Chapter 9 Section IX

When she was about to drive into the third toll road, Chiori suddenly woke up. "Where? Are you there?" Qianzhi often wakes up suddenly like this, and immediately after waking up, she is no different from usual, and she has never been in a drowsy sleep. I told her which road I was on now, and it might not be there for a while.Chiori let out a "hmm" and turned her gaze out of the window.I slightly rolled down the closed car window, and the cold air immediately rushed into the car. Perhaps because the mountain was a little higher, I realized that the outside of the car was only as low as early spring.But Chiori didn't seem to feel the cold, and faced the cold wind rushing in from the car window, she kept shouting "Wow!".The afternoon sun shifted to a different position, clearly reflecting the ridgeline of the mountain.

"so beautiful." Chiori's voice seemed to be jumping, she must have regained her spirits after a full sleep!I couldn't help but feel relieved, and then thought that after leaving the toll road, I had to confirm how to go next. Although I knew that I would turn left after getting off the toll road, and it was not without a map, I was still a little worried and thought about myself. Where did you put the map... "Chiori, can you open the lid of the dashboard storage box for me?" "what?" "Dashboard storage compartment lid. Open." "Oh! OK. Open." The yellow sleeve moved and opened the black cover.

I glanced at Qianzhi, and then asked if there was a green envelope inside.Chiori repeated the words "green" and "envelope" in her mouth, and bent over to look inside the storage box.I thought to myself, it would be good to reach in and look for it, but I didn't say anything. "Have it?" "Hmm." Chiori's voice was louder than usual, and she took out the green envelope and shook it in front of me. Finally, I can confirm the current position.I said "Thank you" to Qianzhi, and reached out to touch her head to show encouragement. I recalled that the doctor once said to me, if you agree with what Qianzhi did, please convey it to her as clearly as possible, so that she learn.

The place we are going this time is a little different from the nursing homes or orphanages we have visited before."National Brain Chemistry Research Institute Hospital Affiliated Medical Corporation Long-Term Care Center" was printed on the bottom of the envelope. It was a long and awkward name. The address under it was less than a quarter of the institution's name, and there was a line at the bottom "Mariko Iwamura" signed with a ballpoint pen. Regarding the person "Mariko Iwamura", all I know is the name, because it was a man surnamed Fujimoto who called me several times.When I asked Fujimoto how to get there, he just explained briefly, and said that there were no other buildings near the sanatorium, which were easy to identify, but I received this letter shortly after, with a picture in a scale of 1/50,000 A photocopy of the map was drawn, on which the route to get there was boldly drawn with a yellow marker pen, and there was also a long sticky note the size of an envelope with the words "Waiting for your visit" written in a woman's handwriting.

The mountain road climbs gently and continuously, and the scenery on both sides hardly changes.The sky looks very close, as if it will slowly descend to the ground.Chiori looked very happy, but she just squinted her eyes quietly, letting the cold wind blow the hair on her forehead. "Like it?" "Yeah——" Qianzhi elongated her voice slightly, she seemed to be in a good mood, "beautiful. All—all are beautiful." Chiori sighed and praised repeatedly, and tapped her fingers on her knees.I glanced at her fingering, and it seemed that Schumann's "Childhood Scenes" was streaming from her head.That's it, maybe this piece of music really matches the scenery in front of me. At this moment, I can't help but think of something and smile bitterly.

"Childhood Scenes" is a piano piece composed of thirteen pieces, the seventh of which is the famous one.The thirteen pieces of music are each about one to two and a half minutes long. Although it is the longest piece, it is less than three minutes long.Although everyone's playing style is different, it takes about 20 minutes to play all thirteen songs.And I smiled wryly because Qianzhi memorized all the thirteen songs into one, but maybe the reason is me who played the music for her!Not only that, she never played any one of them individually, she had to start playing from the first one, and she would not stop until the last one.It's not impossible for her to stop halfway, but she can't continue playing from where she left off unless she restarts from the first song.

Now that "Childhood Scenes" is playing in Qianzhi's mind, it means that she will sit down obediently for the next twenty minutes, and don't need to be wary of her suddenly yelling and driving cautiously, even though there are no other cars in front or behind, But I do feel a lot easier. In addition to Schumann, there are actually some sonatas that are regarded as a piece of music when they are played to her because of the relationship between record production and recording, and most of the movements of sonatas are regarded as independent pieces of music by her, so she seldom plays them completely. Finish a sonata.To some extent, Chiori seems to distinguish music by style. It is incredible that when several songs with similar scales and very similar styles but different composers are put together, she will definitely distinguish .

To be honest, I have no idea what Chiori's little head uses as a criterion for judgment.Most people should think that Schumann's "Childhood Scenes" can be said to be a model of title music, because although these thirteen pieces of music have different themes, they all describe childhood scenes, but Chiori regards them as There is a song. The car turned a big bend to the right, and the field of vision suddenly widened.The suite in Chiori's head should be played by now!She opened her eyes and looked forward, her fingers still didn't stop.