THE family of Zhang Caiping in Meiling Subdistrict has been recognized with the “Most Beautiful Family Nationwide” award, according to Daily Sunshine. Zhang’s family is an average one in Shenzhen, and the couple has one biological son. However in 2004, the couple brought home two orphans from Shenzhen Welfare Center under the center’s foster family program. One of them was a 6-year-old boy with congenital heart disease named Shen Jinkun, and the other was a 1-year-old girl with mental retardation named Shen Fulian. Even though she wasn’t rich, Zhang bought ingredients and highly nutritious medicines, such as ginseng, to cook soup for Shen Jinkun, as he was in poor health after undergoing heart surgery. At the same time, Zhang needed to wait for Shen Fulian to finish her homework every night, and sign her name on the homework after checking it. If she encountered any difficulties, her husband was there to offer help. “Even my biological son didn’t enjoy a two-to-one tutorship,” laughed Zhang. Zhang’s biggest hope was that the two kids would grow up healthily, and her wish has been fulfilled. Thanks to the care of Zhang’s family, Shen Jinkun gradually recovered and was adopted by an American family in 2012. Since being adopted, Shen Jinkun hasn’t forgotten the love and care he received from Zhang’s family, and he keeps in close contact with the family via video chat and email. Shen Fulian has also had many chances to be adopted by a foreign family, but she rejected them and chose to stay with Zhang’s family. Now, the couple’s biological son has graduated from Fudan University and returned to live with them. Although the family is not economically rich, they enjoy a happy life. (Chen Xiaochun) | 