Chapter 19 - Making Money

　　"Brother Youheng." Lian Man Er greeted with a smile, in her heart she said, time is silver, how can it not be fast, she was afraid of dragging it out for a long time, Wang Youheng changed his mind that. 　　Wang Youheng walked over and touched Xiao Qi's head. 　　"Leave this to Shopkeeper Wang, Man Er, you guys come with me to the house to sit and have a cup of tea." 　　Lian Man'er, Lian Zhi'er, Wulang and Xiao Qi then followed Wang Youheng to the guest room, and there was a small fellow who brought up tea and snacks. 　　Lian Man Er sat down graciously, Lian Zhi Er and Wulang were a bit formal, they all sat straight, that is, Xiao Qi also sat upright, although she was curious about the furnishings of the house, and also coveted the snacks on the table, but refused to look around. 　　"Walking hot, this is sour plum soup, iced, drink can also quench your thirst." Wang Youheng let go. 　　Sure enough, it was sour plum soup, light brown tea soup with finely chopped osmanthus flowers floating on top, without drinking it, one could already feel the sweet and sour scent. 　　Several children did not make a move. 　　"In front of me, you guys don't be formal, it's still good to be like when you were kids." Wang Youheng laughed, "Man'er's injuries aren't all healed yet, this is honey orange tea, it's not bad either." 　　Wang Youheng took the tea in front of Lian Man'er, lifted it up and handed it to Lian Man'er. 　　Lian Man Er only had to take it, the tea soup was a light greenish yellow color, wafting with the unique aroma of oranges. Lian Zhi Er, Wulang and Xiao Qi saw Lian Man Er drink the tea, they also served tea and drank it. 　　Wang Youheng got up again and took a piece of snack to Xiao Qi. 　　Xiao Qi did not dare to take it, but instead twisted her head to look at Lian Man'er, who then nodded gently. 　　"Thank you Brother Youheng." Only then did Xiao Qi take the snack and slowly ate it up. 　　Wang Youheng returned to his seat and sat down, asking, "So all those things, you guys are the ones who pushed the crates to bring them here?" 　　"Brother Youheng, we are trying to earn a few pocket money for ourselves." Lian Man'er then nodded and said. This matter, she wished to keep it a secret, but it was not good to ask Wang Youheng directly like this. Wang Youheng was a person of status, and did not seem to be a big mouth, he should not casually tell the matter of them selling bitter girls, but was afraid of inadvertently revealing it to the people related to the Lian family. When Lian Man Er said this, Wang You Heng should be able to understand what she meant. 　　Sure enough, Wang Youheng heard Lian Man'er's words and nodded with a smile. 　　"I understand." Wang Youheng said, "This matter, I will branch out to the people below and won't let anyone know. ...... It's hard for you guys." Lian family's things, he also knew, because living in the town, there were some things that were clearer than Lian Man'er and the girls. Lian Man'er wants to earn a few private money, he is also happy to see it. 　　A few people were chatting about family matters, when Wang Boss came in from outside. 　　"...... Six bags, a total of four hundred and fifty eight pounds and six taels." Shopkeeper Wang said, "At five cents per catty, the total is two thousand two hundred and ninety-three cents." 　　Wang Youheng nodded and looked at Lian Man'er, as if asking what she had to say. Although Lian Zhi'er and Wulang were a bit older, he could see that the one who was in charge was Lian Man'er. 　　It was about the same weight as Lian Man'er estimated, and she was still satisfied. 　　"Can that two hangs of money be exchanged for silver?" Lian Man'er asked. More than two thousand large coins, that was not light, the key was not to collect them easily without letting people find them. 　　"Can." Wang Youheng agreed painfully, letting Counselor Wang go get the money. 　　Counselor Wang went out and came back in a while, taking a piece of two taels of silver and three strings of money, and sent it up on a tray. 　　Lian Man'er put the money away, and discussed with Wang Youheng: "Brother Youheng, if this bitter girl child sells well, in a few days, how about we send another batch?" 　　"About how many days?" Wang Youheng asked. 　　Lian Man'er then looked at Lian Wulang, how many more days would it take for those bitter girls to mature, she still had to ask Lian Wulang. 　　"Less than ten days, at most half a month." Lian Wulang busily said. 　　"That's good, then ten days later, send as many as you have." Wang Youheng said. 　　"Brother Youheng," Lian Zhi'er opened her mouth with some hesitation, "If it's not selling well, Brother Youheng don't want to lose silver to buy it just to take care of us." 　　Lian Man'er nodded her head as well, she did want to make money, but didn't want to make that kind of money. 　　"Didn't I say, in business. I also tell you the truth, just now I have already discussed with my father, this bitter girl child we also want to send to the capital city to sell that, how much you guys despite to send. By the way, can not be sold to others!" Wang Youheng laughed. 　　"That's natural." Several children said in unison. 　　After successfully selling the bitter girl child and getting the money, and also agreeing on the next delivery, Lian Man'er and Wang Youheng said goodbye, and Wang Youheng personally sent them out. 　　"Man Er, can you still feel a headache?" Wang Youheng asked. 　　Lian Man'er shook her head, she hadn't had a headache since she woke up. 　　"That's good, what happened then, do you still remember?" Wang Youheng asked again. 　　"Don't remember at all." Lian Man'er shook her head again, she wanted to break her head, but she only vaguely remembered that Lian Duo'er was present at that time, and it seemed that there was someone else, but she couldn't remember who it was no matter what, maybe it was an illusion. "It's just that the previous events are also somewhat unrememberable." 　　