"Pengpeng has grown taller too." Xu Yuhan seemed to take advantage of Pengpeng's flattery and said with a smile.
Zhang Jian nodded. He didn't know if it was an illusion or something, but Pengpeng did seem a little taller.
The two girls, one big and one small, chatted playfully. Xu Yuhan took Pengpeng's hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to paint."
It's not class time yet, and no other students have come. Xu Yuhan took Pengpeng to find a place by herself and started teaching her.
He Jing sat aside and watched with a smile. Before, Teacher Xu was a bit secretive about taking special care of Zhang Pengpeng, but now he was blatantly giving private lessons.
Zhang Zhong didn't say anything when he saw Xu Yuhan teaching Pengpeng alone. He nodded to Xu Yuhan and then found a place to sit down in the rest area.
There are many books placed in the rest area for parents and children to read, of which children's literature accounts for the majority.
Zhang Zhong randomly found a book called "365 Fairy Tales" and read it. Many of the stories in it were ones he had heard when he was a child, and some seemed to be newly compiled. The overall quality was pretty good.
However, there are more than 20 stories in this book, and they are too homogeneous. For example, two of the stories are called "The Little Boy Herding Sheep" and "Kite on the Prairie". You can never tell from the names that they are the same.
A story, but in fact both stories tell the story of a boy from the countryside who was looked down upon by his peers for herding cattle/sheep, and finally acted bravely to save the people who once looked down upon him.
Let’s not talk about the problems with the ideas expressed in these two stories. If we just talk about the two stories appearing in this book, the problem is already obvious.
Children's literature has not been taken seriously in the literary world, and Zhang Zhong has never heard of anyone who is famous for writing children's literature, whether in this world or on earth.
Some people may say that there are Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales, and there are a lot of fairy tale masters to refute.
But in fact, the reason why these people's works can be handed down has nothing to do with children. Most of their works use fairy tales to express their literary ideas.
Zhang Zhong has not published fairy tale works online before, because of these considerations.
Those fairy tales have been revised many times, losing their original appearance and becoming ordinary fairy tales.
It may be thankless to do, and it may not have any big impact.
But now his thoughts have changed, and he no longer cares about the impact. Compiling these stories can add a little color to Pengpeng's childhood.
Moreover, Pengpeng has drawn so many paintings for these fairy tales before, and they can also be used as illustrations in books.
He now has enough capital to write a book for his own selfish reasons. Even if no one in the world is willing to buy it, he just needs to show it to Pengpeng.
Zhang Zhong was in a daze holding the fairy tale book when suddenly someone sat next to him.
"What are you thinking about?"
He turned around and saw Xu Yuhan's long eyelashes dancing in front of his eyes.
"I'm thinking, don't tell me about class now, just make arrangements yourself." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.
Xu Yuhan held her chin with one hand and rested her elbows on the round table, "Wouldn't this save you some trouble?"
"Pengpeng will have class in the future. You can pick her up directly. This will save me more worries."
"You are a bit greedy."
"I'm more greedy than you think." Zhang Chong said with a smile, and then glanced at Peng Peng who was painting by himself, "This girl hasn't painted for several days. Is her hand raw?"
Xu Yuhan smiled and said, "My hands are not yet familiar, so how can I say that my hands are raw? In fact, going out more often will be good for her to draw. Isn't drawing the same as you writing a book? Don't be afraid that you can't draw with your hands.
It’s just that there is nothing in my heart. As long as there is something in my heart, everything will be fine.”
"I didn't realize it before, but you are quite mysterious in what you say."
Xu Yuhan smiled playfully, "I was infected by a great writer like you. Well, I won't tell you anymore. I think Pengpeng seems to have encountered a problem."
Zhang Zhong looked in the direction of his daughter. This girl had a big circle drawn on her drawing board. She didn't know how to draw it now and was scratching her head and ears in worry.
…
Pengpeng only learned painting for half a day. For the remaining half of the day, Xu Yuhan left the studio and accompanied Pengpeng with Zhang Zhong in the shopping mall until the evening.
This girl was surprisingly well-behaved today. In the past, when Zhang Zhong took her out to play, he couldn't hold her hand at all. If he wasn't careful, the girl would run away without knowing where he was.
But this time, she held her father with her left hand and Teacher Xu with her right hand. She walked in the middle and rarely ran away.
When Zhang Zhong took Pengpeng home in the evening, halfway through the car, Pengpeng, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly said, "Dad, can we play with Teacher Xu next time?"
Zhang Zhong saw Peng Peng's expectant eyes in the rearview mirror, nodded and said, "Well, next time we will play with Teacher Xu, and next time we will go to the movies, okay?"
"Okay, but I want to go to the amusement park more. Liu Minya said that her parents took her to ride the Ferris wheel. She also said that I would definitely be scared, but I am not afraid. Dad, can we go to ride the Ferris wheel next time?
"
"Okay." Zhang Zhong nodded and agreed, but he thought in his heart that Pengpeng was not afraid, but Xu Yuhan might be.
…
"Dad, Teacher Xu, look below, there is a big horse there." Pengpeng lay on the glass and shouted happily.
The most important thing is that this girl likes to jump when she is happy.
Xu Yuhan was already afraid, but these things made her even more afraid. She held Zhang Zhong's arm with one hand and Pengpeng's clothes with the other hand. She was afraid of heights and feared that Pengpeng would be in danger.
Zhang Zhong remained motionless, with a smile on his face.
He looked at Xu Yuhan's hand holding his arm, and the smile in his eyes became even brighter. It seemed that the suggestion of riding the Ferris wheel was very constructive.
"Dad, Dad, let's take a photo quickly. I'll show it to Liu Minya later."
"Okay, come here."
Pengpeng climbed into Zhang Zhong's arms consciously.
Zhang Zhong took out his mobile phone and pointed the camera at himself.
"Here, let's take pictures."
Looking at the camera facing her, Xu Yuhan, who was originally nervous, forced out a smile and pretended to be calm.
Zhang Zhong smiled. Sure enough, every girl will try her best to maintain her beauty in front of the camera.
When the photoshoot was over, Xu Yuhan's true colors were revealed again. She was afraid of heights, so she didn't dare to raise her head. Her little heart couldn't bear the sight of the outside.
After the lap was over, Xu Yuhan ran down directly, saying that she didn't want to come up again.
Fortunately, Pengpeng played around and took photos to prove himself, so the three of them changed projects.