Era: 1962, the rise of vocabulary and related terms

After putting the items into his spatial ring, Yan Xiao went out again.

This time, instead of going to the supply and marketing cooperative, I went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books!

Now that the pattern in the entries has been found, it's natural to make use of it.

Upon arriving at Xinhua Bookstore, Yan Xiao went straight to the English section and found a Chinese-English dictionary to browse through.

Ding--

[The host is learning a foreign language and has obtained the entry "English Scholar".]

[English Scholar (White): Able to understand some simple everyday expressions, common vocabulary, basic grammar rules, and conduct simple daily conversations.]

Yan Xiao continued reading, but didn't see the most important [special effect].

"What happened?"

Before he could think further, he saw the progress bar, which was originally at (1/100), gradually increasing.

1...5...10....60.....

In the end, he became an [English scholar (white 83/100)].

"Huh?!" Yan Xiao was taken aback. "Could it be because I studied this before that it suddenly increased?"

With these questions in mind, Yan Xiao went to another foreign language exhibition area.

Ding--

[The host is learning a foreign language and has obtained the entry "Russian Scholar"]

[Russian scholar (white): Able to understand some simple everyday expressions, common vocabulary, and basic grammar rules.]

Russian Language Scholar (White 31/100)

"As expected! Things I've already learned are easier to progress on after triggering certain keywords."

Compared to English scholar entries, Russian scholar entries lack the most crucial element: communication skills.

"I've discovered another pattern. Not bad, not bad. This Russian vocabulary entry can now gather dust."

Currently, the capital city has disagreements with its elder brother, and the status of the Russian language has been gradually diminished since the past two years.

Two years later, in 1964, the Ministry of Education clearly stated that "foreign language education should focus on English," and the scale of Russian language courses was gradually reduced, with school teachers and teaching materials resources shifting towards English.

Yan Xiao returned to the English exhibition area and bought several textbooks to take home.

As for how to improve English proficiency, there's no need to experiment; he has firsthand experience with it.

It's just doing practice problems!

Do the problems!

Should we do some more questions?

"What's so difficult about this!" Yan Xiao said with great confidence, but his face was full of tears.

I studied English for 16 years before I transmigrated and finally passed the CET-4 exam. But I still have to study it after I transmigrate!

"Since English and Russian are fine, what about other languages...?"

"Oh no!" Yan Xiao suddenly realized something and his body trembled involuntarily.

If I can learn English, then Japanese...

The hundreds of gigabytes of short films he had stored on his computer included movies about youth, school life, wives, the bizarre, and AI, as well as dozens of similar ones like "Madam, you don't want your husband to lose his job, do you?" which had been viewed over a hundred times.

"My innocence!!! It's ruined! Utterly ruined!"

Yan Xiao knelt down with a thud.

I fear not being shattered to pieces, but only wish to leave behind a pure reputation in the world!

His innocence—is gone!

Inside the bookstore, everyone watched as Yan Xiao suddenly knelt down and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

Yan Xiao only felt a little melancholy before composing himself: "Forget it, I've already transmigrated here, let bygones be bygones. As long as I haven't lost my innocence here, that's fine. It's a pity about those hundreds of gigabytes of movies, I wonder who got them?"

I picked up the textbook and went to pay; thankfully, I didn't need a receipt to buy the books.

As Yan Xiao left Xinhua Bookstore, he glanced at the sky; it was almost time to get off work.

"I won't go back to the dormitory. I'll go back to the factory first. I can't keep Brother Xu waiting."

Finding an opportunity to throw the English textbook into his spatial storage, Yan Xiao headed straight back to the steel rolling mill.

......

Downstairs from the cadre building.

Yan Xiao leaned against the corner of the wall, waiting for Xu Chunwang.

"Hey, comrade, new here? From the purchasing department three?"

Xu Chunwang didn't get what he was waiting for; instead, a stranger showed up.

He was dressed casually and looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, but he appeared somewhat aged.

