Chinese short story 115 |一对老夫妻 An Elderly Couple| HSK 3-4 | 听故事学中文 | 中文短篇故事

Chinese short story 115 |一对老夫妻 An Elderly Couple| HSK 3-4 | 听故事学中文 | 中文短篇故事 - 我家楼上住着一对九十岁的老夫妻。 An elderly couple, both ninety years old, lived in the apartment above mine. 他们总是一起出门、一起回家，我从来没看过他们的亲人。 They always went out and came home together, and I had never seen any of their relatives. 有一天，他们突然敲我的门。 One day, they suddenly knocked on my door. 老爷爷告诉我，他们想把他们的老房子卖给我。 The old man told me that they wanted to sell their old house to me. 那套房子市场价大约600万，他们却只要我付100万。 The house was worth about 6 million on the market, but they only wanted me to pay 1 million. 我的第一反应是：这个房子是不是有什么问题？ My first thought was, “Is there something wrong with this house?” 老夫妻没有多做解释，递给我一份手写的合同。 The elderly couple did not explain much and handed me a handwritten contract. 合同上只有三个条款： There were only three terms in the contract: 第一，100万一次性付清；第二，他们可以一直住到离世；第三，他们去世以后，房子里面所有的东西都归我。 First, I had to pay the 1 million in full; second, they could continue living there until they died; and third, after they died, everything inside the house would belong to me. 后来我才知道，他们已经没有亲人了。 Later, I learned that they had no family left. 儿子死于肝癌，女儿车祸意外死亡，孙女也因为白血病离开了人世。 Their son had died of liver cancer, their daughter had died in a car accident, and their granddaughter had also passed away from leukemia. 那天晚上，我一直睡不着。 That night, I could not sleep. 三天后，我从银行取出了100万元，和他们一起去做了公证。 Three days later, I withdrew 1 million from the bank and went with them to have the contract notarized. 按完手印后，老夫妻松了一口气，终于卸下了压在心里多年的担子。 After they left their fingerprints on the contract, the elderly couple seemed relieved, as if they had finally put down a burden they had carried for many years. 每周六我都会上楼帮他们打扫屋子。 Every Saturday, I went upstairs to help them clean their house. 老太太常常送我她自己做的饼干。 The old woman often gave me cookies that she had made herself. 七个月后，老爷爷突然昏倒在楼梯边，最后没能抢救回来。 Seven months later, the old man suddenly collapsed near the stairs and could not be saved. 三十七天后，老太太也在睡梦中安详地离开了。 Thirty-seven days later, the old woman also passed away peacefully in her sleep. 而我付给他们的100万元，她一分钱都没有动。 She had not spent a single cent of the 1 million I had paid them. 按照他们生前的心愿，我买了一个双人墓位，把两位老人合葬在了一起。 According to their wishes, I bought a double burial plot and had the two elderly people buried together. 整理遗物时，我在老爷爷的枕头下面找到一本笔记。 While going through their belongings, I found a notebook under the old man's pillow. 最后一页只有一句话： There was only one sentence on the last page: “总算没有看错人。” “At least I didn't misjudge the person.” 老夫妻托付给我的，不只是一间房子，还有我这辈子都无法忘记的回忆。 What the elderly couple entrusted to me was not just a house, but also a memory that I would never forget for the rest of my life. == 阅读理解 Reading Comprehension 1. 老夫妻为什么要把房子卖给“我”？ Why did the elderly couple want to sell the house to the narrator? 回答： 因为他们已经没有亲人了，而且想为自己的后事做好准备。 Answer: Because they had no family left and wanted to prepare for their own funerals. ________________________________________ 2. 老夫妻为什么只要100万元？ Why did the elderly couple only ask for 1 million? 回答： 因为他们并不是真的想靠卖房子赚钱，而是想把100万元当作自己后事的费用。 Answer: Because they were not really trying to make money from the house; they wanted the 1 million to cover their final expenses. ________________________________________ 3. “我”为什么一开始觉得房子可能有问题？ Why did the narrator first think there might be something wrong with the house? 回答： 因为房子市场价大约600万，老夫妻却只要100万，价格差得太多了。 Answer: Because the house was worth about 6 million, but the couple only asked for 1 million, which was a huge difference. ________________________________________ 4. 老爷爷和老太太去世以后，“我”做了什么？ What did the narrator do after the elderly couple passed away? 回答： “我”按照他们生前的心愿，买了一个双人墓位，把他们合葬在了一起。 Answer: The narrator followed their wishes, bought a double burial plot, and had them buried together. ________________________________________ 5. 老爷爷笔记本最后写的“总算没有看错人”是什么意思？ What did the old man's final sentence, “At least I didn't misjudge the person,” mean? 回答： 意思是老爷爷相信“我”是一个值得信任的好人，而最后“我”也没有辜负他们的信任。 Answer: It means that the old man believed the narrator was a trustworthy and kind person, and in the end, the narrator did not betray their trust.