On the first floor of the Zhang family's house, other than the living room for guests, there was also a small living room for daily activities.
Zhang Heling took the scissors and tape and followed Zhang Yansheng downstairs with a face full of question marks. They went all the way to the small living room.
Zhang Yansheng looked around and chose a wall. There were two entrances on both ends of the wall that led to the interior of the house and the courtyard respectively. There was a narrow wall in the middle. Now there was a side table with a small sculpture on it. There was a painting hanging on the wall.
Zhang Yansheng looked at it and walked over to take down the painting and put it aside.
"Cut four small pieces of Scotch tape for me," she ordered.
The child obediently followed her orders and cut a small piece of Scotch tape and handed it to her first. She lowered her head and cut the second piece. Just as she was about to hand it to her sister, she suddenly froze.
Her sister had pinned her "Star of Learning" award to the wall, and one of the corners was even fixed there with Scotch tape.
Seeing Zhang Heling in a daze, Zhang Yansheng took the tape from her hand and scolded, "Why are you in a daze! Keep cutting! "
She used the second piece of Scotch tape to fix the other corner of the award. Now that her hands were free, she saw that Zhang Heling was useless, so she took the scissors and tape and started cutting herself.
Zhang Heling asked hesitantly, "Is this … okay?"
"Why not?" Zhang Yansheng asked. "Awards are meant to be shown to others, aren't they? What's the point of secretly hiding them in a box? "
"No …" Zhang Heling said weakly, "I mean, it's … not very good to stick it here, right? Won't Mom and Dad be unhappy? "
Zhang Yansheng cut the Scotch tape and calmly told her, "This is where awards are supposed to be. Don't you remember?"
"Huh?" Zhang Heling was a little confused.
"Forget it, you were still young back then. It's already amazing that you remember when I pushed you, "Zhang Yansheng said as she pasted the tape." This wall used to be used for awards. At that time, I had a lot of awards and some competition certificates. When you first came to the house, this wall was almost full. This painting was only put up later. "
Then why didn't they stick it up later? Zhang Heling thought.
Liang Yingying had always despised Zhang Heling for being "silly", but Zhang Heling just didn't try to please Zhang Huan as she had expected. A child who could get first place in class was definitely not a fool.
Zhang Heling vaguely felt that if he asked his sister, she would definitely not want to hear what happened after that. Moreover, she had a vague feeling that this might be related to the arrival of the three of them.
Zhang Heling bit his lip and was too timid to ask further.
Zhang Yansheng finished pasting the Learning Star and took a few steps back. He crossed his arms and looked around before asking, "Is it correct? It's not crooked, right? "
Zhang Heling also looked over and said, "Very nice!"
Zhang Yansheng nodded, tore open the tape, picked up the scissors, and began to paste the second piece.
He pressed his fingers against the wall and gently smoothed out the tape. Zhang Yansheng never thought that one day, he would be doing something like this.
In the past, her father didn't care about the family matters. When she got the awards and certificates, she would immediately bring them to her mother. Her mother would personally paste them on this wall. When her mother passed away, this wall was full of them.
Later … later on, no one pasted them for her.
She also didn't participate in those meaningless competitions. Her academic results gradually became average, and she couldn't get the awards from school anymore.
The awards on the wall became old and even tattered.
One day, when he returned home, those awards were gone. A painting that Liang Yingying had bought was hanging here.
Zhang Yansheng quarreled with Liang Yingying and questioned her, "What right do you have to tear up my award!"
Liang Yingying said, "It's been hanging there for so long. It's already old, okay? One of them is even tattered. Isn't it ugly? Look at this house. It's beautiful everywhere, but this wall is so tattered. Look at how it looks.
Zhang Huan tried to smooth things over at that time. "It's indeed old and doesn't look good. It's okay, let's hang this painting first. When Yanyan gets a new award, we'll paste it up again. It's such a simple matter! "
But Zhang Yansheng knew that this matter wasn't that simple at all!
This woman, Liang Yingying, was slowly eroding her home.
She only hated that she was young at that time. She could feel it, but she didn't know how to express it. She only knew how to scream and make a big fuss.
She was powerless to change it.
"Hey, where's the award?"
Zhang Huan's voice suddenly sounded in the corridor.
The two girls looked over.
Zhang Huan had just finished scolding his wife and was full of dissatisfaction. He was hungry again. Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, he strolled downstairs.
The meal wasn't ready yet. He was used to sitting in the small hall first. When he walked to the entrance, he saw his two daughters doing something there.
He liked to see his two half-daughters get along so harmoniously. This was a peaceful scene that had only appeared in the past few days, and it made people feel very good.
He walked over and looked at the awards on the wall. He sighed and said, "I haven't seen awards here in a long time. I remember when you were young, this place was full of them. Later, they stopped … They kept saying that they would post them again when there were new ones. Daddy waited for a long time. Let daddy take a look, what kind of award did Yanyan get again? Hey? Hey? This is … Hehe's? "
Zhang Huan looked embarrassed.
Zhang Yansheng didn't care. Come on, only elementary school students would care about awards. Which middle school student would care about such things? Moreover, she was actually an adult.
"Hehe's from last semester." She paused and added, "She's in the third grade."
She even suspected that Zhang Huan didn't even know which grade Zhang Heling was in.
She didn't notice it, but Zhang Heling's eyes lit up.
Her sister called her "Hehe"!
This was the first time in her memory!
Zhang Huan, on the other hand, noticed it. After all, Zhang Yansheng refused to call Liang Yingying "Mom" or even "Auntie Liang". He also called his younger brother and sister by their full names. Liang Yingying had nagged him so much that his ears were about to grow calluses.
