On New Year's Eve, an old woman stops a young delivery rider at the gate and asks him for a favor that has nothing to do with the order he just dropped off.
Scene 1: At the Gate on New Year's Eve
夜,小赵送完最后一单,正想骑车回家,被楼下一位老太太拦住了。
On New Year's Eve, Xiao Zhao finished his last delivery and was about to ride home when an old woman downstairs stopped him.
Old woman
小伙子,你天天用手机送东西,肯定会发吧?能不能教教我?
Young man, you use your phone to deliver things every day, so you must know how to send a red envelope, right? Could you teach me?
Xiao Zhao
阿姨,您这是要给谁发呀?
Ma'am, who are you trying to send it to?
Old woman
我孙子在外地打工,今年不回来了。往年我都塞钱给他,今年只能发到这小屏幕上。
My grandson works far away and isn't coming home this year. Other years I'd press the money into his hand, but this year all I can do is send it through this little screen.
Scene 2: Fumbling with the Screen
小赵接过手机,发现里面连的都还没设好。
Xiao Zhao took the phone and found that she hadn't even set up a payment password yet.
Old woman
我,那些小字看不清,按了半天也搞不明白,怕一不小心把钱按没了。
My eyes are bad and I can't make out those tiny letters. I tapped at it forever and still couldn't figure it out — I'm afraid one wrong tap will make the money disappear.
Xiao Zhao
您别担心,钱不会乱跑的。来,我把字调大,您跟着我一步一步点。
Don't worry, the money isn't going anywhere. Here, let me make the text bigger, and you tap along with me one step at a time.
他蹲在路灯下,握着老太太的手,一个按钮一个按钮地教。
He crouched under the streetlight, held the old woman's hand, and walked her through it one button at a time.
Scene 3: A Hesitant Question
Old woman
对了,这能不能写句话?我想跟他说点儿什么。
Oh, right — can I add a note to this red envelope? There's something I want to say to him.
Xiao Zhao
当然能。您说,我帮您打。
Of course you can. Just say it, and I'll type it for you.
老太太想了想,声音忽然有点儿抖。
The old woman thought for a moment, and her voice suddenly trembled a little.
Old woman
就写——奶奶都好,外面冷,别花钱。
Just write — Grandma's doing fine. It's cold out there, so don't be afraid to spend money on yourself.
Scene 4: A Ring in the Night
发出去没几秒,手机就响了,是孙子打来的。
Seconds after the red envelope went out, the phone rang — it was a video call from her grandson.
Grandson
奶奶!您居然会发了?谁教您的呀!
Grandma! You actually know how to send a red envelope now? Who taught you?
Old woman
一个送货的好心小伙子。快谢谢人家!
A kind young delivery man. Hurry up and thank him!
小赵摆摆手,骑上车,远处的声里,他听见屏幕那头喊了声新年好。
Xiao Zhao waved it off and got on his bike, and amid the distant crackle of firecrackers, he heard the voice on the other end of the screen call out a Happy New Year.