Second Piano Concerto

"Cut vegetables?!"

Liu Yang's heart almost collapsed.

This is Qin Haiou's hand!It should be carefully maintained and closely protected, and then buy high insurance, how can you do such a dangerous thing as chopping vegetables!

"Why do you chop vegetables?" Liu Yang knew that Qin Haiou came to this town to rest, he lived in Zhuzhu's inn, and there were so many restaurants in the town, there was no need for him to cook by himself, "Yes Zhuzhu asked you to help her with something?"

"No..." Qin Haiou shook his head quickly.Liu Yang's expression is a little scary now, Qin Haiou has never seen such an expression on her face since the two met.He has always thought that Liu Yang is a woman with self-restraint, taste, and very elegant manners, but at this moment Liu Yang is full of the aura of "who dares to let you chop vegetables, I will ask him to settle the score".Qin Haiou was taken aback. He thought it was better not to tell her the truth.

"Then who else could it be?" But he didn't say anything, but Liu Yang didn't stop guessing, as if she had to find out this person before she would give up. She thought about it, and asked quickly, "Is it Tan Shuo?"

Qin Haiou didn't expect her to hit the heart so quickly, he stood there for a while, opened and closed his mouth, and then quickly denied: "No..."

It's a pity that he is really a very bad liar.Seeing his expression, Liu Yang knew that he was right, turned around and walked out of the coffee shop.

Qin Haiou was anxious and thought it was amused, so he moved in front of her and stopped her: "Don't go!"

"This guy, how could he do this!" Liu Yang said angrily.

"He doesn't know anything," Qin Haiou said, "besides, I have to learn it myself."

"Learn what?" Liu Yang couldn't understand, "Learn to chop vegetables?"

"Yes." Qin Haiou nodded.

Liu Yang choked on the word "um" for half a minute, and finally managed to recover and wanted to speak, but then heard Qin Haiou say: "It's really fine. I've already had experience, and I won't cut my hands again in the future." .”

By saying this, he obviously showed that he would not give up this dangerous activity because of this cut.Liu Yang wanted to cry, but he didn't know how to persuade him. After much deliberation, he still felt that Tan Shuo was the worst, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Tan Shuo.Although Qin Haiou didn't let her go to Tan Shuo, a phone call would still have the same effect.

Seeing her taking out her mobile phone, Qin Haiou also guessed what she was going to do, and said nervously: "Don't tell him. If you tell him, he will definitely find it strange, and maybe he will become suspicious!"

At this moment, Liu Yang had found Tan Shuo's number and pressed the dial button. Hearing what he said, he hung up again in a hurry, with a very troubled expression on his face.

"Don't be angry," Qin Haiou continued to persuade, "Actually, Tan Shuo is quite nice."

Liu Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only say: "I know, I just don't tell him." After a pause, he asked, "Then what are you doing now, do you have any plans for today?"

"No," Qin Haiou said, "how about you open a shop?"

Qin Haiou always felt that playing the piano delayed Liu Yang's business, but he couldn't help it, so he felt very sorry.Yesterday he cut his hand in Tan Shuo's store, and today he wanted to come over and tell Liu Yang that he would not be able to play the piano for the next two or three days. Hearing her question at this time, he immediately actively suggested that she open the store earlier.

But Liu Yang said: "No need, anyway, there are few people in the morning, even if the door is open, you won't be able to sell much. Why don't you take a break, why don't you play in the shop for a while?" After thinking about it, he said, "Or I will come today. Bomb, please help me see where I need to improve, how about it?"

"Okay," Qin Haiou said happily, "I haven't heard you play the piano yet!"

The two walked to the piano room together after talking.They have been together for a while, and they know each other better, especially now that Qin Haiou trusts Liu Yang very much, and the atmosphere between the two is no longer as restrained as when they first met.Qin Haiou is a person who will not bring pressure to others. Liu Yang quickly adapted to being in close contact with him, and gradually began to treat him as an ordinary young man. The conversation between the two also followed the atmosphere and Liu Yang's mood changed and he became more casual.

When they came to the piano room, Liu Yang asked while selecting the tunes: "I'm curious, have you bought insurance for your hands?"

"I bought it." Qin Haiou said with a smile.

"In this case, will the insurance company pay?"

Liu Yang thought that Qin Haiou would answer "compensation" or "no compensation", but Qin Haiou was thinking about another thing.He put his index finger on his lips, made a silent gesture, and chuckled softly: "Don't let my manager know about this!"

Liu Yang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed too.Qin Haiou hurt his finger because he was helping the cook in a rice noodle shop. As a music fan, she felt so distressed. If the management team responsible for his life and safety knew about it, they would probably go crazy.

While speaking, Liu Yang had already selected the piece he wanted to play.She sat down in front of the piano and played the piece in its entirety.After listening to Qin Haiou, he thought for a while and said, "The shape of the hand is well maintained, but the ring finger is weak, and the finger change is not smooth."

He spoke earnestly and calmly, neither showing any contempt because Liu Yang's level was too different from his own, nor did he appear too harsh when pointing out problems.If it was the past, Liu Yang would never have dared to fight in front of Qin Haiou. The reason why she had such an idea today is because she has felt Qin Haiou's accommodating and polite treatment these days.But even so, she still felt a little uneasy, and she was also a little nervous when she played just now.Now that she saw Qin Haiou's natural attitude, those apprehensions and tensions finally disappeared, and she asked directly what was on her mind.

