Chapter 58 Don’t you allow me to come back for lunch?

Su Taotao learned from Aunt Zhong that there was a supply and marketing cooperative on the island. Every time the canteen's buyers went out to purchase, they would buy some supplies and bring them back to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell in order to meet the daily needs of their families.

The island is self-sufficient in seafood, which is generally available during the non-fishing season. Vegetables, meat, and daily necessities can basically be bought on the island.

But if you want to buy clothes, shoes or some big items, you have to take the bus to the town.

The shuttle bus runs once every weekend. If you miss it, you have to wait until next week. If you are in a hurry, you can also go out with the canteen buyer's car. You need a permit to enter or exit. The driver will not let you 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 held once a week. This was also good. She thought that her family rarely went out after arriving on the island, and it was also under closed management.

But think about it, the living area and the scientific research center are originally managed separately, and the entry and exit management there is more stringent, making it difficult for family members to get close, so the management of the family area is still humane.

It’s enough as long as there is a place to buy vegetables. Otherwise, you have to eat in the cafeteria every day. It’s okay for adults, but it’s not acceptable for a child as young as Chenchen.

Su Taotao also knew that there were primary and secondary schools on the island, and that the base focused on cultural and knowledge cultivation, and that education was free.

Unfortunately, there are no kindergartens at the moment, that is, no orphanage classes. The main reason is that there are not many jobs available for families on the island, so most families who come here mainly stay at home to take care of their children.

The welfare benefits at the base are good enough. If one person in the family works, the whole family can live a simple life.

The school enrollment management on the island is not that strict. Children who are enlightened early can go to primary school at the age of four or five, depending on the wishes of their parents.

Everything else was fine, except for the fact that "there are not many jobs available for family members" which made Su Taotao think deeply.

Although this base was built not long ago, Aunt Zhong has been traveling around with Engineer Mo for nearly ten years, but she has not even got a job and has been a full-time housewife at home.

Although Su Taotao really wanted to spend more time with Chenchen, she really had no plans to be a full-time housewife.

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 for the next few years, right?

A woman's best years are only a few years long. She can't just waste them like this.

She could even foresee that she would be Aunt Zhong today in a dozen years, and her life would be to chat with people everywhere while fanning herself with a big sunflower fan and eating melon seeds.

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 journey of ups and downs. The ideal of being a rice borer who eats nothing but waits for death is just an analogy and should not be taken seriously.

Su Taotao was right about Aunt Zhong. Her information network was so powerful that she even knew Tang Boyong!

She got the news from chatting with the locals when she went to the town to buy things!

It is said that the Tang family is one of the most prominent scholarly families in the city. Their ancestors were all important figures. Many of them were painters, and some even painted portraits for the emperor. Maybe they are descendants of Tang Bohu.

Su Taotao felt that this statement was a bit exaggerated. First of all, the ancestor was called Tang Bohu, so it would not be taboo for the descendants to call him Tang Boyong, right?

It also talks about Tang Boyong's generation, who moved here because he couldn't stand the climate in the capital. He was quite famous, and people from all over the country came to him to ask for paintings.

Everyone in the town knew him, but he had a strange temper and refused to get married. Even if you wanted to buy his paintings, you had to look at whether he had good impression of the person. His family was almost unable to make ends meet. If he met someone he didn't like, he would not sell his paintings to him no matter how much money the person offered, and would rather starve to death.

Aunt Zhong concluded with one sentence: This is the first time I have heard of such a weird thing.

Su Taotao felt that Fu Zhengtu had lost. Even if Fu Gong asked people, the information he got would definitely not be as comprehensive as Aunt Zhong's.

Su Taotao thought of the old man who looked like a Taoist when she met him on the train. Was he the same person that Auntie Zhong was talking about? He obviously got along well with E Keqin.

Is it because he likes her two children that he is so happy?

But no matter what, Su Taotao was very grateful to Aunt Zhong for providing her with this information.

Finally, 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, so she really needed someone to lead the way, so they made an appointment to set off at seven o’clock tomorrow.

The first morning on the island was really "fulfilling". Looking back, Su Taotao realized that she had done nothing. She just watched a crying scene and chatted with Aunt Zhong for the whole morning!

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.

"Daddy~~" It was little Chenchen who was the first to notice that his father had returned.

Fu Zhengtu came back with three lunch boxes, one for fish, one for vegetarian and one for staple food. The fish was sea fish, which he ordered two, and the vegetarian was cold jellyfish and green vegetables.

Su Taotao felt like she was alive again, eating all her favorite foods.

"The food on our island is really good." Su Taotao sighed.

She had grown up eating seafood in the coastal areas all her life, and the food on this island was tailor-made for her.

Fu Zhengtu was picking fish bones for Chenchen. He checked carefully to make sure there was not a single fish bone before putting the fish bones into the boy's bowl.

Chenchen likes eating fish very much. After taking a bite, his eyes narrowed and he said to his father: "Fish is better than meat."

Fu Zhengtu put a piece of fish meat that had been deboned into Su Taotao's bowl.

Regardless of Fu Zhengtu's other merits, he is really good to his wife and children.

After letting him peel shrimp for the children yesterday, he took the initiative to pick out 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 and said, "Chenchen is really smart. Mommy also thinks fish tastes better than meat. Xiaohang, be careful too. Don't 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 and 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 didn't 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 Mr. Mo's wife Auntie Zhong this morning, and she said something similar. Then I will take Xiaohang to school this afternoon, and we will talk about learning painting after Xiaohang has adapted to school life.

In addition, I will go shopping with Auntie Zhong tomorrow morning, so you can cook for yourself at home at noon. You don’t need to bring food back, you can just eat in the cafeteria.”

Fu Zhengtu paused as he was picking out fish bones, then looked at Su Taotao, frowning and asking, "You won't let me come back for lunch at noon?"

Su Taotao: “…”