The Seven-Star Baby Translator Has All the Kids in the Compound Begging for Her Protection

[Seventies-era compound + Baby-talk fluency maxed out + No CP, career-focused + Adorable kids ensemble + Lighthearted wish fulfillment + Clear-headed heroine who isn’t a saint] Jiang Tingxia fainted with anger after missing the mark on her college entrance English exam by one point. When she woke up, she was a pitiful girl in 1976, kicked out of her home by her stepmother and starved unconscious outside the daycare in the Hongxing Machinery Factory residential compound. The System asked her to choose a language to master. Through tears, she gritted her teeth and said, “English!” System: “All right. Baby-talk fluency maxed out has been granted.” Jiang Tingxia: “…Have you no manners?” She thought this golden finger would be useless, until she was temporarily assigned to the factory daycare and found herself facing a roomful of little terrors screaming at the top of their lungs. The factory director’s grandson cried until he hiccupped. Everyone else said he wanted his grandma, but she heard: [There’s a rock in my shoe! It hurts!] The regiment commander’s daughter refused to eat. Everyone else said she was picky, but she heard: [The spoon tastes like scallions! I hate scallions!] The compound’s little tyrant threw himself on the ground and threw a tantrum. Everyone else said he needed a good spanking, but she heard: [Dad promised he’d come home today! He lied!] From then on, the story spread through the Hongxing compound: “Kid crying? Hurry, take them to the daycare. Teacher Xiao Jiang can understand them!” “Your child won’t listen? Don’t worry, let Teacher Xiao Jiang translate!” With her baby-talk fluency maxed out, Jiang Tingxia ran a daycare, taught early childhood classes, built a children’s dining hall, and revamped the toy workshop. Together with a bunch of little ones, she made life in the compound flourish. The relatives who once thought she was useless came begging to make amends. Jiang Tingxia smiled as she shut the door. “Sorry, adults aren’t within my translation range.”