces of delicate features.
He Xiao looked at the bulge and took the canvas bag back in his hand.
The canvas bag was not very heavy, and it was also very light when I took it just now. It was precisely because it was too light that I overlooked the things inside.
After getting the canvas bag, He Xiao opened it.
A handful of sugar was put in it.
The cellophane of the candy reflected a bright and sweet light under the light of the entrance. In the center of the candy, there was another piece of paper. Seeing the paper, He Xiao took it out.
The paper was written with words just like before, the woman's gentle and graceful handwriting fell on the grass-green paper. He Xiao looked at the words on the paper, and his tongue tip lightly touched the roof of his mouth.
【To my younger brother.】
【elder sister. 】
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