830 What Is a Piano
“Where did you buy this medicine? I’ve never seen it before! The medicine I have at home for sprains and injuries has a very strong smell. I don’t feel like applying the medicine whenever I injure myself. Your medicine smells quite good,” Qian’e asked curiously.
“This is my exclusive secret recipe. I won’t tell anyone else! Don’t think about it anymore,” Qiao Mei said playfully.
Qian’e looked at Qiao Mei in disdain. Although she had reconciled with Qiao Mei, she still could not stand seeing Qiao Mei’s smug expression.
“All of you, come over and let this older sister take a look at you! This older sister teaches piano. You can learn from her if you want,” Qiao Mei called out to the children.
Qian’e first asked the children to stand in a line and extend their hands out one by one. She checked the length of their fingers as well as the flexibility.
“All of you seem to have some innate talent. If you want to learn the piano, I can teach you. However, I have a requirement. I don’t accept lazy students. You can be stupid, but you can’t be lazy,” Qian’e said sternly.
Zhang Miao raised her hand timidly and asked, “What’s a piano…”
The other children also did not know what a piano was either. This question really stumped Qiao Mei and Qian’e. All this while, Qiao Mei only made sure that the children learn a few more skills, but she had forgotten to bring them to experience other things in life.
Qian’e looked at Qiao Mei helplessly. How could they learn to play the piano if they did not even know what it was?
“Qiao Mei!!! Do you know how much I charge for an hour?! You’ve wasted the time I could be earning money!” Qian’e shouted angrily at Qiao Mei.
“Well… I didn’t expect this to happen either… When I have time, I’ll bring them to the piano shop to take a look. If they’re interested, I’ll contact you again,” Qiao Mei said with a sheepish smile.
“I don’t care. Qiao Mei, you have to make it up to me!” Qian’e said with a pout.
Qiao Mei patted Qian’e on the ankle and said, “I know, I know. How about I cook a full banquet for you?”
This solution was indeed attractive. She had always wanted to taste Qiao Mei’s cooking. Every time Qiao Mei cooked when she was at Xia Fang’s house, the entire neighborhood could smell the fragrance of the food.
However, Qiao Mei was still pregnant. If Qiao Mei was to cook a table full of dishes for her, Xia Zhe would probably skin her alive when he came back. Just thinking about that gloomy face of his was terrifying enough.
Qian’e shivered in fear. She quickly stopped thinking and said, “No need. You can cook for me when you have the chance next time. I have to say that your medicine is really effective. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
After putting on her shoes and socks, Qian’e left in a hurry. She still had many classes to teach and she was very busy every day.
The children also went about their own business. Qiao Mei lay back on the rocking chair in the courtyard and sighed. This was the first time she felt that raising a child was a very tiring thing.
Just thinking about what these children should learn already made her worried for two days. She also had to think about what to do about these children’s homework. Later, she had to think about which school to send them to and whether they could keep up with the progress. There were a lot of things waiting for her to do.
Qiao Mei poked her stomach and muttered to herself, “The two of you must grow up to be good kids! If you’re two little naughty monkeys, I won’t be able to handle you!”
The babies seemed to understand Qiao Mei and gently kicked her stomach. The checkup results for Qiao Qiang and the rest were also out. Qiao Qiang was very healthy and his physique was much better than people of his age!
However, Li Gui’s health was not so good. As she did not recuperate well after giving birth, she had many lingering health issues. Whenever it rained, Li Gui’s knee would hurt unbearably. Sometimes, she could not even get out of bed.
Qiao Mei looked at Li Gui’s health report thoughtfully. It seemed like she had to get some supplements for Li Gui to drink.
Zhang Miao and Zhang Qin had almost fully recovered. Children were usually able to recover quickly. As long as Zhang Miao exercised hard, she would definitely be able to go to school next spring.
“Sigh…” Qiao Mei sighed deeply.
Qiao Qiang chuckled and appeared beside Qiao Mei. “Why are you sighing now? This doesn’t seem like our Mei Mei’s personality.”
“Grandfather! Aren’t you playing chess with Grandpa Zhou?” Qiao Mei said happily.
During this period of time, Qiao Mei did not even get to see Qiao Qiang at all. After breakfast in the morning, he would go to the park to practice Tai Chi with his pals. In the afternoon, he would play chess with Zhou Sheng and at night, he would go for a walk in the park.
