Chinese boy runs back to dining table for food during quake, amusing many online

A hungry Chinese boy has become a humorous internet hit after he ran back to grab food from a table during a 4.3-magnitude earthquake as the rest of his family fled in fear.

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The unidentified boy went viral after video footage showed him returning to scoff some food before hurrying out at the behest of his father, carrying a dish of stir-fried onions, snow peas and pork and a bowl of rice.

On June 23, an earthquake shook Qingyuan in Guangdong province, southern China, after which a viral video amused millions of people on social media.

The family sits calmly eating at the dining table just seconds before the earthquake hit. Photo: Baidu
The family sits calmly eating at the dining table just seconds before the earthquake hit. Photo: Baidu

In the video, when the earthquake hit, a family, including a father and his two sons, was at home having dinner. The mother was away on a business trip.

While the father, surnamed Li, immediately grabbed his younger son and rushed towards the door in a panic, his older son initially followed, even calling out to his nanny in the kitchen to run.

However, just a moment later, to his father’s astonishment, the boy ran back to the dining table.

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Despite his father’s frantic shouts to run, the boy was determined to take some more mouthfuls of food and grab some dishes.

Seeing the funny side: The father and sons outside after their video went viral on social media. Photo: Baidu
Seeing the funny side: The father and sons outside after their video went viral on social media. Photo: Baidu

  

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