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From the late fifties to the early eighties.

eating problem.

It has become a major problem that everyone cannot avoid.

Even though it’s 1978.

Starvation to death is a thing of the past.

Going hungry one day and then full the next is still the norm.

Especially in Dongshan Brigade, the problem of not having enough food was particularly serious.

How can I make up for my debt to my daughter and wife?

The natural thing is to let them eat well first.

"Xiu Xiu, let's go in."

"Kaifeng, is this a place we can come to?"

This is Lu Xiuxiu's first time in the county.

I didn't expect that the place my husband was going to was the county government compound.

The men and women coming in and out looked like high-ranking officials.

Not wearing glasses.

There's a pen in my breast pocket.

"Don't be afraid, I promise no one will chase us away."

For this occasion today, Lin Kaifeng specially put on the cool Zhongshan suit that his father-in-law had someone buy from the city when he got married.

Dacron fabric is not cold-resistant in winter and very hot in summer.

The only advantage is that it is lightweight and durable.

Holding Lu Xiuxiu's little hand, Lin Kaifeng walked into the county government gate.

Lu Xiuxiu kept her head down, like a child who had done something wrong.

Following Lin Kaifeng in small steps.

On the other hand, Lin Kaifeng.

He walked forward with his head held high, giving the appearance of being someone he often visited.

After stopping someone to ask a few questions, the two arrived at the door of an office.

Lin Kaifeng looked up at the sign above.

Translation team office.

"Dang Dang Dang."

"Please come in."

There was a knock on the door and a man's voice was heard from inside.

"Hello, is the person in charge here?"

Lin Kaifeng pushed the door open and went in.

In front of me is a small room filled with various books.

Opposite the door, next to the window, there are two desks with glass panels.

The desk on the left is empty.

Sitting at the desk on the right was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a navy blue Zhongshan suit, black-framed glasses, and sleeves on his hands.

"I'm the leader of the translation team, Xu Bin."

The middle-aged man adjusted the frame of his glasses and asked politely, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"

"Hello, Team Leader Xu, my name is Lin Kaifeng."

"My friend Sun Bowen told me that professional foreign language translators are needed here."

"Sun Bowen?"

Xu Bin was stunned for a moment and looked hesitant.

Lin Kaifeng smiled and gestured to his body with his hands.

"Oh! Fatty Sun."

"So you are his friend. I was wondering who Sun Bowen is."

Xu Bin couldn't help laughing.

"As soon as you made that gesture, I knew it was him."

"Well, other people use their money to improve their families' lives, but this guy uses it all to improve his own life."

Lin Kaifeng agreed with a smile: "Who says it's not true? He is the only one who has high blood lipids due to eating too much these days."

"Comrade Lin Kaifeng, you are also a college student, right?"

More than three months ago, Sun Bowen gave up his studies and went to college.

This time he leaves.

The pressure of translation fell entirely on Lao Xu and his colleague.

Looking at Lin Kaifeng's attire, he is about the same age as Fatty Sun.

The fact that you dare to take this job proves that you have some confidence in yourself.

It means he is a college student.

Now I know why Fatty Sun has high blood lipids.

Probably a roommate.

"Team Leader Xu, you misunderstood. I'm not a college student. I'm an educated youth who went to work in the countryside."

Xu Bin's face changed.

"You...you are an educated youth..."

Educated youth sent to the countryside?

What an international joke.

The educated youth who went to the countryside did not graduate from junior high school, and their highest level of education would not exceed high school.

It’s hard to say whether you can understand the 26 letters.

Not to mention translating a large number of foreign books.

Feeling that Xu Bin was in a bad mood, Lu Xiuxiu, who was hiding outside the door, nervously pulled Lin Kaifeng's clothes.

Go away quickly, they are trying to kick you out.

Lin Kaifeng turned around and gave Lu Xiuxiu a reassuring smile.

"Team Leader Xu, when Sun Bowen was your translator, he seemed to have only a high school degree."

"You are different from him."

For Fatty Sun's sake, Xu Bin did not chase him away directly.

"Both of Sun Bowen's parents studied abroad, and their majors were engineering. He grew up in this family atmosphere, and his ability cannot be compared with his academic qualifications."

Lin Kaifeng said calmly: "My parents are also intellectuals."

Xu Bin hesitated for a moment and said, "What kind of work do they do?"

"University teacher, just liberated."

"Ugh."

Xu Bin looked sad.

Many years ago, Longguo tightened its belt to import complete sets of industrial equipment and related technical information and data from the United States, West Prussia, Gaul, and island countries.

A number of key projects were implemented in Northeast China.

Because it cost as much as 43 billion US dollars, it was named the Project.

All industrial data and documents provided by foreign countries are in foreign languages.

Northeast China is a major industrial province and is adjacent to the Russians and the north, so there is no shortage of professional foreign language talents.

This was indeed the case before.

Each department at the provincial, municipal and county levels has a relatively complete translation department.

pity.

More than a decade of chaos has resulted in the loss of a large number of translation talents.

Learn and speak foreign languages.

It is equivalent to colluding with foreign countries.

The more educated you are, the more of a bastard you are; the more you read, the more reactionary you are.

A large group of translation talents who have been "liberated" are worried about encountering misfortune again.

I would never dare to take the lead.

The 43 Project involves a large amount of foreign technology and data and documents.

Translation work is directly related to the progress of specific projects.

The higher authorities issued a death order.

People can wait for projects, but projects cannot wait for people.

All departments at the provincial, municipal and county levels were mobilized.

Mobilize all the strength at hand and translate against the clock.

In Lin County, which has a population of over 100,000, there are only two professional translators.

The situation is not much better elsewhere.

In some counties, there is not even a single translator.

There is no solution everywhere.

They reported to their superiors and asked for support.

The superior replied that they could recruit translation talents from the society.

"Comrade Lin Kaifeng, if you know the titles of these books, let's continue our discussion."

Xu Bin turned around and took five books from the bookshelf.

After thinking about it, he put the three books back.

These three books came from West Prussia, so it was impossible for Xu Bin to know them.

Lin Kaifeng picked up a book, looked at the cover, and then opened the first page of the book.

"Metallographic diagram of steel."

"The subtitle is Macrostructure and Defects of Steel."

"Author: Austen."

Xu Bin took a deep breath and was shocked.

What was shocking was not that Lin Kaifeng could read out the main and secondary titles of the books.

But he recognizes the professional terms above.

English and English are different.

Even native speakers may not recognize some professional terms.

The biggest difficulty in translating foreign scientific and technological literature is not whether or not one can understand English.

Instead, it contains a large number of obscure and difficult to understand professional terms.

"Pneumatic components and their application circuits"

"The author is Kujin Miichi."

"Team Leader Xu, I think some comrades were careless in their work and put the book cover with the words on it on this book."

Lin Kaifeng unwrapped the book cover.

A professional book written in Japanese characters was revealed inside.

Xu Bin looked at Lin Kaifeng in surprise.

"How come you can speak Japanese characters?"

His tone was full of caution.