The Little Noodle Shop · chapter 2 of 8
Extra Money
多了五块钱
Grandma counts the money and finds five yuan too many, plus a mysterious note. Xiao Mei decides to catch the secret customer herself.
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- Nainai 一、二、三、四……不对！怎么多了？
Yī, èr, sān, sì… bú duì! Zěnme duō le?
One, two, three, four… That's wrong! Why is there extra?
- Xiao Mei 多了多少钱，奶奶？
Duō le duōshao qián, Nǎinai?
How much extra, Grandma?
- Nainai 五块钱！昨天晚上，我没有这五块钱。
Wǔ kuài qián! Zuótiān wǎnshang, wǒ méiyǒu zhè wǔ kuài qián.
Five yuan! I didn't have these five yuan last night.
- Xiao Mei 这钱是从哪儿来的？
Zhè qián shì cóng nǎr lái de?
Where did this money come from?
- Nainai 在门口的地上，小桌子的旁边。还有一张纸。
Zài ménkǒu de dìshang, xiǎo zhuōzi de pángbiān. Hái yǒu yì zhāng zhǐ.
It was on the floor by the door, next to the little table. And a piece of paper.
- Xiao Mei 纸上有两个字：面钱。
Zhǐ shang yǒu liǎng gè zì: miàn qián.
The paper has two words: noodle money.
- Nainai 昨天晚上，厨房里的面少了一碗。
Zuótiān wǎnshang, chúfáng lǐ de miàn shǎo le yì wǎn.
Last night, one bowl of noodles went missing from the kitchen.
- Xiao Mei 有人吃了面，还给了钱！可是他是谁？
Yǒurén chī le miàn, hái gěi le qián! Kěshì tā shì shéi?
Someone ate noodles and paid for them! But who is it?
- Nainai 一碗面八块。他只给五块。他一定没有很多钱。
Yì wǎn miàn bā kuài. Tā zhǐ gěi wǔ kuài. Tā yídìng méiyǒu hěn duō qián.
A bowl costs eight yuan. He only paid five. He must not have much money.
- Lao Wang 老林！再来一碗！
Lǎo Lín! Zài lái yì wǎn!
Old Lin! One more bowl!
- Baba (Old Lin) 老王，你已经吃了四碗了！
Lǎo Wáng, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sì wǎn le!
Old Wang, you've already had four bowls!
- Lao Wang 我是大人，我要吃很多很多面！
Wǒ shì dàrén, wǒ yào chī hěn duō hěn duō miàn!
I'm a big man, I need to eat a lot!
- Nainai 好。一碗八块，四碗，三十二块。
Hǎo. Yì wǎn bā kuài, sì wǎn, sānshí'èr kuài.
Fine. Eight yuan a bowl, four bowls, thirty-two yuan.
- Lao Wang 三十块，行不行？我是老朋友！
Sānshí kuài, xíng bu xíng? Wǒ shì lǎo péngyou!
Thirty, okay? I'm an old friend!
- Nainai 不行！三十二块！一块都不能少！
Bù xíng! Sānshí'èr kuài! Yí kuài dōu bù néng shǎo!
No! Thirty-two! Not one yuan less!
- Lao Wang 好，好，好。奶奶，你真会算！
Hǎo, hǎo, hǎo. Nǎinai, nǐ zhēn huì suàn!
Okay, okay, okay. Grandma, you really can count!
- Lao Wang 对了！昨天晚上，我在街上看见一个小孩。
Duì le! Zuótiān wǎnshang, wǒ zài jiē shang kànjiàn yí gè xiǎohái.
Oh yes! Last night I saw a little kid on the street.
- Xiao Mei 小孩？他穿什么衣服？
Xiǎohái? Tā chuān shénme yīfu?
A kid? What was he wearing?
- Lao Wang 蓝色的大衣服。他跑得很快！
Lánsè de dà yīfu. Tā pǎo de hěn kuài!
Big blue clothes. He ran very fast!
- Baba (Old Lin) 你为什么不问他？
Nǐ wèishénme bù wèn tā?
Why didn't you ask him?
- Lao Wang 我在车里！我想问他，可是我的车比他还慢！
Wǒ zài chē lǐ! Wǒ xiǎng wèn tā, kěshì wǒ de chē bǐ tā hái màn!
I was in my taxi! I wanted to ask him, but my car was slower than he was!
- Xiao Mei 爸爸，今天晚上，我不睡觉。
Bàba, jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ bú shuìjiào.
Dad, tonight I'm not going to sleep.
- Baba (Old Lin) 什么？你是小孩子，你要睡觉！
Shénme? Nǐ shì xiǎo háizi, nǐ yào shuìjiào!
What? You're a child, you need to sleep!
- Xiao Mei 我要在门口等。那个人还会来！
Wǒ yào zài ménkǒu děng. Nàge rén hái huì lái!
I'll wait by the door. That person will come again!
- Baba (Old Lin) 好吧，等到十点。然后你睡觉。
Hǎo ba, děng dào shí diǎn. Ránhòu nǐ shuìjiào.
All right, wait until ten. Then you go to bed.
- Baba (Old Lin) 拿着这个，晚上很冷。
Ná zhe zhège, wǎnshang hěn lěng.
Take this. The night is cold.
- Xiao Mei 一个人在黑黑的店里……有点怕。可是我要看见他！
Yí gè rén zài hēihēi de diàn lǐ… yǒudiǎn pà. Kěshì wǒ yào kànjiàn tā!
Alone in the dark shop… a little scary. But I want to see him!
- Xiao Mei 后门……有人！
Hòumén… yǒurén!
The back door… someone's there!
What changed in the story?
- What does the paper under the door say?
“纸上有两个字”……“面钱”
- How much does Lao Wang have to pay for four bowls?
“一碗八块，四碗，三十二块。”
- What did Lao Wang see on the street last night?
“蓝色的大衣服。他跑得很快！”
- Why couldn't Lao Wang ask the child anything?
“我在车里！我想问他，可是我的车比他还慢！”
- Why does Xiao Mei decide not to sleep tonight?
“我要在门口等。那个人还会来！”