Chapter 23: Parker Pen Emergency Translation
After Jiang Ling rested for one night, he only felt refreshed, and the whole person was relieved. Breakfast is a bowl of seafood porridge, Jiang Ling can only be described in a fresh word, if she can eat all the food in Pingbo Mansion, even if she doesn't buy a pen, she is definitely worth it.
Jiang Ling finished breakfast and went straight to Shuiyunpu City. Suunpu City is the largest bazaar in Pingbo Province, and it is also a transit station for shipping, and almost all the goods of Dayan can be found in Suunpu City. And if you want to find new things overseas, if you can't find them in Shuiyunpu City, then you probably can't find them in the entire Pingbo Province.
The trade in bulk goods had already ended when Jiang Ling was in his overseas sleep, and now it was mainly merchants who searched for their targets in the bazaar and talked to negotiate, as well as some other individual customers like Jiang Ling. In addition, farmers in the villages around Binh Phor Province come to sell their home-grown food, and the people of Binh Phor Province also come to buy some fresh and cheap vegetables. Small vendors also set up stalls on both sides of the road and shouted to attract customers.
Jiang Ling looked at it while walking, but he was not in a hurry to find a fountain pen, but stopped and walked with the fate. Jiang Ling walked in front of a bookstore, only to feel that a figure was very familiar, but she didn't dare to recognize it.
So Jiang Ling took two or three steps forward, looked at it, and sure enough, it was Liu Sanniang, and when she saw that she didn't recognize the wrong person, she stepped forward to greet her: "Aunt Liu, have you eaten?" ”
Liu Sanniang also recognized Jiang Ling, Pingbo Mansion is also a big city, it is really fate to meet her, she happily replied: "I have eaten, what about you?" I'll take you to eat Xidian oysters, and once you come to Pingbo, you can't fail to eat Xidian oysters. ”
"I've eaten it too. Tomorrow I will try the oysters you recommended. Jiang Ling listened to Liu Sanniang's recommendation, and unconsciously began to secrete saliva, but at night she had already decided to eat red cream crab, eating seafood three times a day, her stomach couldn't bear it, so she was already planning to eat mille-feuille at noon.
"You're going to buy this thing, right? There is no here, you have to go west first, pass by Caixia Cloth Village, then turn around, and then go north...... Eh, it's complicated, or I'll take you there. Liu Sanniang said enthusiastically.
Jiang Ling looked at the two strangers behind Liu Sanniang: "It's too disturbing, I have a good memory, you say it again, I can remember." Let's go west first......"
Jiang Ling completely retold what Liu Sanniang had said.
"You have a really good memory, and you're in the top five of people I know. Don't shirk, I've talked about it, the more you go inside, the more forks in the road, it's hard to find. Liu Sanniang praised, and then explained a few words to the two people behind her, and walked in front to lead Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling couldn't shirk it, so he had to follow Liu Sanniang away. The road became more and more remote, until the boiling voices gradually faded away.
Liu Sanniang took Jiang Ling to an antique bookstore. Such a place is naturally quieter.
"Aunt Liu, why are foreigners' things in such a difficult place to find? Some locals don't know about it. Jiang Ling asked puzzled.
"Foreigners' gadgets are what a few people can afford. Where can you sell it at a good price? Liu Sanniang's foreigners' gadgets obviously do not mean woolen fabrics, tea and coffee.
Liu Sanniang took Jiang Ling around three more times and arrived at the Treasure Pavilion: "Zheng's Treasure Pavilion, as the name suggests, has collected many treasures. Foreigners' gadgets, Treasure Pavilion will not be missed. If you want to find something, you can probably find it in the Treasure Cabinet. ”
Liu Sanniang walked in first, followed by Jiang Ling. Liu Sanniang and the shopkeeper know each other, and after greeting each other, Liu Sanniang said: "Old money, this is my little girl, come to see foreign things, how to say, do you have to take out all the things at the bottom of the box and give us palms?" ”
"Sanniang has spoken, but you can't take things out to dry." The money shopkeeper gave Liu Sanniang a lot of face, and asked the guy to take out all the foreign things.
"You see if you want it, the foreign gadgets in Pingbo Mansion depend on Shuiyunpu City, and in Shuiyunpu City, you have to look at Lao Qian, he has the most complete foreign gadgets here."
"Thank you, Aunt Liu." Jiang Ling's gratitude was sincere, but it always sounded perfunctory or two, because her eyes were already attracted by the dazzling array of goods.
From all kinds of clocks and watches, to lighters, glassware, and pens. Jiang Ling took a fancy to a thin and long black fountain pen at a glance, and looking at the letters on the side of the pen, Jiang Ling unconsciously read it out, it was a Parker brand. She fell in love with the pen at first sight.
"Shopkeeper ......"
"Miss......"
"You speak first." The two bumped into each other again.
"Then I won't be humble, dare to ask Miss if she knows Britannica?" The money shopkeeper looked at Jiang Ling as if he was looking at a savior.
Jiang Ling paused, she knew that language was constantly evolving, and the English of this era was the English she was familiar with?
The money shopkeeper saw Jiang Ling's hesitation, and then said: "A businessman from Britain is coming in a while, but the interpreter I originally found has temporarily broken the contract. Now that the merchants of Britain are about to arrive, and where can I find a new interpreter, I was originally planning to break the jar, but I did not expect to meet the noble lady of the young lady. ”
"Don't worry, Miss, nothing worse than the original. Moreover, the merchants of Great Britain will also bring an interpreter, so there will be no problems in communication, and the lady needs to do a double guarantee job. Please, the proprietor entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, if there is a problem because of the translation, I really can't give up. Please, Miss, save me. If you're willing to help, this pen is for you. ”
Of course, the money shopkeeper can see Jiang Ling's love for fountain pens. Jiang Ling's fountain pen is also the highest in this batch, worth ten taels of silver, but if Jiang Ling can solve his urgent need, what does it matter if he gives it to Jiang Ling.
"This ......" Jiang Ling was still a little hesitant, in case he delayed others.
"You just help Lao Qian once, I promise, no matter whether the result is good or bad, he will not complain to you, is it Lao Qian? And the light to send the pen is too stingy, how can there be no ink with a pen? Lao Qian gave my little girl a bottle of ink. Liu Sanniang and the shopkeeper are also old friends, she followed and persuaded her, but she also had to fight for Jiang Ling what she deserved.
"Yes, yes, Miss, I swear to God that no matter what the result is, I will not complain about Miss."
"Okay, then I'll try." Jiang Ling was moved by the two of them and was willing to give it a try.
"Great, Xiao Li hurriedly wrapped the pen and ink for the young lady. By the way, I still don't know Miss's surname? The money shopkeeper actively instructed that it was rare to find an interpreter in this situation, and he couldn't let people go.
"My surname is Jiang. The shopkeeper doesn't need to be installed first. If it doesn't work out, where will I have the face to take away. Jiang Ling said. She was also very helpless when she looked at Xiao Li's packaging speed, and she thought to herself, if she couldn't help the money shopkeeper, she would spend money to buy it. I don't know if she, the emergency interpreter, can afford the high hopes placed on the money manager.
"Yes, yes. Miss Jiang don't worry, I think you are much more fluent than the interpreter I was looking for. "The money shopkeeper really thinks so.