中華小當家

江蘇 朱 紅

10 歲女孩廚藝精湛，顛勺甩鍋，動作嫻熟，被稱為現實版“中華小當家”。

Sun Jiarui, a fourth grader at a primary school in the city of Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, can cook more than 50 delicacies, which is no easy feat—even for an adult.

Short videos of the young cooking star have gone viral. She has more than 830,000 followers and 9 million likes on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.“My daughter just grew up in the kitchen.She started helping out with chores when she was around 4 or 5, and when she was 8, she asked me to teach her to cook after school. It's not bad for her to master some hands-on life skills, so she can better take care of herself when she grows up,”says Sun Yadong, who is the owner and chef of a farm restaurant in Wuxi.

“It was out of curiosity at first, but gradually, I fell in love with cooking. It gives me a strong sense of accomplishment,”says Jiarui. She has also become a teacher in her school's cooking class.“It's a great thing for the students to experience the joy of cooking and the fruits of their labor. This will ultimately help cultivate their passion for life,”says Li Hua, principal of the school.

Jiarui hopes that the course will offer students more hands-on opportunities to master basic life skills and share the burden with their parents.“This is what schooling is supposed to be like,”reads one online user's comment.

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