Zhang Huan was overjoyed. The unhappiness caused by Liang Yingying just now dissipated. He said happily, "It's our Hehe. That's great. Daddy, look, what are these awards? 'Learning Star'? What is this? Is this a compliment for your academic performance? "
Zhang Heling told him, "The top three in the class are learning stars."
Zhang Huan said in surprise, "Our Hehe can even get into the top three in the class? Amazing! "
Zhang Heling hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm first in the class and second in the grade."
"…" Zhang Huan, "Huh?"
Zhang Yansheng, "Heh."
Zhang Yansheng's "heh" was full of sarcasm. Zhang Huan felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly tried to make up for it. "Look at Daddy, you're too busy with work. I don't even know when our Hehe's academic results were so good."
Zhang Heling said helplessly, "It's been this way since the first grade. I even got first in the grade."
Zhang Huan, "…"
Zhang Yansheng, "Heh!"
Zhang Huan smiled awkwardly. "Your mom didn't tell me. Good! Good! Our Hehe is great! "
As he said that, he even clapped and gave a thumbs up.
Was he coaxing a child?
But Zhang Heling was indeed still a child. She had grown up, but this was the first time Zhang Huan paid attention to her and praised her like this. She was a little overwhelmed and flattered. Her little face was red with excitement.
Zhang Huan always knew that his little daughter was quite cute. After all, his parents were quite good-looking. There were three children in the family, and none of them were ugly.
But at this moment, he really felt that Zhang Heling was cute!
As a father, shouldn't he make a grand entrance, praise the children vigorously, and then give them rewards at times like this — when the children didn't cry, make a fuss, or cause trouble, and even earned their honor? Shouldn't he listen to the children's happy cheers and admire their happy smiles and the light in their eyes?
As for the crying, quarreling, and trivial growing up process that required a lot of energy and thought, there was still their mother to take care of it.
As a father, he was responsible for earning money to support them and then enjoying these good times.
Unfortunately, ever since his ex-wife passed away, as a father, he hadn't enjoyed such good times in a long time.
Ever since he brought Liang Yingying into the house, the house had been noisy.
Zhang Huan regretted not listening to his elder brother's advice and his mother's objections. He only thought that it would be easier to take care of the children with a mother and let Liang Yingying into the house.
Actually, his brother and mother's intention was that it was fine to bring the children in, but they could spend money to get rid of the woman they raised.
His old mother even said that he could leave the two illegitimate children with her to raise. But Zhang Huan was momentarily obsessed and didn't listen.
Regret. The person involved expressed that he regretted it for the past few years.
"Come, Hehe, tell Daddy, what do you want?" Zhang Huan said with a smile.
He suddenly felt that he hadn't said this sentence for many years.
Zhang Yansheng also hadn't heard this sentence for many years. In the past, when this man saw awards, he would always smile and ask, "What does Yanyan want?"
This was simply his highlight moment.
He would never ask what kind of effort Zhang Yansheng had put in to get these awards, or what kind of effort her mother had put in.
He only knew how to make promises and fork out money in a carefree manner.
Later, in the future where Zhang Yansheng died, he had long given up on his daughter who was beyond redemption and only used money to send her away. Out of sight, out of mind.
Just as Zhang Heling was about to say, "I don't want anything," Zhang Yansheng slammed the scissors on the table with a "pa" sound, scaring the father and daughter who were in the middle of a touching "filial piety" scene.
"Hehe needs a new piano teacher," Zhang Yansheng said. "That teacher of hers is no good. She's not serious at all. Her lessons are purely a waste of time and she's scamming money for fun."
Zhang Huan only just found out about this situation and asked Zhang Heling, "Hehe, is that true?"
Zhang Heling nodded, "She doesn't really care about me. She always lets me play by myself."
Zhang Huan scolded, "She's taking my money but not doing anything! Fire her! "
Zhang Yansheng said, "My piano lessons have been stopped. I won't be coming anymore. That teacher of mine was found by my mother. She's been teaching me for many years. She's pretty good. Let her teach Hehe in the future. "
Zhang Huan said, "Sure, she happens to be your teacher. Then you can just …" Let her know and settle the matter.
However, before he could finish speaking, Zhang Yansheng had already finished playing with his phone. He raised his head and interrupted him, "I've sent you the teacher's number. You can contact her."
"Contact her … Huh?" Zhang Huan was stunned.
"After all, you're the parent. After all, our Hehe still has a father. "Zhang Yansheng sneered," You can't let a child like me go, right? I have no choice but to take care of myself since I don't have a father or mother. But I can't take care of my sister too. "
"Oh, right. Hurry up. My teacher is very popular. It's not easy to get her lessons. I'm afraid that if it's too late, she'll arrange it for someone else and I won't be able to get her. "
At this moment, Aunt Luo appeared at the end of the corridor and shouted, "It's time for dinner."
Zhang Yansheng directly went over.
Zhang Huan brought Zhang Heling to the dining room. Suddenly, he realized something and asked Zhang Heling, "Why didn't your sister attend her piano lessons?"
"My sister said that she doesn't like playing the piano at all," Zhang Heling said.
Doesn't like it?
He clearly remembered that when she was young, she practiced the piano very seriously and took the exams one by one. Every time she scored a grade lower, his wife would be very happy.
So the child was actually just to make his wife happy?
Zhang Huan couldn't help but sigh.
Then he thought, Yanyan really doesn't know how to talk.
What does he mean by having no father or mother?
Seriously, he's still alive.
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