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Christmas in Germany is quite similar to the Chinese New Year, and the festive atmosphere is so strong that even the air is sweet.

Pei Yanchen's German roommate hung a Christmas calendar in his room, which resembled a small house with 24 windows. Starting on December 1st, people get up every morning and open the small window for the corresponding day, and when all the windows are opened, Christmas arrives.

Therefore, such a calendar is also called a "advent calendar", and nowadays the Christmas calendar usually has small snacks, mostly all kinds of chocolates, candies and other sweets.

This advent calendar has been opened 22 squares, and only two squares remain.

It's a bit cold in Germany in December, and it's even more wet and cold outdoors in Hannover, but it still can't stop the enthusiasm of Germans for Christmas, and Christmas markets are held in any city, big or small.

In addition to selling traditional German snacks and shochu, you can also buy a variety of Christmas decorations, candles, garlands made of pine branches, various illuminations, and more. With the sweetness of sweets and the aroma of wine, you can enjoy the traditional German customs after a walk.

Not only Germans, but also people from other countries love such fairs.

Especially at night, walking through the streets and alleys, you can see a lot of hanging light chains, like twinkling stars, in the cold and dark night, these beautiful lanterns bring warmth and romance to people.

But these things have nothing to do with Pei Yanchen, one of which is that she doesn't believe in Christianity.

Second, in addition to studying, she also has to make money.

The German student visa is particularly friendly to studying music, and the student visa indicates that "you can participate in music performances", so Pei Yanchen not only found a job as a teaching assistant at the school, but also went to the theater to perform on weekends.

Today is the weekend.

It is still very easy for students of the Hannover Conservatory to find a theater performance job outside the school, after all, the Hannover Conservatory is as well-known in the European and American music circles as Harvard University in the world, and its keyboard major can be said to be unsurpassed in the world, and there are four or five world-famous masters in the piano major, such as Arie.Vardi, Karl-Heinz.K.

There are also many people who are also the chairmen of the jury of world-famous piano competitions such as Lao Chai and Lahe. Hannover's accordion, strings, wind and more are world-renowned.

In contrast, the American conservatories such as Juilliard and Berklee, which are well-known to the public because of their popular music, are more theoretical, while Germany is more instrumental in performance.

In fact, in the world of classical music, the German school (or the European school) and the Russian school are the two recognized schools of music in the music industry, and there is no American school at all.

It seems that many of the famous performers who have been active on the world stage are from the United States, but in fact, most of them became famous in Europe (Russia also belongs to the European category) and later developed in the United States.

Because the United States, as the most developed industrial country in the world, provides more stage and business opportunities for musicians. The European and American music circles call it the phenomenon of "produced in Europe, packaged in the United States", but in recent years, due to the strong rise of China, Asia has also launched export activities for the world classical music scene.

In addition to being a student of Hannover Music, Pei Yanchen just won the championship of the 2015 Josef Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany, held at the Hannover Conservatory, in May this year.

There are not many Chinese students at the Hannover Conservatory, only about 20 people, so they all know each other, mainly in piano and accordion majors, other majors such as strings are her and another student in the theater, and there are two or three kittens in vocal music and composition.

The reason why there are few Chinese people is also because the Hannover Conservatory is too difficult to get into, especially for piano majors.

The Chinese students majoring in piano at the Hannover Conservatory of Music are all well-known people in China, and Wu Di is also one of them, and he also got the exchange qualification.

However, there are many people who are more famous than him, in addition to him, there are Rachmaninov first prize Shen Jinwen, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition second prize Chen Ji, he also once won Chopin fourth.

The other is Pei Yanchen's most hateful, Wang Xiaoxiao, who is quite famous in the capital, Pei Yanchen doesn't know what awards he has won in the world, but I heard that he has also won several painless piano competitions.

