Chapter 262: Mother Lu is proud
In the next two days, Gao Feng would come to the school from time to time. When Shi Tingyu was sure that she had a clear image of Mrs. Gao, she began to observe Gao Feng carefully.
Gao Feng was a gentleman. Although he was old, he could still tell what he looked like when he was young.
His requirement for the oil painting of two people was to paint their appearance when they were young.
In order to make it easier for Shi Tingyu to paint, Gao Feng also brought a single photo of himself. The photo was taken five years after his wife passed away. It was when he was 30 years old. He hoped that this photo would be helpful to Shi Tingyu.
In fact, it is more difficult to paint an old person from a young one, but it is relatively simple to restore the appearance of a young person from an old one.
With the photo of Mr. Gao when he was young, Shi Tingyu was very confident at this time.
Because the painting was of his youth, Shi Tingyu did not require the other party to be a model.
The order was settled, and Shi Tingyu even wrote a special painting contract.
Mr. Gao offered three thousand for this painting, which is 1.62 meters high and 1.3 meters wide.
You have to know that three thousand now is not as much as three hundred thousand in the future.
For Shi Tingyu, this price is really not low.
If it is based on the former worth of the original body, a painting would cost a maximum of one thousand.
Although the original body had held an exhibition, it was only once.
The extra premium is the price that Shi Tingyu heard the description of the person being painted.
However, she is confident that her paintings are definitely worth the money.
If she did not have any important awards to support her now, the price she asked for might be higher.
After the contract was written, two copies were made, and both parties signed and sealed.
Gao Feng smiled happily as he looked at the newly-made contract. He said with admiration, "I only know that Miss Shi is a good painter, but I didn't expect that the contract was drafted so meticulously."
Shi Tingyu thought, how could it not be meticulous? She did this in her previous life. When she first started selling paintings, she suffered losses because of the contract problem. Later, she had more work and saw more. She couldn't say that she could recite it by heart, but she remembered the rules and regulations more clearly.
However, there is no contract law now. The contract is just because she received a deposit of half of the payment from the other party, so it needs to be stated. As for the other contents in the contract, everyone just wants peace of mind.
It was another day off. Lu Weiguo got up early in the morning to help his wife frame the oil painting.
Shi Tingyu took out all her canvas-making tools, including the inner frame, canvas, scissors, hammers and shoe nails.
At that time, painting pliers, U-shaped nail guns, nail pullers and other tools had not yet been invented, so she used hammers and shoe nails or nails. It
was also the first time that Lu Weiguo knew that painting was also a physically demanding job.
Of course, you can buy ready-made ones, but Shi Tingyu's size had to be customized, so there was no need to bother. Usually, she would make small-sized picture frames at home by herself, and now with Lu Weiguo's help, she felt that it would be
twice the result with half the effort. In fact, Lu Weiguo, who would do some tinkering at home when he had nothing to do, was really good at these things.
Shi Tingyu only needed to grasp the tightness of the canvas and the alignment of the longitude and latitude of the canvas, which were relatively professional issues.
Stretching canvas is a delicate job, and Lu Weiguo did it very seriously.
What Shi Tingyu didn't expect was that this guy was addicted to stretching canvas.
He stretched five canvases of various sizes for her before stopping.
After stretching, Lu Weiguo smiled and said, "I'm familiar with this job now, leave it to me in the future."
Shi Tingyu nodded repeatedly, here you go! All for you!
The canvas was ready. In the afternoon, Lu Weiguo drove his wife, children and Li Jian to the city, and Shi Tingyu prepared to replenish some pigments and oils.
After buying things, Lu Weiguo and Shi Tingyu went to the post office.
Shi Tingyu deposited 1,500 yuan into the passbook, while Lu Weiguo called home.
Mainly to ask about Shen Shen's birthday and whether her parents would come over.
When Lu's mother received the call, she was very excited and said that they would definitely come.
When the eldest son's child celebrated his first birthday, she and Lao Lu took leave to help.
They couldn't treat the youngest son differently just because he lived far away.
If you count carefully, when the eldest daughter-in-law was around, she took care of the child more when he was just born.
Lu's father and mother always remembered Shen Shen's birthday, and they were ready to take leave. They
had also informed the factory before that the two elders would take at least one week off.
Hearing his mother's excited voice, Lu Weiguo had a feeling that it was as he expected.
After talking to Lu Weiguo for a few words, Lu's mother couldn't wait to ask, "Did my daughter-in-law and grandson come with us?"
"Yes, they are all here."
Lu's mother was excited, "Give the phone to my daughter-in-law."
Shi Tingyu hugged Shen Shen and took the phone from Lu Weiguo.
Shi Tingyu called out "Mom".
Lu's mother exclaimed happily. Even through the phone, Shi Tingyu could imagine the smile on her face at this moment.
Shi Tingyu looked at Shen Shen in his arms, moved the phone to his ear, and said to Shen Shen, "Shen Shen, call grandma."
Lu Weiguo and Shi Tingyu had both taught their children, so Shen Shen said right away, "Grandma!"
Lu's mother on the other end of the phone was stunned. Shen
Shen couldn't hear any sound. She blinked her big eyes and looked at her mother in confusion, then called "Grandma" several times into the microphone.
This time, Lu's mother finally responded.
She happily exclaimed several times, calling her darling.
Shi Tingyu trembled when she heard her voice, and guessed that her mother-in-law was about to cry with excitement.
Shi Tingyu took the phone again, and Lu Weiguo helped to carry Shen Shen over.
"Mom, let me know when you buy the tickets. I wrote to you before and told you the phone number of our school. Please tell us in advance, and I will drive to the station to pick you up."
Lu's mother responded repeatedly, saying that she would call her in advance.
After saying what needed to be said, Shi Tingyu hung up the phone, and Mother Lu was completely proud.
In the factory director's office, Clerk Liu asked curiously, "Director Chen, what good thing has happened to you?"
Mother Lu smiled and waved her hand, saying, "Nothing, just now my son, daughter-in-law and grandson called me. The child is about to turn one year old, and I am going to go and see him." Clerk Liu
had met Director Chen's daughter-in-law before, and she was so beautiful.
"Oh, your grandson is almost one year old? Time flies."
"That's right, he just called me grandma." Mother Lu sighed, "You said that only educated people can do things. Look at how well my daughter-in-law has taught her. I, as a grandmother, have never been around, but now the child can call me grandma clearly. If the mother didn't teach him, the child would never know how to do it."
"That's right." Little Liu complimented her, "I heard that your daughter-in-law is a teacher at the military district's primary school. Isn't that a cultured person? Director Chen, you are so lucky."
Mother Lu puffed out her chest, "That's all old news. Didn't we just resume the college entrance examination? My daughter-in-law was the teacher who set questions and read papers for the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, she was hired as a university teacher."
Little Liu really didn't know this, and instantly became interested in gossiping.
This is the teacher who set questions and reads papers for the college entrance examination. He remembered that Director Chen's daughter-in-law was only in her twenties. How could she be a university teacher?