Chapter 73: You are all extraordinary

When Su Taotao and her family sat in Tang Boyong's house, they felt that there were too many coincidences today.

Tang Boyong's house is in an alley not far from the central square. It is an independent large courtyard with ancient charm.

From the decoration to the furnishings, it is very simple, but it reveals the artist's unique taste everywhere.

These days, intellectuals and artists try to be low-key. There is no antique or ancient calligraphy and painting in Tang Boyong's house. From the spring at the gate to the landscape painting in the main hall, they are all his own works.

Su Taotao studied design in her previous life. She has a basic knowledge of painting, but she has no research on calligraphy and painting. At most, she can see the depth of her skills. Tang Boyong is indeed a master in this field.

There was a dumb servant in Tang Boyong's family. He said he was a distant relative from his hometown. He found Tang Boyong when he was fleeing from the famine, and has been following him ever since.

He looked quite old, kind-looking, and a little hunched. He served tea to everyone with a smile, pushed the box of cold fruits in front of Chen Chen and Fu Yuanhang, made a "please" gesture, and smiled at Chen Chen for a few more times before leaving.

Su Taotao thanked him.

Chen Chen would not eat anything randomly, so Su Taotao gave him and Fu Yuanhang a hawthorn cake each, and asked the two children to sit aside to eat.

Tang Boyong took a sip of tea and stroked his goatee. The more he looked at Fu Yuanhang, the more satisfied he was:

"I didn't eat well or sleep well this week. I was looking forward to your coming every day. Finally, you are here."

Tang Boyong took another sip of tea: "You must have understood my situation and planned to let Xiaohang learn painting from me, right?"

Su Taotao did not hide it: "Yes, I have understood it. We only have time on Sundays, but I can't guarantee that you can come every Sunday."

Tang Boyong half-closed his eyes and stroked his beard: "What if I go to teach at home?"

Su Taotao and Fu Zhengtu looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

They didn't expect Tang Boyong to go this far to accept an apprentice.

Su Taotao said, "Mr. Tang, we don't live in the town, so it's not very convenient to go in and out."

Tang Boyong's dim old eyes flashed with a shrewd look: "Your family is not ordinary people. If I'm not mistaken, you are from the island opposite, right?"

There was nothing to hide about this, Su Taotao nodded: "Yes, so we can only go in and out on weekends, and we have to be back before 4:30 in the afternoon."

Tang Boyong: "I remember you Are there shuttle buses on the island? Do they stop at the Central Square? "

Su Taotao nodded: "Yes, there are only buses going in and out on weekends. We took the bus here today."

Tang Boyong said: "Then you don't have to come, just send Xiaohang to the car, I will pick him up at the Central Square and send him back on time at four o'clock in the afternoon."

In fact, Fu Yuanhang is not young, and Tang Boyong lives not far from the Central Square, so this is also a good idea.

But after what happened today, Su Taotao is still a little worried.

Fu Yuanhang looked at Su Taotao anxiously. In fact, he wanted to say that it didn't matter if there was no pick-up, he could do it by himself.

But he also thought about what happened today and knew that his sister-in-law would never let him come alone.

Su Taotao didn't say anything right away, she just said: "Mr. Tang, today we are here mainly to visit you and understand the situation. We will go back and discuss a charter and give you an answer next week. Is that okay with you?"

Su Taotao had already said this, Tang Boyong couldn't force it anymore, so he said: "If you have any difficulties, just bring them up and we will both overcome them. Xiaohang is a good seedling, but you must not Buried his talent."

Su Taotao shook her head: "No, don't worry, I actually have a very presumptuous idea, I say, what if, what if on the contrary we want to invite you to the island to teach? Not only teach Xiaohang, but in addition to teaching Xiaohang, also to enlighten little kids like Chenchen?"

Su Taotao's thoughts jumped too fast, Tang Boyong couldn't keep up with her rhythm, opened his mouth, and couldn't speak for a long time.

Not to mention Tang Boyong, even Fu Zhengtu couldn't keep up with her thoughts.

Su Taotao felt a little embarrassed after she finished speaking:

"I know that what I said was very abrupt. I just thought of it on the spur of the moment, and my wife doesn't know either.

I originally planned to run a red class, but nothing has been done yet. I haven't sorted out my own affairs, and I haven't come up with a specific charter. My wife hasn't even mentioned this to the organization, so I don't know if it will work.

But what if? What if it works? Will you consider my suggestion?"

Now it was Tang Boyong's turn to be silent. He has always been a loner and has done his own thing. Some universities wanted to invite him to be a visiting professor, but he refused. He had no interest in teaching and only wanted to have a closed disciple.

But to enlighten a kid -

he looked at Chen Chen, who was eating with his pink little mouth moving and cheeks puffed up like a cute squirrel, and he found that he had no resistance to teaching a kid like him, and even looked forward to it.

However, a kid with such qualifications is like Fu Yuanhang, and it is hard to find a second one even if you travel thousands of miles.

Just think about it.

In the end, both parties ended this meeting with thoughts.

After leaving Tang Boyong's yard, Su Taotao said to Fu Zhengtu, "I'm sorry, I didn't discuss this with you in advance."

Fu Zhengtu thought about it, and didn't deny Su Taotao's words, saying, "The base will not make exceptions to allow outsiders to enter and exit. Even if we want to hire teachers, we will only hire employees' families."

Su Taotao asked, "What if there are no suitable candidates among the employees' families? Won't we hire outsiders? You were all outsiders before you became researchers. Isn't it worth making an exception for a talent like Mr. Tang?"

Fu Zhengtu had no way to refute this.

Not making an exception before doesn't mean that you can't make an exception.

Su Taotao added: "I know I take it for granted. I just think that most scientific researchers cannot do without the basics of painting, especially those related to machinery. Weapons, airplanes, tanks, and ships...don't they all start by learning design and structure?

Including any other products, aren't they all designed first, established in theory, and then put into practice?

The base focuses on education. If we can start with the children, and begin to enlighten them from the age of dust, no matter whether it will be useful in the future or not, at least the foundation will be laid, and it will be easy to learn anything else."

Su Taotao could teach, but that was not her ambition.

Mr. Tang is retired. If he is willing, the base can hire him to come here, which is the best of both worlds.

Fu Zhengtu lowered his eyes slightly and looked at her calmly: "What you said makes sense. If Mr. Tang agrees, you can try to submit an application. Mr. Tang's political review is no problem."

As luck would have it, when I checked Tang Boyong last time, I also checked them.

Su Taotao said: "It would be a great blessing if we could invite a great man like Mr. Tang to be the enlightenment teacher for the children in the base. I will be the first to send Chenchen to school."

Fu Zhengtu reminded her: "Our son is only two years old."

Su Taotao pinched Fu Haochen's baby fat: "What's wrong with two years old? My son can fold airplanes and tanks, play military chess, and remember everything he saw at the age of two... Why can't he go to school? Is that right, Chenchen?"

Fu Haochen knew nothing about his "tragic and inhumane" future, and answered in a naive manner: "Mom said yes~~so it is~~"

Su Taotao grabbed his little fleshy hand and kissed it: "So good~~"

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