Chapter 68: Senior Translator

However, An Yinan secretly thought to herself that she could stew two wild rabbits tomorrow noon.

It would count as her expression of gratitude.

The house was organized very cleanly and was also complete, executed fully according to her own dimensions; it was just that the courtyard was slightly larger, and there was one extra vegetable garden—these were the parts that ended up extra during the measuring.

"Whose house shall we build next?" An Yinan asked.

"Xie's; we'll record it as building the female Educated Youth's first, so it has time to dry out. This was also Zhang's instruction," Ershu Xie said unhurriedly.

Afterward, he looked at the empty gate and remembered, "You don't need to go find the little carpenter for the room doors and the main gate. The Captain said it was included in the house-building money. The little carpenter will deliver them the day after tomorrow; you can just install them directly."

"Other people's houses are all small, so building them will be much faster," Ershu Xie thought for a moment before saying.

Moreover, everyone felt a bit embarrassed about eating meat these past few days, so they wanted to work as quickly as possible, which would also let An save some grain.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone was too poor, this era would be even simpler and more honest.

An Yinan calculated the time; if the duration was short, it should be finished in six or seven days. After all, she had two extra rooms, and the dimensions were all marked out; for others, only the requirements and the approximate area of the footprint were stated, with no other special needs.

"Is there anything else that needs to be modified?" Brother Li asked. Every day, he was urged by his mother and Huzi to build seriously, to work with heart, not to let down the Fairy Sister, and not to let Nan Nan look down on our Quanshui Village...

He wasn't a lazy person to begin with, but having them nag him every day made him start to doubt himself.

"No, no, it's already perfect, much better than I imagined." An Yinan waved her hand. What she said wasn't just polite talk; she truly felt it was perfect. As long as it dried out, she could paste newspapers over her bedroom walls and move in directly.

"That's good then." Brother Li let out a sigh of relief.

An Yinan had been translating these past few days, while Beibei and Yun Shen took over the tasks of heating the kang and carrying water. After hearing about it, Huzi and Xiaoshitou also ran over to help.

Brother Li even joked that even he hadn't received such filial piety from Huzi, never expecting him to come and act as a grandson for someone else first.

However, everyone knew it was a joke and just laughed it off.

The four children hadn't seen each other for a long time, and meeting again made them even closer; they were inseparable all day long.

With playmates from the village, Yun Shen also walked out of the Cowshed and could play in the village with the three of them. People who saw them wouldn't say anything; after all, the Captain's grandson was there too. Since he didn't say anything, they wouldn't either. The Captain was still the biggest official in this Quanshui Village, and also the biggest official they would ever see in their lives.

The four children played very happily, and An Yinan was also relieved to do her own work. She had been working non-stop these past few days, and even cooking was handed over to Beibei and Xie Yuanyuan. Except for the second day after checking the house, when she brought two rabbits to Auntie Li, she hadn't left the Educated Youth Station again.

Seven days later, she had finished translating all the materials, and the house at the Back Mountain had been built. Her house had also dried out, and Ershu Xie went to check the dryness of the house again before telling Beibei that they could move in.

The main gate and room doors were also installed, and Brother Li even inserted sharpened branches into the courtyard walls for the few of them to prevent petty people from having designs on the female Educated Youths.

An Yinan packed up the translated manuscripts; there was a whole large basket full...

"Beibei, Sister is going to the County tomorrow. Is there anything you need to buy?" An Yinan asked while writing down some things that needed to be bought on paper, especially old newspapers. She had to buy plenty; both her and Beibei's bedrooms needed to be pasted with newspapers, as well as the storage room in the back. That room was basically for storing food, so the walls and ceiling had to be covered, otherwise, it would be all dust.

"Sister, I've finished my books." Beibei's personality was much more outgoing now, and she would take the initiative to bring up what she wanted.

"And candles." She felt a bit embarrassed, but after using candles, she felt the kerosene lamp was too dim, which was very hard on the eyes when reading.

"Alright, I've noted it down. I'll try my best to bring them back for you." Candles were easy; she had at least several thousand packs in her space, and she hadn't specifically counted them, as she had hoarded all the inventory from several chain supermarkets.

An Yinan made a shopping list. After dinner, upon returning to her room, she went into her space and made five Woolen Coats, though this time she made two for men and three for women.

Early the next morning, An Yinan walked to the County. The weather was getting colder and colder, and fewer people were going to the County. Uncle Niu only drove his cart once every three days, and today happened to be a day he wasn't driving.

She ate two meat buns while walking; her stomach felt warm, and her body didn't feel as cold anymore.

After thinking for a moment, she carried two jin of golden silk red dates in her hand and went to the Xinhua Bookstore. The shop door was already open.

"Uncle Chen." An Yinan walked into the Xinhua Bookstore and called out loudly.

Chen Shao hurried out from the back room. "Why so long this time? If you hadn't come in these two days, I would have gone to your village to look for you."

Don't think it was a joke; looking at how serious Chen Shao was, one knew he would have done it.

"What's the matter?" An Yinan handed over the golden silk red dates first, feeling a bit strange. Although her timing had been stable before, there were times she was a bit earlier or later.

There must be some urgent matter.

"One is that we were really worried about you. You come at most every seven days, but this time it's been ten. Your Auntie Yun Dan was so anxious she was about to go to Quanshui Village. If it weren't for the fact that your village's ox cart changed its schedule, we both would have gone yesterday."

Chen Shao wasn't joking; he had specifically inquired about the ox cart yesterday.

He took the red dates and couldn't bear to refuse. Yun Dan loved the red dates Nan Nan brought. He had bought some at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but the taste was different, and he had even entrusted people to look for them in the City, but there was still no news.

"Is there anything else?" An Yinan caught the tone; she believed that Auntie Yun Dan and Uncle Chen were worried.

"Second, your certificate has arrived." Chen Shao took an envelope out of a locked drawer and handed it directly to An Yinan.

After An Yinan tore open the envelope, she saw her Translator Certificate, but this time it was for a Senior Translator.

"One hundred percent accuracy; you handed in a perfect answer sheet." Chen Shao was happy for this girl.

"Does that mean my salary will be higher from now on?" An Yinan smiled happily and put the Translator Certificate into her small military green bag.

"Indeed." Chen Shao hesitated, wanting to say something more.

"Is there something else?" An Yinan was puzzled.

Chen Shao thought for a moment before saying to An Yinan, "Recently, the province has a batch of confidential documents that need to be translated, but the accuracy must reach over ninety-nine percent. The City recommended you."