Chapter 13: Parting

In fact, Xu Hunxian's decision today is due to Xu Zhuxian's most important factor, as well as some of his own personal reasons.

My mother was the principal of a piano school, and I grew up in such an environment, so how could I not be interested in the piano? And when I was a child, I played the piano with my mother.

At that time, Xu's mother was playing the piano in Xu Hunxian, at first, he didn't say a word, just sat dullly, and later, he slowly got better, learned to listen quietly, and occasionally plucked a few keys to make trouble, which can be said to be his earliest game.

At that time, he became interested in the piano, but at that time, Xu's father and Xu's mother were still most concerned about Xu Hunxian's body, and they didn't know about it.

Not long after going to elementary school, Xu Hunxian began to learn martial arts with Old Man Li again, and within half a year, he studied with several other old people, so it has been delayed.

And last time, he may not have reacted at once, and he was despised by Xu's mother again, subconsciously, he chose to escape, and it was not until just now that he mobilized his childhood memories again.

He is not unfamiliar with Xu's mother's piano sound, but he didn't care about listening to it a few times before, so he didn't feel much, unlike yesterday and today, when he was intoxicated in it, he could really experience that feeling, sometimes like his mother was gentle, quiet, and tranquil, and sometimes like a storm, so that his depressed mood could be vented and hearty.

There is another kind that cannot be ignored, that is, the piano in his heart, is the taste of his mother in childhood, no matter what, there is a kind of peace by his side, this feeling, only he can experience, can only be understood but not spoken.

The next night, when she came back from practicing martial arts at Old Man Li's house, Xu's mother was almost ready for dinner, because Xu Hunxian's practice time was after dinner, and generally their dinner time was half past seven, if you calculated it, there was not much time to practice the piano, so Xu's mother made some changes and changed the dinner time to half past six, Xu's father had almost just arrived home, and Xu Hunxian's time was just right, so that he could save some time and let Xu Hunxian learn more.

And in Xu's mother's heart, since Xu Hunxian wants to learn, she must be attentive, and time is the best guarantee for results, so Xu Hunxian's practice time is so set.

Although Xu Hunxian learned a little music from several old people, in Xu's mother, she still has to start again, and the basic thing is music theory.

From the seven basic tones to the whole tones, semitones, from the high, middle, and low registers to the rhythm, beat, rests, etc., start from the beginning.

Xu Hunxian didn't look impatient, but sounded with relish, which made Xu's mother even more happy, no matter what, Xu Hunxian's own interest was the most important.

On the piano, where are the treble area, middle range, and bass area, as well as the two connected keys are full tone, and those semitones are played for Xu Hunxian one by one, so that learning is more effective, it can be said that for Xu Hunxian's teaching, Xu's mother uses more energy.

It took a night of hard work to talk about a quarter of the story, and I need to practice it slowly in the future. I slept well at night, and because of my biological clock, Xu Hunxian naturally got up very early.

After getting dressed, tidying up the bedding, I went to wash.

"Coming?" Coming to the place where there is no obstacle every day, the old man has been waiting there and asked flatly, a little different from usual, but Xu Hunxian didn't ask much.

"Yes, Grandpa Li." is still as respectful as ever, Xu Hunxian is not the kind of person who doesn't know the height of the sky.

"Will you keep using the prescription you prescribed?" Old Man Li asked a very strange question for Xu Hunxian today, and did not guide him to train as usual.

Xu Hunxian paused, but still answered truthfully: "I've been eating all the time, and I haven't fallen behind." ”

With this sentence, the old man's heart was put down: "That's good." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief, as if a big stone had been removed, and then he was faintly relieved.

"Do I insist that you take the medicine for what I have done?" Xu Hunxian didn't know what Lu Dao was doing, so he could only shake his head embarrassedly.

"Hehe......" The old man smiled, knowing that he would do this, and this reaction was not strange.

But then he turned around and asked, "Do you remember your illness when you were a child?" ”

After being reminded by Old Man Li, Xu Hunxian finally understood something, but he just nodded, waiting for the old man's answer, but his heart was extremely excited.

