Chapter 249: Perfect performance, catching a son-in-law under the list (Begging for subscriptions!)

After the meal, the others were cracking melon seeds and chatting on the first floor.

Li Heng took Zhou Shihe and Yu Laoshi into the study.

Both women were visiting his study for the first time and looked around with some curiosity.

Yu Shuheng asked: "Did you buy all these books here in Shanghai?"

Li Heng nodded and shook his head: "Most of them were bought in Shanghai by the editor Zou Ping, whom I entrusted, and a small part were sent by me from Shaoshi."

Zhou Shihe didn't understand the riddle between the two, her aimless eyes slowly scanning the books, including *Harvest* magazine and the standalone edition of *To Live*.

She felt that Li Heng should be a fan of the writer December, just like her.

In fact, at Fudan University, due to the old principal's advocacy, a top-down atmosphere had formed. Many instructors not only read *To Live* and *Cultural Bitter Travel* themselves but also strongly recommended them, to the extent that most students had read these two books.

The same was true for her dormitory, 213; those with slightly better conditions almost all had a copy of the standalone edition of *To Live*.

However, Zhou Shihe wasn't influenced by the teachers' recommendations but was influenced by her family, which was why she bought *Harvest* magazine every issue and read *Cultural Bitter Travel*.

Out of consideration for Zhou Shihe, Yu Shuheng smiled and nodded, not asking deeply.

At this time, Mai Sui brought in tea, and Li Heng asked her: "Why did it suddenly get quiet downstairs?"

Mai Sui replied: "Manning and Ye Ning rode their bicycles out, saying they were going to Wujiao Square to buy some snacks."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Li Heng stopped her: "It's boring to stay outside alone; come with us."

Mai Sui smiled charmingly and said okay, then consciously sat in the corner of the sofa so as not to affect the work of the three.

Yu Shuheng looked at Mai Sui a few more times, wondering what she was thinking in her heart?

Zhou Shihe looked at her nose and her heart, as if she hadn't seen anything.

Li Heng walked to the desk, pulled open the middle drawer, took out the music score he wrote last night, and handed it to Zhou Shihe and Yu Laoshi: "I've been exploring the arrangement; you two take a look."

Yu Shuheng took the score first, browsed it carefully from front to back twice, and finally raised her head: "The piano part, I feel it's not bad, but there are still slight flaws that need further improvement. And the violin, you didn't hit the point."

Li Heng admired sincerely: "Teacher really has a sharp eye; you analyzed my problem at a glance."

Yu Shuheng drank some tea: "You have to believe in the strength of a genuine member of the Musicians Association."

Li Heng was slightly surprised: "Teacher is a member of the Musicians Association?"

Yu Shuheng smiled and nodded.

Li Heng turned to Zhou Shihe and asked politely and casually: "What about you? You aren't one too, are you?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head with a clever smile.

Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief secretly; if both women were members of the Musicians Association, he would be so embarrassed.

However, thinking of this girl's piano level later, whether she joined the Musicians Association or not didn't really make much difference.

The score fell into Zhou Shihe's hands. She looked at it with quiet dignity, thought about it, and then looked at it again.

Li Heng asked: "What do you think of the piano arrangement?"

Zhou Shihe didn't respond, silently playing the piano along with the tune in her heart. After a long time, she stretched out her finger and pointed seven or eight times in a row: "Here, here, and here... I think it can be slightly modified to verify the effect."

Li Heng shoved the pen in front of her: "It doesn't matter, you can just change it on top."

Zhou Shihe looked at Li Heng, looked at Yu Shuheng, didn't stand on ceremony, took the pen, and focused on marking her different insights above the music.

She appeared very patient. Every time she changed a place, she would hum the music from the beginning in her own form before continuing to change it.

The minute hand moved quietly. This change took 8 minutes. The study was silent, and all attention was concentrated under the pen tip.

8 minutes passed in a flash. When the last mark was made, Zhou Shihe stopped her pen and placed the score in front of the two.

Yu Shuheng picked it up immediately, filtered it silently, then tried it once with the violin, and finally said: "The changes are very good, more vivid and richer in layers than before."

When Yu Shuheng said this, her eyes were full of appreciation, without any perfunctoriness.

Li Heng was also not a music idiot. After listening, he gave a thumbs up and said: "It's indeed good, closer to what I had in mind."

What he had in mind, of course, referred to the arrangement from the original timeline.

For the rest of the time, the three discussed and verified with each other, fully exerting their subjective initiative, modifying again and again, and perfecting again and again.

This led to the final arrangement being more than half changed from the initial one. Li Heng was not angry about this, but rather very happy.

At the same time, he had to admit that when it came to playing music, these two women were the professionals. Unlike him, a half-baked person, they were the real powerhouses.

