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Chapter 451 Simultaneous Interpretation
“Awesome!”

Yi Chichi gave him a thumbs up, then looked at Huahua and the others, "How are your studies going?"

"Not as good as the clay doll, but I also learned a lot of knowledge!"

Compared to the Mandarin spoken by Niwawa, Huahua and the others’ Mandarin is not that good and has a distinct accent.

But, it’s better than last year.

What they said last year sounded like a foreign language to Yi Chichi, and he didn't understand anything at all.

Communication is purely based on gestures and drawings.

"The new brain really works!"

Ji Jian was stunned for a moment after hearing what Yi Chichi said, and then realized what she meant. She couldn't help laughing, "You put it very vividly. Huahua and his parents are not good at learning Mandarin."

Communication is still difficult.

Yi Chichi smiled and said, "Children have active minds, but older people's thinking is fixed, so it is indeed difficult for them to learn new knowledge."

Ji Jian blurted out, "It's just like I want to learn embroidery from you, but I can't learn it no matter how hard I try."

Yi Chizhi didn't want to respond, nor could he.

Ji Jian was still upset about not being able to learn embroidery, and she was afraid that she would get angry if she took the job.

It's better to change the subject to be on the safe side.

"Niwa, are your father and his family home?"

"No."

The clay boy said in a loud voice, "Everyone has gone to work. There is no adult at home. But if you want to exchange seafood, I can help you call the adults."

After exchanging glances, Yi Chichi and Ji Jian asked him to call for help.

The clay doll said "OK" and turned around and ran away.

He also reminded Huahua and the others to treat Yi Chichi and Ji Jian well.

The children didn't understand what it meant to entertain or not, so as soon as the clay doll left, a group of children began to enthusiastically invite Yi Chichi and Ji Jian to see the fruits of their labor according to their own ideas.

"Sister, do you think our lychees are doing well?"

As he spoke, Tiedan's little black hand grabbed two dried lychees and stuffed them into the two of them.

"Eat, it's sweet!"

Yi Chichi looked at Ji Jian and saw her nodding and smiling, "Okay, let's try it."

In fact, you don’t even need to taste them, these lychees are so well dried.

It looks delicious at first glance.

I peeled the shell and tasted it, and it was indeed delicious.

Although the core is a bit large, it does not affect the taste of the flesh at all.

That's it——

“Why are you still drying lychees in this season?”

"It was dried in the sun before, and it's a little damp. Take it out and let it air out."

"The purchasing station confiscated it?"

"I received it, but it's not sold out."

Tiedan sighed like a little adult, "Our area is not a major lychee-producing area, so the purchasing station only takes some of the lychees. We don't want the extra ones, we only take them from places that specialize in growing lychees."

This means that other places charge too much, so they charge more here.

Yi Chichi turned around and said to Ji Jian, "Do you want to exchange the dried lychees?"

"want!"

Ji Jian answered without hesitation. Whether it was lychee or longan, they were not rare on the island. They were quite common fruits like bananas and plantains.

There is no telling how many there are in the wild, so there is no shortage of food.

However, she and Lao Li's hometown don't have these, so it would be nice to send some over to their relatives and friends to try.

Dried lychees and seafood do not take up much weight. It takes four or five pounds of fresh lychees to produce one pound of dried lychees. The same goes for shrimps.

Because, after Niwawa called the team leader over, Yi Chichi started talking to him about quantity.

However, due to the language barrier, the captain's Mandarin was horrible and it even morphed into dialect.

Yi Chichi felt a headache after listening to this, and had no choice but to ask the clay doll to act as an interpreter.

The child was very responsible and did a great job as a simultaneous interpreter.

This made the conversation between Yi Chichi and the captain go extremely smoothly.

In the end, she bought a total of 80 kilograms of seafood including prawns, dried abalone, hairtail, squid, shellfish, etc., of which 20 kilograms were for Ji Jian.

Next came 60 jin of dried fruits, including lychees, mangoes, and longans. 15 jin belonged to Ji Jian.

The total cash cost for exchanging these things was 31.5, and the remainder was minus by the captain.

Five industrial coupons, two two-liang brown sugar coupons, and three half-jin grain coupons.

Yi Chichi issued industrial coupons and sugar coupons, and Ji Jian issued grain coupons.

The team leader provided great after-sales service. He packed more than 100 kilograms of seafood and dried fruits into sacks according to the couple's requirements, and then helped them deliver them to the post office to be sent directly.

Shopping nowadays is not as convenient as it is in later times. If someone has the opportunity to travel far away, it is very normal to carry large and small bags.

Those who are willing to spend money can send it through the post office, and those who are reluctant to spend money can carry it with them.

When you go to the train station, you can see people carrying luggage on their hands and with bags on their backs.

The same goes for the post office.

In addition, there are many military dependents here, and there are many large and small packages received and sent out, but no one reported it.

Qin Hui had a few good friends, and there were even more military dependents and relatives and friends who left their homes and settled on the islands to engage in construction and coastal defense.

Reporting will cause public outrage.

So, the delivery went very smoothly.

After coming out of the post office, the two said goodbye to the captain and seeing that it was still early, Yi Chichi suggested going shopping in the department store.

Ji Jian, "??? Going to the department store now?"

"It's still early, not even two o'clock."

She pointed to the time on the dial.

Ji Jian's mouth twitched, "How do we get there?"

"Take the bus."

"That'll take an hour or an hour and a half."

There are a limited number of bus services at the Fenglin station. There are only two buses coming to their side. Under normal circumstances, there is one bus every hour, and under special circumstances, there is one bus every hour and a half.

The specific time depends on the driver's mood and road conditions.

"The one just passed two o'clock."

She sincerely suggested, "If you want to take the bus, my suggestion is that we either walk there or go back to the family area and ride a bike there."

Yi Chichi thought about it and found that both options were quite troublesome.

So I gave up the idea of ​​going to the department store.

"Let's go back."

Anyway, she will go to the Friendship Store after arriving in Guangzhou, so she can just buy whatever she needs there.

Ji Jian nodded and walked back with her.

"I plan to go back this Spring Festival."

"homesick?"

"I haven't been back for a few years. I have to go back to see my parents."

"Then it's time to go back. Aren't you going to your husband's house?"

"Go back to my husband's house first, then go back to my parents' house."

Speaking of this topic, she became a little irritable, "Actually, I'm not very happy about going back to my husband's house."

Yi Chichi didn't ask why. There is only one possibility for a daughter-in-law to be unwilling to return to her parents-in-law's home: the relationship between her and her parents-in-law is not harmonious.

No need to ask.

"Does Lao Li know what you are thinking?"

"I know. He asked me to save face. He didn't ask for anything else."

Quite clear.

"Then just do as he says. It's not hard to save face."

Ji Jian smiled and said, "So I changed to seafood and dried fruits."

But your seafood is obviously not distributed evenly.

The bulk of it was given to my parents' home, and the remaining pitiful amount was sent to my husband's home.

The effort to save face was not enough.

Unless Ji Jian's family members don't show off, there will probably be trouble once her husband's family finds out.

However, she couldn't say it out loud, so she could only remind him implicitly, "We still have to take Lao Li's thoughts and emotions into consideration at certain times."

(End of this chapter)