If other people had heard this, they would surely modestly deflect it. But it landed on Lu Jiang, who grinned proudly, "Of course. My wife now speaks French. She also knows English, Russian, Italian, what was it... Hindi? She speaks a little Japanese too. She wouldn't be intimidated even at the United Nations."
Besides the French and English she's studying now, the others were either learned from elders at home or taught privately by old professors at school.
She might not be fluent, just knows a little bit of each.
After all, a person's energy is limited, and no matter how eager Feng Qingxue is to learn, she has to prioritize her major courses first.
Shi Guantao raised his thumb. In his view, anyone knowledgeable and multilingual is impressive, even if intellectuals don't have high status now. Most older rural farmers and street folk still hold intellectuals in high regard.
