Chapter 58 You won't let me come back for lunch at noon?
Su Taotao learned from Aunt Zhong that there is a supply and marketing cooperative on the island. Every time the canteen's buyers go out to buy, they will buy some supplies and bring them back to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell to meet the daily needs of their families.
The island is self-sufficient in seafood, which is generally available during the non-fishing ban period. Vegetables, meat, daily necessities, etc. can basically be bought on the island.
But if you want to buy clothes, shoes, or some large items, you have to take the bus to the town.
The bus goes out once every weekend. If you miss it, you can only wait until the next week. If you really have an emergency, you can also go out with the canteen buyer's car. You need a permit to enter and exit. The driver will not be allowed to get on the bus if he does not see the permit.
Su Taotao thought that this was really similar to the market in the village, except that it was changed to once a week. This was also good. She thought that it was rare for the family members to go out after they came to the island, and they were also under closed management.
But think about it, the living area and the scientific research center were originally managed separately, and the entry and exit management there would be more stringent, and it would be difficult for the family members to get close, so the management of the family area was still humane. It would be fine
if there was a place to buy food, otherwise it would be okay for adults to eat in the cafeteria every day, but it would not work for such a small child like Chenchen.
Su Taotao also knew that there were primary and secondary schools on the island, and the base focused on cultural and knowledge cultivation, and all education was free.
Unfortunately, there was no kindergarten for the time being, that is, there was no red education class, mainly because there were not many jobs available for families on the island, and generally, families who came here mainly stayed at home to take care of their children.
The welfare of the base is good enough. With one person working, the whole family can live a simple life.
The school enrollment management on the island is not so strict. Children who are enlightened early can go to primary school at the age of four or five, depending on the wishes of the parents.
Everything else is fine, but the "not many jobs can be provided for family members" caused Su Taotao to think deeply.
Although this base was built not long ago, Aunt Zhong has been running around with Engineer Mo for nearly ten years. She has not waited for a job and has been a full-time wife at home.
Although Su Taotao really wants to spend more time with Chenchen, she really doesn't plan to be a full-time wife forever.
Even if she was going to take the college entrance examination after it was resumed, that would be a few years later. She couldn't just sit around and do nothing in the next few years, could she?
A woman's best years were only these few years, and they couldn't be wasted like this.
She could even foresee that she would be like Aunt Zhong today in a dozen years, and her life would be just swinging a big sunflower fan, eating melon seeds, and chatting with people everywhere.
Su Taotao shuddered at the thought.
It's not that being like Aunt Zhong is bad, but that's not the life she wants.
Life is still a struggle, and the ideal of being a rice borer who eats and waits to die is just an analogy and can't be taken seriously.
Su Taotao was right about Aunt Zhong, her information network is so powerful that even Tang Boyong knows it!
The news came from her chatting with the locals when she went to the town to buy something!
They said that the Tang family was a well-known scholarly family in the city, and their ancestors were all important figures. They had produced many painters and had painted portraits for the emperor. They might even be descendants of Tang Bohu.
Su Taotao felt that this was a bit exaggerated. First of all, the ancestor was called Tang Bohu, so it would not be taboo for the descendants to be called Tang Boyong, right?
They also said that Tang Boyong's generation could not stand the climate in the capital and moved here. He was quite famous, and people from all over the country came to ask for paintings.
Everyone in the town knows him, but he has a strange temper and refuses to get married. Even if you want to buy his paintings, you have to look for a good match with him. His family is almost broke. If he meets someone he doesn't like, he won't sell his paintings no matter how much money they offer. He would rather starve to death.
Aunt Zhong finally concluded: This is the first time I've heard of such a weirdo.
Su Taotao thinks Fu Zhengtu has lost. Even if Fu Gong asks people, the information he gets will definitely not be as comprehensive as Aunt Zhong's.
Su Taotao remembered the old man who looked a bit like a Taoist on the train. Is he the same person Aunt Zhong was talking about? He obviously gets along well with her.
Is it because he likes her two children that he is so friendly?
But no matter what, Su Taotao was very grateful to Aunt Zhong for providing her with this information.
At the end, Aunt Zhong asked her to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables early tomorrow morning. It was
Su Taotao's first time there, and she really needed someone to lead the way, so they agreed to set off at seven o'clock tomorrow.
The first morning on the island was really "fulfilling". Su Taotao looked back and found that she had done nothing. She just watched a crying scene the whole morning, and then chatted with Aunt Zhong and that was it!
Su Taotao was so tired that she collapsed on the chair. Aunt Zhong was simply a "time killer".
When Fu Zhengtu got home, Su Taotao was still thinking about work issues.
"Daddy~~" It was still little Chenchen who first discovered that his father was back.
Fu Zhengtu came back with three lunch boxes, one for fish, one for vegetarian and one for staple food. The fish was sea fish, of which he ordered two, and the vegetarian food was cold jellyfish and small green vegetables.
Su Taotao felt like she was alive again, as all the food was her favorite.
"The food on our island is really good." Su Taotao sighed.
She grew up eating seafood in the coastal areas, and the food on this island was tailor-made for her.
Fu Zhengtu was picking fish bones for Chenchen, and he carefully checked to make sure there was no fish bone before putting the fish into the boy's bowl.
Chenchen loved eating fish very much, and squinted his eyes after taking a bite, and said to his father: "Fish is better than~~meat~~"
Fu Zhengtu put a piece of fish meat that had been picked out of bones into Su Taotao's bowl.
Apart from other merits, Fu Zhengtu is really good to his wife and children.
After letting him peel shrimps for the children yesterday, he started to pick fish bones for the children today.
He has the potential to be a good husband and a good father.
Su Taotao touched Chenchen's head: "Chenchen is really knowledgeable. Mom also thinks fish tastes better than meat. Xiaohang should also be careful not to get stuck by fish bones."
Fu Yuanhang also likes to eat sea fish. He nodded: "I will be careful."
This is an era when meat is more expensive than seafood, especially in coastal areas. Many shellfish seafood are not worth much. If you can buy vegetables to cook, it is cheaper than eating in the cafeteria.
"You can buy food on the island, Ah Hang can transfer to the fourth grade, Tang Boyong is also reliable, Ah Hang can take the bus to study with Mr. Tang every weekend."
Fu Zhengtu told Su Taotao the information he had collected in a concise manner.
Su Taotao did not expect that he was so efficient, and the information he found was almost the same as what Aunt Zhong said.
Su Taotao said: "I talked with Aunt Zhong, Mo Gong's wife, this morning, and she said almost the same thing. Then I will take Xiaohang to the school this afternoon, and we will talk about learning painting after Xiaohang has adapted to school life.
In addition, I will go shopping with Aunt Zhong early tomorrow morning, and you can cook at home for lunch. You don't have to get lunch and can eat in the cafeteria."
Fu Zhengtu paused as he was picking out fish bones, and looked at Su Taotao intently, frowning and asked: "Don't you allow me to come back for lunch at noon?"
Su Taotao: "..."