Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

In the following days, in addition to visiting relatives during the New Year, people started to visit temple fairs. Visiting temple fairs during the New Year is an old Beijing custom.

The Changdian Temple Fair is well-known in Beijing for its unique charm of "combining culture and commerce, combining elegance and vulgarity, and integrating commerce and entertainment."

Every year, the Changdian Temple Fair is held with Liulichang as its central axis, starting from the Hepingmen intersection in the north and ending at the Hufangqiao intersection in the south. It is 1050 meters long and is completely closed to motor vehicles.

The roadside is full of stalls selling various goods.

This is also the last afterglow of the temple fair. I heard from the old people in the courtyard that after liberation, many temple fairs have been discontinued and only a few are left.

Zhang Minghui took Doudou to visit the Changdian Temple Fair, where there were all kinds of snacks, such as Aiwowowo, Yuanxiao, Qiegao, bean flour cake, hot fried cake, candied haws, noodle tea, fried liver, and sausage.

There are also six categories of goods for sale here, including toys, food, snacks, handicrafts, cultural arts and flowers. There is an endless stream of people visiting the temple fair.

Doudou was completely enlightened, and he kept talking to Zhang Minghui every day about which one was delicious and which one was fun, and he became a chatterbox.

After the temple fair ended, there was no more excitement to watch, and Doudou, who played at home every day, kept muttering in Zhang Minghui's ear.

"Brother, when is the Chinese New Year? I want to celebrate Chinese New Year every day. Chinese New Year is so great. There are delicious foods, fun things to do, and new clothes to wear."

Seeing Doudou like this, Zhang Minghui couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

When I was a child, like Doudou, I always looked forward to the arrival of the New Year. Relatives gathered together and it was lively and nostalgic!

Holding Doudou in my arms, I explained to her how long it would take for the New Year to come, so that she would have something to look forward to and would cherish the arrival of the New Year.

Time flies and it’s the Lantern Festival.

This is a festival that has been worthy of attention since ancient times.

In ancient times, women rarely went out, and ladies from wealthy families would stay in the courtyard all year round.

Only on the Lantern Festival would he, with his family's permission, bring his servants to the streets to admire the lanterns, guess riddles and take in the scenery outside.

There were also talented scholars and beautiful women, who chanted poems and composed couplets, and the poems that have been recited for thousands of years have made the Lantern Festival a popular festival among the people of the city.

But this day is when human traffickers commit crimes rampantly. Many children and young ladies disappear in the vast sea of ​​people on this day and are never found again.

After liberation, the number of human traffickers dropped sharply due to severe crackdowns by the state, but it is impossible to completely eliminate them.

There are many cases of children being lost in the city. If you are not careful, they will get lost and run away. So the children play near their homes. They are not allowed to leave the alleys at all.

That night, when Zhang Minghui took Doudou out to enjoy the lanterns, he was extremely careful. He held Doudou in his arms the whole time, fearing that Doudou would be taken away by someone accidentally.

The streets were packed with people, and the vendors on the market were constantly pushing their way into the crowd. If you weren't careful, you'd lose the loose change in your pocket.

However, the people in Zhang Minghui's hospital are not really afraid of this.

Buddha, he only targets rich people. You can tell by the way they dress. No one cares about these obviously poor people.

Zhang Minghui and his group were admiring the lanterns one by one.

Suddenly I caught a glimpse of a burly man not far away, covering a child in front of him with his hands. Within a few seconds, the child fainted in the burly man's arms.

Zhang Minghui got hot-headed and started shouting loudly.

"Catch the human traffickers! Catch the human traffickers quickly. Human traffickers are kidnapping children."

The crowd who heard the shouting suddenly became excited and looked around to see their children.

The sturdy man was startled, and quickly held the child, raised his head with a fierce look in his eyes, and stared at Zhang Minghui who was shouting. Zhang Minghui didn't care about that, he hated human traffickers.

These bastards are so damn hateful. They pointed at the burly man and shouted loudly.

"Catch him quickly, he is the human trafficker."

Doudou was so scared that he hugged Zhang Minghui's neck and refused to let go. Zhang Minghui wanted to go over and catch him, but he was worried about Doudou's safety and afraid that something might happen to him.

Fortunately, Zhang Minghui did not rush over. He didn't know that there were two accomplices of the human traffickers in the crowd, staring at him!

If Doudou were to be put down, there was no telling what would happen.

The people now have an overflowing sense of justice. When they hear about human traffickers, the surrounding area immediately explodes and everyone starts shouting loudly.

"Where is it! Where is it!"

"Hey, you bastard, hurry up and catch him and beat him to death."

The burly man felt something was wrong and was so scared that he immediately put the child down, thinking that if he was caught, he would be beaten to death.

He quickly acted, rushed into the crowd, dodged left and right, and disappeared from the crowd.

There were too many people on the streets, making it inconvenient for everyone to move. By the time people around wanted to take action, the human traffickers had already run away.

All that was left was the child lying on the ground.

After a while, a woman rushed over from a distance, picked up the fallen child, and when she saw that the child was not awake, she burst into tears.

There were still some people who knew what was going on and quickly told the child's mother.

"This is a drug. He's been drugged. Hurry up and find some water to splash on his face. He'll wake up in a moment."

There is no water on the street!

Someone with a quick mind found a pile of snow and rubbed it on the child's face. After a few minutes, the child woke up dimly, his head still a little fuzzy.

At this time, the police officer who was responsible for maintaining order on the street came over and asked about the details. The people at the scene started talking at once.

There were also enthusiastic people who pushed Zhang Minghui out and praised him in unison.

"Hey, if it weren't for this man's sharp eyes, the child would have been lost."

"Oh, that's right. These human traffickers are too rampant. They dare to do it on the street. We must catch them."

The child's mother came over with the child in her arms, and thanked Zhang Minghui repeatedly with a look of fear on her face. Tears were streaming down her face.

Just now, this kid wanted to go down to the field to play, but while he was playing he wasn't paying attention and ran away from the adults.

The mother was so anxious that she scratched her head and head, but fortunately she heard the noise over here and found her child.

Seeing the child who still looked indifferent, the mother slapped her son hard several times. The naughty child was crying and crying with snot and tears.

After the public security comrades took note, they also gave instructions to everyone.

"You must take good care of your children. The streets are too chaotic right now and there are not enough police officers to take care of them."

"If you encounter human traffickers, you must work together to catch them."