As if seeing Xu Hunxian's reaction, the old man began to reminisce: "At the beginning, I taught you martial arts, and there was another purpose, which was to observe your condition without others paying attention. Over the years, you probably know my medical skills, but outsiders don't know about it, so in order to save so much trouble, it can only be like this. ”

After a pause, he sighed lightly and continued: "I am a foreigner after all, even if I have lived in this land for decades, I can't hide this fact, in order to have less trouble in the future, it will be better to be obscure." In the past, I practiced Buddhism, and if there was no accident, I would have been officially shaved soon, but I was just making people angry, and when I was young, my temper was a little big, and I lost my life, which was considered to be a broken killing vow, which was not tolerated by my Buddha. Then he voted for the Communist Party of China, and as a soldier, he was full of blood, and this walk has been decades. ”

As he spoke, the old man was full of bitterness, probably he hadn't said these words to anyone, and when he mentioned them again, he felt even more desolate.

Although he was a little choked, the old man continued: "Later, I settled here and married a local woman, which can be regarded as breaking the color vows. ”

Old Man Li lowered his head and smiled bitterly, which can be regarded as a mockery of his own ridiculous things.

"Then I couldn't stand the loneliness, thinking about the land, thinking about the broken temple, thinking about those who lived and died together, and finally, I found a chance to go back and take a look."

"And then?" Xu Hunxian finally couldn't hold back next to him, and answered softly.

"Later? Later, I saw it, but some people were gone, my comrades-in-arms, my boss, and one of my senior brothers who was very good to me were gone, and the one I regretted the most was my master, and the master who called me a Chinese medicine doctor, they passed away, but I didn't see any of them. Back then, it was just to not wear that hat, but I didn't expect so many things to happen, hehe...... "The old man is already full of wry smiles, and there is endless loneliness, and it is really a painful thing to regret when he loses."

Xu Hunxian didn't understand the old man's feelings, but he could feel it a little when he looked at the old man, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

As if sensing that he was a little out of shape, the old man hid his expression and began to say something else: "Let's talk about yours." The drugs prescribed to you, you haven't broken it in the past few years, the vitality of the overdraft is almost made up, the time is longer, and the effect is also very obvious, there is nothing to worry about in the future, if nothing else, the 100th birthday should also be there. ”

"Really? Grandpa Lee? Mentioning this, especially after the old man's confirmation, Xu Hunxian was very excited, and he no longer saw the emotions that he had just been infected by the old man.

"Of course it's true, do I need to lie to you on this?" Old man Li smiled, and a hearty look appeared on his face again, he was also very happy to heal this child, although it was against the sky and his own life, but he was already so old, what else did he care about? I just don't know the way, this is not a change of life.

After the old man Li was hearty, there was a trace of reluctance on his face, and after thinking about it, he said: "There is one thing I want to tell you, and the things I told you earlier are also to pave the way for this matter." I'm going to China in a few days, and I've been away for most of my life, and the rest of the time I want to go to the foot of the Shaomuro Mountain to live my last life. ”

This news stunned Xu Hunxian all of a sudden, and asked eagerly with disbelieving eyes: "Grandpa Li, what do you mean, are you leaving Korea and not coming back?" ”

Old Man Li looked at the child who had been with him for several years, and he couldn't bear it, but how could he change what he had decided?

Therefore, after just looking at it a little, he turned his head and said: "Didn't you say it, go back to live for the future, that is, you won't come back, not only that, Xuanya and their family will also go." ”

Feeling that his tone was a little heavy, Old Man Li eased up, and then said: "I'm leaving, the martial arts handed over to you can't be left behind, with your current skills, you can defend yourself, if you practice hard, there will be unexpected results." As for traditional Chinese medicine, you have also learned a lot, although you can't practice medicine, but you should be able to give people a hand, the medicinal materials are almost complete, I won't take that book back, cherish it. I'm saying goodbye to you today, and if I go to China in the future, let's go to see me at the foot of Mt. Shaomuro. ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Xu Hunxian, who was standing there in a daze, and floated away, maybe he didn't like that kind of crying goodbye, which came suddenly and went in a chic way.

