Chapter 33 His wife's eyes are clearly brighter!
Qin Suisui was puzzled by his appearance and asked cautiously, "What's wrong? Are you drunk?"
Realizing his lapse in composure, Pei Jiuyan awkwardly released Qin Suisui's hand, trying his best to keep his voice steady: "Um, a little. I'll go take another shower."
Pei Jiuyan took a long time to shower this time. Qin Suisui's hair was already dry before he came in, and his face had returned to normal.
Not wanting to delay important matters, Pei Jiuyan came in with a thick stack of documents in his hand. Seeing Qin Suisui's curiosity, he didn't keep her in suspense and directly told her about the task that Commander Jia had assigned him that afternoon.
Upon hearing this, Qin Suisui exclaimed, "A translation job! All that I've learned can finally come in handy!" Moreover, it was to help translate materials for the Canton Fair. Although it wouldn't be as fulfilling her dream of "arguing with foreigners and winning glory for the country," the Canton Fair was about international trade. If she translated the materials well, it would also be a way of winning glory for the country. They were all different paths leading to the same goal!
"Okay, okay! Let me see it quickly!" Qin Suisui couldn't wait for Pei Jiuyan to hand it to her, and jumped up from the chair to snatch it.
Afraid that he might "get a fever" again, Pei Jiuyan quickly reached out and pressed Qin Suisui down into a chair. Qin Suisui struggled in vain and was instead held down. She wasn't angry, but just tried to lift her face from his large hand, looking at him with bright eyes: "Let me see!"
As Pei Jiuyan handed her the stack of documents, he explained, "The documents you helped translate before have been found out by the person in charge of organizing the Canton Fair. You know, there's a shortage of translators right now, especially for French and Japanese. They haven't translated the product information for many of their suppliers yet, and they're really worried about what to do. It just so happens that Commander Jia reported this news to them, and that's how they came to us."
Seeing Qin Suisui flipping through the documents without saying a word, Pei Jiuyan was a little unsure whether she was willing to do so much work, so he could only continue to speak dryly: "This is not unpaid work. They will pay you a translation fee ranging from 10 to 100 yuan depending on the length, number of words, and difficulty of the documents. But if you don't want to do it, I will go and refuse Commander Jia tomorrow, and it will be up to your wishes."
Qin Suisui finally looked up from the documents, her eyes sparkling brightly in the dim candlelight: "Why wouldn't I want to? I'd love to! Brother Ajiu, you know my dream! And this not only brings honor to the country, but it will also make you proud, won't it? Let people know that your wife isn't just a useless pretty face!"
With the power supply in short supply, the residential compound sometimes experiences power outages at night. Tonight, the power went out, so Pei Jiuyan temporarily found some red candles that he had bought on his wedding day and lit them.
Just as the salesperson said, the red candle was indeed very bright, brighter than ordinary candles, but Pei Jiuyan felt that it was a lie; his wife's eyes were clearly brighter!
So, because of Qin Suisui's few words, Pei Jiuyan once again shamelessly went to take a shower.
When he returned, Qin Suisui was already working on the documents by candlelight. He went up to her and slammed the documents shut: "It's too late today, let's continue tomorrow."
And so, Qin Suisui worked day and night on these translation tasks for the entire week. On Thursday, Zanzan went to daycare with Sister Xiaohua and Brother Xiaoli because Pei Jiuyan's vacation was over and he had gone out to sea, and Qin Suisui was busy with work and didn't have time to take care of him.
On Friday afternoon, Qin Suisui finally finished translating all 52 documents. To ensure quality, she checked each one herself. Only after confirming that there were no errors did she ask Commander Jia to send someone to pick them up.
She stretched her sore limbs and ran to the yard to take a look. After Pei Jiuyan left, she would water the vegetable garden with the water from the space stream whenever she had free time. With this "cheat code", in just two days, the cucumbers were already showing the size of a little finger, the tomatoes had also grown into small green fruits, and the melons were as big as Zanzan's fist.
While no one was home, Qin Suisui sneaked into her spatial dimension. Earlier, when Pei Jiuyan was building a trellis for the cucumbers in the yard, Qin Suisui had specifically asked him to get some extra bamboo sticks, which she then secretly used to build the trellis in her spatial dimension.
At this moment, the crisp cucumbers, bright red tomatoes, and fresh green gourds in the space were all ripe and glistening in the sunlight.
On both sides of the black soil, golden mangoes hung heavily on the branches, red lychees bent the branches, bananas were ripe, and tall coconut trees were always laden with fruit, but Qin Suisui couldn't tell whether they were ripe or not.
Taking out the small bamboo basket she brought from the kitchen, Qin Suisui picked a few cucumbers, then picked seven or eight plump and juicy tomatoes, and two cucumbers. Then she walked to the fruit tree to think about picking some fruit.
Perhaps the nutrients in this space are too good, because these fruit trees have grown much taller than the fruit trees in the previous grove. Qin Suisui stood under the mango tree, worried. How was she going to pick so many fruits? If I called to it, would it come down on its own?
Qin Suisui almost laughed at herself, but the next second, seven or eight mangoes really did fall from the tree, landing right in front of her. And each one was perfectly intact, unlike the ones she and Zanzan had picked before, which had scars on their skin.
Qin Suisui was taken aback. It really worked? She walked to the coconut tree and shouted, "Give me two coconuts!"
