Chinese June
HSK 3 · Intermedio

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 episodios

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