While hunting for a pen, Xiao Yu pulls out a faded black-and-white photo, and that afternoon Grandma suddenly tells her all about the little house they once called home.
A Pen and a Photo
小雨在书桌的最下面找笔，手却碰到了一张硬硬的纸。
Xiao Yu was digging around the very bottom of her desk for a pen when her hand bumped into a stiff piece of paper.
Xiao Yu
奶奶，你快来看！这张都黄了，上面的两个人是谁呀？
Grandma, come look! This photo has gone all yellow. Who are these two people in it?
奶奶放下手里的菜，戴上眼镜，看了好一会儿才笑出声。
Grandma set down the vegetables she was holding, put on her glasses, and gazed at it for a good while before letting out a laugh.
Grandma
这个穿白衬衫的瘦小伙子，是你爷爷；旁边这个，就是我啦。
This skinny young man in the white shirt is your grandpa; and the one beside him, that's me.
The Little House of Long Ago
Xiao Yu
真的吗？爷爷那时候这么！是在哪儿照的呀？
Really? Grandpa was so young back then! Where was the photo taken?
Grandma
门口那间小房子，就是我们刚时住的家，下雨天屋顶还会呢。
That little house by the doorway was the home we lived in right after we got married. On rainy days the roof even leaked.
Xiao Yu
？那多不方便呀！晚上没有电脑，你们做什么？
It leaked? That must have been so inconvenient! With no computer at night, what did you two even do?
Grandma
搬两把椅子坐到门口，跟一边吃西瓜一边，一聊就到半夜。
We'd carry two chairs out to the doorway, eat watermelon and chat with the neighbors, and before we knew it, it was the middle of the night.
Keeping It Safe
Xiao Yu
听你这么一说，那时候虽然苦，可是好啊。
The way you tell it, life was hard back then, but it sounds so lively and fun.
奶奶用手轻轻擦了擦上的灰，眼睛有点红。
Grandma gently wiped the dust off the photo with her hand, her eyes a little red.
Xiao Yu
我去拿个，把它放进去，这样就不会再弄坏了。
I'll go get a frame and put it inside, so it won't get damaged anymore.
Grandma
好孩子。等你爸下班回来，我们三个再一起照一张，挂在它旁边。
Good girl. When your dad gets home from work, the three of us will take a picture together and hang it right next to this one.