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An hour after Ding Qiunan entered the delivery room, she let out a cry of pain, followed by the sound of a newborn baby crying.

Ding Qiunan gave birth!

Hearing the baby crying inside, Xiao Shan stood up excitedly.

Soon, the nurse came out carrying the cleaned baby: "Congratulations, you've given birth to a big, healthy boy! Mother and child are safe and sound!"

Feng Chunlian quickly took the baby from the nurse's arms and began to play with it affectionately.

Xiao Shan also hurried over to take a look.

This is my son!

Small, wrinkled, and not pretty at all!

Moreover, he looked so frail that Xiao Shan didn't dare to reach out and hug him.

Even though Xiao Shan can now easily control every bit of his strength, he is still worried that if he exerts even a little force, he will break the baby's bones.

At the same time, the nurses in the delivery room pushed Ding Qiunan out.

Xiao Shan quickly went to greet her and draped his coat over her legs, saying, "Wife, you've worked hard..."

Ding Qiunan, her face pale, raised her head and gave Xiao Shan a slight smile: "Husband, you've worked hard too..."

Ding Qiunan's words came from the bottom of her heart.

While her ten months of pregnancy were undoubtedly arduous, Xiao Shan's meticulous and thoughtful care over those ten months was also truly commendable.

Ding Qiunan gave birth at full term, so the baby did not need to go to the nursery and could be placed next to the mother.

However, we still need to do a comprehensive check-up later to ensure the child's health.

The group took the child back to the ward where Ding Qiunan had previously stayed.

In the ward.

Seeing the baby surrounded by everyone, Xiao Shan sat by the hospital bed and took care of Ding Qiunan with concern and care.

Ding Qiunan felt a warm glow in her heart as she watched Xiao Shan circling around her.

Looking at the baby surrounded by people, Ding Qiunan whispered to Xiao Shan, "Honey, have you thought of a name for the baby?"

"How about we name the child Xiao Jingyan?" Xiao Shan said to Ding Qiunan with a smile.

"Xiao Jingyan?" Ding Qiunan murmured the name several times. "Quiet words, contemplative thoughts, unable to soar. Not bad, not a bad name!"

Xiao Shan chuckled: "Hehe, what's there to say about the name I chose!"

Just then, the nurse came in, took the baby away, and took him for a physical examination.

"Dad, Mom, Master's wife, you should go back first today, and come see the child again tomorrow!" Xiao Shan said to Ding Dade and the others, "I'll stay with Qiu Nan here, she'll be fine!"

However, Feng Chunlian and Deng Yiping refused to leave, saying that how could a grown man from Xiaoshan take good care of a woman who had just given birth?

In the end, it was the nurses who helped persuade the two elderly women to leave.

“Auntie, the new mother is in the hospital today, so you two don’t need to take care of her. You can take care of her during her postpartum period after she’s discharged…”

"Besides, with so many of you in the ward, the air quality isn't good, which will affect both the mother's recovery and the baby's..."

After watching Feng Chunlian and the others leave, He Yuzhu and his wife said goodbye to Xiao Shan and his wife and went back to Siheyuan.

After a while, the nurse brought the child back, saying that the child was healthy and had no problems.

The nurse then brought in a crib, placed it in the ward, and left.

Xiao Shan was finally able to hug his son.

Ding Qiunan and her child were discharged from the hospital on the third day.

Xiao Shan even borrowed a car from Li Huaide and drove the mother and son all the way to the entrance of the courtyard house, afraid that Ding Qiunan would catch a chill.

After learning that Xiao Shan's child had been born, Li Huaide specially approved five days of paid leave for Xiao Shan.

Therefore, Xiao Shan doesn't need to go to work at the factory these few days and can stay home with Ding Qiunan and her son.

Feng Chunlian also moved her belongings to her home in Xiaoshan so that it would be easier for her to take care of Ding Qiunan and the children.

More than a month passed quickly.

After her postpartum period, Xiao Jingyan started eating some complementary foods while still breastfeeding.

