How Grandpa Met Grandma
IntermediateFamily
A grandfather and his college-age granddaughter look through old family photo albums, and she asks him to share the story of how he first met her grandmother.
L
LinW
WeiL
爷爷，这张照片上的年轻人是你吗？看起来好帅啊！
yéye, zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shàng de niánqīng rén shì nǐ ma? kàn qǐlái hǎo shuài a!
Grandpa, is the young man in this photo you? He looks so handsome!
W
哈哈，是我，那年我才二十岁，刚大学毕业。
hāhā, shì wǒ, nà nián wǒ cái èrshí suì, gāng dàxué bìyè.
Haha, that's me. That year I was only twenty, and had just graduated from college.
L
那你是在哪儿认识奶奶的呢？快给我讲讲！
nà nǐ shì zài nǎr rènshi nǎinai de ne? kuài gěi wǒ jiǎngjiang!
So where did you meet Grandma? Come on, tell me!
W
我们是在一家书店认识的。当时她正在找一本书，怎么找都找不到。
wǒmen shì zài yì jiā shūdiàn rènshi de. dāngshí tā zhèngzài zhǎo yì běn shū, zěnme zhǎo dōu zhǎo bú dào.
We met in a bookstore. At the time she was looking for a book but couldn't find it no matter how hard she tried.
L
然后呢？你帮她找到那本书了吗？
ránhòu ne? nǐ bāng tā zhǎodào nà běn shū le ma?
And then? Did you help her find that book?
W
对，我正好知道那本书放在哪儿，就主动过去帮她。她笑着跟我说了声谢谢。
duì, wǒ zhènghǎo zhīdào nà běn shū fàng zài nǎr, jiù zhǔdòng guòqù bāng tā. tā xiàozhe gēn wǒ shuō le shēng xièxie.
Yes, I happened to know where that book was, so I took the initiative to go help her. She smiled and said thank you to me.
L
哇，好浪漫！那你们后来又是怎么在一起的？
wā, hǎo làngmàn! nà nǐmen hòulái yòu shì zěnme zài yìqǐ de?
Wow, so romantic! So how did you two end up together afterwards?
W
后来我发现我们都喜欢同一个作家，就聊了起来，越聊越投机。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn wǒmen dōu xǐhuan tóng yí gè zuòjiā, jiù liáo le qǐlái, yuè liáo yuè tóujī.
Later I discovered we both liked the same author, so we started chatting, and the more we talked the more we hit it off.
L
原来奶奶年轻的时候也这么爱看书啊，我以前都不知道。
yuánlái nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou yě zhème ài kàn shū a, wǒ yǐqián dōu bù zhīdào.
So Grandma loved reading so much when she was young—I never knew that before.
W
是啊，我们那时候没有手机，全靠写信联系，感情反而更深。
shì a, wǒmen nà shíhou méiyǒu shǒujī, quán kào xiě xìn liánxì, gǎnqíng fǎn'ér gèng shēn.
Yeah, back then we didn't have cell phones; we relied entirely on letters to keep in touch, and our feelings actually grew even deeper.
L
那些信你还留着吗？我好想看看。
nàxiē xìn nǐ hái liúzhe ma? wǒ hǎo xiǎng kànkan.
Do you still keep those letters? I'd really love to take a look.
W
当然留着，都锁在楼上一个旧盒子里呢。等会儿我拿下来给你看。
dāngrán liúzhe, dōu suǒ zài lóushàng yí gè jiù hézi lǐ ne. děng huìr wǒ ná xiàlái gěi nǐ kàn.
Of course I've kept them—they're all locked away in an old box upstairs. In a bit I'll bring them down to show you.