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Children's Day is the happiest day for kids! No homework and no classes.

The school gave out lots of delicious treats that day, including calcium milk biscuits, fermented rice tablets, candy, and chocolate chips. The children also put on a show.

Yunya also signed up for the singing performance. At school, she was usually an honest, unassuming, and unremarkable minor character.

She only talks and laughs when she's with Sun Fei, Meng Fanxing, and Zhang Ruisong. In the eyes of her other classmates, she's just an inconspicuous, quiet person.

I was able to participate in this singing performance thanks to Sun Fei's encouragement. Sun Fei said I sang well and encouraged me to go on stage.

Yun Ya didn't want to participate in the event, but she still mustered up the courage to participate in order to show off in front of her good friend Meng Fanxing.

The table on the podium has been moved down and placed in a corner outside the classroom.

One student was already reciting poetry on the stage. After that performance, it would be Yunya's turn.

Yunya was very nervous at this moment, and Sun Fei looked at her with encouraging eyes to comfort her.

Meng Fanxing looked at her with expectant eyes, giving her strength.

Even the unreliable Zhang Ruisong looked at her expectantly. She gritted her teeth, calmed herself down, and stepped lightly onto the podium.

Fortunately, the person hosting this event was art teacher Ji Yunhan. If it had been language teacher Tian Bilian, Yunya definitely wouldn't have participated. Because Yunya gets scared when she sees her, and that would have ruined the performance.

Yun Ya stood on the podium as the music teacher's tape recorder started playing. It was the accompaniment for a song Yun Ya was singing, which the music teacher had helped prepare.

After the class monitor announced the song's name, Yun Ya began her performance.

The light and cheerful melody of "The Snail and the Oriole" brings joy and comfort to listeners.

Yun Ya's clear and sweet voice rang out with the melody, and her lively singing seemed to have a magical power, bringing everyone into the scene depicted in the song.

Her initially tense expression gradually relaxed, and a confident smile blossomed on her face.

The students below the stage were all captivated by her singing. The whispers that had been going on instantly disappeared, leaving only her cheerful singing echoing in the classroom.

After the song ended, the classroom was quiet for a moment, then erupted in thunderous applause.

Sun Fei stood up excitedly, clapping and shouting "Bravo!" Meng Fanxing's eyes were full of surprise and admiration as she clapped vigorously. Even Zhang Ruisong yelled, "Sun Yunya, you're amazing!"

Yun Ya blushed and bowed deeply to the audience.

Art teacher Ji Yunhan walked up to the podium, smiling as she praised, "Yunya sang so well, don't you all agree?"

The students responded in unison, and Yunya was filled with joy and pride.

She never expected that her courageous attempt would receive such a positive response, and that it would allow her classmates to see a different side of her.

After Yun Ya finished her performance, she slowly stepped off the stage, and another girl came on stage. Her song "Singing and Smiling" brought the show to another climax.

The teacher led the students in applause, and the classroom erupted in laughter and excitement.

As the program neared its end, the teacher began distributing delicious snacks. The students waited expectantly for their gifts.

Each person receives half a pack of calcium milk biscuits, two rolls of sour pulp tablets, 6 candies, and 5 chocolate beans.

Yunya was overjoyed to receive these delicious snacks. The first thing she thought of was taking them home for her younger brother, Sun Guoqiang, to try.

[If I take these delicious things home for my younger brother to eat, he will be very happy.] Yunya thought to herself, a smile on her face.

The same thing was happening to the second graders next door.

Sun Limei also received holiday gifts from her teacher, which were also these delicious treats.

They had one more snack in second grade than in first grade: sunflower seeds that cost 5 cents a bag.

Each student received a bag of sunflower seeds, and the students were so happy they couldn't stop smiling. Some students couldn't resist and started eating the snacks in their hands.

Sun Limei had a chocolate bean in her mouth, sucking on it greedily. It was sweet, fragrant, with a hint of bitterness and a touch of milky flavor.

After eating three chocolate beans in a row, Sun Limei remembered her little brother at home.

But then I remembered that Yunya would also get these treats, so I decided to hide the remaining two chocolate beans and take them out to satisfy my cravings later.

She hid the three candies, two chocolate chips, and a roll of sourdough chips together.

Besides the ones I hid, I left a few cookies for my younger brother, and ate the rest.

When the school bell rang, the children found their friends and happily went home together.

Yunya was walking along the road chatting with Sun Fei. Sun Fei kept eating.

Yunya only ate one of each, just to taste it, and then she couldn't bear to eat the rest.

These are all rare items, and the family wouldn't dare buy them. Even meat is only bought during holidays like Chinese New Year.

When guests come over, if we buy some meat, the three children aren't allowed to sit at the table; they can only eat the leftovers. There's always a little bit of fatty meat left, which they can at least enjoy.

When Yunya got home, she skipped and hopped over to her younger brother, took out some snacks from her schoolbag and placed them in front of him.

Yunya's surprised voice rang out.

"Guoqiang, Guoqiang, look, look at all this delicious food, these are all good things."

Yun Ya peeled a chocolate and placed it in Sun Guoqiang's palm. Sun Guoqiang held the chocolate bean in his other hand and started licking it.

Kong Xiujuan had overheard Yun Ya's words outside. Now that she had come over and seen her second daughter giving her son something delicious, her attitude towards Yun Ya improved somewhat.

She saw her eldest daughter walk over quietly with her head down, and put a few biscuits in front of Sun Guoqiang.

Kong Xiujuan asked, "Did you only give out cookies? Was there anything else?"

Sun Limei took out some sunflower seeds and said, "I was hungry at school and ate them all. I forgot to save some for my younger brother, but luckily Yunya saved some for him. But I still have a bag of sunflower seeds here, I'll peel them for him later."

Kong Xiujuan didn't say anything more. Anyway, as long as her son had something to eat, that was enough, as long as Yunya brought back the food.

Yunya felt that she brought back more snacks for her younger brother than for her older sister. Her brother was happy eating them, which also made her mother happy and liked her a little more.

While eating, Sun Guoqiang didn't forget to share with Yunya. He took a biscuit and put it near Yunya's mouth.

Yunya smiled and said, "Guoqiang, you should have one too. This calcium milk biscuit must be delicious."

Sun Guoqiang was still young, and he knew to be close to whoever gave him good food. So he really liked his second sister. His second sister doted on him, and he wanted to dote on his second sister in return.

Sun Limei felt a pang of sadness watching from the side; her younger brother was truly pragmatic.

She quickly peeled a sunflower seed and placed it on the table, then continued peeling. Five minutes later, she had peeled more than ten sunflower seeds and gave them to her younger brother to eat.

She ate a few herself, and then divided the melon seeds into three portions, one for each of her sisters.

Yunya also received a portion, and she peeled a few for her younger brother. Then she ate some herself.

The sunflower seeds have a milky, slightly salty flavor, but they are very delicious and become more fragrant the more you chew them.

Kong Xiujuan passed by and was delighted to see this scene. The children were being naughty and arguing, but they all loved their youngest brother, which made her very happy.