Xu Hunxian didn't know how he got home, his head was in chaos, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw Xu's mother who was busy.

When he saw his mother, he hugged her silently and cried, after all, he was just an eleven-year-old child, and at this moment he seemed to have found the backbone of his heart, and fell into his mother's arms and cried like when he was a child.

"What's wrong, Hunxian? Why are you crying? Xu Hunxian's sudden reaction made Xu's mother panic, she hadn't seen her son like this for a long time, and she didn't know what happened to Lu Dao.

"Oma, Grandpa Li is leaving, he is going to China, and I will never see him again." With a crying voice, Xu Hunxian said intermittently.

Xu's mother asked for the specific reason again, and he made it clear about the matter, which also made Xu's mother a little relieved, fortunately, it was not the worst news.

Despite this, she still had to comfort Xu Hunxian, this incident hit him hard: "It's nothing, didn't your Grandpa Li say it, when you grow up, you can go to see him." ”

"Really?" Some didn't believe it, Xu Hunxian asked again.

"Of course it's true, you don't even believe Oma's words anymore?" Mother Xu said angrily.

Xu Hunxian thought about it for a while, feeling that there was some truth, but he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart: "I'm still very uncomfortable, oma, I won't go to today's class, you can help me ask for a leave." ”

Seeing that Xu Hunxian was really in a bad mood now, Xu's mother did not object: "It's still early, you go back to sleep first, if you don't want to sleep, get up and eat something, and then go out to relax." ”

Xu Hunxian has always studied very seriously, and today can be regarded as a holiday for him.

"Hmm." Nodding and getting up from his mother's arms, Xu Hunxian went back to his room and took off his coat, covered his head and fell asleep.

And Xu's mother shook her head outside and sighed, and after a while, she quietly pushed open the door of Xu Hunxian's room, and only after seeing him fall asleep did she leave with peace of mind.

Today was the longest time Xu Hunxian slept, going to bed again at six o'clock in the morning, and didn't get up until about ten o'clock to eat something. Xu's mother didn't go to school today, Xu Hunxian was in a bad mood today, she wasn't very relieved, so she stayed home with him.

Originally, she wanted Xu Hunxian to go out of the piano after getting up, but he didn't want to go out, so he sat down by the piano, lifted the lid, and played a relatively unfamiliar score aimlessly.

Time flies really fast, nearly four years, in the practice and study of martial arts, the thin child in the past has grown strongly, but the old man who helped him the most, but he is about to leave his life, after appearing, it disappears as if it never appeared, as if all this is a dream, only what he has learned is still proving that all this has happened.

Opened the sheet music on the lid, tuned the chapter of "Canon" and played it for the first time, playing one key after another, intermittently, extremely rusty to play that movement, the skills he learned were very immature in his hands, but it did not affect his emotional investment at all, especially in the first half, I don't know what the person who created this piece of music wants to express, in his opinion, it is a dull, not like a child's feelings.

The music was replayed over and over again in his hand, slowly like a piece, and I don't know how many times, until the end of the day, he was able to play it completely, and he did not look impatient at all, maybe at this time, the whole piece was already in his state of mind.

Finally, after playing the last side, Xu Hunxian slowly closed the lid, sighed, and left the seat.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Xu Zhuxian in front of him, this little guy saw that Xu Hunxian was not in a good mood, and asked with concern.

"It's fine." Seeing her, Xu Hunxian smiled slightly, put away that emotion, and then said to Xu's mother who was on the side: "Oma, I'm going out for a walk, don't wait for me for lunch." ”

Mother Xu nodded, signaling that she knew what she had said, and didn't say anything, just told him to come back early and not forget to eat something.

Since Xu Hunxian entered, she heard "Canon" over and over again, and knew that his mood was still not very good, and it was good to go for a walk when he went out, at least he could relax.

