Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Chapter 10 Translation Certificate

But now they had no time to chat with Li Tianyi. Everyone was muttering nervously, and soon a teacher came with a list and started calling people.

The candidates were called into a classroom one by one and came out after a few minutes. Although Li Tianyi wanted to read something on these people's faces, everyone's expression was basically the same, and he didn't know whether they passed or not.

Soon Li Tianyi's name was called, and he walked into the classroom calmly. There were four elders sitting in the first row of the classroom, and the candidates stood on the podium. The elders below asked questions in Russian, and the candidates answered in Russian. Whether they passed or not depended on the elders' opinions.

However, these four people might not have expected that the person who came in this time was actually a child. Li Tianyi stood on the podium, bowed and greeted the four teachers, of course in Russian.

The elders now came to their senses and began to ask Li Tianyi questions. Li Tianyi answered fluently. Five minutes had passed unknowingly, but the four elders had not finished asking questions. The teacher standing next to them had to remind them.

They then realized, "Classmate, your Russian is very good, probably at an intermediate level. It's a waste of your talent to take the elementary translation certificate exam. Who did you learn Russian from?" one of the elders asked.

Li Tianyi thanked the old man for his compliment and replied: "I learned Russian by myself. When I first learned pronunciation, I asked the clerk at Xinhua Bookstore for help. Later, I memorized the Russian dictionary by myself, which led to my current level."

"That's great, kid. How old are you this year?"

"I am 11 years old this year."

The four old men looked at each other, and saw amazement in each other's eyes. To have such a high level at such a young age, no matter how old he was, it would be amazing.

But no matter how much we love talent, there is nothing we can do. Li Tianyi is too young, and it is impossible to let him work.

"Okay, kid, you go out first. You have passed your interview and you can get the translation certificate at four o'clock in the afternoon. Be careful and don't run around." The old man reminded worriedly.

"Thank you, teacher. I'll go to the gatehouse and play with the doorman later." Li Tianyi said gratefully.

Li Tianyi jumped into the gatehouse. Seeing how happy Li Tianyi was, the old man teased him, "Why, man? You must have eaten bee shit, why are you so happy?"

Li Tianyi's face was full of black lines. "You old man, you never say anything nice. I have passed the test and I can get the certificate at four o'clock."

The old man looked at Li Tianyi in surprise and said, "Of course you can. You have beaten those grown men. Let's see if they can still be so arrogant."

Li Tianyi touched his head embarrassedly and smiled. Seeing that the little guy was shy, the old man also laughed. Today the little guy was very interesting. The old man had not been so happy for a long time.

"Come on, boy, drink some water. You look so thirsty." The old man poured a teacup of water for Li Tianyi.

Li Tianyi took the teacup, then tilted his head back and drank all the water in it. He was really thirsty. The fried liver he had for lunch was a bit salty. Then he chatted with the old man for an hour, and finally answered questions for nearly twenty minutes. Li Tianyi was really thirsty.

When the old man saw Li Tianyi drink the water without hesitation, his expression became softer, as if he was looking at a junior. It is hard to explain the fate between people. Sometimes two people who have known each other for a long time are still reserved when getting along with each other, and sometimes two people who have known each other for less than two hours feel that they have met too late.

This is how the old man felt about Li Tianyi. Li Tianyi had a bad temper for him. The old man's surname was Shen. He was also a general who fought in the war years. After the country was liberated, he retired. He didn't want to stay at home and wait for death, so he found a job as a gatekeeper.

Grandpa Shen has three sons and five grandsons. His sons are basically in the army every day, and the oldest grandson is only 10 years old and the youngest is 3 years old. But without exception, they are all afraid of their grandfather. Every time they see him, they are like a mouse seeing a cat. The old women in the family always say that he is too serious and never smiles.

He thought it was his own fault before, but when he met Li Tianyi, he no longer thought so. You see, Li Tianyi has been smiling since he met him, and sometimes even made jokes with him. It didn't seem that Li Tianyi was scared by him.

Time passed quickly as Li Tianyi was making jokes. The little soldier appeared at the bulletin board again with a red paper in his hand. This time, there were obviously fewer people watching. Some people just left after looking at him, while others walked into the college. Li Tianyi also squeezed in this time. Seeing that his name was at the top of the list, he turned around and got out of the crowd without saying a word.

"How about it, is your name on it?" Uncle Shen asked curiously.

"Of course it's on top. Oh, sir, you don't have confidence in me. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go get the certificate first."

He then ran into the academy, while the old man cursed at him from behind, "You little bastard."

Li Tianyi found the classroom where he could receive his certificate. There was a line of people outside the classroom. Li Tianyi lined up behind them and went in one by one to receive his certificate.

Soon it was Li Tianyi's turn. After Li Tianyi entered the room, he saw two people sitting in the room, a woman and the old man who had just been interviewed.

Li Tianyi nodded to the old man first, then reported his name. The female comrade looked through the list and found Li Tianyi's name. She looked up at Li Tianyi again and saw that Li Tianyi was a child, so she hesitated a little. The old man behind her said, "Xiao Zhang, he is Li Tianyi. You can just give him the certificate."

"Okay, Mr. Wang." The female colleague finally felt relieved, mainly because she had never met someone so young who had passed the translation certificate exam.

Li Tianyi also thanked Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang waved to Li Tianyi and asked him to come over. Li Tianyi took the junior translation certificate in front of Mr. Wang and said, "Mr. Wang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Xiao Li, after you pass the translation test, you plan to take translation jobs, right?"

Li Tian nodded, "Yes, Mr. Wang, I plan to take my translation certificate to Xinhua Bookstore to see if I can get a translation job."

"I'm the vice president of the School of Foreign Languages ​​at QH University. I'd like to ask you to translate books for the school. Xiao Li, are you willing to do that? Of course, the translation fee will be based on the market price. Every time you finish translating a book, the school will pay you for it."

Li Tianyi did not answer immediately. He thought about it carefully. He had learned before that Xinhua Bookstore did not have translation work every day, and the documents sent to Xinhua Bookstore for translation were basically the leftovers from universities. That was why he wanted to ask translators in society to translate them.

"Mr. Wang, I promised you that I would translate for the Foreign Languages ​​College, but I will be in junior high school after the new semester starts, so I won't have much time to translate. I can't give up studying just for translation, so please forgive me."

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