The Second Cup of Tea · chapter 8 of 8
Our Thursday
我们的星期四
The last Thursday at the teahouse. It's raining again, Lu Wei has one thing to tell her, and Jiang Ning is afraid it will be goodbye.
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- Jiang Ning 星期四晚上七点，又下雨了。
Xīngqīsì wǎnshang qī diǎn, yòu xià yǔ le.
Thursday, seven p.m. It's raining again.
- Jiang Ning 他要跟我说的那句话……会是什么？
Tā yào gēn wǒ shuō de nà jù huà…… huì shì shénme?
The one thing he wants to tell me… what will it be?
- Jiang Ning 我不想听“再见”。好，开门吧。
Wǒ bù xiǎng tīng “zàijiàn”. Hǎo, kāi mén ba.
I don't want to hear “goodbye.” Okay. Open the door.
- Auntie Wang 江宁，你来了！你看，这么多人！
Jiāng Níng, nǐ lái le! Nǐ kàn, zhème duō rén!
Jiang Ning, you're here! Look at all these people!
- Jiang Ning 王阿姨，他们是谁？
Wáng āyí, tāmen shì shéi?
Auntie Wang, who are they?
- Auntie Wang 我也不认识！他们说，是陆伟请来的。
Wǒ yě bú rènshi! Tāmen shuō, shì Lù Wěi qǐng lái de.
I don't know them either! They say Lu Wei invited them.
- Jiang Ning 窗边的桌子上，有两个杯子。陆伟在倒茶。
Chuāngbiān de zhuōzi shàng, yǒu liǎng gè bēizi. Lù Wěi zài dào chá.
On the table by the window are two cups, and Lu Wei is pouring the tea.
- Lu Wei 江宁，你来了。坐吧。
Jiāng Níng, nǐ lái le. Zuò ba.
Jiang Ning, you came. Sit down.
- Jiang Ning 陆伟，这是怎么回事？
Lù Wěi, zhè shì zěnme huí shì?
Lu Wei, what's going on?
- Lu Wei 我们不想让茶馆关门。我和姐姐给一百个人打了电话。
Wǒmen bù xiǎng ràng cháguǎn guānmén. Wǒ hé jiějie gěi yìbǎi gè rén dǎ le diànhuà.
We didn't want the teahouse to close. So my sister and I called a hundred people.
- Jiang Ning 一百个电话？那天晚上的“下一个”……
Yìbǎi gè diànhuà? Nà tiān wǎnshang de “xià yí gè”……
A hundred calls? So that night, “next one”…
- Lu Fang 是我说的！江宁，你又想错了吧？
Shì wǒ shuō de! Jiāng Níng, nǐ yòu xiǎng cuò le ba?
That was me! You got it wrong again, didn't you, Jiang Ning?
- Jiang Ning 陆芳！又是你！
Lù Fāng! Yòu shì nǐ!
Lu Fang! It was you again!
- Lu Fang 你打电话的时候，我们在打第六十个！
Nǐ dǎ diànhuà de shíhou, wǒmen zài dǎ dì liùshí gè!
When you called, we were on number sixty!
- Lu Wei 对不起。我怕做不到，你会难过。所以，我不敢告诉你。
Duìbuqǐ. Wǒ pà zuò bu dào, nǐ huì nánguò. Suǒyǐ, wǒ bù gǎn gàosu nǐ.
I'm sorry. I was afraid it wouldn't work and you'd be sad. So I didn't dare tell you.
- Jiang Ning 又是“不敢”！
Yòu shì “bù gǎn”!
“Didn't dare,” again!
- Lu Wei 今天，大家都买了一年的茶。钱今天给，茶慢慢喝。
Jīntiān, dàjiā dōu mǎi le yì nián de chá. Qián jīntiān gěi, chá mànmàn hē.
Tonight, everyone here bought a whole year of tea. They pay now and drink it slowly.
- Lu Fang 王阿姨，房租的钱，有了！
Wáng āyí, fángzū de qián, yǒu le!
Auntie Wang, there's your rent money!
- Auntie Wang 一年的茶？那……茶馆不用关门了！谢谢大家！
Yì nián de chá? Nà…… cháguǎn búyòng guānmén le! Xièxie dàjiā!
A year of tea? Then… the teahouse doesn't have to close! Thank you, everyone!
- Jiang Ning 大家都笑了。王阿姨一边拍手，一边哭。
Dàjiā dōu xiào le. Wáng āyí yìbiān pāishǒu, yìbiān kū.
Everyone laughs. Auntie Wang is clapping and crying at the same time.
- Lu Wei 江宁，第二杯茶，给你。
Jiāng Níng, dì èr bēi chá, gěi nǐ.
Jiang Ning, the second cup. It's for you.
- Jiang Ning 那你的那句话呢？今天还“不敢”吗？
Nà nǐ de nà jù huà ne? Jīntiān hái “bù gǎn” ma?
And your one thing? Still “don't dare” tonight?
- Lu Wei 今天敢。江宁，我喜欢你。
Jīntiān gǎn. Jiāng Níng, wǒ xǐhuan nǐ.
Tonight I dare. Jiang Ning, I like you.
- Jiang Ning 我也喜欢你。
Wǒ yě xǐhuan nǐ.
I like you too.
- Auntie Wang 好了，好了！六个月了，我不急了！
Hǎo le, hǎo le! Liù gè yuè le, wǒ bù jí le!
There! At last! Six months, and I can finally stop worrying!
- Jiang Ning 以前，我们只说“你好”和“再见”。
Yǐqián, wǒmen zhǐ shuō “nǐ hǎo” hé “zàijiàn”.
We used to say only “hello” and “goodbye.”
- Jiang Ning 现在，我们有说不完的话。
Xiànzài, wǒmen yǒu shuō bu wán de huà.
Now we'll never run out of things to say.
What changed in the story?
- Who are all the people in the teahouse?
“他们说，是陆伟请来的。”
- Who said “next one” on the phone that night?
“是我说的！江宁，你又想错了吧？”
- Why didn't Lu Wei tell Jiang Ning about the plan?
“我怕做不到，你会难过。所以，我不敢告诉你。”
- How is the teahouse saved?
“今天，大家都买了一年的茶。钱今天给，茶慢慢喝。”
- What is the one thing Lu Wei wanted to tell Jiang Ning?
“今天敢。江宁，我喜欢你。”