Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Changdian Temple Fair (I)

Changdian was originally an open space in front of the glazed kiln of the previous dynasty. Before the liberation, the government built Haiwang Village Park in this place, and there were many small traders who set up stalls to sell goods near the first month of the old calendar every year, and tourists gathered, that is, the so-called "visiting the factory". So far, only one alley has been preserved in the factory. Generally, the so-called "factory" generally refers to a piece of land near "Haiwangcun Park".

The factory temple fair began in the Qianlong period of the previous dynasty, and the old custom is the first day of the first month of the year to the fifteenth Lantern Festival for the market, called the opening of the factory, which is very lively. During the temple fair, not to mention the liveliness in Haiwang Village, the Lu Zu Temple on the east side of it is also very fragrant, and good men and women Taoist priests gather. The Fire Temple is a concentration of jewelry vendors, Wenchang Pavilion and the Land Temple are a concentration of books, and there are various businesses on both sides of the road. After the liberation, the Changdian temple fair became a good place for people to go during the Spring Festival, and became the only open temple fair in Yanjing that did not charge tickets.

Huang Liangliang easily slipped out of the welfare home with Huang Sang, there was no psychological burden, this time they were going to the center of Yanjing, some distance from the suburbs, a group of little children under the leadership of Huang Sang, together on the bus to the city.

A group of children got on the bus, naturally it was very eye-catching, the conductor asked a few people very conscientiously why there were no adults around, and Huang Sang was fooled by a completely reasonable reason, if you add a level to the skill of lying, Huang Sang must be a master, he has achieved the realm of seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts.

Huang Liangliang is taking a car for the second time, but he still feels very novel, the feeling of sitting in the car and watching the scenery outside the window fly by, as if he has grown a pair of wings, soaring in the low sky, free and unrestrained.

The bus stopped and stopped, and it took more than an hour to reach the destination, a group of little children got off the bus like a happy child, Huang Liangliang followed at the end, after getting off the bus, looking at the surrounding scenery, looking around at the people coming and going, she was stunned, she looked dazed and shocked.

Huang Liangliang realized at this moment that the welfare home was just a small corner of the world, the world was far bigger than she imagined, the buildings in the city center were tall and big, the roads were long and wide, the cars were endless, and even the pedestrians passing by were so glamorously dressed. She felt that her eyes were a little inadequate......

"What are you doing standing stupidly, let's go!" When Huang Liangliang was stunned there, Huang Sang had already turned around and grabbed her, pulling her forward quickly, "Don't be like a hillbilly, it's nothing, you will get used to it after a few more times in the future." ”

Huang Liangliang was pulled by Huang Sang and staggered forward, looked at the back of her head, pouted dissatisfiedly, and retorted unconvinced: "I'm not a hillbilly, I'm just ...... I just want to recognize the way so that I won't get lost next time I come by myself......"

It's just that the more Huang Liangliang spoke, the softer her voice became, and she wasn't sure when she would be able to come to this bustling city alone.

Huang Sang ignored Huang Liangliang anymore, and pulled her to trot for a while, and soon turned into a street. This street is a little old, the road seems to be widening, the houses on both sides are still half and half-fallen, but there are more and more tourists around, helping the old and the young, they are not too picky about the environment, their faces are beaming, talking and laughing to a place.

"Are they all going to the Changdian temple fair?" Because there were more and more people, Huang Sang couldn't continue to pull Huang Liangliang to run, the two of them were caught in the crowd, and as the flow of people moved forward, Huang Sang was afraid that Huang Liangliang would lose it, so his hand holding her became tighter and tighter, and he carefully protected her behind him.

But Huang Liangliang was a little heartless, looked around curiously, and asked Huang Sang in front of him.

Huang Sang didn't answer Huang Liangliang's question, Huang Liangliang was a little depressed, and just saw Erhei who turned around to look for the two of them from the front, so he asked him again.

"Yes, today is the first day of the Changdian temple fair, many people will come to join in the fun, the temple fair is from the Huguang Hall to the Peace Gate. Saying this, Erhei pointed not far ahead, "I see that there is no over there, it is the Jinghua Printing Company, which used to be the government-run Zhili Official Bookstore, but it is famous." ”

Huang Liangliang immediately stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, but unfortunately her calves were short, and she could only see a black head, so she lowered her head in disappointment, thinking that the child's body was just inconvenient, and it was uncomfortable to go shopping, and she couldn't see anything.

Huang Liangliang can only look at both sides of the road, because this year is the Year of the Monkey, there are many bright and tall monkey models on both sides of the road, as well as various colorful flags, and colorful stalls with the fragrance of books and snacks and desserts.

The stalls selling candy and desserts are full of candy of various shapes, including small dolls, small flower baskets, small pagodas, chickens, duckling-shaped, assorted flavors, orange flavors and cream sandwich biscuits, and a new crispy and delicious "63" biscuit in 1963, and the packaging is also accompanied by the art calendar of the year.

Huang Sang saw that the little children were so hungry that they couldn't walk, so he stepped forward and said to the stall owner, "Give us five cents for everything." ”

When the stall owner saw Huang Sang's "wealthy" tone, he smiled and said: "Little doll, you can't spend the New Year's money given by adults, I have more than a dozen kinds of candy and biscuits here, you can't buy them all for a few dollars, be careful to go home and your parents will teach you a lesson." ”

The corners of Huang Sang's mouth trembled slightly, his face was a little worried, Huang Liangliang was afraid that Huang Sang would directly open up with the stall owner, so he immediately said: "Uncle, we are helping the family buy candy and snacks, and the family has to entertain guests for the New Year, my mother is too busy to leave, so I asked my uncle to take us out, and my uncle just went to the bookstore over there to buy books, so we went to the temple fair by ourselves, and we didn't spend money indiscriminately." ”

As soon as the stall owner heard that it wasn't a few little kids who took the New Year's money out to spend indiscriminately, and there were adults who followed, he didn't have a reason not to do big business, and happily began to weigh candy and biscuits for them. Soon, everyone had a bag of snacks in their hands, holding them and eating them while walking.