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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Signed for Three Years

Hear the news from the park office with the Deng family: the lease is signed for three years, the rent did not go up, Grandma asks if her grandson still wants to close, he admits he was wrong, Lan asks what happens now, he plans tea and coffee together, and you say everyone is happy.

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THE STORY

Grandma Deng's teahouse in Chengdu on a June afternoon, Little Deng back from the park office with a folder under his arm, Grandma in her bamboo chair, Lan and Owen rinsing bowls.

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奶奶， 签 了！ 三 年！nǎinai, qiān le! sān niánGrandma, it's signed! Three years!
房租 呢？fángzū neAnd the rent?
合同 签 了 吗？hétong qiān le maIs the contract signed?
房租 没 涨。fángzū méi zhǎngThe rent didn't go up.
还 想 关门 吗？hái xiǎng guānmén mastill want to close
你 还 想 关门 吗？nǐ hái xiǎng guānmén maDo you still want to close?
年轻 人 也 会 来。niánqīng rén yě huì láiYoung people will come too.
三 年 以后 再 说。sān nián yǐhòu zài shuōWe'll talk again in three years.
行 了 吧？xíng le baall right?, word for word fine, the light word, the soft word
我 错 了， 行 了 吧？wǒ cuò le, xíng le baI was wrong, all right?

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