Chapter 653: Chapter 653: It’s a Loss for the High School
Wanyu, hearing the encouragement from father and daughter, felt her initially wavering heart gradually steadying.
She laughed and said, “Alright, alright, you two don’t need to sweet-talk me anymore. Starting from tomorrow, I will seriously memorize vocabulary and, once I’m prepared, I’ll go for the interview at the town government.”
Mianmian immediately cheered joyfully, “Mom, I knew you wouldn’t give up so easily. You will definitely be an outstanding translator in the future.
“That’s right, wife. Believe in yourself. You can definitely do it. A bright future is waiting for you!” Changhai’s tone was even more impassioned and fiery.
So, the matter of the translation was settled.
In the following days, Wanyu spent each day at home reading and memorizing words, even using Mianmian’s Walkman.
She noted down the words she didn’t know and asked Mianmian when she came back.
Mianmian, meanwhile, was busily studying lithium batteries. She had already finished reviewing the materials the system had provided and had now moved on to the experimental stage.
In reality, Wanyu worked hard memorizing words, and Mianmian, within the system, diligently conducted experiments. Mother and daughter were quite busy for a time.
After another week, Mianmian successfully created a lithium battery in the system, which greatly encouraged her.
Although it still couldn’t be charged, that did not dampen Mianmian’s excitement.
She tested it in the system and found that this newly made lithium battery had indeed a higher capacity than the nickel-metal hydride batteries she had bought before.
However, it only had enough power to make cream one more time, which left Mianmian unsatisfied with the result.
She improved it twice more, increasing the battery capacity each time. Finally, one battery had three times the power of the former nickel-metal hydride battery, and only then did Mianmian stop, satisfied with the outcome.
Although the issue of capacity was resolved, there was still no progress on the charging technology, mainly because there were no existing technologies concerning charging, and Mianmian had to figure it out herself, which naturally slowed the progress.
However, the system was still very supportive; it provided Mianmian with the most comprehensive collection of data on lithium batteries in the world.
Having used modern chargers before, Mianmian also had a general direction in mind.
Although she had not succeeded so far, she was able to learn from each failure and ensured not to repeat similar mistakes.
In this way, she made fewer mistakes each time, and success seemed to be getting closer and closer.
Wanyu felt that she had never worked as hard in her life as she did during this period. After nearly ten days, she had managed to become proficient in speaking and writing the four languages.
That evening at dinner, Wanyu happily announced the good news, “Brother Hai, daughter, I’ve almost learned everything now; I plan to go for the interview tomorrow.”
“So soon, wife?” Changhai said in surprise.
Mianmian looked at her with admiration, “Mom, you are amazing! In such a short time, you memorized all those words!”
“Hmph, I just didn’t like studying before. If I liked it, high school would have been a breeze.” Wanyu said proudly.
“Exactly, my wife never went to high school, and that was high school’s loss!” Changhai, ever the supportive husband, agreed unconditionally with every word his wife said.
Mianmian’s face wasn’t as thick-skinned, she just nodded along, “Right, Dad’s right.”