"Sis, how do you maintain your hands? They’re so soft and smooth!"
"Sis, are all the guesthouses around here fully booked?"
"Oh dear, so many people! I’m a translator, first time here, completely unfamiliar with the place, and feeling uneasy."
Jiang Cheng showed the guesthouse lady her newly acquired work and entry permits.
The lady took one look and believed her.
She’s seen these every year, knows them all too well.
Seeing that trust was established, Jiang Cheng began to pursue her main goal.
"Sis, it’s my first time doing translation, and I’m worried about mistranslating for the manufacturers. I thought I’d play it safe by getting some product information from them first and translating it myself, so I don’t embarrass us before international guests."
What Jiang Cheng said made perfect sense, and the guesthouse lady warmly pointed her in the right direction.
"Let me tell you..."
"Those breweries stay at guesthouses around West Third Street every year..."
"The tea manufacturers prefer to stay around South Third Lane..."
The guesthouse lady knew quite a bit. After Jiang Cheng memorized some information about the manufacturers and chatted a bit more, she left.
She met up with Gao Zhonghua and Li Chunxiang, and the three of them opened a map.
Jiang Cheng took out a pen and started marking on the map.
To be honest, the location of the house that Gao Zhonghua’s friend mentioned was really excellent, almost at the center point.
"Let’s try to find a place first, and if we really can’t, we’ll go here."
Jiang Cheng made the decision, and Li Chunxiang and Gao Zhonghua naturally had no objections.
The three of them carried their luggage and walked a large circle, but found everywhere was full.
In the end, they went to the address that Gao Zhonghua mentioned.
After searching, Gao Zhonghua took out a key and opened the locked main gate.
Aside from some overgrown grass, it wasn’t messy inside.
A wave of emotion surged through Gao Zhonghua as he explained, "We have a comrade here who comes over to clean up from time to time."
No wonder.
Jiang Cheng thought, if no one regularly came to clean, the house might have been occupied by someone else by now.
No doubt, people would definitely do such things.
The house wasn’t large.
The small courtyard was only about ten square meters, with two rooms: a bedroom and a kitchen, and just one big bed.
After a glance, Gao Zhonghua said, "Sis, you two can take the bed, and I’ll use some planks to make do."
No better option was available at the moment, so they had to make do.
The three of them started tidying up.
There was a well in the yard, making water access convenient at least.
After tidying everything up and taking the important items with them, the three of them set out again.
Jiang Cheng chose the direction of the guesthouses where the breweries stayed and along the way, they found a place to eat and tried the local specialty rice noodles.
After eating, Gao Zhonghua only had one feeling: still hungry!
Fortunately, he also bought two buns.
They continued walking and eventually arrived.
Jiang Cheng put on her translator badge, work permit, and entry pass, and went in.
She used the same excuse, fearing she wouldn’t translate well the first time, so she came to familiarize herself with the products first.
The people at the first brewery were very impressed with Jiang Cheng.
They were more than willing to cooperate with such a diligent worker.
They fully understood that without translators, many of their products couldn’t be sold.
Thus, Jiang Cheng stayed there for over an hour, filling several pages with notes.
By the time she left the guesthouse, it was getting dark.
Yet Jiang Cheng insisted on visiting another one, as time was really limited.
At the second brewery she visited, the attitude was a bit impatient, and they just tossed some materials to Jiang Cheng.
The reason was simple: they already had a translator.
Jiang Cheng didn’t push it; she just wanted to do a good job, not beg for help.

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