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我的路也铸定了，每星期中的六天，是由家到局，又由局到家。在局里便是整日地抄，抄，抄些公文和信件。
My path has also been established, and for the six days of the week, I travel from home to office, and from office to home. In the bureau, I copy, copy, and copy official documents and letters all day long.
傍晚回来，常见她包藏着不快活的颜色，尤其使我不乐的是她要装作勉强的笑容。幸而探听出来了，也还是和那小官太太的暗斗，导火线便是两家的小油鸡。
When I come back in the evening, it is common for her to hide unhappy colors. What makes me unhappy especially is that she pretends to smile reluctantly. Fortunately, it was discovered that there was still a secret fight with the little official’s wife, and the trigger was the two families’ small fat chickens.
我的食品却比在会馆时好多了。做菜虽不是子君的特长，她却倾注全力；为此我也不能不一同操心，算作分甘共苦。我曾忠告她：我不吃倒也罢了，却万不可这样地操劳。她不开口，似乎有点凄然。
My food is much better than when I was in the guild hall. Although cooking is not Zijun’s specialty, she devotes herself to it; For this reason, I cannot help but worry together and count it as sharing weal and woe. I once advised her: “I’ll just as well not eat, but never work like this.”. She didn’t speak, as if she were a bit sad.
我所预期的打击果然到来。双十节的前一晚，局里的信差送来一张纸条。我一看，，，果然印着的就是——“奉局长谕史涓生着毋庸到局办事。”
The blow I expected came as expected. On the night before Double Tenth Festival, the messenger in the bureau sent a note. “Upon my first glance, it was indeed printed – ‘I have been instructed by the Director General that Shi Junsheng should not come to the bureau to handle affairs.'”
我早料到了；那雪花膏是局长儿子的赌友，一定要去添谣言，设法报告的。到现在才发生效验，已算是很晚的了。
I had expected it; “That snow cream is a gambling friend of the director’s son, so we must add rumors and try to report it.”. It is already very late for the effect to occur until now.
但我的心却跳跃着。“那算什么，哼，我们干新的。我们……”子君的话没说完；不知怎的，那声音在我听去却只是浮浮的；灯光也觉得格外暗淡。那么一个无畏的子君也变了色，尤其使我痛心；她近来似乎变得怯弱了。
But my heart is beating. “What’s that? Humph, let’s do something new. We…” Zijun didn’t finish his words; Somehow, the sound I heard was only floating; The lights also felt particularly dim. So a fearless Zijun also changed his color, which especially made me sad; She seems to have become timid lately.