It was March of '97, and the weather was still very cold, there was no warm sunshine, only a small cold wind slowly blowing over with the crowd, giving people a biting chill.

Walking to the usual exercise place, it seems that you can still see an old man and a child here, the old man's expression is very serious, and the boy does not care about this, but his eyes reveal hope.

Now the boy is here again, but the old man will not come again. I was very reluctant to look at it a few times, and then walked away gently, this place, let it be sealed in memory, never open.

"Hunxian." A gentle voice came from behind him, making him stop, turn around, and see Li Xuanya's beautiful figure.

"Is there something wrong?" Xu Hunxian's tone was flat, just like his mood at this time, but in fact, he didn't know what Lu Dao was doing.

"We're leaving, so don't be sad anymore." Li Xuanya did not answer positively, but was relieved to Xu Hunxian.

"I'm fine, don't worry." said this, but Xu Hunxian turned around, just Li Xuanya's words mobilized his previous mood again, so he didn't want her to see it.

"It's okay, look at yourself now." Li Xuanya came to Xu Hunxian all of a sudden, the gentleness just now was gone, and she became very angry: "Isn't it just going to China, and I won't see it in the future, I'm not sad, what are you sad about?" ”

In an instant, it returned to its previous hot state.

Xu Hunxian was stunned for a moment, but he also understood, and he was no longer immersed in that emotion, patted her shoulder and said: "It's just that people who have lived for a while are suddenly leaving, and they haven't adapted for a while, nothing to do, hehe......"

However, Li Xuanya rolled his eyes at him, he didn't care, but continued to ask: "You're leaving, right?" ”

This was the answer he already knew, but now, he wanted to confirm it himself.

Sure enough, the answer was not unexpected, Li Xuanya's eyes darkened, and she replied softly: "Because I don't worry about my grandfather and grandmother's life in China, Abba is going to work in a Korean company in China, so our family also went with me, I'm sorry." ”

For so long, although she has been bullying Xu Hunxian, the relationship between the two has been slowly cultivated, and she feels guilty for her sudden departure.

"Dao Lu apologizes, you haven't done anything wrong." Feeling that the current atmosphere is very depressing, Xu Hunxian smiled slightly and pretended to be relaxed.

"Are you not saying anything when I'm gone?" However, women are sometimes very strange, just like now, the more relaxed Xu Hunxian's face is, the more angry Li Xuanya becomes.

What does it mean? Do you want me to send you? Xu Hunxian's tone seemed to be joking, but he knew that he was extremely nervous now. Really going to send it? He didn't even know how to answer.

"Who wants you to send it? I want to say, don't you have something for me to take with me? Li Xuanya hated it to death, this guy was so stupid.

"That's right." After listening to Li Xuanya's words, Xu Hunxian relaxed slightly: "I'll go back and look for it, and let me bring it to you." ”

"Can't you give it to me yourself?" It wasn't sent by herself, Li Xuanya was a little unhappy.

"Well, when you leave, I still have to go to school and I don't have time for a few days, so I'll let someone else do it for me." In fact, Xu Hunxian really didn't know how to face this kind of parting, so he could only find an excuse to plug the pond.

"Whatever you want, just don't forget about it, or I won't let you go." Li Xuanya threatened fiercely, but in her heart, she was disappointed.

I didn't want to stay here any longer, so I said "I'm leaving" and left immediately.

Looking at the figure that hurriedly left in front of him, Xu Hunxian smiled helplessly, and he didn't know how long it would take for Lu Dao to see him again. Five years? Eight years? Or ten years? Who knows what to say!

At this time, Xu Hunxian figured it out, or was made such a fuss by Li Xuanya, dispelling a lot of depression in his heart.

Sometimes, when you are in a bad mood, you should talk to others more, and while talking, you will forget something, which will naturally dispel the depression when a person is silent, and the mood will gradually improve.

Pack up your mood and stop going to other places anymore turned around and walked in the direction of home today made my mother worry too much and couldn't continue to let her worry about it and the little girl who was zhuxian, she was also worried about herself.