Wang Xiaoxiao belongs to the family with a little money, drives a McLaren to school all day long, and feels extremely good about himself, as if he recognizes a girl like Pei Yanchen who should belong to him, and he seizes the opportunity to talk to her, invites her to dinner, invites her to concerts, and takes her to see the prosperity of the world.

At the Hannover Conservatory, although characters like Wang Xiaoxiao are not in the stream, they still exist.

In addition to Wang Xiaoxiao, another ridiculous one, named Zhang Haiyun, is a disciple of Zhou Qiren of the Central Conservatory of Music, who won the second place in the Horowitz International Piano Competition in Ukraine (also a lightweight competition), and held a few small-scale recitals, so he has always considered himself a big name, and often takes the opportunity to block Pei Yanchen to exchange and learn, and also boasts of promoting her to improve.

She just thought it was funny, and of course there were a lot of Germans who liked her, and Germans were easier to deal with in comparison, and if they refused, they wouldn't bother.

On the 22nd, Pei Yanchen ate a butter bread in the dormitory as usual, she missed the soy milk fritters in the theater canteen, cheap and delicious, but the butter bread was not satisfactory.

This is a kind of bread that the German roommate made yesterday is similar to what the Jews call challah, which is dark yellow on the outside, very fluffy on the inside, with a strong yeast aroma and a hint of sweetness, and goes well with butter, especially salted butter with salt crystals????

After eating, she looked at the weather outside through the frosted glass on the window, there was humid moisture in the gloom, and the tail lights of the car were flashing in the distance, which made people feel cold, and the fashion sea was also like this, so Pei Yanchen was very used to it.

For Pei Yanchen, there is a kind of cool happiness in living alone in a foreign country.

German girls live in the dormitory less, often only in the dormitory, this room is unusually clean and tidy by her, the bathroom is shiny, after the water stains are wiped off, she has to pay attention to whether there is a new emergence, the sorted box to the rules placed under the bed, only when returning to China will be used, underwear, socks and T-shirts are neatly stacked in the wardrobe, shoes are placed symmetrically on the side of the bed, and no one will kick it the next morning.

The rolled charging cable did not secretly stretch itself out and re-knot, the cheap coat was in the closet, the white towel hung on the bath rack, everything was organized by her, and she looked more rigorous than the Germans, both visually and audibly, everything in this room was regular and peaceful most of the time.

After eating, Pei Yanchen was about to go downstairs with the violin case containing the "Dawn Star", thought about it, put on a pullover hoodie in a cotton suit, and then took a tube of biscuits and stuffed them in a paper bag.

Open the door, take out the piano case she was carrying, and look back at the black and white kitten she picked up, Xiao Shizi stared at the big round eyes, sitting in the shadow under the bed, Pei Yanchen waved to it, and then held the paper bag, locked the door and turned around.

As soon as she walked out of the dormitory, she saw Wang Xiaoxiao waiting at the door, he was still wearing sunglasses and a LOGO in the winter, making him look like an upstart. Pei Yanchen remembered that the most ridiculous thing was one of his performance posters, which was actually the head of this sunglasses, if she didn't read the explanation carefully, she thought it was an advertisement for a glasses brand.

Pei Yanchen was indifferent to his handsome appearance of leaning against the wall and holding his hands in his arms, and walked directly past Wang Xiaoxiao without squinting, but this person had no self-knowledge, and shouted: "Hey, Pei Yanchen! Today there is Cheng Xiaoyu's new film, the world's largest investment movie "Titanic", can you go to see it? I bought a ticket!"

Hearing this familiar and unfamiliar name, Pei Yanchen's graceful body trembled in the wide cotton clothes, how long should she not hear someone mention this name?

Humans are obviously not good at judging how long time lasts, feeling like years when they are bored, tired, or sad, and feeling like time flies when they are busy, happy, or socializing. Looking back, the period of life seems to pass more slowly, while the dull period and wasted time seem to pass in an instant.

Pei Yanchen knows that she can accurately measure time with the movement of the stars, the rise and fall of the sun, and the clock, but for her, the subjective feeling of time may be more important.