Yan Xiao instead asked, "Who are you?"

Feng Xiwang said to himself, "You're obviously new here. You don't even know me. I'm Feng Xiwang from the Fourth Purchasing Department. Our two purchasing departments are right next to each other."

Yan Xiao cupped his hands in greeting: "So it's Brother Feng. I've heard so much about you."

He didn't even recognize the person, so how could he have heard so much about him? Feng Xiwang didn't care.

He finally met this guy; he thought it would take several days.

"Hey kid, how's it going in the Third Department? Are they bullying you? If you can't stand it, you can try our Fourth Department."

"No need, no need. I'm doing quite well in the Third Department and have no plans to leave for the time being."

Yan Xiao knew that he had just arrived and was receiving concern for no reason, so there must be something he didn't know.

When you don't know the other person's identity, leave room for maneuver in your speech.

'He's quite cunning,' Feng Xiwang thought to himself. 'I thought he was just a naive newbie, but I didn't expect him to be so cautious.'

"I happen to be free right now, so as a senior colleague, I'll tell you about purchasing. By the way, how's your alcohol tolerance? If you can't hold your liquor, you won't last long in this purchasing job."

"Not bad?" Yan Xiao asked modestly.

Seeing his calm expression, Feng Xiwang knew what was going on.

"Not bad? That means you're not good. Let me tell you, your Section Chief Sun loves to use his subordinates to drink for you. If you can't hold your liquor, you'll get into trouble sooner or later."

"You don't know, you deputy section chiefs used to suffer a lot when Section Chief Sun dragged you into drinking on their behalf."

"Oh, right!" Feng Xiwang suddenly remembered something and his voice rose sharply: "He was dismissed from his post and made a regular purchasing agent before, but I don't know what stroke of luck he had, he was reinstated."

As he said this, Feng Xiwang was seething with hatred, as if he harbored some kind of deep-seated grudge.

"Hmm?" Upon hearing several key points, Yan Xiao immediately became interested. "Could you elaborate?"

Seeing that Yan Xiao was so cooperative, Feng Xiwang raised an eyebrow, realizing he had an opportunity.

"Actually, you'll know all this once you've been here a while. Our Section Chief Zong from the Fourth Section is quite good at socializing. You should come visit me sometime."

"By the way, when you have time, you should really practice your drinking capacity..."

Before they could say much, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Xiao Yan!"

It was Xu Chunwang.

"Alright, I'll tell you more about it when I have time." Feng Xiwang cursed Xu Chunwang inwardly, gave Yan Xiao a perfunctory reply, and hurriedly left.

Upon seeing Feng Xiwang, Xu Chunwang immediately rushed over: "What did Feng Xiwang say to you? Do you know him?"

Yan Xiao glanced at Xu Chunwang, then at the departing Feng Xiwang, and a few thoughts began to form in his mind.

He shook his head: "I don't know him. This is the first time I've met him. He just told me about some purchasing matters and suggested that I practice my drinking skills when I have time."

"Oh, right, he also had time to let me visit the fourth department."

"Hmm?!" This last sentence instantly aroused Xu Chunwang's suspicion.

Sun Yongkai had subtly hinted at Yan Xiao's drinking capacity, and his every word and action this morning showed his fondness for Yan Xiao.

Why would Feng Xiwang suddenly approach Yan Xiao out of the blue? What are his intentions?

Could it be that Yan Xiao's drinking capacity has been exposed? If so, he absolutely cannot go up there. If he gets lured away by the people from the Fourth Division, that would be a huge problem!

"Okay, I understand. Alright, it's almost time to get off work, you can go home now."

"Huh? I'm already here, it wouldn't be right not to go up," Yan Xiao said.

"It's alright, I'll explain to Sun Ke. Okay, you've been out all day, you must be tired too, go back and rest. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."

"Okay." Yan Xiao no longer refused and turned to leave.

Xu Chunwang saw Yan Xiao off with a smile, then turned and jogged upstairs to talk to Sun Yongkai.