Thirty-second sheet music
The next morning, Tang Xi had just sat down on a chair in the classroom when Qiao Tian grabbed her arm and shook her. Her face was full of admiration.
"Xixi, stereotypes are really harmful. Now that I look at your mom from a different perspective, I think she's absolutely awesome!"
She said this with her eyes shining, and gave a thumbs up to show respect.
Tang Xi couldn't help but agree with his friend's opinion.
Bad temper.
Stubborn.
Don't care about anyone.
If she had analyzed the problem from the incident earlier instead of making associations based on the words given by her father, she would have realized that her mother was not the unreasonable person her father said.
Grandma was definitely not the crazy woman he described.
On the contrary, it was my father who really thought that by giving himself a hundred positive labels, he could become the talented and elegant man he always dreamed of. This was simply wishful thinking.
The rotten smell in his bones could not be completely suppressed and spread no matter what.
Tang Xi couldn't help but get goosebumps when he thought of his father.
She shook her head, looked at Qiao Tian and asked, "Don't just talk about my mom. Tell me quickly, did your dad scold you after you got home yesterday?"
As soon as she finished speaking, her friend's eyes suddenly became brighter than before, and she could even see stars in her friend's eyes.
She grabbed her hands and said excitedly, "That's why I said your mom is so cool."
*
Before Qiao Tian returned home yesterday, she was prepared to face her father's anger, but for the first time ever, her father did not curse at her.
He first raised his finger and pointed at Qiao Tian twice: "You really make me worry."
He looked at his wife again, his face showing helplessness: "Huang Cuifang, you too, Teacher Xu called this afternoon and talked about this, and you hurried out without saying anything."
Huang Cuifang didn't feel embarrassed at all. She straightened her back in front of her husband and retorted directly: "If I told you directly, with your temper, you would probably start arguing with the teacher, saying that she was misleading your brother, and then run to the school and shout that you would report her, right?"
Qiao Tian thought his father would say,
"She dared to trick us into letting Tiantian participate in the pheasant competition. What kind of teacher is that? She deserves to be reported!"
Who knew his father would cough lightly, and now it was him who was embarrassed. He turned his face away and whispered, "I really didn't understand pop music at the time. Seeing what Tang Guangyao said, I thought it was not presentable."
Huang Cuifang looked doubtful: "Do you understand now?"
My father straightened his back and said proudly, "Mrs. Yu just called and told me everything. She also said she sent me a lot of information in my email and asked me to take a look. Oh, she told me about that thing, Teresa Teng's songs are also considered pop music."
The mother and daughter looked at each other, both showing surprise.
Yu Ji actually called Qiao Daqiang!
Huang Cuifang was even more surprised. She murmured, "Teresa Teng is actually a pop singer. I thought... ahem, those guys all had afros."
Qiao Tian looked quite helpless.
Huang Cuifang quickly changed the subject from what she didn't understand: "Mrs. Yu just asked for my home phone number. I thought she was going to call me later. I told her that even though I didn't have a smartphone, I could still use my PHS. But she insisted on having a landline. I didn't expect she would solve a big problem for us."
Qiao Daqiang said dissatisfiedly: "How did I become such a big trouble?"
"How come the way you talk with your neck stiff isn't that a big problem?" Huang Cuifang said confidently.
"Although I may stick my neck out when I'm angry, I'm still ten times better than Tang Guangyao," Qiao Daqiang said proudly.
Qiao Tian couldn't refute it. Although her father talked to himself, he would not sow discord between mother and daughter, and he was very reasonable when he was calm.
She really wanted to congratulate her father for winning the competition.
Qiao Daqiang ignored Huang Cuifang's glare and first cursed Tang Guangyao for all his actions. His various negative conclusions were unanimously praised by the mother and daughter.
He then rubbed his pants with an envious look on his face. "I never expected that. Tang Guangyao even said that there were few women in the symphony orchestra because most girls weren't as musically talented as boys, and there weren't many famous people in history. I never thought Madam Yu was actually an unsung musical genius."
It is true that Yu Ji was buried, but when it comes to the gender of the symphony orchestra members, Qiao Tianke can't help but refute.
Although she often slacked off in music history, it didn't mean she never used her brain. She retorted: "The lack of women in symphony orchestras is not because girls are not talented, it is the result of gender discrimination."
Qiao Daqiang didn't quite understand and asked, "I've never heard of any explicit rule prohibiting women from joining a symphony orchestra. How does this count as gender discrimination?"
"Even if there are no explicit regulations, a lot of implicit gender discrimination does exist. Mother, I'm sure you understand." Qiao Tian's gaze fell on her mother beside her.
"Oh, your mother is just as uneducated as I am. Now they're talking about women's rights, but she—"
Huang Cuifang interrupted her husband and shook her head. "I just thought it was unfair before, but now that my daughter has explained it, I understand. Why is it that we both worked on the construction site, and we were both moving the same bricks, but you always got paid more? I see this is implicit gender discrimination."
Qiao Daqiang was surprised and said, "At first I thought they thought I was stronger than Cuifang, so they paid me more. Later, Cuifang asked why she was paid less for the same work we did. We even complained to the foreman about it."
Qiao Tian was surprised and said, "Mom and Dad, since you have long felt that wages based on gender are wrong, why can't you understand the invisible gender discrimination?"
Qiao Daqiang rubbed his head and said, "I suddenly remembered that Tiantian is much better at math than Ergou from the village. But Ergou's mother always said that it was because we spent more money, or else girls are not as good as boys at math. Now it seems that's not necessarily the case."
Qiao Tian stuck out her tongue at her parents.
