After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Chunsheng immediately explained to Chunmiao, "This money, was it given to me by Brother Junwu?"

Chunmiao looked surprised after hearing this, "Didn't Mom tell you to return the 5 yuan that Junwu gave you?"

Chunsheng shook his head, saying helplessly, "I offered it to him, but he didn't want it!"

"But don't worry, I'll find a way to pay him back sooner or later."

Chunmiao nodded. "Hurry up and give it to them. They teach you martial arts every day; it wouldn't be right to take their money for nothing!"

Chunsheng hummed in agreement and was about to ask the salesperson to pay when Chunmiao stopped him, saying, "Let's use the money Mom gave you to buy this dictionary. Keep the 5 yuan you have to pay them back!"

As Chunmiao spoke, she took the dictionary from Chunsheng and went straight to the busy sales clerk nearby to pay for it.

Chunsheng watched Chunmiao's retreating figure, sighed dejectedly, and muttered, "Fine, then we'll spend the family's money for now. Once the translation is finished, all the money we earn will go to Mom!"

Just then, the third sister, Chunping, walked in from outside, but her husband, Gao Xiaocheng, was nowhere to be seen.

Chunsheng immediately asked, "Where's Xiaocheng?"

Chunping said in a low voice, "I just went back to my workplace. I said I forgot to get some reference materials for you, so I went back specifically to get them."

Chunsheng then realized that he and Gao Xiaocheng had been too excited and had forgotten to ask Wang Beiping for Chinese materials on the translation equipment.

However, wouldn't sending his brother-in-law back to ask Wang Beiping for the information alone make Wang Beiping feel that his brother-in-law, Gao Xiaocheng, helped an outsider in this translation collaboration, thus affecting his future work?

Thinking of this, Chunsheng immediately said, "I'll go after my brother-in-law and go back with him to get it."

As he spoke, he ran towards the door, with his third sister, Song Chunping, chasing after him. Once outside, she shouted, "Don't chase after him! Your brother-in-law is probably already at work."

Chunsheng frowned and said, "I'm worried that my brother-in-law will have a bad impression of him if I let him go to his boss to ask for the Chinese materials himself!"

Song Chunping immediately grabbed Chunsheng's arm, shook her head, and laughed, "Don't worry, your brother-in-law isn't a child. How could he possibly ask his boss directly?"

Upon hearing this, Chunsheng immediately stopped and asked, "So, brother-in-law is going to ask someone else for it?"

Song Chunping laughed and said, "That's right. Your brother-in-law said that Wang Beiping doesn't have the information you want at all. Even if he goes to Wang Beiping to ask for it, Wang Beiping can only go to someone else."

"So, your brother-in-law just went to whoever had the information and asked for it!"

Chunsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with an embarrassed look, "It's all my fault for being so happy just now that I completely forgot about something so important!"

Song Chunping shook her head and smiled, "Your brother-in-law just said the same thing, that he was so happy that he almost messed up your plans."

Chunsheng immediately said, "No! Don't let my brother-in-law think that way. We should thank him properly for this cooperation. How can you say that he ruined my plans? I should be the one to blame."

Song Chunping patted Chunsheng on the shoulder, "Alright, we're all family, let's not say such formal things."

"Besides, your brother-in-law also said that this collaboration was entirely due to his efforts. He just needs your teacher to translate those two booklets well, and not to worry about anything else!"

Chunsheng nodded. "I understand. You and your brother-in-law can rest assured. This matter will definitely be handled well and will not embarrass your brother-in-law."

Song Chunping looked at Chunsheng in front of her and didn't say another word.

She increasingly felt that her younger brother had grown up quite a bit since then.

Not only have they become more sensible, but they also seem to be more thoughtful when facing problems, and can even think of some hidden crises and know to prevent them in advance.

Soon, Chunmiao walked out of the Xinhua Bookstore with the "Concise English-Chinese Dictionary".

After greeting his third sister Chunping, Chunsheng immediately pulled Chunmiao into the bookstore.

Chunmiao asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Chunsheng laughed and said, "We still need to buy some other things."

As he spoke, he dragged Chunmiao toward a counter selling all kinds of stationery.

After Chunsheng asked the salesperson to bring out three stacks of manuscript paper and two hardcover notebooks, Chunmiao asked curiously, "Don't we already have letter paper and notebooks at home? Why are you buying these things again?"

Chunsheng smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't ask yet, you'll find out later."

Chunmiao glanced at the items on the counter, looked at the price tags, and roughly calculated that they all cost a total of 85 cents.

Although it was a bit pricey, she knew that her younger brother Chunsheng never spent money recklessly, so if it was something he wanted, it must be for something important.

When the siblings came out of the Xinhua Bookstore again, Gao Xiaocheng had already returned from his workplace with the materials he had collected.

Chunsheng took the stack of documents from his brother-in-law Gao Xiaocheng, flipped through a few pages, and realized that it really was a case of "a trade is like a mountain to climb."

Some of the terms in the references do look a bit unfamiliar. It seems that I need to thoroughly understand these materials before I can translate those two booklets well.

Otherwise, the translated material will not only be incomprehensible to laymen, but also likely incomprehensible to skilled workers.

In that case, Wang Beiping will definitely come after me.

At that point, not only will she have to return the money she has already received, but her brother-in-law will also likely be implicated.

So Chunsheng quickly packed the documents into his bag and said, "Let's go, brother-in-law, hurry up and go to the Agricultural Bureau to find your classmate. Don't keep them waiting."

Gao Xiaocheng smiled and said, "It's alright. When I got back to the office, I called him again. He said the director wasn't here this afternoon. He was in his office having tea and chatting with a deputy director. He told us not to worry and to just have the gatekeeper call him when we got to the gate."

Chunsheng smiled and nodded.

Although I didn't say anything, I was thinking to myself, "He's not in a hurry, but I am!"

I wanted to finish my business and quickly go home to study the Chinese documents in my bag.

If you don't read through two or three hundred pages of reference materials three to five times, you really won't feel confident when translating those English materials.

Huazhou County is not a large county town, so they left the bookstore and rode their bicycles to the Agricultural Bureau in less than 10 minutes.

After the old man guarding the gate finished making a phone call to Gao Xiaocheng's classmate who worked as a secretary under the director of the Agriculture Bureau, a well-dressed man of similar age to Gao Xiaocheng jogged out of the yard in no time.

Upon arrival, the other person immediately grasped Gao Xiaocheng's hand, saying with great enthusiasm, "We've finally been waiting for you, you busy man!"

Gao Xiaocheng also laughed and said, "I don't come here unless I need something, so I hope I won't cause you any trouble."

Then, Gao Xiaocheng introduced him to his wife, Song Chunping, saying, "This is the old squad leader I've always told you about, Comrade Hou Guoqiang."

Then, he introduced Song Chunping and her two younger siblings to Hou Guoqiang.

When Hou Guoqiang shook hands with Chunsheng, Chunsheng suddenly felt as if he had seen his brother-in-law's classmate somewhere before!