Chapter 480

Zhu Yuyan and Su Chunjun would stay here every Christmas for one to two weeks, which was the longest time they could stay as guests in their relatives’ homes. Nowadays, families were not so rich, and it was not the time to entertain their relatives for a long time. After two weeks at the most, they have to say goodbye.

But this time was not easy either.

Four people together was just a little more labor.

They had to update their respective catalogs of translations every time they met, make a full and complete catalog, and there was the task of organizing the books and manuscripts that had been collected by them, which became more difficult after the confiscation of their typewriters.

Shi Wuwei: “Buying a sample book each time is the easiest way.”

Dai Yuchan shook his head, “But some books are not available in this neighborhood at all, so we have to travel a long way to buy them every time. Some publishers send samples, some don’t, especially for academic books that are too specialized, and if we collect too many, we might be noticed, and that would be bad.”

Zhu Yuyan: “The reason we use now is that as authors want to collect their own works, this is the most useful.”

Dai Yu Cicada sighed, “It can only be so.”

She gave a list of books to Zhu Yuyan: “These are the ones we didn’t get samples of, look for them when you go to the city.”

Zhu Yuyan took the list and saw that it had already marked which books had been contacted by the publishers. Since there is still no news even after contacting the publisher, it means that these books will not enter the popular bookstores, but may be exclusively for libraries or professional libraries such as universities and will not be sold to the public, then the number of published books will be quite low, and the possibility of trying to find the books afterward will be even lower.

Dai Yuchan: “These few books have not been found, we have kept the bottom. But all of them are handwritten, it’s not easy to save them.”

Zhu Yuyan said: “I discussed with Mr. Su, we want to buy a camera, the book can be photographed, so that the film collection, the volume and space will be much smaller.”

Dai Yuchan was overjoyed when he heard: “That’s great! This is a good idea!”

Zhu Yuyan shook her head, “But the camera is fine, a large amount of film is not that easy to find. Now these things are quite troublesome, even if they are not military materials, a suitable reason is needed if they are purchased in large quantities for use.”

Dai Yu Cicada froze for a moment, “I see, yeah, what’s a good reason ……”

All four of them admitted that using cameras and film collections to transfer library materials was very useful, but how to safely and reasonably get a camera and a large amount of film was also really a difficult problem, so difficult that the four of them could not even think of it with their heads combined.

But even so, it didn’t stop the four heads from taking advantage of their time together to intensify their work and rush out more manuscripts.

Slowly, because the space at home was too small, Zhu Yuyan asked Julie, and brought Dai Yucan to work at Julie’s house temporarily.

Julie’s home has less furniture, moving things is very convenient.

Julie did not object, rather it was better to say that she was a little eager.

She couldn’t take the initiative to get close to Zhu Yuyan and Dai Yucan, and she couldn’t take the initiative to do something, but she wanted someone to take the initiative to come to her.

Of course, if the other person took too much initiative, she would be nervous.

But Yu Yan and Yu Cicada were like roundworms in her stomach, they never got too close, always just right.

Just like now, the living room and dining room were filled with the two of them’s manuscripts and books, as well as dictionaries, and some found reference materials. Zhu Yuyan and Dai Yucan each occupied a table and a sofa, translating and conversing at the same time.

It sounded absurd and ridiculous.

Zhu Yuyan: “She approached the bedroom, wearing only a sarong, and held the knife tightly in her hand, behind her back. She thought that if he discovered her secret today, she would have to stab this knife into his chest in order to protect her lover! So handsome!”

Dai Yu Cicada: “They quietly hid under the dining table, not calling for the people on the other side of the sofa to hear the sound, leaning sweetly together, one hand reaching out and unbuttoning their clothes-what dining table can hide two big men! This is unreasonable!”

Zhu Yuyan: “You don’t consider whether it’s reasonable or not.”

Dai Yuchan: “Their table is only big enough for five or six people, how could they let two big men lie underneath?”

Zhu Yuyan: “Maybe they stick close.”

Dai Yuyan: “……”

Julie then laughed on the sidelines.

Zhu Yuyan saw her laughing and pulled her over to flip this paragraph together, “Look, this lady fell in love with her good friend, but her husband found out about it, her husband went to threaten her good friend and tried to take advantage of her friend, and this lady was going to kill her husband herself to protect her good friend.”

Julie: “And did this lady later kill her husband?”

Zhu Yuyan flipped to the end and glanced at it, “Her husband fell to his death when his carriage overturned.”

Julie: “That’s okay.”

Daiyu Cicada hurriedly said: “Julie you don’t listen to her, there is not a single word of seriousness in her mouth.”

Julie smiled and said: “Yu Cicada you don’t be anxious, Yan Yan just talk to me about the novel, I think in this novel is good rewarded, evil evil.”

Zhu Yuyan: “Right, this is good reward for good and evil for evil.”

Dai Yuchan was serious: “But all these loves betrayed the marriage, which is not right.”

Zhu Yuyan nodded: “That’s true. Most of the novels I’ve read about women falling in love with women are romances between already married ladies and madams, and only a very few of them are writing about romances between unmarried schoolgirls. Only half of the gay men, on the other hand, are married. But this has to do with the fact that the age of marriage for men and women nowadays doesn’t match, nowadays the age of marriage for girls is too young, many of them get married at fourteen or fifteen, and they don’t know anything about it. By the time they understand what love is, they are already in a marriage. That’s still more realistic in the novel.”

Julie: “Yes, girls in England start dating at a very early age, it’s very common to get married at ten, sixteen or seventeen is considered the most suitable age to get married, and after eighteen it’s a bit late.”

Dai Yu Cicada sighed, “I hope that in the future, women will gain the freedom to get married. Can choose their own marriage partner instead of being arranged to get married.”

Zhu Yuyan: “It will definitely be. No doubt.”

Julie smiled.

Slowly, she could help Zhu Yuyan flip two paragraphs, or help Dai Yucan flip two paragraphs. Three people could always turn it faster than two, and Julie’s English and French were better than both of them, turning out more beautiful and moving sentences.

And she might add or subtract words freely, after Zhu Yuyan told her how many words and pages she needed to turn over.

Zhu Yuyan smiled as she bound, ”Great, this way it definitely won’t be typed back when you hand it in. Sometimes you have to delete some when you turn over too much, and you can’t make the plot incoherent, it’s just too much trouble.”

She put the bound manuscript into the box and breathed a huge sigh of relief. Then it was time to start cleaning up the scattered book materials on the table and couch.

Julie shook her fan, and all three wore only short-sleeved nightgowns, which still looked classy at first glance.

Julie: “Last time I heard you say that you wanted to use a lot of film, right?”

Zhu Yuyan: “Yes, we need at least a few hundred rolls of film, thousands are possible, it’s not a small amount.”

Julie: “Actually, I’ve always wanted to relearn painting.”

Zhu Yuyan: “That’s great, I can go into the city and help you buy painting supplies, you can give me a list of what you need.”

Julie: “To learn painting, I would need a camera and a lot of film.”

Zhu Yuyan and Dai Yucan look at her together.

Julie: “That’s normal, it’s not like the old days when you could only rely on the painter’s eyes to capture light and images, using a camera to take pictures of what you want and then paint it is also a technique to learn, and you can use it as a reference afterwards.”

Zhu Yuyan: “But this …… is too much trouble for you.”

She swallowed the words back.

Zhu Yuyan: “Thank you! You’ve been a great help!”

Julie smiled and said, “It’s just a little thing, I’m happy to help.”