"Look at what you two are saying. Half of the boys and half of the girls in our class are studying classical music. I'm average in classical music, but I'm always number one in math. As for the piano level of the top math student, you should know it well."
Although Qiao Tian's class is an art class, all the students come from very good families. Although the schoolwork is not as complicated as the ordinary version, how simple can the cultural courses under elite education be?
How could they not understand the value of Tang Xi's double first-class diploma?
Qiao Tian looked at her parents who had fallen into silence, shook her head, and continued,
"I don't know where Tang Guangyao came to the conclusion that 'girls are less talented at piano than boys.' As for history, don't you think about how many women in ancient times could appear in public?"
The couple looked at each other and realized that they had never thought about this before.
Huang Cuifang's limited historical knowledge popped up in her mind, and she exclaimed, "In ancient times, girls were not allowed to inherit the throne, but Wu Zetian did much better than most emperors."
The Qiao couple completely broke the stereotype tonight and no longer had any negative thoughts about their daughter participating in the pop music competition.
Qiao Daqiang slammed the table and shouted, "Tiantian, just go to the pop music competition and win first place!"
Qiao Tian sighed, "Although I think my music is amazing, there are so many talented people in the competition. Please don't make it too difficult for me."
"Qiao Daqiang, the reason we work so hard to make money is so that our daughter can live a better life. If you ask me, we're both so foolish as to throw money at Tang Guangyao. If we can get this money back and pay off the remaining portion of the loan, we might as well use it to help our daughter release an album!"
"Didn't you say that Madam Yu knows something about the record industry? We can ask her opinion later. I think our daughter is definitely more capable than Tang Guangyao."
Qiao Tian was moved and made a new resolution.
When her parents get old, she must be more careful to prevent them from being cheated out of everything by people selling health supplements.
*
"Oh, right." After Qiao Tian finished explaining what happened last night, she thought of her mother, who had gotten up early today. "My mom said she plans to visit your house again today to thank you and ask if she needs divorce assistance. She has some good lawyers."
divorce?
Tang Xi knew that this was a matter of time, so she naturally did not feel offended by the Qiao family's good intentions. However, she knew very well that the most difficult part of a wealthy couple's divorce was the division of property, and now her father was involved in a big problem related to the Qiao family's interests.
Even with her mother's meticulousness, she must have already made a way out. Even if she said that she had completed the divorce procedures long ago, Tang Xi would not be surprised.
It was just that she got up so early today for the first time ever. Although she didn't know what her purpose was, she was probably going out.
She looked at her friend and said, "Tiantian, my mother may not be at home today. I'm afraid your mother will be disappointed."
Qiao Tian wasn't too worried. She stroked her chin and smiled, "Don't worry. My mom has a PHS, and your mom has the legendary smartphone. They'll be able to communicate on their own."
*
Tang Xi was indeed thinking too much. Huang Cuifang was so knowledgeable about the ways of the world, how could she not know that visiting her casually would cause trouble.
Before she went out, she called Yu Ji and asked her if she was free today.
She didn't say 'yes' or 'no', just let her go.
Huang Cuifang was driving non-stop, but she didn't expect Yu Ji to be already in the car. She rolled down the window, patted the passenger seat, and raised her chin towards her: "Mrs. Huang, get in the car, let's go somewhere."
Huang Cuifang didn't suspect anything, opened the car door, sat down and quickly fastened her seat belt.
Yu Ji's car is just like her, clean and fresh. The refreshing car perfume fills her mind with flowers all over the mountains.
She took a deep breath and said, "Mrs. Yu has really good taste in perfume."
Yu Ji pursed his lips and smiled, "Actually, the perfume inside is something I made myself by picking flowers from the greenhouse when I was bored. If you like it, just take a bottle when you leave today."
Huang Cuifang raised her voice, looking surprised: "You can also make perfume?"
Yu Ji said truthfully, "When Tang Guangyao and I first got married, he always kept me from going out for various reasons. I had nothing better to do, so I developed a lot of strange hobbies."
Huang Cuifang suddenly felt that although the perfume in Yu Ji's car smelled good, it now had a heavy smell.
She originally thought that Tang Guangyao was responsible for making a lot of money, and Yu Ji was just a rich and beautiful lady.
Now it seems that he is not making money for his wife to spend, but he is afraid that his wife will tell the truth and make it impossible for him to survive in the outside world!
You bastard.
Huang Cuifang chatted with Yu Ji all the way and did not feel any pressure from the huge cultural gap. Instead, she felt more relaxed.
She was just about to take out the lawyer's business card she had prepared in her pocket and persuade him to divorce as soon as possible when the car braked and they stopped in front of another villa.
The colors inside the villa are very bright. Not only are the flowers, plants and trees bright, but the bushes are trimmed into cartoon shapes and the stone carvings are also in cute animal shapes.
When she looked from afar, she saw that the villas inside were built quite differently. Huang Cuifang even thought she had come to the legendary Disneyland.
She stuck her head out of the car and saw a houseplate with a very distinctive personal style.
On the originally formal sign, there was a very cute cartoon character drawn, and the direction the character was pointing with both hands was exactly where the doorbell was.
The real 'house number' is just below the doorbell, which makes this place seem even more unreasonable.
There is a snowflake pattern in front of the word "の家".
Snowflake House?
Huang Cuifang couldn't contain her curiosity and asked, "Mrs. Yu, is this your friend's home?"
"This is my friend's house. By the way, you should also want to have a good talk with Tang Guangyao, right?"
Several huge question marks appeared above Huang Cuifang's head like cartoon characters.
She understood every word Yu Ji said, and she could understand it when it was broken down into words, but when it was put together into a sentence - she seemed to not understand a single word.
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