要说真话，

Be honest， 

不要说假话。

Don't lie. 

否则一语成...

Or else you'll have it coming. 

为什么呢？

Why? 

面包房每天来送点心的那个伙计小张，

You know the baker boy comes to deliver pastries every day? 

他十几岁就从宁波来上海。

He came to Shanghai as a teenager. 

一个人划只小船来的，

Rowed a boat here on his own, 

家里穷得叮当响，

The kid had no one to count on, 

后来跟了现在这个老板学做生意，

Later he started to study baking under his current boss, 

几年下来，也算半个面点师傅，

After a few year he got good at it, 

他很聪明。

He's a smart kid. 

老板有个女儿，

The boss had a daughter, 

他处处小心维护，

He carefully made moves on her, 

不动声色打动了芳心，

and quietly won her heart, 

老板自然嫌他穷，不答应。

But the boss wouldn't approve since he's got nothing. 

小姐就去求她娘，

So the girl goes to her mom, 

她娘再去求老板，

to help persuade her dad, 

老板就来问他，

The boss then asks him, 

你想讨怎么样的老婆?

What's his ideal wife like? 

这个小瘪三耍滑头，

The little smartass thought, 

心里想的当然是漂亮的，有钱的老婆，

who wouldn't want a pretty,rich girl.

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