70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 164: Trouble

Put away the industrial coupon, industrial coupons have many uses, and can be exchanged for a lot of things.

Industrial coupons are distributed to employed personnel in proportion to their salary income, with one coupon for every 20 yuan salary on average.

Items that can be bought with industrial coupons are quite varied, including towels, blankets, yarn, handkerchiefs, batteries, axles, iron pots, aluminum basins, aluminum lunch boxes, enamel basins, enamel mugs, enamel bedpans, thread gloves, iron shell thermos bottles, bamboo shell thermal flasks, sneakers, umbrellas, cotton rubber shoes, sewing needles, sewing thread, oilcloth raincoats, plastic-coated raincoats, artificial cotton products, nylon underwear, leather shoes, alarm clocks, radios, belts, knives and scissors, imported blades, bags of all kinds, chocolate candies, and rationed cigarettes, tea, liquor, etc.

My fourth aunt could take out two coupons at once; perhaps my cousin is quite capable.

As for saying that it was Xu Po who got the industrial coupons, Xu Mumu didn’t believe it at all. Although Xu Po seemed somewhat capable, he was just more diligent and sociable in this brigade.

Industrial coupons aren’t easy to get, even her brother, with a temporary job and a salary of about twenty yuan, only got one coupon.

Xu Mumu put away the industrial coupons and didn’t bother with it anymore, focusing on her great translating career.

Because many classmates had joined the class, it was no longer as lively as before. Xu Mumu, holding the document in her hand, wasn’t planning to translate at school, but found the contents quite interesting, something she hadn’t seen in her past life.

"Mumu, can you understand that? It’s not English, is it?" Du Yu asked, wide-eyed, looking at the book Xu Mumu was holding.

"It’s French; it talks about some interesting experiments. Do you want to see?" Xu Mumu smiled at Du Yu.

"Fr-French? Why would you learn that stuff?" Du Yu was at a loss for words. How did his friend learn so much without him knowing?

"To learn a bit, it might come in handy in the future. If you want to learn, I can teach you." Xu Mumu said with a smile.

"No, no, no, I don’t want to learn. I haven’t even mastered English yet." Du Yu shook his head immediately, frightened. Why did Xu Mumu always want him to learn this and that?

"Suit yourself, my little brothers at home all want to learn," Xu Mumu said calmly. Really, she was just asking casually. If Du Yu wanted to learn, his capable father would certainly find him a better teacher.

"Were you the one who forced them to learn?" Du Yu asked with a smile.

"No way, they love studying now." Xu Mumu rolled her eyes at Du Yu.

"Alright, alright."

Because Du Yu got involved, many in the class soon knew that Xu Mumu was reading a French book. Facing the strange looks from others, Xu Mumu felt a little headache and didn’t want to be friends with this silly guy anymore.

In the following periods, many came over to see what kind of book Xu Mumu was reading.

"This is the book I’m reading. Feel free to look if you want." Xu Mumu laid the book out openly.

"Xu Mumu, where did you learn this?" The first to ask was Xiao Mengqin, who after a semester no longer looked at Xu Mumu as unfavorably as before.

"Learned from my teacher. I found it interesting and decided to study it." Xu Mumu said with a faint smile, inventing a teacher for herself.

"You’re really amazing." Xiao Mengqin’s lips twitched. Just because she found it interesting?

Later, this matter even reached the homeroom teacher, and Xu Mumu was called to the office.

"Mr. Liu, what can I do for you?" Xu Mumu asked with some confusion since it was self-study period.

"I heard you’re reading French books?" Liu Li looked at Xu Mumu with a complicated expression.

"Yes, I’m recently helping translate at the county’s physical experiment base as a part-time job." Xu Mumu didn’t hide it from Liu Li.

"Physical experiment base? You’re doing translation?" Liu Li’s eyes widened, as if hearing an incredible joke, but the girl in front of him looked serious and not like she was lying.

"Yes, I’m helping translate some documents, including English, French, and German." Xu Mumu said seriously.

"Why do you want to do this?" Liu Li felt his mind was overloaded.

"To earn money. You should know my family’s condition, Mr. Liu." Xu Mumu said calmly. The original author being able to attend this high school was largely due to her family’s poor background.

"This work is very serious; are you really able to do it?" Liu Li was a bit skeptical; he knew Xu Mumu’s family background.

"Yes, I’ve done it once and passed their inspection. There’s no need for you to worry, Mr. Liu." Xu Mumu smiled gently.

"I see." Liu Li nodded, still looking at Xu Mumu seriously, "Xu Mumu, even though there’s no college entrance exam now, I hope you pay more attention to your studies. It will always be useful in the future. In case the exam system is restored, with your current grades, you’d have a good chance of getting into college."

"I know. I only read those documents during breaks. I translate them after school or during holidays. Today, I just found the experiments interesting, so I looked a bit more." Xu Mumu said helplessly. Had she known it would be such a hassle, she wouldn’t have brought those things to the classroom.

"As long as you know your limits." Liu Li nodded satisfactorily, relieved that Xu Mumu was listening to his advice.

With Xu Mumu’s words, Liu Li felt reassured.

Returning to the classroom, Xu Mumu decided never to bring those books to the classroom again; it’s just asking for trouble.

Meanwhile, in the office, Liu Li had mixed feelings. Anyone hearing about their student’s capabilities should be happy; getting into the county’s physical experiment base, which even the school’s physics teachers tried hard to do but couldn’t, was a chance seized by Xu Mumu.

If the college entrance exam could be restored, becoming a translator wouldn’t be a bad future for Xu Mumu. Thinking so, a smile appeared on Liu Li’s face again.

Liu Li didn’t tell others about Xu Mumu’s work, avoiding more trouble for himself. Thus, Xu Mumu quietly worked on translating those things at home.

While Xu Mumu was busy working, Yin Yang came to her house again.

Why again? Recently, Yin Yang had helped the Old Xu Family several times, making them very grateful toward him.

Xu Mumu looked up and saw her mother being supported back by Yin Yang.

"Mom? What happened?" Xu Mumu sized up her mother, finding her perfectly fine, face rosy, not like anything had happened?