China News Service, September 8th. According to the US "World Journal" report, the new crown pneumonia epidemic restricts people from traveling, and Hurricane "Ada" has also brought heavy rains to New York City recently, causing a lot of disasters, but it also caused people Increase opportunities to get along with family and relatives.

On the last day of the Labor Day long weekend on the 6th, Chinese people took advantage of this time to seize the opportunity to get along with family and friends, to barbecue in the nearby suburbs, or to go to the cinema for a long time to watch a movie and enjoy parent-child time.

　　Chinese parent Ms. Huang took her four children to the cinema on the 6th to watch a new movie. This is the first time the whole family has stepped into the cinema since the beginning of the epidemic.

　　Ms. Huang said that in previous years on Labor Day, she would take her children out for overnight trips, but the epidemic restricts travel, so she still stays in New York. She said that although the epidemic continues to worry her a little and the movies can be watched at home, she still takes advantage of this. Opportunity to enjoy the time of family outing.

　　Ms. Huang, who is busy working with her husband on weekdays, said that the four children, aged 17, 14, 11 and 5, mostly play games at home, otherwise they are doing homework in their own room. The heavy rain in New York made her a few days ago The basement of the house was partially flooded. The whole family scooped the water out of the house overnight. The electricity and internet were cut off at the house the next day. So she accompanied her children to clean and cook together at home these days.

　　Ms. Huang said that also due to the epidemic and floods, during the long weekend, the eldest son and the second son cooked steak for the whole family for dinner for the first time. Playing with dogs is a lot of family fun.

　　Taking advantage of the good weather these days, Chinese Ms. Lin and a few friends went to the mountain to barbecue.

Ms. Lin said that the New York rainstorm news a few days ago made people feel very bad, "feeling trapped in New York", so she met with three or five friends and went out to relax, hoping to clear away the gloom of mood.

　　On the same day, Ms. Lin and her friends went to a barbecue in Liyuan Park near their home. She said that she was worried about whether the rainstorm would affect the traffic on the road.

(Yan Jiaying)