Chapter 41 Wall Painting
Feng Wei knew that Lu Weiguo was irrational when he encountered Shi Tingyu. He
quickly praised Shi Tingyu with all the good words he could think of.
Lu Weiguo glared at him
and said, "Boring." He carefully put away the painting and prepared to take it back.
On the other side, Shi Tingyu took advantage of the time to draw a draft and applied the general color.
After he had a plan in mind, he prepared to start painting the wall.
The school wall is more than two meters high.
Principal Ren got a scaffolding, which was borrowed from the engineering corps.
Shi Tingyu was silent when he saw the scaffolding.
Most of the scaffolding nowadays is made of wood. Shi Tingyu stretched out his hand and shook it, which was quite stable.
The soldier who was helping to put up the scaffolding saw Shi Tingyu's movements and patted his chest to assure her: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, this scaffolding I built is absolutely sturdy. Not to mention your weight, even our battalion commander Lu can carry it."
He said, "Sister-in-law, go up and try it."
Shi Tingyu wore a short-sleeved shirt and long pants for convenience, plus a pair of liberation shoes. She
also wore an apron.
This is obviously an alternative dress, but when she wears it, there is an indescribable artistic temperament.
The soldier touched his head and laughed foolishly, thinking that the battalion commander's sister-in-law is really beautiful.
Shi Tingyu climbed onto the scaffolding carefully. She tried leaning forward and left and right, and the scaffolding was very stable.
However, Principal Ren was still a little worried. What if he accidentally fell down? Some safety measures had to be taken.
He said to the soldier next to him: "Comrade, do you have sponge pads? How about laying them around Teacher Shi?"
Shi Tingyu turned around and saw that the little soldier actually nodded, and hurriedly stopped him, "The sponge pad is not necessary. The paint will get everywhere, and it will be difficult to wash off the pad."
She looked at the height of the scaffolding again, "This is only about one meter high. Even if you accidentally fall down, it's no big deal. You can only sprain your ankle."
In the end, under Shi Tingyu's stern refusal, the principal did not really borrow the sponge pad.
The mural was divided into different areas. At Shi Tingyu's request, Principal Ren found a lot of large cardboard shells to level them. If there were not enough cardboard shells, he would stick them together with old newspapers to form a piece to prevent too much paint from splashing onto the ground.
Shi Tingyu also cleaned the wall and fixed some dirty and damaged areas.
When everything was ready, Shi Tingyu stood not far from the courtyard wall and observed the wall.
Principal Ren was also quite interested in Shi Tingyu's painting. He did not leave, but watched from the side.
Generally, murals are first drafted on the wall with a pencil.
At Shi Tingyu's current level, there is no need for such a detailed draft.
She drew on the wall with chalk a few times, and finally decided on a few points.
Anyway, Principal Ren couldn't understand it.
He had seen people writing slogans on the wall, and most of them had to make a frame. Of course, there were also some experts who could do it directly, but they were all experienced masters.
Moreover, writing is different from painting. This large-scale painting is obviously more difficult. Even on paper, you have to make a draft.
However, he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't dare to ask.
After the marking was completed, Shi Tingyu mixed the paint, poured it into a basin, and gestured to the wall a few times, and tested the strength.
Then he splashed it on the wall.
Swish.
A long arc was occupied by a blue-gray paint on the white wall.
Principal Ren took a step back suddenly. Oh my god, it almost got on him.
Now he understood why Teacher Shi wore an apron.
Even so, there were some dots of colored marks on Shi Tingyu's arms and hair.
Shi Tingyu looked at his hair, which was a bit troublesome, and reached out to take a paintbrush. He held his hair and twisted the paintbrush around a few times before inserting it. The hair was firmly fixed behind his head, which made Principal Ren marvel.
At this time, some people who heard the news also came to watch the excitement.
Nowadays, there are few entertainment activities. When someone is painting the wall, the old men and women who have nothing to do in the family compound or some sisters-in-law with their children come over.
Slowly, many people gathered at the wall outside the school.
They were dazzled by Shi Tingyu's operation next. He
mixed this color and splashed it a little, and then splashed that color a little, and the whole wall looked extremely messy.
People were talking about it.
"What is this painting?"
"Isn't this just a mess? Does the battalion commander's wife know how to paint?"
"Who knows? Look at how good the white wall is."
Some people hold different opinions.
"They just started painting. The wall is so big. They probably used splashes to save time."
After the whole large block of color was painted, Shi Tingyu took the palette and mixed a color, then used a brush to paint on the wall.
He painted here and there. It was not
until the sun set and the school bell rang that everyone could see something.
"You know what, now it looks like something."
"Is that a student painting over there?"
"Why do I feel that the blue-gray-and-not-grey color looks like a snake or a dragon?"
"Is that red the national flag?"
At this time, Shi Tingyu's body had become colorful. Fortunately, the large blocks of color on the wall had been laid out, and the general outline had emerged.
She didn't splash those paints just to show off.
Every stroke of hers was not in vain.
She even considered the color of the paint dripping down and the color of the paint below.
After the student came out, the family members who had come to watch saw their own children and simply stopped watching the excitement and took the children home to cook.
Many children came to watch Shi Tingyu painting, and they chattered and asked questions, almost confusing Shi Tingyu.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Shi Tingyu also finished work.
Some parents came to look for their children because they saw that their children had not returned home for a long time.
Lu Weiguo, who came with them after school, also came.
When he came home from school, he saw that no one was at home, so he guessed that she might still be in school and came to pick her up.
Lu Weiguo saw Shi Tingyu surrounded by children at a glance.
At this time, she was covered with a lot of paint, and she looked dirty, but there was an indescribable atmosphere.
Shi Tingyu threw all the brushes, brushes, scrapers, etc. into the bucket, and prepared to pick up the newspapers and paper shells on the ground. When
the classmates saw it, they were very diligent.
"Teacher Shi, I'll help you."
"I want to help too."
Parents couldn't just sit there and watch, so soon everyone had almost finished cleaning up the place.
Lu Weiguo put away the remaining scaffolding and put it in the school's equipment room.
Shi Tingyu thanked the parents and students who helped.
At this time, Lu Weiguo came back after delivering the things, and everyone left in a hurry when they saw him.
Not only the children were afraid of him, but the parents were also a little afraid of him.
Shi Tingyu glanced at Lu Weiguo and said jokingly, "Is Captain Lu so scary?"
Lu Weiguo sighed slightly and picked up her bucket of brushes. He did not discuss with her whether others were afraid of him or not, but asked, "Are you going to wash these
when you get home?" Shi Tingyu nodded, "Yes, otherwise it will be difficult to clean them tomorrow."