The best baby food on the market right now is malted milk powder.

Although malted milk powder is not cheap and requires food coupons, Xiaoshan buys it without hesitation.

On this day, Xiao Shan had just finished his task and was thinking about whether he should go back early to play with his son.

Luo Zhengqiu came over and told him that Li Huaide wanted him to go to his office.

After tidying up his things at his workstation, Xiao Shan went to Li Huaide's office.

After meeting Xiao Shan, Li Huaide got straight to the point and stated his purpose.

It turns out that the only translator in the foreign trade department of the steel rolling mill, an elderly gentleman, had passed away a few days earlier due to his advanced age.

In this day and age, it's really hard to find someone who speaks English and knows a lot about steel rolling mills.

Therefore, the translation work of the Ministry of Foreign Trade has suddenly come to a standstill.

When the Ministry of Foreign Trade reported the matter to Li Huaide, Li Huaide thought of Xiaoshan.

Back when he was in the External Relations Department, Li Huaide had spoken with Xiao Shan and foreign guests who came to visit the factory.

Moreover, the foreign guests kept praising Xiaoshan's excellent English!

So Li Huaide has brought Xiao Shan here to ask if he can help the Ministry of Foreign Trade with some translation work.

Xiao Shan's English skills were acquired directly from the chat group's store using points, so translating these documents was naturally no problem for him.

Of course, although he knew there was no problem, Xiao Shan still used very cautious language when answering Li Huaide: "Factory Director, I need to check the foreign trade department's documents first. I can't guarantee that I can translate it perfectly!"

Li Huaide was now desperate and decided to try anything, so he immediately took Xiao Shan to the Ministry of Foreign Trade's office.

Under Li Huaide's orders, Zhou Bangqiu, the Minister of Foreign Trade, quickly had someone dig out the letters and telegrams that had accumulated in the Ministry of Foreign Trade over the past few days and hand them over to Xiao Shan for translation.

After reading through these letters and telegrams, Xiao Shan immediately began translating them.

Soon, Xiao Shan translated all the letters and telegrams in his hand and handed them over to Zhou Bangqiu.

After reading through the text translated by Xiao Shan, Zhou Bangqiu's eyes lit up.

According to Zhou Bangqiu, the text translated by Xiao Shan was more accessible and easier to understand than that translated by the previous translator.

"Minister Zhou, how is Comrade Xiao Shan's translation?" Li Huaide, who was standing to the side, asked as Zhou Bangqiu held the text translated by Xiao Shan without saying a word.

Upon hearing Li Huaide's question, Zhou Bangqiu quickly replied, "Very good! Factory Director, Comrade Xiao Shan's translation is excellent! In my opinion, it's even no worse than the previous translator!"

Chapter 381, Part-time Translation, Business Trip to Qingdao! (Please Subscribe!)

Hearing Zhou Bangqiu say this, Li Huaide nodded in satisfaction: "Well, that's good!"

"Xiao Shan, until we find a suitable translator at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, we'll need your help translating these documents and telegrams!" Li Huaide turned to Xiao Shan and said.

Xiao Shan smiled and nodded: "No problem! It's all for the better development of the steel rolling mill!"

"Yes, as expected of Xiaoshan, his level of thinking is indeed higher than that of ordinary people!" Li Huaide nodded with a smile. "However, our steel rolling mill will not let down anyone who works diligently!"

Li Huaide looked at Zhou Bangqiu: "Minister Zhou, Xiao Shan will translate documents for your Ministry of Foreign Trade, and his salary will be the same as the old translators. How about that?"

“No problem, no problem!” Zhou Bangqiu said without hesitation.

In the days that followed, in addition to completing his own work, Xiao Shan also had to help the foreign trade department translate documents.

Zhou Bangqiu had also mentioned to Xiao Shan the idea of ​​having Xiao Shan work as a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, but Xiao Shan refused.

It must be said that translators are indeed hard to find.

The foreign trade department has been searching for almost two months, but still hasn't found a suitable one.

