Chapter 104: The Old Man Collecting Materials

The Captain snorted, but then he thought about it and smiled; his own son was a blockhead who had feared him since childhood, and while his grandson was a bit better, he still wouldn't dare to be cheeky in front of him. Who would have thought that he would feel a sense of family joy from this girl?

An Yinan smiled, "You keep savoring it; I'll head back first, otherwise Uncle Accountant will freeze solid outside in a moment."

"You, hurry off then." Once the Captain heard this, he realized she was just a clever little monkey.

An Yinan pulled open the door of the Daduibu and saw Uncle Accountant standing quietly under a tree in the distance, looking at the door of the Daduibu.

"Uncle Accountant, finished your patrol?"

"Mm, finished the patrol." The Accountant walked toward the Daduibu and nodded at An Yinan.

An Yinan waved her hand and went home.

As for whether the Accountant had actually patrolled or not, the footprints in the snow on the ground knew, the snow falling on his hat knew, and An Yinan knew in her heart.

Others? Let them know or not, it didn't matter.

One of the two positions had been arranged, and as for the other, she actually had a candidate in mind, but she didn't know if she would go.

After An Yinan arranged things, she returned to her Xiao Yuan, then entered the space and opened the translation materials; they were eight thick books, all related to machinery, and accompanied by a book list, with a line of small text written at the bottom of the list.

"Books are urgent, please handle as soon as possible."

As soon as possible, as soon as possible, why is it always as soon as possible.

Because the country is in Development, needing a massive reserve of knowledge; the country is progressing, needing rapid technological Development.

An Yinan resignedly took a stack of white paper, filled her fountain pen with ink, turned on the desk lamp, and began to translate the materials earnestly.

There were some technical terms in the books; fortunately, she had acquired several libraries at the time, so for some technical terms she hadn't seen before, she could flip through professional dictionaries to translate them.

For a time, only the love letters between the pen tip and the paper remained.

Early the next morning, a military jeep arrived at the Daduibu, and the Scorekeeper ran quickly to the back of the Educated Youth Courtyard and knocked on the door of the middle courtyard.

"Beibei? Where is your sister?" After An Xiangbei opened the door, he sized up the person in front of him and politely called him "Brother."

"Sister is working in the room, does Brother have something to do?" Beibei asked.

The Scorekeeper did not hesitate, "Go call your sister and say someone at the Daduibu is looking for her; I'll wait for her right here."

In the courtyard, besides children, there were only girls; as a grown man, it was not appropriate for him to enter the courtyard, as it would affect An Yinan's reputation. His status was different from Zhang Qian's; Zhang Qian could enter the courtyard, and there would be other female Educated Youth around him.

"Okay, I'll go tell Sister right now." An Xiangbei was a bit uneasy; although it was very impolite, he still closed the door tightly and bolted it before going inside to knock on An Yinan's bedroom door.

An Yinan rubbed her aching temples; she had forgotten the time while translating yesterday and had also forgotten to set an alarm. She had been busy until dawn, and only when her head felt dizzy and heavy did she realize things were not good.

"Beibei." An Yinan pulled open the door and saw her younger brother's concerned face; she rubbed Beibei's head, soothing him.

"The Scorekeeper is outside our gate, saying someone at the Daduibu is looking for Sister; I told him to wait." Beibei knew what was most important right now and told An Yinan directly.

An Yinan thought for a moment and placed those books and translation materials into multiple file bags; one file bag really couldn't hold them.

She then put all these materials into a large basket; there was no help for it, her own small military satchel was still too small.

The agreed-upon five days had arrived; it was likely the person coming to collect the materials.

Carrying the large basket on her back, An Yinan followed behind the Scorekeeper and went to the Daduibu together; they didn't run into anyone along the way.

That is the meaning of "hiding from winter"; if everyone can huddle on the kang, they will absolutely not go down to the ground to move about. Every time one moves, it consumes food.

"An Yinan?" The person who came was an old man in a Zhongshan Suit, holding a briefcase in his hand. Standing behind the old man was a man in military-green casual clothes, but his sharp gaze and cold, rigid posture made two words pop into An Yinan's mind immediately: soldier.

It seemed the old man's status was very important, otherwise he wouldn't have someone specifically protecting him.

"I am." An Yinan nodded and sat down opposite the old man.

The Captain served tea to the two of them, then pulled the Accountant and the Scorekeeper out of the Daduibu.

"Captain, who is that person?" The Scorekeeper was still young and had never seen such a scene before.

The Captain shook his head, and the Scorekeeper said, "You don't know either?"

The Captain unceremoniously slapped him, hitting the Scorekeeper until his head was dazed, and he looked at the Captain in disbelief.

"I shook my head to tell you to shut your mouth. Don't ask about things you shouldn't know; the more you know, the sooner you die."

At such an age, how is he still not as good as a little girl?

The Scorekeeper rubbed his head, feeling aggrieved; he was just asking, he didn't say anything else.

Thinking of the credentials he saw that day, the Captain had some guesses about the visitor and placed more importance on An Yinan's status. It seemed he would have to patrol near the Educated Youth Station a few more times at night in the future.

The room was very warm, and the old man took out his credentials, "This is my identity, please verify, Comrade An."

An Yinan looked at them carefully and then asked, "There should be something else, right?"

The things in her hands were brought specifically by Yun Ge, who had also specifically indicated their importance. Regarding the confidentiality of these materials, it outweighed everything else; if she couldn't guarantee that everything was foolproof, she wouldn't hand the items over to anyone else.

The old man laughed heartily; what an interesting little girl.

"This is the introduction letter regarding my identity." The old man took out another introduction letter.

An Yinan first checked the seal, then checked it against the old man's credentials, and frowned; why did it still feel wrong?

"Did anyone ask you to bring anything for me?" An Yinan asked curiously.

The old man was somewhat surprised; having not shown his emotions for many years, he was somewhat surprised by An Yinan's keenness.

"There actually is; a friend surnamed Yun asked me to bring you a box." The old man waved his hand, and the person behind him handed the box to An Yinan.

After An Yinan opened the box, she saw that ginseng.

This was something needed on her medicinal herb list; last time, among the two large bags of medicinal herbs, this ginseng alone was missing.

Seeing it, her heart suddenly settled, and she confirmed the visitor's identity.

"These are my translation materials; I sealed them using the same sealing method as the Compilation Bureau, though I don't know if it's correct." An Yinan took the translation materials out of the large back basket.

There were six file bags in total, with each two file bags containing one book and its translation materials.

The old man waved his hand, and the person behind him took out a Password Case, placed these six file bags into the Password Case, then scrambled the password, and kept it in his hand the whole time, never putting it down.