Chapter 106: Acceptance of Program

  Although GAN Lingling and I are not on good terms as deskmates, sometimes it can even be said that we are in a cold war, making some classmates feel the chill when they pass by us. However, for this time to win glory for our class, we still cooperate with each other very well.

  Since the day of the class meeting, all the classmates who wanted to participate in the program have been preparing, but she has not spoken a word. I was also very calm and didn't speak either, thinking that this 13 or 14-year-old girl could be calmer than me.

  As expected, on Thursday after school, Gan Lingling didn't pack up her things and get ready to go home as usual. Instead, she sat in her chair slowly gathering her belongings without any sense of urgency, as if she had something to say to me.

  When I finished packing my bag, she suddenly said, "Nanxiangxiang, that thing, the thing we played violin and piano together, let's practice sometime, I heard our head teacher say that there will be a rehearsal at 2 pm on Sunday afternoon in the music and dance classroom behind the mountain."

  Since Gan Lingling has already extended an olive branch and given me a way out, I should know better than to refuse. After all, back then the two of us didn't have any real issues, we were just holding our breath, ignoring each other, waiting to see who would give in first.

  I smiled and said, "Okay, I'm always available to accompany you. If possible, isn't school dismissed early on Friday afternoons? We can go practice in the music room then. And I also have time on Saturdays that I can coordinate with you."

  Gan Lingling thought for a moment and said, "Nan Xiuxiu, don't you have to go learn piano and dance on Saturday? I heard that your weekends are very fulfilling. And if we want to go to the music room, it's not necessarily true that no one is using the piano, my violin can be brought along, but what about you?"

  It turns out that Gan Lingling was quite considerate. I said: "I'm going to learn piano and dance on the weekend, but it's okay if we don't go for a week, we're all for the honor of our class, I'll call my teacher to ask for leave, as for whether anyone uses the piano or not, I asked the music teacher yesterday, I confirmed that no one will use it tomorrow. If possible, Saturday."

  I hadn't finished speaking, and Gan Lingling followed up, saying: "As for Saturday, you can come to my house. We can practice together on the piano, my older cousin is studying piano, no problem, we can provide it." It turns out that Gan Lingling's family still lives together in a big household, looking at her usual food and clothing expenses are not ordinary, it seems that her family must be very wealthy. Otherwise, how could they accommodate such a large family?

  I originally thought Gan Lingling would come to school to practice, but unexpectedly she is still quite good to people sometimes, it's just that you have to look at her mood, when she wants to be good to someone, she is naturally very good, otherwise she is very bad, making people feel uncomfortable.

  Friday afternoon. I went to the music classroom with Gan Lingling and found that many people were rehearsing in the dance classroom next door. The music classroom was a bit deserted, mainly because other classes had solo performances, but our class teacher insisted on ensemble. In fact, short-term ensemble practice is not good enough, but we can only do our best.

  Gan Lingling entered the music room, closed all the doors, took out her violin, tuned it and got a feel for it. I did the same thing, but found that the school's piano had an off-key sound, however, we didn't need to use that key in the song "Girl's Prayer" that we chose.

  After everything was ready, Gan Lingling smiled and nodded at me, this seemed to be her first time being so friendly to me. Just now, I caught a glimpse of Gan Lingling's appearance during the sound test, she was really serious, and exuded a unique temperament, no wonder people say that music can bring people's hearts closer together, just like me and Gan Lingling.

  I started with the accompaniment, and then she slowly came in at the right time, but since we didn't have much tacit understanding, the whole afternoon's practice didn't make much progress, always feeling that her entry was a bit abrupt, and it seemed to get worse with each repetition.

  I looked at Gan Lingling's somewhat anxious expression, put down the piano cover, and smiled: "You've worked hard today, let's stop here. We'll continue practicing tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, okay?"

  Gan Lingling also put down the violin and packed it up. After thinking for a moment, she said: "That's it, right? You don't know where my home is, do you? Here, I'll write it on this note. And let's practice at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, my older cousin has a habit of practicing in the morning every day. By the way, I can ask my older cousin to help us take a look, she majors in piano and has also played violin with her classmates."

  Gan Lingling became more and more happy as she spoke, to the point where after handing me the note, she even grabbed my hand while talking, only realizing what she was doing after she finished speaking, and feeling a little embarrassed.

