A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 22 Temple Fair
I remember in my previous life, when Cao Zhihua had New Year's Eve dinner every New Year's Eve, his grandfather always educated his father and his four children during the meal.

Always Recalling Bitterness Is Sweet talks about how bitter life was before liberation and how happy it was after liberation.

Talk about being grateful, thanking great men, talking about how amazing the working class is, and how regretful it is that your father and uncle did not become soldiers.

My father, who remembers his previous life the most, is most proud of being assigned to a state-owned factory after graduating from technical secondary school.

That pride, I didn’t even return home after leaving school, I went directly to the photo studio to take pictures and celebrate with my friends. When I got home, I would proudly shout loudly to everyone I met, “I am a worker.”

This was what Cao Zhihua heard his mother say when he was a child.

In my previous life, when I was a child, I didn't understand these things at all, and I wasn't sensible. Whenever adults had time, they would dwell on me, which was very annoying.

I guess my grandfather and father in their previous lives didn't expect that they would actually travel to this era where they struggled all their lives and were proud of it.

Sure enough, people can't have emotions. Only when you have experienced many things can you truly understand them.

For example, in the previous life, many intellectuals said that this era is not good, and they are engaged in big pot rice and egalitarianism.

Now that I have traveled to this era, I feel the same way. I can obviously live a better life on my own.

But no, the people of the whole country must develop together and become prosperous together. After all, the people are the masters of the country, and those who are poor are not socialists.

Okay, that's understandable. I don't want to play anymore. Can I run away?

Cao Zhihua thought about it and fell asleep while lying on the fire bed. Forget it, stop thinking about it. Tomorrow, he probably has to pay New Year's greetings in the courtyard, so go to sleep.

In the early morning, Cao Zhihua lazily stretched his arms under the urging of the cockcrow.The golden thread outside the window shone warmly into the room, reflecting the whole room in gold.

Today is a sunny day. With the early morning spirit uplifted, Cao Zhihua gets dressed and gets up.

Walking to the living room, the three boys were sitting on the sofa warming themselves by the fire.After seeing Cao Zhihua getting up, Xiaoyu quickly said
"Brother, get up. We heated yesterday's food for breakfast and left breakfast for you."

When Cao Zhihua heard this, he smiled and touched Xiaoyu's head.
"Okay, Xiaoyu is so good."

Big Gouzi and Er Gouzi quickly took the credit

"Big brother, big brother, and me, we did it together."

Cao Zhihua smiled and said,

"Well, that's good. Be good. I'll take you to the temple fair later."

The third child was a little embarrassed.

"But my aunt just came over to inform me that there will be a meeting in the courtyard later."

When Cao Zhihua heard that there was going to be a meeting, he felt disgusted.

"It's okay. I'll go to the temple fair after I finish breakfast. We don't have any adults in our family, so it doesn't matter whether we go to the meeting or not."

The three little ones don't care about that much. They just do what the big brother says.

"Okay, brother"

After breakfast, Cao Zhihua locked the door and prepared to go out with the three little ones.

He met Yan Bugui, the third door god, at the door. When Yan Bugui saw Cao Zhihua and three little guys preparing to go out, he quickly said

"Zhihua, are you ready to go out?"

"Yes, third uncle, we agreed yesterday to take our brothers and sisters to the temple fair. We just had breakfast and are ready to go."

"Aren't we going to have a meeting in our courtyard later? You're out now, how can we have a meeting?"

"Hey, third uncle, look what you said, there are no adults in our family anyway, it doesn't matter whether we can open it or not, just let me know when you are done."

"What's the matter with not being an adult? You are now a single household. Like Silly Zhu, you must participate."

"Hey, Silly Zhu is already an adult. How old am I? It's hard to express my opinion. I'll just wait for your notification. Okay, Third Master, it's getting late. The little guys will be anxious later, so let's go first Take the little ones and leave first." After Cao Zhihua finished speaking, he didn't care about the third uncle and went out with the three little ones.

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, was a little anxious when he saw Cao Zhihua leaving like this.

"Hey, Cao Zhihua, how could you just leave like this? Are you talking about the unity of the courtyard? Do you still have us uncles in your eyes?"

Cao Zhihua picked up a big hat for no reason and quickened his pace without looking back.

When Cao Zhihua arrived at the Baiyun Temple Fair with his three little ones.

The place is already bustling with people, and the streets are packed with people.

No, there are a lot of them in front of him, of course, there are more children's toys, such as windmills, face masks, wooden knives and guns, clay roosters, clay dolls, diabolos and so on.

The Baiyun Temple Fair began in the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, Baiyun Temple is the largest Taoist temple in Sijiu City, and has always enjoyed the reputation of "Quanzhen Ten Directions Jungle" and "The Greatest Taoist Temple in the North".

Not long after Cao Zhihua followed the crowd, he saw many children surrounding a small stall selling sugar paintings.

Among them was an eight or nine-year-old child, who tugged at the hem of an adult's clothes and said coquettishly: "Mom, I want to draw a dragon. Buy one for me! Just one, just one!"

Cao Zhihua was very surprised when he saw this sugar painting stall. In his previous life, Cao Zhihua liked to buy this kind of sugar painting when he was a child. He didn't expect that there is this kind of sugar painting in Sijiu City now.

This kind of sugar painting is not just the one you want to buy. There is a turntable next to it with 8 animals on it. It costs 5 cents a time to turn to whichever painting you want. In Cao Zhihua's previous life, he called this turning eight animals.

Turn it out, and the boss will draw turtles, phoenixes, dragons, rabbits and other small animals on a board, and then you can eat them.

Cao Zhihua, with three little ones, squeezed to the edge of the stall and took out 2 cents.

"Boss, there are four of us, and each of us will do one turn."

"Okay, you turn, I'll watch, and I'll draw whichever one you turn."

Cao Zhihua rubbed his hands, took a breath, put his fingers on the rotating rod, moved his fingers, and shouted:

"Dragon, dragon, dragon"

Fortunately, Cao Zhihua himself dialed the dragon.

The younger brother and sister followed, and Xiaoyu picked a turtle, Big Gouzi picked a phoenix, and Er Gouzi also picked a turtle.

After a while, Xiaoyu looked aggrievedly at the small turtle in her hand, and then looked at the mighty dragon in her elder brother's hand.

Wow~ I cried.

"Brother, wow~wow~I don't want a turtle, I want a dragon."

Cao Zhihua rolled his eyes and took a bite on his dragon.

"I'm not spoiling you. Who did you blame for pulling the turtle yourself?"

When the big dog saw his sister crying, the big brother ignored him and hesitated for a long time.

"Sister, I give you this phoenix, please stop crying."

Ah poof, poof, Xiaoyu looked at Dagouzi with tears in her eyes, "Second brother, is it true?"

Big Gouzi affirmed

"real"

Xiaoyu's tears stopped immediately and she said happily

"Thank you brother"

(End of this chapter)