Simple Mid-Autumn Festival

While watching the news, Mrs. Dan heard Mrs. Hoa's voice outside the door:

- Are you ready to go to the neighborhood meeting? Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

- Come in here first, I'm watching the news and see the damage to the people in the highlands is so great, it's so heartbreaking - Mrs. Dan said sadly.

- That's right, I've been through several floods before, but now seeing the scenes on TV, I still can't believe my eyes. Our people are so miserable!

- So why do you say Mid-Autumn Festival is simple, there are not many activities, why do we need meetings?

- This lady's house is really good, even if it's simple, it still has to be organized in a meaningful way.

It has become a tradition that every year Mrs. Dan's neighborhood organizes a Full Moon Festival for the children in the neighborhood, along with a ceremony to honor and reward children with high academic achievements, and to encourage them at the beginning of the new school year. Needless to say, the whole neighborhood is bustling a week in advance. Adults take turns taking care of the festivities and logistics; children practice lion and dragon dances, and then perform arts... everything goes well.

But this year, all plans for the village festival were ruined by the impact of storm number 3, then the flood came, the city had residential areas submerged up to their waists. Mrs. Dan's village was luckier, the water only flooded the road for a day and then receded.

During the storms and floods, the whole neighborhood was on fire, waiting for the situation in the province, then the mountainous provinces. The heavy damage caused by the storms and floods made the whole neighborhood restless. When the head of the residential area proposed to adjust the organization of the Mid-Autumn Festival to be simple, without performing arts, without lion and dragon dances, the whole neighborhood agreed. Everyone thought that many places in Hai Duong were still affected, with heavy damage. Especially the people in the highlands, who had to endure so much pain and loss...

Mrs. Dan suddenly had an idea:

- Mrs. Hoa, let's discuss with the head of the area on this year's Mid-Autumn Festival night to call on families to support the people in the highlands. I think, since the day the provincial Fatherland Front launched the campaign, all the families in our neighborhood must have known. But on this occasion, we launch another campaign, also to let the children in the neighborhood know about the tradition of mutual love and support of our people.

- What you say is right. And I guess the neighborhood chief has thought of this too. Doesn't he want to organize a meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival for the children in the neighborhood? Hurry up, we'll discuss it when we get to the meeting.

At this time, Minh, the eldest grandson of Mrs. Dan, was sitting eating and also responded:

- Grandma, please tell the grandparents to start a campaign. I will support the children in the highlands with my savings.

Mrs. Dan patted her grandson's head and nodded in satisfaction.