An hour passed. Yu Shuheng, who had already finished two cups of tea, suddenly asked Zhou Shihe: "Where is your piano?"

Zhou Shihe said: "Over at the Red Building."

Li Heng asked: "Are you renting a room over there?"

Zhou Shihe said "Mm": "Yes, but the conditions aren't as good as here. I don't usually live there much; I only go to practice when I have time."

Yu Shuheng asked: "Did you rent it yourself when school started?"

Facing the eyes of the three, Zhou Shihe nodded again. It was indeed rented by herself, without letting her family help.

Li Heng had a whim and threw out a sentence: "You can try the No. 27 small building next door; it's been empty for more than two months. It's empty anyway."

Zhou Shihe said gently: "I've already let my family help contact them. I don't know what the result is. I think there should be a response very soon."

Yu Shuheng played the score with the violin throughout, then said to the two: "Bring your instruments, let's go to the Red Building and let Shihe try playing the piano for real."

This proposal was agreed upon by Li Heng and Zhou Shihe. After all, knowledge gained from books is shallow, and any good thing must be tested through practice.

Li Heng got up and said to Mai Sui: "Let's go, let's go over together."

"Mm." Although Mai Sui had been listening on the side, she didn't feel bored; she was very willing to be their first audience.

When they went down to the first floor, Ye Ning and Sun Manning hadn't returned yet. They probably encountered something fun outside or went shopping.

The Red Building was in Yanyuan, located on the left side of the school gate, next to Handan Road. When the four rushed over, the sky began to darken gradually. According to past experience, it was estimated that it would be completely dark outside in less than an hour.

The rental room was on the first floor, but the surrounding area was full of professors' and teachers' families, and the environment was quite good. The paths and corridors were very clean.

Steinway D274.

Just stepping into the rental room door, he recognized the model of the grand piano placed in the room at a glance.

Li Heng was a bit stunned. He had thought this girl's piano would be very good, but he didn't expect it to be so awesome. This was the crown king of the piano world, almost the first choice for all large-scale music performances.

Could the 130,000 in his bank card buy one?

He couldn't know the price in this day and age, but he estimated it would be tough.

Yu Shuheng also recognized it, but she appeared indifferent and didn't reach out to touch it uncontrollably like someone else.

Li Heng joked: "Putting such a good piano here, aren't you afraid it will be lost?"

Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly.

She didn't know how to answer because she had never worried about this problem.

After a simple chat, it was learned that this piano was her 18th birthday gift.

At Yu Laoshi's signal, everyone stopped chatting. Zhou Shihe came to the piano, sat quietly for a while, and then began to play according to the score.

At this time, Li Heng stood on the side listening, trying to perceive whether there were any differences from the original work. If there were, he would record them and discuss improvements later.

Zhou Shihe's piano skills were unquestionable. After one complete performance, all three had gained something and found some flaws to varying degrees.

Next was the verification and improvement time. Every time the three played a section with their instruments, they would stop to discuss, and then continue to play. After repeating each small section about 10 times, it basically met his requirements.

Li Heng felt that he was already a perfectionist, but compared to Yu Laoshi and Zhou Shihe, damn it, he was just a small fry.

When the arrangement reached a certain level, most of the time it was the two women arguing and compromising. Li Heng slowly transformed into a role like Mai Sui, and he couldn't really get involved anymore.

However, he was not discouraged, but rather happy about it. People, you have to have a clear understanding of yourself at all times, so that you won't be tired and can be free and easy.

As time passed, the progress finally reached the last small section. Seeing that it was about to end, the two women had different opinions again.

Li Heng took the tea Mai Sui brought, went outside to get some air, drank slowly, and said: "It's good they didn't fight."

Mai Sui smiled tenderly and teased: "They are all helping you; how can you say that?"

Li Heng smacked his lips and whispered in a voice that only two people could hear: "It's mainly an accident. Classmate Shihe looks weak and fragile on the outside, as if she would fall in the wind, but I didn't expect her to have such strong opinions on the inside."

Mai Sui said: "Do you think someone who can get into Fudan would have no opinions?"

Li Heng drank some more tea: "Makes sense. Maybe you are too gentle and considerate, making me have illusions about all the girls around me."

Mai Sui's eyelids opened slightly, she looked at his profile, and didn't respond.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked on a whim: "Have you been to the library?"

"I often go with Shihe; why do you ask?" Mai Sui was curious.

Li Heng said: "Because I've been at Fudan University for so long, and I haven't been to the library yet."

Mai Sui said: "When you finish writing this book, I'll call you to go together."

"Okay." He responded.

"When are you going to Beijing to visit your uncle and aunt?" she asked.

Li Heng replied: "I've already made an appointment with Zijin to go around New Year's Day."

