Of course, the dictionary she bought was a used one, not a new one.
Even so, she cherished this dictionary.
Tan Xiaojuan learned pinyin in a literacy class, so she knows how to spell pinyin and how to recognize characters based on pinyin.
For a genius like her with such exceptional language talent, learning to read is also very easy.
If you can learn a foreign language with ease, how could you possibly have any obstacles in learning your own mother tongue?
"I can read, but there are some meanings I don't quite understand yet, but that's okay, I can read more books." Tan Xiaojuan really enjoys her current learning state.
Although the men in her family and her children don't understand why she, who is almost forty years old, is still reading and recognizing words from a dictionary.
But Tan Xiaojuan liked it very much; she felt that she had a goal in life.
She wanted to learn as many characters as Chen Suwen had suggested, and that when she had the opportunity to learn a foreign language in the future, she might become a translator.
Sister Chen mentioned that there are many foreign friends at the Canton Fair, and even some people who don't speak Mandarin very well but speak dialects. She said that she might be able to use her skills to become a translator.
So what if she's almost forty?
Sister Chen is almost fifty years old, and they are still encouraging her. How can she give up on herself?
She used to have no goals of her own, and only thought about revolving around the man and children in her family. Now she wants to live for herself for once.
"When it comes to learning, if there's anything you don't understand, just ask. If I don't know the answer, you can ask someone else who does."
“Like school teachers, and other learned people.”
"The meaning of 'not being ashamed to ask questions' is simply that you shouldn't feel shy or ashamed, and you should bravely ask if you don't understand something, right?"
"If you just keep going, you will definitely succeed," Chen Suwen patted Tan Xiaojuan on the shoulder to encourage her.
This was the first awakened person she had seen since arriving in this era, and she hoped that she could have a good outcome and fulfill her dream.
"Yes, I will!" Tan Xiaojuan clenched her fist, indicating that she would definitely fulfill her dream. She would learn various languages, go to the Canton Fair to broaden her horizons, and eventually become an excellent translator.
She wanted people to refer to her as Comrade Tan Xiaojuan, the outstanding Comrade Tan Xiaojuan, not as "so-and-so's wife" or "so-and-so's mother."
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