Chapter 35 Gift

After breakfast, Zhou Linglan went to work as usual, and Fu Yuanhang went to school. Usually, when Su Taotao was at home, Chen Chen would follow her mother. Only when Su Taotao went to work in the county would she follow her uncle to school.

It's a rare day that both mom and dad are at home, which is a very new experience for Chenchen.

Fu Zhengtu is a very emotionally stable person. When he found out that Chenchen was his son, he appeared to have no emotional fluctuations on the surface, but he was actually very excited and a little at a loss.

Fortunately, Chenchen is very similar to him when he was a child in terms of personality and appearance, but he is also more obedient and smarter than he was when he was a child. He likes this son who was born out of nowhere very much.

Recently, Su Taotao began to enlighten Chenchen. They didn't learn anything very deep, just reading Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic, and teaching him basic knowledge such as various shapes, recognizing colors and Arabic numerals.

However, Chenchen has a good memory and learns things quickly. Children are forgetful and forget what they are taught the moment they turn around, but Chenchen can basically remember everything you are taught, and he remembers it very firmly. If you ask him again the next day, a few days, or even a month later, he will still remember it very clearly.

Chen Chen must be the legendary gifted child. Except that he is still a little slow in learning to speak, his performance in other aspects is excellent. Such a child must be taught according to his aptitude, otherwise it is easy to bury his talent.

Su Taotao has no experience in raising children and has been feeling her way forward. There is no good educational environment here and she is also worried that she will not be able to teach her child well. If there is a kindergarten on the base, Su Taotao still plans to send him to school.

Fu Zhengtu is an amazing father. He actually took out a set of chess and said it was a gift for Chenchen.

Su Taotao suspected that he was lying. Fu Zhengtu had not prepared any gift for Chenchen at all. He must have taken it out temporarily to make up the number after she asked him yesterday if he had brought any gift for Chenchen. This set of chess was obviously not newly bought. Each piece was polished very smoothly, and it was obvious that it had been used a lot. She also found Go and chess in his luggage bag.

However, Su Taotao did not expose him. Chen Chen had never seen military chess before, so he was very happy to receive this novel gift.

I don’t know what Fu Zhengtu, the father, was thinking about teaching a two-year-old kid who doesn’t even know how to read to play military chess. Teaching him Go might be easier.

Fu Zhengtu seriously taught his son to recognize the military commander, division commander, brigade commander, regiment commander, platoon commander, and soldier...

Chen Chen followed his slurred chanting of "jun, silk, fish, group..." carefully, and the scene was quite heartwarming.

This father is more patient than she thought.

After Fu Zhengtu had taught her several times and rested, Su Taotao asked, "Mom, are you really not going to the base with us?"

Fu Zhengtu shook his head: "She wants to live a quiet life alone for a few years, and then go there later. The new school there is good, and I want to bring Yuanhang there to study."

Fu Zhengtu paused for a moment and asked, "I don't spend much time at home. Can you take care of the child by yourself?"

Fu Zhengtu was good at speaking, so he said this in a very tactful way. It was common for him to stay in the laboratory alone for several days without going home.

Su Taotao can actually understand Zhou Linglan very well. Even in the 21st century, the vast majority of older people revolve around their children and grandchildren and rarely have any private time of their own. People of this generation believe that having many children means more blessings and they live wholeheartedly for their children. For someone as insightful as Zhou Linglan, the idea of ​​finding time to be alone is still very avant-garde, and even many older people in the 21st century cannot do it.

If it was any other reason, Su Taotao might have given some advice, but for this reason, Su Taotao fully supports and admires it. She also hopes to have her own life when she is old.

Su Taotao touched the child's head. "Since it's Mom's wish, let her do it. Xiaohang is very talented in studying. The teachers here can no longer teach him anything. We should find better educational resources. Chenchen is very well behaved, so we don't have to worry about him. By the way, is there a kindergarten there? It should be a red-raising class or something like that."