Hearing this, Mai Sui nodded slightly, didn't respond, and accompanied him to blow the wind outside.

Not long after, the discussion sound in the room stopped, followed by Zhou Shihe playing the whole piece one last time.

After playing, she asked: "How is this time?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Okay."

Li Heng walked in happily: "Not bad, I can't find any faults anymore."

Zhou Shihe didn't say anything for a while, lowered her head to memorize the score, and after a while said: "Let the three of us cooperate once."

Yu Shuheng was a person of action and had already picked up the violin.

Li Heng didn't lag behind, stood on the side of the piano, waiting for the prelude to sound.

Not long after, beautiful notes floated out from the black and white keys, followed by the melodious sound of the violin. As the accompaniment reached a certain level, Li Heng took a breath and officially appeared on the stage.

As soon as the ocarina sounded, the sound of the piano and violin immediately became the background. Zhou Shihe looked up at him, but her hands didn't stop.

Yu Shuheng's attention was also focused on him. For the first time, he felt that this little boy under the dim yellow light was particularly charming.

Mai Sui leaned quietly in the corner of the door, taking in the three people playing together. Inadvertently, she felt a little envious. Unfortunately, her music was still at the level of being able to sing a few sentences, and she was not on the same level as them at all.

However, Mai Sui put away this trace of envy a moment later. From childhood to adulthood, she often heard her mother nagging a sentence in her ear: "Comparing people to people will kill people; just be yourself."

Being yourself is the most special one.

After more than 4 minutes, the pleasant sound stopped abruptly. The three looked at each other, and there was a bit of satisfaction in their eyes.

Li Heng said: "There is still a month and a half until the first rehearsal. If possible, let's unify the time so we can practice together."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yu Laoshi.

Similarly, Zhou Shihe also looked at Yu Shuheng.

Because both were students, except for class, the rest of the time was available.

Yu Shuheng weighed it and suggested: "From now on, practice every Friday afternoon and evening, um, and Sunday afternoon; this counts as fixed time. Usually, if everyone is free, make appropriate use of it."

The reason Yu Laoshi didn't mention Saturday was that she knew someone had to take time to date and write, so the time couldn't be too full.

For a moment, she wanted to fill the time, but it ended up being nothing.

Li Heng turned to Zhou Shihe: "What do you think?"

Zhou Shihe replied crisply: "I have no problem."

"No problem is fine, then set the time for Friday and Sunday, and use the rest of the time flexibly." Li Heng finally made the decision.

Both women agreed.

Li Heng raised his right wrist to look: "It's past 8 o'clock, let's stop here tonight, otherwise it will affect the neighbors' rest."

Actually, this was nonsense. At this moment, many professors and families upstairs had opened their windows one after another, poking their heads to look down, thinking that a music performance artist had come to the Red Building, playing so beautifully.

Before leaving, Li Heng looked at Zhou Shihe, wanting to say something but stopping.

Looking at each other, Zhou Shihe seemed to guess his thoughts and said gently: "If it's possible for the No. 27 small building, I will move over."

"Eh, welcome, welcome, that way it will be more convenient for us." Li Heng said with a smile.

Leaving Yanyuan, the group separated.

Zhou Shihe and Mai Sui went straight back to the dormitory.

Li Heng followed Yu Laoshi side by side toward Lushan Village.

But just as they were about to reach the end of the alley, Li Heng was stunned. He actually saw Shen Xin. At this time, this aunt was standing in the middle of the alley, looking up at his No. 26 small building.

Li Heng lowered his voice and asked: "Auntie looking like this, is she suspecting that Teacher is in my room again?"

Yu Shuheng smiled elegantly, thinking the same.

As the sound of their footsteps approached, Shen Xin finally reacted and turned to look at the two.

When she saw her daughter and Li Heng walking together, she showed a look of "as expected," and then a smile appeared on her expressionless face, saying to Li Heng: "Little Li, have you had a late-night snack? Auntie brought some; come in and eat a little."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng frowned, but soon returned to calm. Even because the light was too dim, neither her own mother nor Li Heng noticed.

Li Heng was secretly shocked. Damn it! What kind of ghost is this?

Why did she suddenly become enthusiastic toward me?

Inexplicably, looking at the aunt close at hand, a term appeared in his mind: catching a son-in-law under the list.

No way?

I'm so young.

I'm still a student.

I'm from the countryside.

It shouldn't be!

PS: Begging for subscriptions! Begging for monthly votes.

Afraid the big bosses would wait too long, I'll update first and then revise.

(Also, one more thing, other career lines will have to wait until winter vacation. After all, the timeline of this book is very long, and it must be arranged reasonably. I'll answer here uniformly and won't reply again.)

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