The true measure of time is an inner measure, the feeling of the heart.

Time is really the best span in this world, making the tragedy pale, and making the unbearable people choose to leave, and those who are persistent, standing in place and going through the vicissitudes of life, watching the people in front of them come and go, waiting for time to give themselves an answer.

Pei Yanchen just stopped for a moment, and continued to walk towards the cold wind without turning his head.

Wang Xiaoxiao didn't notice Pei Yanchen's momentary hesitation, he chased after him and stretched out his hand to stop Pei Yanchen and said, "Hey, Pei Yanchen, isn't this Cheng Xiaoyu your alumnus?

"Get out of the way. Pei Yanchen put one hand in the pocket of his dark blue cotton coat, and said coldly with the piano case in the other.

Wang Xiaoxiao took off his sunglasses, showed a smile that he thought was handsome, and said: "I said, Pei Yanchen, are you not the first place in Joseph Joachim? By the way, it seems that Cheng Xiaoyu has won Chopin, right? Let me tell you, there is a very exaggerated atmosphere floating in the sky over the domestic music industry now. If you have a little fame and get a place in an international competition, the domestic media will immediately give you the aura of "piano prodigy", "musical genius", or even the crown of "master". It seems that all of a sudden, we have become the cradle of classical music. I don't think this kind of culture is going to ......."

Pei Yanchen didn't bother to talk nonsense with Wang Xiaoxiao, so he bypassed him directly and continued to walk forward, the oak forests on both sides were like gloomy clouds, lining the yellowed dormitory building behind it.

Wang Xiaoxiao didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him in his consciousness, let alone that others didn't like him, and he caught up again with almost zero emotional intelligence, and then said: "If it is purely according to the concept of genius, maybe only Shen Jinwen can barely be called a genius." In Europe, there are many geniuses like Cheng Xiaoyu. I'm just talking about the piano! And there is one thing that I feel very deeply, that is, the 'geniuses' and 'prodigies' in China are all cultivated under the strict supervision of their parents and teachers, and even under the threat of sticks....."

Wang Xiaoxiao, who was full of interest after talking for a long time, found out that he had come to invite Pei Yanchen to watch a movie, so he stopped the topic and said: "It's far away, I'm talking about watching movies now....."

Pei Yanchen quickened his pace, letting Wang Xiaoxiao make noise on the side, and didn't reply a word, but Wang Xiaoxiao still tirelessly tried to impress Pei Yanchen.

When I was about to arrive at the teaching building of the String Department, a BMW stopped on the side of the road, and when Pei Yanchen and Wang Xiaoxiao passed by, Chen Haiyun pressed the glass inside, revealing a square face, and he said loudly: "Pei Yanchen, I bought IMAX movie tickets for "Titanic", which will open at seven o'clock in the evening, will we go together?"

Pei Yanchen didn't even look at Chen Haiyun's face that he thought was handsome, and said directly without looking back: "Thank you! I still have to play in the evening, so I don't have time." ”

Chen Haiyun glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao, who was chasing aside, hurriedly got out of the car, caught up with the two and said, "It's not just me, several Chinese people from our school are going...... Anyway, isn't that Cheng Xiaoyu still in the play? By the way, "Liang Zhu" ......"

Speaking of Liang Zhu, Chen Haiyun remembered Pei Yanchen's famous work, which seemed to be the work of this half-baked classical musician Cheng Xiaoyu, and he said: "You and Cheng Xiaoyu should know each other, right?"

Hearing the name again, Pei Yanchen simply took out headphones from his pocket, put them in his ears, and then began to play Brahms's "Violin Concerto in D major".

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoxiao, who felt that the good thing had been destroyed, glanced at Chen Haiyun very unhappily and said: "It's not too bad to drive a BMW 3 Series to pick up girls." ”

The two have always had a bad relationship because they are both pursuing Pei Yanchen, but Chen Haiyun is a little shallower than Wang Xiaoxiao's self-righteousness, but he is also an arrogant master, so he immediately replied and said: "Rich and great, what awards have you won......?"

