老茶馆 The old teahouse

Zài chéngshì de yì tiáo lǎo jiē shàng, yǒu yì jiā kāi le sì shí duō nián de chá guǎn. Chá guǎn bú dà, zhǐyǒu bā Zhāng zhuōzi, qiáng shàng guà zhe jǐ fú yǐjīng fā huáng de shūfǎ zuòpǐn. Zhè shì Wáng yéye niánqīng shí zìjǐ kāi de diàn.

在城市的一条老街上，有一家开了四十多年的茶馆。茶馆不大，只有八张桌子，墙上挂着几幅已经发黄的书法作品。这是王爷爷年轻时自己开的店。

On an old street in the city there is a teahouse that has been open for over forty years. It’s small, with only eight tables, and a few yellowed pieces of calligraphy hang on the walls. Grandpa Wang opened it himself when he was young.

Měi tiān zǎoshang liù diǎn, Wáng yéye dōu huì zhǔnshí kāi mén, shāo shuǐ, zhǔnbèi chá jù. Lái hē chá de dà duō shì fùjìn de lǎorén, tāmen yí zuò jiùshì yí shàngwǔ, liáo tiān, xià qí, kàn bàozhǐ, hǎoxiàng shíjiān zài zhèlǐ guò de tèbié màn.

每天早上六点，王爷爷都会准时开门、烧水、准备茶具。来喝茶的大多是附近的老人，他们一坐就是一上午，聊天、下棋、看报纸，好像时间在这里过得特别慢。

At six every morning Grandpa Wang opens up, boils water and sets out the tea things. Most customers are older people from the neighbourhood. Once they sit down they stay all morning, chatting, playing chess and reading the paper, as if time passes more slowly here.

Qiánnián, Wáng yéye de shēntǐ yuè lái yuè chà, jiā lǐ rén dōu quàn tā bǎ chá guǎn guān le. Tā de Sūn nǚ xiǎo yǔ gāng cóng dàxué bìyè, běn lái dǎsuàn qù dà chéngshì zhǎo gōngzuò, kěshì kàn zhe yéye shěbude de yàngzi, tā yóuyù le.

前年，王爷爷的身体越来越差，家里人都劝他把茶馆关了。他的孙女小雨刚从大学毕业，本来打算去大城市找工作，可是看着爷爷舍不得的样子，她犹豫了。

Two years ago, Grandpa Wang’s health was getting worse, and the family urged him to close the teahouse. His granddaughter Xiaoyu had just graduated from university and planned to look for work in a big city, but seeing how much her grandfather hated to let it go, she hesitated.

Zuìhòu, xiǎo yǔ juédìng liúxia lái, jiē guò yéye de chá guǎn. Tā bǎoliú le lǎo chá guǎn de yàngzi, tóngshí yě zuò le yìxiē gǎibiàn: zēngjiā le jǐ zhǒng niánqīng rén xǐhuan de chá, zhōumò hái jǔbàn chá yì kè. Màn màn de, lái hē chá de rén zhōng, chúle lǎorén, yě duō le bù shǎo niánqīng rén.

最后，小雨决定留下来，接过爷爷的茶馆。她保留了老茶馆的样子，同时也做了一些改变：增加了几种年轻人喜欢的茶，周末还举办茶艺课。慢慢地，来喝茶的人中，除了老人，也多了不少年轻人。

In the end Xiaoyu decided to stay and take over the teahouse. She kept its old look but made some changes: she added a few teas young people like, and ran tea classes at weekends. Gradually, along with the older regulars, quite a few young people started coming too.

Wáng yéye xiànzài búyòng měi tiān gōngzuò le, dàn tā háishi xǐhuan zuò zài ménkǒu de lǎo wèizhì, kàn zhe lái lái wǎngwǎng de kèrén. Tā cháng shuō:"chá guǎn hái zài, lǎo jiē jiù hái yǒu wèidào."

王爷爷现在不用每天工作了，但他还是喜欢坐在门口的老位置，看着来来往往的客人。他常说：“茶馆还在，老街就还有味道。”

Grandpa Wang no longer has to work every day, but he still likes to sit in his old spot by the door, watching the customers come and go. He often says, “As long as the teahouse is here, the old street still has its flavour.”