"Mom and Dad, I want to call you, you don't have to worry, you don't have to worry, I'll stay at home; Mom and Dad, you're all well, my brother and I are painting, I'll take care of him..."
Last night, this song of "I want to call you" quickly became popular in the circle of friends, and the simple and innocent tone and melodious and moving song made many Dongguan people break through. However, what many citizens did not expect was that Cai Zi, the lyricist and singer of this song, was only a 14-year-old junior high school student, and the lyrics were composed by her during the Spring Festival in 2020.
Writing songs, inspired by a piece of news
The Spring Festival of 2020 is too memorable. In those days, Cai Zi was not concerned about eating, drinking and having fun, but about the heroic and moving deeds in the daily news and the safety of those who fought in the frontline of the fight against the epidemic, because Cai Zi's father was also a police officer.
During the Spring Festival, Cai Zi has not seen her father, made a lot of phone calls, and because her father is too busy to connect, she can only feel her father's daily life through the news and understand his father's work. On February 12, 2020, a news story titled "Parents Fight the "Epidemic" frontline, 7-year-old sister takes care of her 3-year-old brother" touched Cai Zi. "They also often can't get through to Mom and Dad's phone." Strong empathy made Cai Zi's inspiration burn. She went into the study, took out her notebook, and silently wrote down her feelings.
"That's where the lyrics come from." Cai Zi's mother, Chen Shaoxia, recalled.
After the initial completion of the lyrics, Cai Zi patiently revised them over and over again under the guidance of the teacher and according to the needs of the composition. Every time she made a revision, she would share it with her mother, and finally had a more satisfactory work.
"After completing the revision, Teacher Li Qin composed the song that night, and her daughter couldn't wait to start singing." Chen Shaoxia said.
The ability to write songs comes from reading a lot
At the age of 12, she can fill in simple and innocent lyrics with neat rhythm, how can Cai Zi?
"I am a primary school Chinese teacher, since I was a child, I have been interested in guiding my daughter to cultivate reading interest, for example, since I was in elementary school, every week I would take her to the Children's Palace to participate in activities, and after each activity, I would take her to the library to borrow books, borrow several books, and return them the next week." Chen Shaoxia told reporters.
From an early age, she cultivated Cai Zi's interest in reading, constantly acquired knowledge in reading, and knew how to feel life and observe life in reading. "She is the youngest in the class, but she is very sensible and very rational in her view of problems. For example, her father did not return for a long time when he was fighting the epidemic, but she came to enlighten me and asked me to understand her father more. Chen Shaoxia said with a smile.
Gain knowledge through reading, use knowledge to feel life, observe life, and grow and accumulate through reading life, which is the answer to why Cai Zi can.
"When she was in elementary school, she won the 'Reading Star' of Guangdong Province's Shuxiang Campus, the 'King of Stories' in Shilong Town, and participated in the city's nursery rhyme creation competition, learning the basic skills of writing lyrics..." Counting the growth brought by reading to her daughter, Chen Shaoxia on the other end of the phone was overflowing with relief.
Source/Dongguan Daily
Editor/Liao Yunqing
Review/Qiao Hong
Producer/Xi Shujun