Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the turn of the century, 2000.......

One day in August, in the compound of the Jinling Military Region, an ethereal piano sound like an elf came out from Nie's house, people who are familiar with music, as soon as they hear it, they will know that this is Pacabel's "Canon", if Pacabel someone says that they are not familiar, then when it comes to the famous German musician Bach, then almost everyone knows, this Pacabel master, is Bach's teacher.

The original meaning of canon is "rule", which refers to a writing technique of polyphonic music, characterized by the regular imitation of each other by the various voices, that is, the later parts imitate the melody of the previous part in turn according to a certain time distance.

The piece "Canon" is usually played with a cello, supplemented by three violins added at 8 beats apart, all the violins play the exact same melody, and there are only three different melodies before and after, each section has only two bars of melody for repeating, and the cello tune is only two bars from beginning to end, repeating as many as 28 times. Therefore, although this piece feels like a constant repetition and repetition, its beautiful and elegant melody does not make people feel monotonous at all, but only listens to it more and more beautifully, and involuntarily indulges in the repeated playing of the violin. Using the piano to play the canon means that the player has to have extremely difficult piano playing skills and fingering.

This song "Canon" is so famous, a symbol of human civilization, that it was sent into space by NASA via satellite.

Nie Zirun, who is already 15 years old, is completely immersed in his own "Canon" at the moment, looking at Nie Zirun's gorgeous and mature piano playing skills, the piano teacher on the side showed a satisfied look, but Qian Ruping's face was with a hint of dissatisfaction.

After playing the song, Nie Zirun breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at his mother sitting at the piano with apprehension. It's been three months since I practiced this canon song, but I never let my mother show a satisfied look, Nie Zirun is very entangled, strong self-esteem, competitive personality, prompting himself to let his mother give a satisfactory evaluation. Since this piano teacher taught Nie Zirun to play the piano, Nie Zirun's super learning ability and comprehension ability, so that the piano teacher praised constantly, as early as 3 months ago, the teacher thought that he had no skills to teach Nie Zirun on the piano, as for another student Yuhang, after the initial piano learning a month, he had completely given up his efforts.

On the contrary, Qian Ruping has always been dissatisfied with Nie Zirun's still slightly impetuous personality contained in the piano sound. In Qian Ruping's cultivation, the piano is just a means, a weapon to hone Nie Zirun's character, listening to the sound of the piano, Qian Ruping can feel the changes in Nie Zirun. Indeed, after two years of piano training, from the initial reluctance to the current gradual liking of the piano, his son's temperament has undergone earth-shaking changes. There is no naughty mischief in the past, and the treatment of people is becoming more and more mature. The steady, peaceful, and introverted character temperament is gradually carving and taking shape, but the impetuousness in the personality that even Nie Zirun himself has not noticed has never been able to eradicate it.

"Is it really that I have too high requirements for him" Qian Ruping frowned slightly, and sighed secretly in her heart: "Just try again, I hope Zirun can control the competitiveness in his bones and eradicate that trace of impetuousness"

Qian Ruping, who made a decision in her heart, looked at Nie Zirun: "It's still an old problem, Zirun, your piano lacks spirit, the competitiveness in your bones makes you work in the wrong direction, no matter how good your skills are, I won't let me give you a word of praise, soulless music is not music." “

"Hehe, Ms. Qian, are your requirements too high?" The piano teacher on the side suddenly interjected, and his expression was slightly excited, "After all, Zirun is only 15 years old, and he has been practicing the piano for two years. What's more, the soul of music is the level that only a true master can have! ”

"Hmph, is it demanding? Because he is a descendant of the Nie family, a descendant of the founding fathers, and the son of Nie Guotao and Qian Ruping, the standards of ordinary people do not apply to him! Without any prelude, Qian Ruping instantly became stronger, her sharp eyes came out, and a cold and arrogant aura filled the entire piano room in a moment. The piano teacher was stunned and couldn't speak.

Easing his mood a little, looking at Nie Zirun, who was sitting in front of the piano and looking at him in awe, Qian Ruping slowly spoke: "Do you know the origin of "Canon", Zirun?" ”

Nie Zirun shook his head blankly.

"Let me tell you a story!" Qian Ruping sighed softly

Pacabelle, who was orphaned by war when he was a teenager, was adopted by a luthier who played the piano in a church in a small village in England, and learned to play the piano by ear and eye. In the town next to them, there was a girl named Barbara, who was rich and powerful, and Barbara was also the prettiest girl in the town, and since she went to church and listened to Pacabel's songs, she fell in love with him, and rejected many rich people who came to propose marriage. The girl was always shy, and the spoiled Barbara never dared to confess to Pacabel, so she decided to learn the piano from Pacabel, saying that she loved music very much. Pacabel happily accepted the apprentice, but Barbara's purpose was not to play the piano, so he never paid attention to the piano, and was repeatedly scolded by Pacabel. Barbara is aggrieved, but she still keeps following Pacabel, hoping that one day he will understand his heart.

