After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Before leaving home on Thursday morning, Chunsheng carefully checked the things he was going to bring for his third brother-in-law, Gao Xiaocheng, and only left the house after confirming that everything was in the bag.

These past two days, he's been staying up very late every night to copy and translate the materials.

Due to the scarcity of resources, he couldn't wash with hot water every night before bed, so sometimes he would smell a strong kerosene odor in his dreams.

When he woke up, there was a strong smell of kerosene in the bed, so the first thing he had to do in the morning was to hang the blankets out to dry in the backyard.

After a day of drying, the kerosene smell will fade considerably by the time you go to bed at night; otherwise, you'll have to fall asleep smelling that kerosene again.

So far, Chunsheng is quite satisfied with the translation.

In at least two hardcover notebooks, containing over a hundred pages of text, there wasn't a single typo.

Furthermore, he meticulously labeled all the illustrations in the original English text with page numbers and serial numbers.

Although it's a bit troublesome to have to refer to both Chinese and English information whenever you encounter a picture, I can't think of a better way.

But Chunsheng believed that as long as he had both Chinese and English versions of the materials, the workers in his brother-in-law's factory would definitely be able to understand them.

Upon arriving at the school gate, Chunsheng immediately told the old man at the gatehouse about his brother-in-law's visit to him that morning.

In fact, the old gatekeeper already knew Chunsheng, a top student.

But to avoid making a mistake and to prevent any delays, he carefully wrote his name and class on a piece of paper and handed it to the old man.

After arranging everything, Chunsheng returned to the classroom and began his lessons with peace of mind.

However, even after the third period ended, the gatekeeper still hadn't come to find him.

Chunsheng couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he immediately rushed out of the classroom and headed straight for the school gate.

When he arrived at the gate, he saw the old man sitting in the gatehouse with his legs crossed, leisurely reading a newspaper.

Seeing Chunqi panting heavily, the old man knew what he had come for, so he quickly explained:

"I haven't dared to leave this room all morning, afraid of messing up your plans, but the person you mentioned still hasn't arrived!"

Chunsheng said "Oh," and immediately left the school gate, looking west towards the main road, hoping to see his brother-in-law.

However, to his disappointment, there wasn't a single person on the entire road.

At this moment, Chunsheng was truly panicked, not knowing what had happened.

That day, Wang Beiping clearly explained to Mingming and his brother-in-law that they should come to the school on Thursday morning to pick up the translation materials, and then take them back to the factory so that the technicians could install the machines according to the translation.

It was almost noon, but we hadn't seen a single person.

Chunsheng glanced into the distance again and, finding no sign of his brother-in-law, reluctantly prepared to return to the classroom.

However, at this moment, the old gatekeeper stopped him, "Song Chunsheng, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Watch over here for me for a while. I've been holding it in all morning and need to go to the toilet right away."

Chunsheng quickly agreed, "Okay, then you go ahead and I'll go back to the classroom after you return!"

Watching the old man's retreating figure, which sped away like a whirlwind, Chunsheng couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

I thought to myself, "This old man is really taking my affairs too seriously. He even managed to hold it in all morning without going to the toilet. I really need to thank him properly another day."

Chunsheng went into the gatehouse, sat down in the chair where the old man had just been sitting, and immediately picked up the newspaper to read it.

Chunsheng glanced at it and found that almost all the content was the same old clichés, with not a single word related to reform and change.

He felt that perhaps it wasn't the right time yet, and estimated that newspapers would gradually start publishing news related to the great development of the times starting in the second half of the year.

Suddenly he noticed that on a particularly inconspicuous page, there was a message that a foreign delegation was about to visit Qin Province.

Out of curiosity, Chunsheng immediately began to read it carefully.

It turns out to be a five-person foreign agricultural technology delegation that is about to come to Qin Province for technical exchanges, and will also visit some communes near the provincial capital.

This kind of thing rarely happened before; it should be considered a sign that a great era is about to begin!

Just then, two rascally taunting voices came from outside the gatehouse.

"Look who this is! Am I seeing things, or am I hallucinating?"

"Isn't this your brother-in-law?"

"Get lost, shut up..."

Chunsheng looked up and saw Hou Xinqiang and several classmates who looked just as sleazy as him standing outside the door, grinning at him.

Chunsheng glanced at the group of people and then continued reading his newspaper.

"Hey, what brings you here? Where's the old gatekeeper?"

Hou Xinqiang tapped the glass with his knuckles, leaned over and looked at Chunsheng, asking a question.

Chunsheng replied without looking up, "He went to the restroom. If you want to find him, go to the men's room now; you'll definitely see him!"

Hou Xinqiang raised an eyebrow, smiled, and said, "I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you!"

"Looking for me?"

Chunsheng immediately raised his head and looked at the other person with a curious expression.

"Yes, that's right, I was looking for you."

"Why are you looking for me? We're not even that close!"

Hou Xinqiang chuckled and said, "You've even invited my sister to your house, don't you want to say anything to me?"

Chunsheng frowned instantly. "What did you say? When did I invite your sister to my house?"

"My sister went to your house last Saturday. Wasn't that at your invitation?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Chunsheng was completely speechless. He only knew that Hou Cuicui had spread the rumors herself, but he didn't expect that she had spread them in this way.

Moreover, since Monday, it seems that no one around has mentioned it anymore, as if it never happened.

He thought his classmates had become more aware and stopped gossiping and spreading rumors!

Unexpectedly, beneath the seemingly calm surface of the lake, there was a rumor that shocked him to no end.

And another thing is, why didn't he know anything about this?

Just then, the old gatekeeper returned.

When the old man saw Chunsheng sitting in his chair, he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you. Go back to the classroom now. If the person looking for you comes later, I'll go to the classroom to find you right away."

After nodding to the old man, Chunsheng came out of the gatehouse and walked straight to Hou Xinqiang.

Hou Xinqiang and the others next to him were immediately taken aback by Chunsheng's slightly provocative behavior.

They were used to being domineering at school and rarely encountered someone like Chunsheng who dared to challenge them directly.

Moreover, Chunsheng was a top student, which surprised Hou Xinqiang and the others even more!