"Pengpeng, after dinner, can I take you out to play?" Zhang Zhong said to his daughter while eating breakfast.
Since coming back, he hasn't taken Pengpeng out to play. Before, the hospital was a big place and the girl could run around fine. Now that he's back home, he stays in the house for several days in a row, which is not good for the child.
So Zhang Zhong wanted to take his daughter out and get some fresh air himself.
Hearing that Zhang Zhong wanted to take him out, Zhang Pengpeng put the spoon on the table and said, "Then I'm full."
"You just ate so little, don't be in a hurry, let's go out after we finish eating." Zhang Zhong thought she was in a hurry to go out, so he said with a smile.
But I didn't expect my daughter's little head to shake like a rattle, "I won't eat, I won't eat, I want to save some room for snacks."
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In the end, Zhang Pengpeng finished the bowl of porridge under Zhang Chongyi's (ruan) positive (mo) words (ying) and Ci (pao).
Zhang Zhong can barely walk independently now, but he still needs the help of crutches to go out. The community they live in now is not far from the community they used to live in. There is only a dilapidated shopping mall in between, otherwise Hu Huifang wouldn't be there yesterday.
I met Aunt Wu at the gate of the community.
As for the shopping mall next to the community, it existed before Zhang Zhong was in the car accident. I remember that the shopping mall had just been completed at that time and was very prosperous.
But all that was false prosperity. There were only people there in the first two weeks, but after two weeks it turned into a ghost town. There were more waiters than guests.
Later, the owner of the shopping mall couldn't support it any longer, so he had no choice but to transform and turn the original comprehensive shopping mall into a furniture mall, which he could barely survive.
Their home is on the western outskirts of Jiangyang City. It used to be the urban-rural fringe area, but later the city expanded and everything here was demolished.
Further west is Jiangyang West Passenger Transport Station. Building a large shopping mall is really not a wise choice.
Although it is a bit far away from the city, Metro Line 2 passes here, so the transportation is quite convenient.
Jiangyang City is a second- and fifth-tier city. The three subway lines in the urban area were only completed in recent years. Before Zhang Zhong fell into coma, Jiangyang City did not even have a single subway line.
"Dad, where are we going?" The sun was shining brightly outside. Pengpeng, wearing a little yellow hat, raised his head and squinted his eyes as he asked Zhang Zhong.
She was holding a brown teddy bear in her hand. She had two dolls, one was a gray rabbit, and the other was this little brown bear.
Usually when she is at home, she hugs a lot of rabbits, but when she comes out, she only carries the brown bear.
Zhang Zhong discovered this situation and asked her, "Pengpeng, why don't you bring the little rabbit out?"
Pengpeng lowered his head and played with the little bear in his hand, "Xu Yahan said my little rabbit is so ugly."
"Who is Xu Yahan?" Zhang Zhong frowned.
"Xu Yahan is the monitor of our class. She said that the rabbit is too ugly. If I bring a little rabbit, no one will play with me." Peng Peng's voice became smaller and smaller.
Zhang Zhong's expression was not very good. He did not expect that this was the reason why his daughter took the bear with her when she went out.
She obviously prefers little rabbits, so when she is at home, she almost never leaves her hands with the rabbit. But for the sake of other people's opinions, she puts her most beloved things at home, and goes out with dolls that may be more pleasing to others.
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For children, it is understandable to have such thoughts. Everyone has experienced such a period. Zhang Pengpeng, who is four and a half years old, already knows what face is.
That is to say, children at this age begin to have a comparison mentality.
However, although this is normal, it is not a good thing. If there is no correct guidance, this kind of good face and comparison will turn into vanity.
Zhang Zhong wanted to tell his daughter that this was wrong, but he knew that education was not a simple matter. Telling her directly like this might not achieve any good results.
The father and daughter walked slowly toward the subway entrance, and they didn't mention anything about the bear again.
I bought a ticket and entered the subway. There were relatively few people in the subway at this time, and Jiangyang, a second-tier and fifth-tier city, does not have a large flow of people. The three subway lines will not be too congested at all.
Because Zhang Chong was wearing a cane, other people would automatically avoid him when they saw him, for fear of bumping into him.
Ordinary people have complicated feelings towards this kind of person with a cane. They are curious, but at the same time they are afraid that their eyes will misunderstand him, so some people will secretly look at Zhang Zhong, but once Zhang Zhong turns his head, they will quickly
Look away.
There were a lot of empty spaces in the subway, and there was a five- or six-year-old boy running around in the middle. The boy's father said a few words at first, but when the boy didn't respond, he let him go.
When the boy passed by Zhang Zhong, he looked at his crutch for a long time. Then he ran to his father, pointed at Zhang Zhong and asked, "Dad, is that man disabled?"
His voice was not quiet, so of course Zhang Zhong heard it, but Zhang Zhong didn't take it seriously. Isn't it normal for a five or six-year-old child to say this?
But he didn't respond. Zhang Pengpeng, who had been holding his thigh, stopped and shouted at the little boy, "My dad is not a disabled person! My dad just woke up and hasn't learned to walk yet!"
Oh my god!
Zhang Zhong felt his face turn red. Did his daughter always think that she had not learned to walk yet? Did her mother and others teach her or did she realize it on her own?
Being yelled at by Zhang Pengpeng, the little boy was stunned for a moment and almost burst into tears. His father also knew that his child was rude first, so he quickly hugged the boy and bowed to Zhang Zhong to apologize, "Friend, I'm sorry, my child is not sensible."
Zhang Zhong coughed lightly and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay. He didn't say anything. It's normal for children to be curious."
He pulled his daughter back again, "Pengpeng, you can't make loud noises in the subway, you know?"
"But, first he said, Dad, you are disabled." Zhang Pengpeng argued with reason.
Zhang Zhong touched her head and said, "I know you are fighting for me, but we must maintain grace when reasoning."
"Oh." She probably didn't even know what demeanor meant, but she nodded obediently, completely different from the little lion-like look she had just now.
The passengers in the same carriage next to me had just witnessed the whole process. They all smiled knowingly when they saw Zhang Pengpeng nodding obediently. They also expressed their understanding of her shouting just now.
"How old is your daughter? She is so sensible."
An older woman asked Zhang Zhong with a smile, and Pengpeng answered quickly, "Grandma, I've been sleeping for four and a half years this year."
Four and a half sleeps... My daughter, your normal hair is a bit flyy.
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On the subway, the passengers in the carriage saw that Zhang Pengpeng was having fun and teased her one by one. She seemed bold at first, but as more people asked, she timidly hid behind Zhang Zhong.
The father and daughter got off the bus at Sanli'an Station, and their goal was a snack street nearby.