I spent the New Year at the station - I was not lonely on a day of anger
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, I spent it at Guangzhou International Health Station, and my life was very happy, and I lived like a god every day.
On the evening of January 23, 2022, a group of seven of our colleagues flew from Ethiopia to Guangzhou and were arranged to quarantine at the Guangzhou International Health Station for 14 days. The conditions here are very good and beyond imagination. The room is clean and equipped with all kinds of daily necessities, like to drink coffee to provide you with Nescafe coffee, like to drink tea to provide you with Pu'er raw and cooked tea, like to exercise to provide you with yoga mats, like to weigh you to provide weight measuring devices, like to cook telephone porridge for you to provide long-distance landline telephone, worry about low temperature for you to provide air conditioning free debugging temperature... Three meals a day are delicious, delicious meals, reasonable combinations, fruit drinks are available, and the service is thoughtful and punctual. A few of us often share daily life, share online shopping, and live a very happy day.
The good times did not last long, the quarantine date of February 5, 2022 arrived, except for me, due to the need to abide by the 21-day quarantine policy of my hometown, the others left the station in the early morning of the 6th. From that day on, the loneliness of "being a stranger in a foreign land alone" and "who sees the ghost alone" came to mind. Although the three meals were brought to the mouth, it was completely tasteless to eat.
On the evening of February 7, there was a sudden knock at the door. "Which one?" I asked nervously. "Are you Hu Yanju?" A girl asked kindly. "Yes." I say. "Happy birthday to you!" She said sincerely, "You'll come out and get your birthday cake later." ”
At that moment, I was a little excited, and to be honest, I had already forgotten which day was my birthday. Because I worked in distant Ethiopia, far away from my family, I didn't have a birthday for many years.
As soon as the girl left, I quickly put on my mask and opened the door, only to see a birthday cake, birthday cards and a bouquet of flowers on the table outside. I took them in. Opening the cake box, a beautiful cake is presented in front of you, the round cake is surrounded by mango slices, colorful fruit fragments are inlaid on it, and the flower buds are red tomatoes, and they are combined like a fruit platter. I dug into a spoon and it was so sweet and delicious that the layers of cream mixed with the fruit were eaten in my mouth. The birthday card is very delicate, and it warmly reads: I wish you a happy birthday, good health, and good luck... A bouquet of flowers with pink roses, purple lavender, white forget-me-not, against the background of pink wrapping paper, bright and fresh, fragrant and charming, my room is suddenly full of fragrance, full of spring.
I immediately picked up my mobile phone, took pictures of these beautiful things, and happily transferred them to my family and friends, telling them with great joy: the night is long and lonely, the dew is clear, the heart is leisurely, and the birthday is not lonely. If you are here, I would like to share this sweet and delicious cake with you; if you are, I would like to share this fragrant aroma with you; if you are, I would like to share this beautiful birthday wish with you.