Wang Youheng sighed softly, "Man'er, you have to be more careful yourself, Zhi'er and Fifth Lang you have to look after Man'er more." 　　Lian Zhi'er and Lian Wulang naturally both nodded. 　　"Brother You Heng, I will also look after second sister." Xiao Qi snatched up the words. 　　"Brother Youheng you get busy, we'll go back to the village now." Lian Man'er said. 　　Wang Youheng stood at the doorway and watched Lian Man'er walk away before turning around and heading back to the store. 　　"I don't know if it's right to do this or not. ......" 　　...... 　　Coming out of the Jisheng Hall, a few children walked down the street, looking at each other, each face smiling. It was the first time they had seen so much money, or money they had earned themselves. Just now in the medicine store, in front of outsiders, they were holding up on the surface, but now that they were out, they couldn't help it. 　　"Sister, we have money." Xiao Qi even heatedly giggled non-stop. 　　Lian Man Er nodded her head. She had already hidden the two taels of silver close to her body, and only kept the remaining three strings of money, totaling two hundred and ninety-three wen, up her sleeve. 　　She inquired, the fields around here are all dry land, the best is five or six taels of silver an acre, the worse three or four taels of silver can buy an acre. Her silver now can buy ...... half an acre of land. 　　Don't look down on half an acre of land, half an acre of land is also land, she even Maner will be so half an acre of half an acre of accumulation, to become a big landowner who owns a thousand hectares of good land. Ahem, the goal seems to be a bit distant, then do a hundred acres of small landowners well, this she will be able to do, and is in the not so distant future. 　　Of course, Lian Maner would not use these two taels of silver to buy land. This money, she was going to save it as a starting capital. Bitter girl child this, only need to pay labor, and earn silver. But if she were to do something else for a living, I'm afraid it would require capital investment. For example, just now when she was in the mountains, she also found a thing that should be able to make money, but it requires an upfront investment. 　　These two silver can not be moved, then the rest of the three strings of money, according to Lian Maner's mind at the beginning, is also want to save up, one also do not spend to be good. But on second thought, she thought no. Lian Zhi'er, Wulang and Xiao Qi all paid labor, to give timely return, let them actually taste the sweetness of labor to get rich, and then do things to be more motivated. 　　Well, let go of such practical ideas not to mention, Lian Zhi Er, Wulang and Xiao Qi's hard work, simplicity and love and care for her, let her heart concern for them, this is the money they earned together, she thought, they should be happy to enjoy the harvest of their own labor. 　　The hour was still early, so the children walked slowly down the street. 　　"The snacks at Brother Younger Heng's house are so delicious, and so is the tea." Xiao Qi hugged his hands and said. He was very self-conscious of being a guest in the party and only ate a little bit of both the tea and the dim sum. 　　"In the future when we have more money, there will be even better dim sum and tea than that." Lian Man Er said. 　　Xiao Qi tilted her head and looked at Lian Man Er, nodding heavily. 　　"I'll listen to second sister, second sister let's make more money and buy lots and lots of delicious treats." Xiao Qi stretched out her arms and drew a big circle. 　　"We have money now, we earned it. What does everyone want to buy?" Lian Maner said as she gently shook her sleeve. 　　All three children were a bit embarrassed. They had several things they wanted to buy, but they were all used to saving, and when they really wanted to buy something, they were a bit unable to say it, unable to give it up. 　　"In the future, we can make more money that. Well, the whole number I want to save up, there are less than three hundred Wen money, enough for us to spend." Lian Man'er said. 　　Hearing Lian Man'er say that she had saved up two taels of silver and only spent the rest, the three children loosened up. 　　"Second sister, I want to ......" Xiao Qi tugged on Lian Man Er's lapel, pointing to a store not far away. That store only had two storefronts, with a red front hanging under the eaves. The front was tied with a circle of satin flowers, in the center was a disc, under the disc were long spikes representing noodles, and in the middle of the front were two oily words - "Chen Ji". 　　"His white-flour meat buns are delicious, when I was five years old, master rushed to the market and took me, went to eat once." Xiao Qi said, pursed her lips, her eyes full of memories and yearning. 　　"Okay, then let's go eat meat buns." Lian Maner nodded. The meal they were all given at noon was not much, and after doing half a day of physical labor, she was also feeling a little hungry. 　　"Chen Ji's meat buns are famous, it's just too expensive, it costs two cents a piece." Wulang said with some hesitation. 　　"We have money, wait for some days, we can still make another fortune." Lian Man'er said. 　　Several children discussed for a while, and finally decided to go for a "luxury". 　　They pushed a flatbed cart and headed towards Chen Ji. Before they reached Chen Ji, they saw a huge two-story restaurant on the other side of the street. The restaurant's staff was lifting up the curtains and sending two people out of the restaurant with smiles on their faces. 　　"Take care, Masters, come again." 　　Those two people obviously both drank a lot of wine, their faces were red, they waved their hands at the fellow and called for two sedan chairs to come. 　　"Go to Temple Back Street." The two men got into the sedan chair, and with a command, those two sedan chairs flew towards the end of the street. 　　"That ...... that's not Big Uncle and Second Uncle!"