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title: "七楼 · 第二十六天 | The Seventh Floor, Episode 26: The First Flower | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Daily HSK 3 Chinese reading: the first flower opens on the seventh floor, Ningning names it, and Zou Yeye finally laughs."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-26-the-first-flower"
published: "2026-10-11"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

Chapter 26

# 七楼 · 第二十六天

The Seventh Floor, Episode 26: The First Flower

昨天下午，七楼的栏杆终于做好了。邹爷爷在小绿叶中间看见了一点儿红色，说：“明天早上，你们早一点儿上来。”

今天是星期天。早上六点半，乔安和宁宁就到了六楼。铁门开着，他们走上了七楼。

太阳刚出来。邹爷爷已经站在那五个花盆前面了，脚上穿着那双旧鞋，上面都是土。他转过身说：“你们来看。”

最里面的那个花盆里，开了一朵小小的红花。旁边还有两朵，也快开了。

宁宁马上跑过去，看了又看：“花真的开了！我说对了吧，是种子！”

她问：“爷爷，这是什么花？”

爷爷想了想：“我也不知道。快递里的种子，上面没写名字。”

宁宁说：“那我们给它起一个名字吧！”他想了一会儿，眼睛一下子亮了：“就叫‘面包’！”

“面包？”

“对啊。每次我说对了，你都给我买面包。这次我又说对了，当然要叫‘面包’！”

爷爷看着宁宁，过了一会儿，突然笑了起来。他笑得很大声，笑着笑着，眼睛都红了。

这是她第一次听见他这样笑。

宁宁很小声地说：“爷爷，我第一次看见您笑！”

爷爷说：“她以前也常给七楼的花起名字，一个比一个奇怪。”他看着那朵小红花：“好，就叫‘面包’。”

然后他对她说：“你拍一张照片，发给我孙女吧。就说，七楼的花开了。”

她拍了好几张。最好看的一张里，那朵小红花在中间，爷爷在旁边，还在笑。

就在这时候，她的手机响了。是罗师傅。

“今天来了一个快递，很奇怪。”

“又是七楼的？”

“不是。上面没写几号楼，也没写七楼。”他停了一下，“只写了三个字：给爷爷。”

**473 characters** in this chapter

HSK 3 · 1 min audio**地铁里的阿姨**

[Next reading 地铁里的阿姨](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-take-the-subway-in-china)

[Back to the series](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/the-seventh-floor)

## Words in this chapter

- [栏杆lángānrailing](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%A0%8F%E6%9D%86)
- [朵duǒclassifier for flowers and clouds](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%B5)
- [种子zhǒngziseed](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%A7%8D%E5%AD%90)
- [红hóngred](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BA%A2)
- [土tǔsoil](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9C%9F)
- [快递kuàidìexpress delivery](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BF%AB%E9%80%92)
- [亮liàngto shine](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BA%AE)
- [拍pāito take (a photo)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8B%8D)
- [孙女sūnnǚgranddaughter (son's daughter)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AD%99%E5%A5%B3)
- [响xiǎngto sound](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%8D)
- [停tíngto stop](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%81%9C)
- [终于zhōngyúfinally](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BB%88%E4%BA%8E)
- [刚gāngexactly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%9A)
- [脚jiǎofoot](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%84%9A)
- [双shuāngclassifier for pairs (shoes, chopsticks, eyes)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%8C)
- [旧jiùold](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%97%A7)

## Grammar in this chapter

- [**place + verb + 着 + thing**there is … (somewhere)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhe-existential)
- [**快(要)…了**about to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kuai-le)
- [**verb + 了又 + verb**… again and again](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-you-v)
- [**verb + 了 + verb**… briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)
- [**过了 + length of time**after …; … went by](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/time-passes)
- [**verb + 得 + complement**says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)

Chapter 26 · 2 min

## Chapters

1. [1**七楼 · 第一天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 1: A Parcel for Nobody](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-1-a-parcel-for-nobody)
2. [2**七楼 · 第二天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 2: The Parcel That Vanished Overnight](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-2-the-parcel-that-vanished-overnight)
3. [3**七楼 · 第三天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 3: The Locked Iron Door](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-3-the-locked-iron-door)
4. [4**七楼 · 第四天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 4: The Man on the Sixth Floor](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-4-the-neighbour-with-muddy-shoes)
5. [5**七楼 · 第五天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 5: The Rattling Parcel](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-5-the-rattling-parcel)
6. [6**七楼 · 第六天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 6: The Key at Midnight](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-6-the-key-at-midnight)
7. [7**七楼 · 第七天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 7: The Old Key](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-7-the-old-key)
8. [8**七楼 · 第八天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 8: Paid From the South](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-8-paid-from-the-south)
9. [9**七楼 · 第九天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 9: Grandma Zou's Shop](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-9-grandma-zous-shop)
10. [10**七楼 · 第十天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 10: The Bottom Drawer](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-10-the-bottom-drawer)
11. [11**七楼 · 第十一天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 11: The Iron Door Opens](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-11-the-iron-door-opens)
12. [12**七楼 · 第十二天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 12: The Roof Room](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-12-the-roof-room)
13. [13**七楼 · 第十三天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 13: Not His Parcels](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-13-not-his-parcels)
14. [14**七楼 · 第十四天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-14-the-wrong-number)
15. [15**七楼 · 第十五天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-15-half-a-character)
16. [16**七楼 · 第十六天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 16: The Granddaughter in Guangzhou](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-16-the-granddaughter-in-guangzhou)
17. [17**七楼 · 第十七天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 17: The Second Chair](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-17-the-second-chair)
18. [18**七楼 · 第十八天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 18: The Storm on the Roof](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-18-the-storm-on-the-roof)
19. [19**七楼 · 第十九天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 19: The Tin of Letters](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-19-the-tin-of-letters)
20. [20**七楼 · 第二十天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 20: The Voice on the Phone](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-20-the-voice-on-the-phone)
21. [21**七楼 · 第二十一天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 21: The Granddaughter's Secret](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-21-the-granddaughters-secret)
22. [22**七楼 · 第二十二天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 22: Not Safe](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-22-not-safe)
23. [23**七楼 · 第二十三天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 23: The Argument in the Parcel Station](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-23-the-argument-in-the-parcel-station)
24. [24**七楼 · 第二十四天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 24: Ninety-Seven Names](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-24-ninety-seven-names)
25. [25**七楼 · 第二十五天**The Seventh Floor, Episode 25: The Iron Railing](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-25-the-iron-railing)
26. 26**七楼 · 第二十六天**Reading

Story series · Lower intermediate · 2 min audio each