1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 1837 You're wasting your talents as a translator; you'd be an outstanding mechanic even if you came here to work on machinery.

That's true. Back then, it was still a planned economy where everything was purchased with ration coupons. Their small daily chemical factory was affiliated with a large state-owned factory, so their operations were more flexible.

With the year-end approaching, it's the time for spring cleaning. Soap, hand soap, laundry detergent, and laundry paste are all in high demand. State-owned factories can't even keep up with the planned production, so the unplanned ones naturally need to find a place to go.

They were all children of high-ranking officials, so naturally they had their own connections.

When the two arrived at the No. 1 Daily Chemical Factory workshop, the foreman who knew Jiang Wenyue frowned and said, "Wenyue, it's not that we don't want to help you, but we haven't figured out this West German machine yet. The vacuum valve of this machine is stuck, and the instruction manual is all in German. It's like reading gibberish to us. The factory is still looking for someone to translate it. We really don't dare to leave easily."

Jiang Wenyue laughed: "Master Pang, I didn't come here today to bother you, but to solve your problems. If it works out, we'll have a mutually beneficial and complementary relationship."

Upon hearing this, the several worried-looking masters all turned to look at him.

Jiang Wenyue pulled Chu Xue forward: "This is our factory's technical consultant. She is fluent in both English and German. I brought her here today to help you take a look at that German instruction manual that has stumped you."

Upon hearing this, Master Pang looked at Chu Xue with suspicion and asked, "Can you really understand German?"

Chu Xue said confidently, "Hello, Master Pang, I am Xiao Chu Xue. I used to work in a steel rolling mill for a period of time. At the Canton Fair in 1976, I was one of the accompanying translators arranged by the factory, mainly responsible for German translation."

Master Pang suddenly remembered something: "You must be Comrade Xiao. I've heard so much about you, but I haven't heard from you since. The steel rolling mill really stole the show at that year's Canton Fair."

Jiang Wenyue then interjected, "She's currently studying at Peking University, so naturally there's no news about her."

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood: So that's how it is. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Master Pang didn't delay any longer and had someone bring the German instruction manual, handing it to Chu Xue: "Comrade Xiao, please help translate this quickly."

Chu Xue had just heard them say that the problem was with the vacuum valve, so she skipped the previous content and went straight to the relevant part, then translated it for them bit by bit.

Chu Xue summarized: "The current problems are that the valve core toothpaste paste has dried up, the aged sealing gasket has expanded and jammed, the handwheel cannot be turned, the hydraulic pressure cannot be opened, the vacuum cannot be drawn, and the whole machine is broken down."

Although the masters didn't understand the German that sounded like gibberish, everything Chuxue said was right, and their eyes lit up when they heard this.

Then Chu Xue said, "The repair steps written above are to disassemble the valve body, clean the valve core, replace the old gasket, and refill with special grease. It also emphasizes that ordinary machine oil should not be used, otherwise it will contaminate the vacuum channel."

Master Pang slapped his thigh: "So it wasn't the valve that was broken. It was the toothpaste that dried up and the rubber gasket that expanded, which locked the valve core. Damn it, all that trouble these past few days was for nothing."

Someone chimed in, "That's right. Before, I kept turning the handwheel, and it just got tighter and tighter. I thought the gears were broken."

Master Pang looked at the blueprint and frowned, saying, "But we dare not pry it open forcefully, for fear of deforming this precision valve core."

Listening to his words, Chu Xue gently reminded him, "You can first use steam to slowly fumigate the valve body, soften the dried toothpaste, and loosen it little by little."

Upon hearing this, everyone gave Chu Xue a thumbs up. Someone joked, "You're wasting your talents as a translator. You'd probably excel at mechanical engineering too."