Finally one day, Pacabel said to Barbara, "You go, you're really not fit to play the piano, and you don't like the piano either." ”

Three days later, in the evening of the church where Pacabel was then teaching Barbara piano, Barbara committed suicide by cutting her wrists. And in the six months that Pacabel was away from Barbara, he found that he was much less happy without Barbara by his side. A lot of things are lost in this way to know how to cherish. He found that he had unknowingly fallen in love with Barbara, but because she didn't work hard to learn the piano, he buried his love for her. So he plans to write a piece of music as a gift for proposing to Barbara. When he completed a third of the canon, he was called into the war, and in the war, countless times of nine deaths, whenever he felt uncomfortable, he would think of Barbara, and think of the days when he taught her to play the piano, and he completed the remaining two-thirds of the canon.

The year after Barbara's suicide, Pacabel returned to the village. When he learned Barbara's story and all that she had done for herself from the villagers, he roared and cried. He approached Barbara's family and asked where Barbara was buried, but none of her family would tell Pacabel. The following week, when Pacabel summoned everyone in town, he sat down at the piano and held back his tears and played "Canon", and there was not a single one present who did not shed tears.

"This is the origin of "Canon", you can understand it for yourself!" After speaking, Qian Ruping stood up and slowly walked out of the piano room.

Nie Zirun sat in front of the piano in a daze, recalling the story told by his mother attentively, and his slender and white fingers unconsciously pressed the piano keys at black and white intervals again, and the melodious melody of "Canon" fluttered in the piano room again, again, again, again

Qian Ruping held a steaming teacup, sat elegantly on the sofa in the living room, listening to the sound of the canon piano coming out of the piano room over and over again, and gradually the sound of the piano slowly changed, and the corners of Qian Ruping's slender and delicate mouth slowly emerged with a trace of xiangshang's arc

"Do you finally know? The essence of all things, I know to see it with my own heart, I hope that in the future, I will not let impetuous emotions blind your eyes" The corners of Qian Ruping's eyes and mouth finally revealed a satisfied look.

In the piano room, Nie Zirun, who was playing the piano, had slowly closed his eyes, and his thoughts were completely immersed in the ethereal sound of the piano. And in his mind, he seems to see the poignant aiqing story of Pakabel and Barbara: Pacabel's realization, regret, Barbara's deep affection. Suddenly, the piano tone turned, repeated, and the constant melody flowed smoothly out of his fingertips, and a familiar little figure suddenly appeared in Nie Zirun's mind, a small pink dress, long black hair tied with a white headband, a round chubby little face, slender and faint willow eyebrows, bright eyes, small dimples, a happy smile on his face, and a touch of green matcha ice cream seemed to remain at the corner of his mouth; The snow-white, delicate lotus root-like arm was waving towards him, and on his wrist, a clear and dazzling red rope was tied, mixed with a few pale green beads......

Nie Zirun's nimble fingers finally stopped, the sound of the piano seemed to be still echoing in the piano room, slowly, the narrow and bright eyes opened again, the eyes flashed a trace of warmth, lowered his head, and whispered softly: "Are you okay......"

Nie Zirun, who was intoxicated in "Canon", slowly stood up, came to the curtain, opened the curtain, and the dazzling sunlight outside the house instantly sprinkled the entire piano room. Gradually becoming resolute, but without losing a trace of delicateness, a happy smile finally appeared: "Xiexie, you, Taeyeon!" ”

Nie Zirun knew that he had finally succeeded, his piano finally had a soul, and he saw his heart, and that trace of impetuousness completely faded from him.

I don't know when, Qian Ruping walked into the piano room again, and the piano teacher who was intoxicated by the sound of Nie Zirun's piano was also awakened: "Miracle, really a miracle!" The teacher's face flushed, "I have no regrets in my life to have such a student, Ms. Qian, your son...... It's amazing...... This is the student I teach....haha...", his face excited, his words already beginning to be confused.

Nie Zirun turned around and looked intently at Qian Ruping who was standing there, Qian Ruping finally showed an amazing and beautiful smile: "Zirun, do you understand?" ”

"Hmm!" Nie Zirun nodded heavily, and in the sunlight, his face, which was originally slightly green, finally really made people feel that simplicity and stability. He's transformed......