Mr. Yang of Yima has long promised his daughter a grand birthday party on her tenth birthday, and the family is looking forward to the arrival of her daughter's tenth birthday on February 28, 2020, giving her a memorable birthday. Who knew that at the beginning of the year, a new coronavirus came, in order to control the continuous spread of the epidemic. The community is sealed, the restaurant is closed, the cake room is sealed, and seeing that the birthday has arrived, the epidemic is still not over, which makes Mr. Yang very embarrassed.
February 28 arrived as scheduled, looking at the daughter's bright smile, the father's mood was extremely helpless, what to do about this birthday? He called several cake shops, each of which was closing, and his heart was cold.
"Dad, today is my birthday, is there a cake?"
The 10-year-old daughter rushed into her father's room early in the morning, and her father said shyly: I definitely remember, but the community can't go out, and the cake room is not open! Although the children also know that everyone is fighting the epidemic now, avoiding living in groups, many shops are not open, the cake is afraid that they cannot be bought, and the sensible children are also very understanding, but they are still a little disappointed in their hearts. In order not to let her daughter be too disappointed, she proposed to make a special cake for her daughter, and the sensible child agreed.
Yang Mingrui is a primary school student in the third class of the fourth grade of Yima Experimental Primary School, who usually loves to learn, listens to teachers and parents, likes to sing and dance, participates in the Spring Festival Gala in the city and the school's literary and artistic performances, especially likes to do handicrafts, and has learned to use mud to pinch some piglet mice with the teacher. As soon as she said that she wanted to make a cake, she proposed to make a cake for the 12 zodiac signs, hoping to take the opportunity to show her hand. The family began to act, even the grandparents were involved, Yang Mingrui made a small animal out of the dough, the only thing that was done was wonderful, the grandparents smiled happily, and after the cake was made, it was placed in a circle in order. After steaming on the basket for 30 minutes, the birthday cake was finally made.
At noon, the birthday ceremony officially begins, and the fiery red candles burn.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you----" Grandpa, grandma and dad surrounded Yang Mingrui and sang "Happy Birthday Song" together. She was wrapped in a strong sense of affection and filled with a happy birthday atmosphere.
In this way, under the epidemic, the child spent a simple and warm birthday, which also brought a little unique color to the 33-day life of the house, temporarily eliminating the fear of disease.
(Contributed by Zhao Chunmei, teacher of Yima Experimental Primary School)