She herself was very good at English and liked to read foreign novels. Later, she found a publishing house and started working part-time translating foreign novels.
The editor-in-chief of the publishing house saw that she was having a hard time, and would usually introduce her to other translation work. She relied on this part-time job to finish college and even save a sum of money for starting a business.
After graduating from college, she used the money she saved from translation and took out a loan to start a homestay, which unexpectedly became a popular online store. After several years of operation, the income was always good, and she finally had the capital to enjoy life.
As a result, not long after the good days, she transmigrated here.
Since she decided to make money by translating foreign novels, she had to first buy a few original novels and an English dictionary.
Even though her English was very good, she would occasionally need to look up some words. There was no internet in this era, so she could only rely on an English dictionary.
Su Chenhuai parked his bicycle in a paid parking shed near the bus station and took the bus to Jinxi County with Ye Linlin.
The two arrived at the marriage registration office. This was the first time in both of Ye Linlin’s lives that she had come here. She didn’t know what the process was, and neither did Su Chenhuai, who was just as clueless as she was.
The two listened to the staff’s arrangements. The procedures in this era were more complicated. After a lot of tossing and turning, they finally got their marriage certificate.
From now on, the two of them were a legal couple.
Ye Linlin secretly turned her head and glanced at Su Chenhuai. Su Chenhuai was staring at the marriage certificate in his hand, slightly dazed.
Seeming to feel Ye Linlin’s gaze, he turned his head to look over, and the two’s gazes intertwined, colliding with different sparks.
“Brother Su, where are we going now?”
Ye Linlin quickly turned her head, pretending to be calm, but her slightly red cheeks betrayed her restless heart.
Of course, Su Chenhuai was no better off. He couldn’t show anything on his face, but his ears were almost imperceptibly red again. After coughing lightly twice, he opened his mouth and said.
“Let’s go to the Xincheng Bookstore with you first. The plastic is too big to carry, we’ll buy it when we’re about to go back.”
The two took the bus to the Xincheng Bookstore.
After asking the clerk, Ye Linlin went straight to the area where foreign novels were placed.
She chose two that she had translated in her previous life, so that she could translate faster. She also picked up an English dictionary and went to pay.
There were a lot of people paying, and the two were at the end of the line. Su Chenhuai suddenly asked.
“Can you understand foreign novels?”
Su Chenhuai knew that Ye Linlin only graduated from junior high school, and didn’t expect that she could understand foreign books.
“Yeah, I liked English more when I was in school. Some classmates had foreign novels, and I read a few pages, but there were also many places I couldn’t understand, so I also bought a dictionary, planning to study on my own.”
Faced with Su Chenhuai’s question, Ye Linlin could only find an excuse to perfunctorily get through it. She couldn’t possibly tell him that she was a transmigrator, and that she had an English level of eight in her previous life. If she did, she would probably be sent to a mental hospital.
“I also have a few foreign language books, if you want to read them, I can bring them to you.”
Su Chenhuai didn’t continue to ask. He could see that Ye Linlin’s expression was not very natural, but since the other party didn’t want to say, he wouldn’t press her. After all, everyone had their own secrets, and so did he.
After paying, the two had just walked out the door when someone called out to Su Chenhuai.
“Brother Su, you’re here to browse the bookstore? What books do you want to buy? Why didn’t you look for me?”
Ye Linlin followed the voice and looked over, and it turned out to be someone she knew, the male stall owner who she bought the cookbook from that day.
“Zhu Zi, you’re here to buy books again? It’s not me buying, I’m accompanying someone.”
Su Chenhuai was obviously very familiar with this person named Zhu Zi, and his face, which usually didn’t have much expression, actually had a little smile on it.
“Linlin, this is my brother who grew up with me, Liu Zhu, you can just call him Zhu Zi. Zhu Zi, this is my wife.”
Su Chenhuai introduced Ye Linlin and Liu Zhu to each other. Hearing Su Chenhuai introduce her as his wife to others, Ye Linlin’s cheeks flushed again.
“Wife? When did you get married? Why didn’t you say anything, and didn’t tell me? Do people in our alley know?”
Liu Zhu had just seen a woman next to Su Chenhuai, but he couldn’t see her face clearly because Su Chenhuai was blocking her. He didn’t expect it to be his wife.
“I haven’t had time to tell everyone yet. We just got our marriage certificate today. She’s the sister of my comrade-in-arms. I’ll take her to see my godmother when I have time.”
Hearing Su Chenhuai’s words, Liu Zhu nodded.
“Sister-in-law, hello. Hey! Big sister, what a coincidence, you’re Brother Su’s wife?”
Liu Zhu took two steps forward to greet her. After getting closer and seeing Ye Linlin’s appearance clearly, he also felt it was a coincidence.
If it were someone else who had bought a book once, he might not necessarily remember them, but this girl was too beautiful, and she was the only one who wanted to buy a foreign novel like Su Chenhuai, so it was hard for him not to remember her.
“Hello, it’s really a coincidence, I didn’t expect you to know each other.”
Ye Linlin had already seen this expression on others for the second time. The last time was when Liu Yan heard Su Chenhuai introduce her as his fiancée at the restaurant.
Was it so difficult for Su Chenhuai to have a girlfriend? He was so handsome, it should be easy to find a girlfriend, so why was everyone so surprised?
What Ye Linlin didn’t know was that Su Chenhuai was excellent in both appearance and his own conditions. Many people had pursued him over the years, but he had rejected them all.
The neighbors and elders who had watched him grow up had also introduced him to many girls, and even the leaders and their family members in the army wanted to introduce him to a girlfriend. But he had never gone on a blind date.
Now that a wife suddenly appeared, everyone would of course be very surprised.
Hearing that Liu Zhu and Ye Linlin knew each other, Su Chenhuai didn’t expect it.
“You know each other?”
“Yeah, I bought a book from him before.”
Ye Linlin briefly explained how the two met. Su Chenhuai nodded.
“If you want to buy books in the future, you can have Zhu Zi bring them to you.”
Hearing Su Chenhuai’s words, Ye Linlin thought it was a good idea. After she finished translating these few books, her belly would probably be getting bigger, and it would be inconvenient to go out. It would be easier to have a familiar person help.
“That’s right, sister-in-law, if you want anything else, I’ll help you bring it. Don’t worry, it definitely won’t be more expensive than the bookstore.”
Liu Zhu was also enthusiastic, afraid that Ye Linlin would have concerns about the price, and specially emphasized it.
“Then I’ll trouble you in the future. Do you always set up a stall at the supply and marketing cooperative?”
The small vendors in this era might often change places, so Ye Linlin wasn’t sure where to find him.
“Yes, sister-in-law, I’m mostly there. There are a lot of people there. Sometimes I’m also at the bus station. If you can’t find me, tell Brother Su, he knows where my house is.”
Liu Zhu sometimes changed places, and sometimes he would go to the county to buy books, so he might not always be able to find him. After telling Ye Linlin that she could tell Su Chenhuai to find him, he asked the two to come to his house for dinner when they had time.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the few people separated. Liu Zhu opened the door and walked into the bookstore, while Ye Linlin and Su Chenhuai walked towards the bus stop.