  I changed the subject and said, "It's settled then. Gan Lingling, your hands are so cold! Now that it's autumn, take care of yourself, or you'll easily catch a cold if you're not careful."

  As soon as I finished speaking, Gan Lingling let out a loud sneeze. We looked at each other and burst out laughing, and just like that, the awkwardness from before seemed to dissipate into thin air.

  On Saturday morning, I went to Gan Lingling's house at the agreed time. It was not easy to find Gan Lingling's house, it was an old house, but it really had the characteristics of a national-style building in N city.

  Later, under the guidance of her cousin, we made great progress. In short, as her cousin said, it's not bad to have such an effect in a short period of time. She also said that the two of us are very perceptive and will become good partners and friends, and can cooperate more in the future.

  At that time, we were both looking at each other, thinking about our thoughts. If it weren't for the class teacher's idea, I guess we would still be in a cold war now, and how could we sit together calmly like this to play music?

  At 1:30 on Sunday afternoon, I met Gan Lingling at the school gate and then went to the music classroom together. After entering, we found that many people had already arrived, including guzheng, pipa, yangqin, piano, flute, violin, erhu, it was really dazzling. Looking at the dance classroom next door, they were all wearing dance costumes for rehearsal, looking a bit cold.

  Because everyone in the music room was practicing their own instruments, Gan Lingling and I both thought that this kind of last-minute practice would only make us more flustered, so we found a place to sit down and started chatting.

  At two o'clock, the teacher in charge of the rehearsal arrived on time. She held a piece of paper and said: "Students from each class, please quiet down. We will now begin the rehearsal. First, let me announce the order of the performances... We are rehearsing in the large classroom. Students who have not yet performed, please wait here. Next, number one is Yu Jingyi from Class 2 with her guzheng solo.

  The teacher left, and everyone did their own thing. I continued to chat with Gan Lingling, and I saw that Gan Lingling's expression changed slightly, saying: "Gan Lingling, are you nervous?"

  She hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "I didn't expect so many people to come, but since you're here, let's just relax. Let's continue chatting and help me distract myself from this nervous mood."

  As soon as she said she was a little nervous, I pulled her to the back door of the dance classroom and looked inside. She asked strangely: "Nan Xixi, why did you bring me to the front door to peek at the classmates in the dance classroom?"

  I snapped my fingers and said, "Don't talk, just watch. I heard that one of the classes had a dance that was either Tibetan or Mongolian, I don't remember which. Because it's not impressive for one person to dance alone, their teacher asked a girl who had learned dance for several years to teach the girls in her class who were good at movement. But supposedly, no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't get the last move right. The boys in their class said it was like a heroic sacrifice, so stiff."

  "Who told you that?" "Of course, I heard it from an acquaintance. My former elementary school classmate was in that class. It's said to be quite funny, and after watching it, you'll feel relaxed."

  Only to see that the dozen or so girls' initial movements were not bad, their stiff wrists were still in place, but later on, when they did the eagle-like spreading wings and flying high movement, Gan Lingling couldn't help but laugh, it was really too funny. As for the later shoulder-shrugging thing, it was a bit of a mess, and finally, the change at the end was somewhat like the "Three-Part Return to the Origin" move that Xiong Ba practiced in "The Great Hero".

  Gan Lingling laughed and said, "It's just like you said, the last move is exactly what a female hero would do when she sacrifices herself. In my opinion, it's mainly a matter of rhythm. Everyone wants to keep up with each other, so they have to act fast, but that move doesn't seem suitable for a fast rhythm, no matter how I look at it."

  Gan Lingling laughed so hard that she started to cough a little, and I patted her back, saying: "Calm down, calm down, we haven't even played together yet. Now it's just bringing you here to relax your mood, looks like you're not tense at all now."

  Gan Lingling grabbed my hand and said, "Yes, yes, not nervous at all, just laughing so hard that my stomach hurts a bit. Hurry up and help me go inside to sit for a while and calm down. I heard it's already reporting the eighth class number."

  After a while, it was my turn and Gan Lingling's. Gan Lingling brought her beloved violin, while I could only play the piano provided by the school.

  Before going in, we smiled at each other and encouraged each other. After going in, I sat down, gave Gan Lingling a look, took a deep breath, and stood up. Later, Gan Lingling's entry was not the best in our ensemble, but it was also pretty good.

  After finishing, I saw that both teachers' faces seemed to be filled with affirmative smiles, and when we played together, my peripheral vision also caught them nodding.

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