Chapter 84: Huge Salary

Her translation manuscript was finished and needed to be taken to Uncle Chen Shao to be mailed off; Liu Meijie was likely in quite a hurry for it as well.

Most importantly, her reply letter was finally finished, so she had to take advantage of the time to hurry to the County and mail it off.

"Can you take me along tomorrow? I want to mail some grain to my Lao Xie back home." Xie Yuanyuan said with a chuckle, holding a small bag of grain...

An Yinan nodded, "Eight o'clock tomorrow? Let's head over early."

"Alrighty," Xie Yuanyuan replied.

Every half month, she would bring some powdered milk, malted milk extract, and various candies to An Yinan's room, saying it was for her own food expenses; however, Nan Nan had never minded it. Given the amount of meat Nan Nan cooked every day, the things she brought really might not even be enough.

This also resulted in Lao Xie, ever since he found out about this, sending even larger parcels every time; the powdered milk, malted milk extract, and canned goods were all enough for three people. It was unknown where he even managed to get the coupons for them.

That evening, for a rare change, An Yinan wasn't busy; she lay on the kang, completely relaxed, thinking about her past since crossing over.

"The bicycle is so fast," Xie Yuanyuan exclaimed, hugging An Yinan's small waist tightly. With such a slender waist, she really didn't know why there was such great strength.

An Yinan shouted, "Hold on tight."

In order to carry Xie Yuanyuan on the back, she had hung the large basket in front of her, so gripping the handlebars wasn't very smooth. Once the speed increased going downhill, she was afraid Xie Yuanyuan would wobble, so she said that in advance.

As soon as Xie Yuanyuan heard this, she immediately hugged her waist tighter; for a moment, she actually felt a bit breathless!

How much strength did this girl use!

More than ten minutes later, the two arrived at the Post Office. "This is too fast," Xie Yuanyuan exclaimed.

"It's easy to go downhill but hard to go uphill; we'll have to take it slow on the way back," An Yinan explained.

"Sister, I want to mail some things; they need special packaging." An Yinan took out six jars of meat sauce.

Two jars per package, exactly for three different places.

"These three letters are already sealed and can be mailed directly." An Yinan handed over the finished reply letters.

When that attendant saw it was An Yinan, her face became much more enthusiastic, and there were no reminders like last time; after all, she knew this little girl wasn't short on money. Where else would someone mail canned jars every few days?

After mailing the three letters and the items, she waited on the side for Xie Yuanyuan to mail her grain. In the grain package, there was also a tin of tea leaves she had contributed; after all, having drunk the powdered milk and malted milk extract sent by Father Xie for so long, there had to be some return gift.

"By the way, I remember there seems to be a letter for you. I'll go to the back and look for it; wait a moment." The attendant suddenly remembered something.

Dealing with her these days, she had clearly remembered this young girl's name. Once her letters arrived, she would remember them separately, but she had been too busy lately and had forgotten a bit, only just remembering now.

"My letter?" An Yinan was a bit confused. Weren't these three letters still waiting for a reply? How could there be a letter coming?

"An Yinan from Quanshui Village?" The attendant picked up the registration book and immediately found the registered information.

An Yinan nodded quickly.

"There is indeed a letter for you; I'll find it for you." This time the attendant was certain.

From among the many envelopes, she found a letter and handed it to An Yinan.

An Yinan took it and looked at the handwriting; it came from that place guarding the Northeast gateway, from the hand of that man.

At this speed, I'm afraid it had only been three or five days since he mailed the first letter, and the second letter was already on its way?

"What's wrong?" Xie Yuanyuan looked at the dazed An Yinan and hurried over to ask.

"It's nothing," An Yinan shook her head, "Where are you planning to go in a bit?"

"I'm going to the State-run Restaurant to have a big meal!" Xie Yuanyuan made a bold declaration.

"Fine, fine, fine. I have something to do in a bit and need to go out first; let's meet at the State-run Restaurant later," An Yinan said.

She had to deliver the translation manuscript first, mainly to inquire about when the higher-ups would come down for an inspection.

"Alright, I'll wait for you at the State-run Restaurant," Xie Yuanyuan nodded obediently.

An Yinan rode her bike to the Xinhua Bookstore. Chen Shao was drying books on the racks outside; even in winter, there was still some dampness in the room, so on sunny days, he had to air out the books in order, otherwise, they would get a musty smell.

"Uncle Chen." An Yinan got off the bicycle, propped it up on the side of the road, took the small military-green bag from the basket, and then walked to Chen Shao's side.

"You're here? It's quite cold, right? I'll pour you a cup of hot water." After Chen Shao put the books on the rack, he hurried into the room, poured a cup of hot water from the thermos, and handed it to An Yinan, "Warm yourself up."

An Yinan wasn't actually cold, as she was wearing plenty, "The translation manuscript is here. I used newspaper to seal it; could you help me see if it's okay?"

There were regulations from above that an Advanced Translator needed to seal their own translation materials and sign at the seal to prevent any leaks during the process.

"It's fine. It doesn't matter what you use, as long as it's sealed well and you've signed your name. The recipient will first confirm whether the signature on the seal matches the signature on the content to ensure the materials haven't passed through other hands." Chen Shao checked it; it was sealed very carefully, and her name was signed all around, with nothing missed.

This put her at ease; she knew what the rules were for the future.

"What about the inspection mentioned last time?" An Yinan asked. Logically speaking, since a time had been arranged, it should have been carried out as soon as possible; after all, it was said back then that the translation of those classified documents was very urgent, but it had been so long, and there was no news of any inspection.

Chen Shao shook his head, "I don't have any news here."

"Whatever comes, let it come. Like I said, if there's no news, then there's no news. Are there any new translation materials?" An Yinan had come to terms with it; anyway, she hadn't done anything to harm the country, so there was no need to be so meticulous. They could audit it whenever they wanted.

"There are quite a lot of new materials. Are you taking them all this time?" Last time he had increased the amount he sent, and correspondingly, the new materials sent over had also increased.

I'm afraid the higher-ups had also estimated her speed, which is why they sent so much over.

"Take them all, take them all," An Yinan nodded quickly; she was only afraid there would be too few materials and not enough to translate.

"I'll go get them for you. Also, your salary is in this envelope." Chen Shao handed her the envelope.

An Yinan had no reservations and opened the envelope. The money inside was quite thick. An Yinan counted it; there were actually over two thousand yuan?

It was more than she had estimated, and there were also quite a few Grain Coupons, Meat Coupons, daily necessity coupons, sugar coupons, and so on.

There weren't too many of each type of coupon, but there was enough of each to use.

"Was there a calculation error on this?" An Yinan looked at that thick stack of money.

Although Chen Shao was mentally prepared, he was still a bit surprised. This girl's salary for less than a month...

Thinking of his own three or four notes, he couldn't help but feel a bit bitter!