Chinese June
HSK 3 · Intermediate

机会JīhuìThe Opportunity

Xiaoyu works in her father’s bookshop. Then a company in Shanghai offers her a job, and her father says no. She is about to turn it down when she finds a yellowed notice in the storeroom: twenty years ago, the same city made her father the same offer. A story about responsibility, regret and letting go, in ten short episodes written with HSK 1–3 words.

10 episodes

  1. Episode 1: 消息The newsA message arrives at a small bookshop. It could change everything.
  2. Episode 2: 计划The planXiaoyu has a job offer in Shanghai. Her father doesn’t know.
  3. Episode 3: 反对AgainstDinner. Xiaoyu has something to say.
  4. Episode 4: 原因The reasonHer father said no and left the table.
  5. Episode 5: 考虑Thinking it overOne message would end it: “I’m sorry, I can’t come.”
  6. Episode 6: 发现A discoveryIn the storeroom, at the bottom of an old box.
  7. Episode 7: 后悔RegretTwenty years ago, her father got the same offer.
  8. Episode 8: 改变A change“I’ve regretted it for twenty years.”
  9. Episode 9: 条件One conditionHer father has changed his mind. Now Xiaoyu hesitates.
  10. Episode 10: 火车站The stationOne suitcase. One ticket to Shanghai.