Therefore, the documents from the Ministry of Foreign Trade for the past two months have all been translated by part-time translators from Xiaoshan.

That's why Xiaoshan has been receiving two salaries for the past two months.

Moreover, Zhou Bangqiu had to send Xiaoshan some gifts every month as a way of thanking him for his help in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

That day, Xiao Shan handed over the translated documents to Zhou Bangqiu as usual.

After Zhou Bangqiu accepted the documents, he said somewhat apologetically to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, do you have time in a few days?"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Shan asked Zhou Bangqiu with some curiosity.

Zhou Bangqiu told Xiaoshan that a batch of steel from the steel rolling mill would be shipped from Qingdao Port to John's in a few days.

Because the quantity of this batch of exported steel was relatively large, the buyer specially sent someone to Qingdao Port to handle the handover.

So I was wondering if anyone in Xiaoshan has time to go to Qingdao with the people from the Foreign Trade Department and act as their translator.

"Of course!" Xiao Shan smiled and nodded as he looked at Zhou Bangqiu, who was looking at him expectantly.

Hearing Xiao Shan agree, Zhou Bangqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When Xiao Shan returned home that evening, he told Ding Qiunan that he would be going on a two-day business trip in a few days.

Although Ding Qiunan was reluctant to let Xiaoshan go on a long trip, it was for the sake of the steel rolling mill, and there was no other way.

Three days later, in the morning, Zhou Bangqiu came to the alley entrance in a car from the transportation department to pick up Xiao Shan.

After arriving in Xiaoshan, the car met up with the steel mill's transport team outside the city.

Xiaoshan then realized that this transportation operation was quite grand.

There were not only five large trucks transporting steel, but also several jeeps.

The jeep was filled with armed security personnel.

It seems the factory attaches great importance to this transaction.

Xiao Shan and Zhou Bangqiu rode in one car, while the other foreign trade department staff rode in two other cars.

There were only two people in Xiaoshan's car, him and Zhou Bangqiu.

Zhou Bangqiu said this was a special favor given to him by the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

That way, when Xiaoshan goes back, he can buy more things at Qingdao Port to take back with him.

“Xiao Shan, I often go to the seaside on business trips, so you don’t need to be polite with me. The whole trunk is yours.” Zhou Bangqiu said with a smile, patting Xiao Shan on the shoulder.

"Then I'll thank you in advance, Brother Zhou," Xiao Shan said to Zhou Bangqiu with a smile.

With Zhou Bangqiu's words, he could bring back more seafood after arriving at Qingdao Port.

The city of Beijing is not located by the sea.

In that era, there was no convenient transportation like in later times, so it was very difficult to find seafood in Beijing.

While Xiao Shan could ask members of the chat group to help him with the task, it was difficult for him to explain the source of the information.

So, given the opportunity to legitimately acquire more seafood, Xiaoshan naturally wouldn't let such a chance pass.

Because the road conditions are not good, the convoy is moving very slowly for safety reasons.

While the convoy stopped, Xiao Shan and Zhou Bangqiu went to the roadside to relieve themselves.

Then, while waiting in the car, I smoked a cigarette by the roadside.

"The air here is so fresh!" Xiao Shan stretched and took a deep breath.

Although industrial pollution was not as severe as it would be in later years, there were still many factories in Beijing, so it wasn't easy to breathe such fresh air.

“That’s right, we’ve already left Beijing quite far away, there aren’t any large towns around here,” Zhou Bangqiu said with a smile.

After everyone got out of the car and stretched their muscles, the convoy set off again.

Perhaps because they were in a hurry, the convoy didn't stop by the roadside until noon.

The security personnel got out of the car and distributed lunch boxes to everyone.

These lunch boxes were taken from the factory canteen.

Given the convoy's speed, they definitely wouldn't be able to enter the city by noon, so lunchboxes were prepared for them early in the morning.

Xiao Shan received his share.

Upon opening the package, I was surprised to find that the food was surprisingly good; there was even meat.