Wang Xiaoxiao sneered: "I said that I am very good, a lightweight piano competition can be talked about in front of people for a year, and I really think of myself as a big name?

"Laugh! Why did Lao Tzu win an international award, what about you? supermarket award or shopping mall award? Can you get a few packs of diapers and laundry detergent to take back for your own use?" Chen Haiyun mocked-for-tat.....

Pei Yanchen quickened his pace and left everything behind, and as soon as he walked into the teaching building, he met the little junior sister who was on the drama with a tutor with her, and the little junior sister smiled at Pei Yanchen: "Senior Sister Pei, many people said today that they would go to the cinema of the Douglas Mall Center Store to watch the premiere of "Titanic", will you go?"

Pei Yanchen shook his head and said, "I have a performance at night, so I won't go....."

The little junior sister smiled and said, "Oh! I know, so it's not in the evening, but in the afternoon....."

Pei Yanchen choked up for a moment and said, "I'll ..... in the afternoon If you want to practice, you don't know the repertoire you play at night......"

The little junior sister approached Pei Yanchen and grabbed her cotton clothes and whispered: "I heard Senior Wu Di say that you have had a period with Senior Cheng, so you definitely won't go, I still don't believe it!

Pei Yanchen, who has always been calm, shook his head a little nervously and said: "Wu Di said nonsense, I have nothing to do with Cheng Xiaoyu....." Before the little junior sister could reply, Pei Yanchen rushed towards the bathroom and threw a sentence: "I'll go to the bathroom....."

She washed her face with cold water and looked at herself in the mirror, the cold droplets of water sliding over her equally cold pale skin.

Everyone in this world is busy, pursuing, the vast majority of people live in embarrassment, care and love are such things she can never bear to ask for, but she is not disappointed in other people and things, because she has never had hope, maybe for a brief moment, she has.

This morning, she never made a mistake, and she played Gavigne's caprice several times wrong, and her mentor Moselle looked at her with a frown and said, "Pei, you should take a good rest, you have tightened the string in your head too tightly!"

.........

In the afternoon, she plans to go to the supermarket to buy some groceries, and she does everything by herself: shopping for groceries, going to the laundry, thinking about meals, thinking about how to arrange practice and playing.

You can see the posters of "Titanic" everywhere along the way, even on the bus, and finally got to the supermarket, because milk is cheaper than mineral water, she has always bought chocolate milk, today Pei Yanchen wants to change the taste, she doesn't like to drink fresh milk, and she can't recognize all kinds of soft and hard cheese in Hebrew and Russian which she can eat, so she simply bought chocolate milk.

When she paid the bill, the cashier also gave her a discount guide, which also printed "Titanic", she carried a plastic bag, thinking: eating a piece of sugar pastry bread and drinking a glass of chocolate milk may evoke a sense of happiness in kindergarten, maybe you can stop remembering.

When I walked out of the supermarket, I saw a huge "Titanic" promotional poster printed on the billboard of the opposite building, and Cheng Xiaoyu's name was very big......????

Pei Yanchen lowered her head and walked towards the bus stop, she felt that it was a mistake to go out......

Passing by Ernst Augustplatz, Christmas is approaching this weekend, the crowd here is very crowded, the bus stop is here, Pei Yanchen was stopped again, and a blonde beauty reporter took a microphone and asked: "May I ask you are from that country?"

Pei Yanchen glanced at the camera and replied mechanically: "Huaxia...."

"wo!wo!Then you will definitely watch "Titanic", right?

........

Pei Yanchen put the plastic bag under the stool and sat in the somewhat crowded IMAX viewing hall, 20 euros to watch a movie is a very luxurious behavior for her, but 20 euros can buy a calm mood is still worth it......

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