"I haven't been able to practice changing my fingers well," she said, "and my ring finger always feels weak. What should I do?"

"You need to do some targeted exercises." Qin Haiou rummaged through the stack of music scores that Liu Yang took out, and quickly picked out a few etudes, pointing to her one by one: "This and this one are Those who specialize in training the ring finger, these three songs are for training changing fingers."

Liu Yang took a pen to mark these pieces, and then picked a relatively simple one to practice.She had received formal training for a period of time when she was a child, but she was unable to practice regularly due to various reasons when she grew up. Although she recovered a little later, her reading speed and finger ability were not as good as before.Now she plays this new piece, stuttering at the beginning, identifying and playing almost one note at a time.After finally playing half a page, even she herself was a little anxious, but Qin Haiou leaned against the piano motionless, without showing the slightest bit of impatience.

Liu Yang immediately felt very ashamed and admired him even more.She knows that playing the piano is like sailing against the current, and she herself has a deep understanding of this.For Qin Haiou to achieve today's achievements, apart from his extremely high talent, he must have made great efforts and cultivated patience and perseverance that ordinary people do not have.Thinking of these, Liu Yang felt that the difficulties he was facing were not worth mentioning.She cheered up and was about to continue playing, when Qin Haiou suddenly said: "If you find it difficult to read the music, you can divide the piece into several sections for practice, and each section can be divided into shorter sentences. Then play the next sentence. That way, you won’t find the piece hard to digest.”

After finishing speaking, Qin Haiou picked up a pencil and helped Liu Yang divide the piece.Liu Yang did as he said, and he really felt much more relaxed. Every time he finished playing a sentence, he felt a sense of accomplishment, and when he played the next sentence, he was able to gather his energy.Although it seems that the overall progress has slowed down, the quality and effect of the practice have been significantly improved.Qin Haiou watched her play from the sidelines, and was silent most of the time. He only opened his mouth to correct her when she repeatedly made the same mistakes or had problems with her playing methods.In such an atmosphere, Liu Yang became more and more focused, and gradually developed to the point that as long as Qin Haiou didn't speak, she could completely forget his existence.She practiced like this for nearly an hour until Qin Haiou interrupted her again.

"Your fingers are tired," Qin Haiou said, "take a break."

Liu Yang shook her hands, she didn't feel very tired, but Qin Haiou said it very affirmatively, Liu Yang naturally listened to his opinion.

"Then take a break," she closed the piano cover and stood up, "Thank you!"

"It's nothing..." Qin Haiou looked a little surprised, but Liu Yang felt that he deserved it.Although Qin Haiou only taught her on the piano, Liu Yang learned something more precious from him, and she thanked him from the bottom of her heart.

The two left the piano room and came to the coffee shop.Liu Yang went to make coffee, while Qin Haiou went to the bookshelf to browse through the magazines collected by Liu Yang.Liu Yang's collection is astounding, not only is the variety quite rich, but many magazines are also very old.Qin Haiou was pleasantly surprised to find several magazines about piano among the pile of magazines. He took out two and sat on the sofa beside him to read them with relish.

"You really read this too." After a while, Liu Yang came over with a cup of coffee, and was not surprised to see the magazine in Qin Haiou's hand.

"Well, but there are always a few issues every year." Qin Haiou said.What he holds in his hand is "Piano World", which is currently the most authoritative professional piano magazine in China. Its content covers reports on pianists, piano works, piano manufacturing and piano education, as well as the latest trends and performances in the industry information and so on.Many piano learners have subscribed to this magazine, and it is a must-have publication for professionals and piano teachers.Qin Haiou himself is also a reader of this magazine, and has been interviewed by the magazine, and his photos have appeared on the cover of the magazine more than once.He is very familiar with this magazine, but usually due to hard practice and busy performance schedule, he can't read every issue carefully.At this time, seeing Liu Yang here, I feel very kind.

Seeing that he liked it, Liu Yang walked to the other side of the bookshelf, squatted down and opened the cabinet at the bottom of the bookshelf, searched for a while, and took out a stack of old magazines from it, and placed it in front of Qin Haiou.Qin Haiou saw that these were also "Piano World", and they were all published ten years ago.

Liu Yang took out a copy and handed it to him: "This is the issue after you won the award, do you remember?"

Qin Haiou looked at the magazine in front of him in surprise. On the cover was indeed himself ten years ago. This photo was taken by a foreign photographer after he won the gold medal in the International Piano Competition at the age of 17.But this issue of the magazine is so old that he doesn't even have a collection in his own hands. I'm afraid it can only be found in his parents' old house.He couldn't help sighing: "This is so rare!"

Liu Yang looked at him with a smile. In fact, she still had a lot of things about Qin Haiou in her collection, but she was too embarrassed to take them all out and put them in front of him.When she saw Qin Haiou took the magazine and flipped through it, she thought he would read it carefully and reminisce about his award-winning experience ten years ago, but Qin Haiou just put it down after a few glances, and instead stretched out his hand for the rest of the magazine. Look in this magazine.

"I remember this issue!" Qin Haiou quickly found what he wanted, and pointed out the cover of the magazine to Liu Yang, "This is my elder brother Xiao Cong."