Fu Zhengtu shook his head honestly: "I haven't noticed it."

If he had known earlier that there was a two-year-old son waiting for him at home, he might have found out about it in advance.

"It's okay, we'll see when the time comes. I can take you with me, but it's not easy to find a job. It's hard to find an easy job like in a state-owned hotel." Getting a job at the First Hotel as a consultant requires the right time, place and people, and this opportunity is not to be had again.

Fu Zhengtu looked at her and took back the words "If you don't need to work, I can support you" that were about to come out of his mouth. His intuition told him that she would be angry if he said that.

"Yes." Fu Zhengtu said a word, then turned around to teach his son the division commander, army commander, and brigade commander...

Su Taotao: “…”

Fu Zhengtu was lucky to have married early, otherwise, with his ability to talk to death anytime and anywhere, he would have been destined to be alone.

Even though they had slept together and had a son, they were still not familiar with each other. It was a bit awkward for them to just sit there without talking. Chen Chen was not a talkative person either, and Fu Yuanhang was not a talkative person. These three people combined could not fill one mouth. Su Taotao could already imagine the awkward scene in the future where the family of four would sit around the table for dinner and she would be the only one chattering. It gave her a headache just thinking about it.

Su Taotao pinched her chin and looked at Chenchen. No, she had to cultivate Chenchen. The two older ones couldn't change, and Chenchen still had the potential to become a good conversationalist.

"I'm going to the county town later. Is it okay for you to stay home alone with the dust?"

Fu Zhengtu and Chen Chen raised their heads at the same time and looked at each other.

After a moment, Fu Zhengtu said, "Let's go together. I'll drive you there."

Chen Chen nodded vigorously: "Together~~"

Su Taotao: “…” Okay, my son isn’t familiar with his father either.

Fu Zhengtu gave a temporary "notice" this morning that he would be leaving the day after tomorrow, catching Su Taotao off guard. She had originally planned to go to take over tomorrow, but after thinking about it, she decided to go there today to complete the handover, and then go again tomorrow to monitor them and do a brine comparison for insurance purposes.

She left a note for Fu Yuanhang, went back to her room to pick up her notebook and bag, and then went to the utility room to drag out a large bag of things.

Seeing this, Fu Zhengtu didn't ask anything and quietly stepped forward to help carry it to the car.

Su Taotao felt that there was nothing wrong with Fu Zhengtu's sullen personality, so there was no need to waste time explaining it.

Su Taotao held Chen Chen and sat in the back seat. Fu Zhengtu didn't say anything. He went to the driver's seat silently and made sure they were seated properly before slowly starting the car.

It was Chenchen's first time riding in a bus, and he was more excited and curious than his first time riding in a tractor. The little guy had no expression on his face most of the time, and only when he saw something that interested him or was happy would his eyes curve and sparkle.

Su Taotao held the little guy on her lap and pulled him into her arms. Along the way, she explained to him the various parts of a car. From time to time, she would grab Chen Chen's little fingers and point to them, saying that this is the steering wheel, that is the handbrake, this is the glass window, that is the seat belt... She also explained their uses one by one.

The boy often slacked off and only followed her to say the last word. Whenever Su Taotao praised him or kissed him, he would squint his eyes happily and even applaud himself.

Fu Zhengtu looked at them from the rearview mirror from time to time and was surprised that Su Taotao's knowledge was broader than he thought. Then he thought that she was an educated youth from a big city, so it was not surprising that she knew that.

He agreed with what Zhou Linglan said: She took really good care of Chenchen.

She respects Chenchen very much and treats him as an equal. No matter whether he understands or not, she will not fool him and will patiently explain things to him.

No matter what questions Chenchen asked her, she would lower her head and answer every one of his questions patiently with a smile.

Fu Zhengtu curled the corners of his lips. Probably there is no child who would dislike such a mother.

Fu Zhengtu did not look at himself in the rearview mirror, otherwise he would have been able to see the happiness and satisfaction on his face at this moment.