The next second, two round coconuts appeared on the ground. Qin Suisui was delighted. It really worked! This space could really be controlled with her mind!
She used the same method to pick a large bunch of lychees and a few bananas. As she passed by the stream, she happened to see a group of plump ducks swimming in the stream, and a hen leading a group of chicks to catch insects on the grass next to it.
Qin Suisui was stunned. Did she buy so many chickens and ducks back then? The price has increased several times over!
Thinking of the fragrant, crispy roast duck, Qin Suisui's mouth watered. She wondered if Sister Tang knew how to make it, but roast duck required an oven, so she probably wouldn't be able to eat it...
Remembering the pregnant cow from before, she ran to the meadow to look for her again, but couldn't find her anywhere. Finally, she found her in the cowshed, where she had already given birth and was comfortably nestled there, nursing her two calves.
Qin Suisui sighed inwardly, even without her, the residents of her space could live just fine on their own!
Seeing the calf drinking so happily, Qin Suisui sneakily approached with a small wooden bucket. When the mother cow didn't react, she quickly caught the bucket underneath and started squeezing the milk with her hands.
Perhaps her movements were a bit rough and hurt the cow, because the cow grunted. Qin Suisui immediately raised her hands, took a few steps back, and her heart was in her throat. What if the cow kicked her?
The cow simply turned its head to look at her, then turned back to close its eyes and take a nap.
Qin Suisui was "apprehensive" but "bold" enough to squeeze in enough drinks for her and Zanzan for one meal before sneaking away.
Before leaving, she ran to the pond to check on the seafood she had casually tossed in earlier. There seemed to be a little more seafood than before, but it was still the same variety. Pei Jiuyan had been gone for two days, and she hadn't had any seafood for two days. She was actually missing it. She had already finished Grandma Mai's oyster sauce and conch sauce, mainly because Chi Donglin and the others had taken most of them...
Qin Suisui was thinking about going to the beach again sometime to harvest more oysters and sea snails, and then asking Grandma Mai to make them into sauce. Any leftover seafood could be thrown into her spatial pool, preferably a variety of species to allow them to multiply freely, so she'd have an endless supply of seafood…
While thinking about it, she took the fruits, vegetables and milk and left the space.
The sound of a door opening came from outside the yard; it must be Zan Zan returning. She had been busy with work these past few days and was worried that Zan Zan might not hear her knocking, so she gave her the key.
She went out to greet him, but found that Zan Zan was not as lively and cheerful as usual when he came back tonight. Usually, as soon as he saw her, the little guy would chatter happily, telling her about his experiences at daycare. But today, he kept his head down and looked a little listless.
Qin Suisui thought the little guy had been bullied at school, so she asked with concern, "Zanzan, what's wrong? Did something unpleasant happen at school..." Before she could finish speaking, she saw Zanzan's bright red face.
Zan Zan looked up at her pitifully and said, "Mommy, I feel dizzy, I think I'm sick..."
Qin Suisui was taken aback. She quickly reached out and found that Zanzan's forehead was very hot. She quickly hugged Zanzan tightly and took out a mercury thermometer from her medicine box where she kept her usual medicines to take Zanzan's temperature.
It's a whopping 39.5°!
Qin Suisui's face darkened. She remembered that Zanzan was in good condition when he left home in the morning. She took out the fever reducer that her grandmother specially made for children from the medicine box and fed it to Zanzan. At the same time, she brought warm water and repeatedly wiped the little guy's neck, armpits, elbows, groin, palms, and soles of his feet. After all that, his temperature dropped to 39°C and the little guy fell into a deep sleep.
Qin Suisui went out to get some water, intending to cook some rice porridge for him. The little guy hadn't even eaten dinner yet, and he was at a crucial stage of growth; he would definitely be hungry when he woke up.
Just as she was about to enter the kitchen, Aunt Tang from next door came over with a bowl of plain porridge and a bowl of wontons in chili oil. Upon seeing Qin Suisui, she quickly lowered her voice and asked with concern, "How are you? Has Zanzan's fever gone down?"
Just as Zanzan was returning home, Aunt Tang also happened to be coming back from outside. They met at the door and, knowing that Zanzan was sick, thought that the mother and son must not have eaten, so she prepared some food and brought it over.
Qin Suisui thanked her gratefully, "It's all thanks to you, sister-in-law. I've been busy all this time, and I was about to cook some porridge for him. His fever has gone down a bit now, and the little guy is asleep."
Aunt Tang nodded: "Don't worry, it's normal for children to get sick. What child doesn't get sick? Since Ayan isn't here, you need to take good care of yourself so you'll have the energy to take care of him. Look at you, you've been busy all this time and probably haven't eaten yet, right? Hurry up and finish this bowl of wontons. After you finish, leave the bowl there, and I'll come back for it tomorrow."
After Aunt Tang left, Qin Suisui put the white porridge she had given Zanzan back in the pot to keep it warm, and then picked up the bowl of wontons in chili oil and wolfed them down.
She had only eaten half of the meal when she suddenly heard a noise from the bedroom upstairs. Qin Suisui quickly put down her bowl and ran upstairs, only to find that the little guy had woken up and was vomiting by the bedside. He had probably vomited a lot, as his face was even redder than before.
When Qin Suisui came up, the little one raised her teary eyes and said in a pitiful voice, "I'm sorry, Mom, I accidentally threw up on the floor and got the sheets a little dirty."
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