Chapter 20 Going to a restaurant

　　Lian Man Er also saw clearly, those two people were indeed Lian Shou Ren and Lian Shou Yi. Didn't they come to town to pay back the money, why did they come to the restaurant to get drunk. How come I didn't see Lian Shouxin with them, and where is the street behind the temple? 　　Lian Man'er had a stomach full of questions, and the other three children were just like her. 　　"Father that, how come father isn't with elder uncle and second uncle?" Xiao Qi asked in a small voice. 　　"I think we should find someone to ask around." Lian Maner said. 　　That restaurant fellow who had sent Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi out was still standing outside the restaurant, so Lian Man'er walked up with Wulang. 　　"Big brother, are those two the ones who drank in this tavern of yours?" Lian Wulang asked, pointing at the distant sedan chair. 　　"Yes, why, do you guys recognize them?" That fellow was originally a talkative one, seeing that the ones who came to ask were a teenager and the little girl who didn't keep her head, both of them white and clean-looking, and cleanly dressed, he answered. 　　"From the back looks very familiar, very like this morning came to find my father went out of the two people." Lian Maner then said. 　　"These two guests came by themselves, and no one else." The little fellow replied, "Then they are not the people you are looking for." 　　"But I looked like it was them, maybe they party separated from my father, ate the wine, and then went to talk to my father that." Lian Maner said. 　　"Yes, big brother do you know where they went?" Wulang then asked. 　　"It's Temple Front Street." The expression on the little fellow's face became a bit strange. 　　"Temple Front Street?" 　　"You kids don't inquire about that place, let me tell you, just now these two guests were talking, I did hear them, they went to Temple Front Street to look for someone, but they were never looking for your father." 　　As the fellow spoke, he went inside. It so happened that another fellow came out and heard the words. 　　"Those two guests didn't say that they went to look for Pan Xi's sister, look at them dressed normally, I don't know where they have that kind of money, that Pan family's sister, but it's a gold mine that." 　　Lian Wulang pondered for a moment his face turned red, hurriedly pulled Lian Maner back and pushed the car away. 　　"Did you find out anything, where is father?" Lian Zhier then asked. 　　Lian Wulang smothered his head and pushed the car, not speaking. 　　Lian Man'er looked at Lian Wulang's appearance and guessed that he was suspecting that Lian Shouxin had also gone to the land of fireworks. 　　"Father wasn't with eldest uncle and second uncle. Father must have something else going on. Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle don't even take Father with them when they drink, and when they go to other places where they spend money, they're even less likely to take Father with them." Lian Man'er deliberately said. 　　Lian Wulang's face reopened after hearing Lian Man'er's words. 　　Lian Man'er saw the change in Fifth Lang's face in her eyes, and thought to herself, "It's true that caring is messy, so she didn't say any more. 　　But after a few steps, they arrived at the entrance of Chen Ji. 　　"Just buy a few buns, let's eat outside." Lian Zhier said. 　　Lian Man'er disagreed, this is just an ordinary bun store, the money in their hands, they can still afford to consume, they have to go inside to eat. 　　"We haven't been down to the pavilion." Lian Zhier said. 　　"Master just bought two buns last time, also ate outside." Xiao Qi said, if it was a market day, there were several times more guests than at the same time, and food stores like Chen Ji surrounded a piece of land in front of the store, set up tables, and entertained the guests. 　　When the little fellow in Chen Ji saw a few children standing at the door, all dressed in rough clothes, but clean and all greatly dignified, he asked. 　　"A few people want to eat buns on the inside please, our Chen Ji's buns but ten miles and eight villages are famous. ...... This car on the side, there we store people to watch, can not lose." 　　"OK." Lian Man'er nodded her head. 　　Lian Wulang put the flatbed truck on the side, a few children went into the store together, and sat down at a table by the window, just to be able to see their flatbed truck outside the window, and became more at ease. 　　There were a few customers sitting sporadically in the store, Lian Man'er saw that there were not only buns, but also steamed buns and noodles, so she asked the little fellow what kind of food they had in the store. 　　"There are freshly baked white flour buns, white flour steamed buns, mixed flour steamed buns, white flour noodles, mixed noodles ......" the little fellow introduced the food. 　　"What kind of fillings do the buns have?" 　　"There's the one stuffed with big meat and cabbage, and the one with big meat a meatball. The one with large meat and cabbage filling is a penny a piece, and the one with meatballs is two pennies a piece." 　　"I want six buns with meatballs, two with cabbage and meat, and a bowl of meat in sauce, and a dish of vegetables in sauce." After Lian Man'er finished, she asked, "Man, is there any soup?" 　　"Soy sauce meat is fifteen Wen a bowl, soup is not available, is noodle soup okay, don't pay for it." The little fellow said. 　　Lian Man Er nodded, "Okay, we'll ask for these first, and then ask again if it's not enough." 　　Buddy busy promised to go down, a moment's effort, on the end up two big plate buns, and four bowls of noodle soup to. 　　"Several guests slowly use, if there is something to greet the small." The fellow looked at Lian Man'er's age, but also a good customer, his attitude was a little better. 　　Lian Zhi'er pushed the meatball buns in front of Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi, and she went to get the buns with vegetables and meat herself. 　　"Sis, you eat the meatball ones." Lian Man Er was busy stopping it, she took the bun with vegetables and meat first herself, she wasn't heartbroken about the money, she just wanted to taste the flavor of Chen Ji's different buns. 　　Lian Man Er broke open the bun, the bun's skin is a little thick, the surface is not very white, apparently the flour is not fine enough, inside the cabbage filling is chopped very finely, but did not completely mixed with the meat filling together. The meat is white, more fat and less lean, but still smells very fragrant. Lian Man Er broke off a bite, chewing, the flavor is not bad, compared to the Lian family's nest that is delicious, but there is still much room for improvement. 　　Lian Zhi Er also broke a meatball stuffed bun, handed half of it to Lian Man Er, and took the half of vegetable meat in Lian Man Er's hand. 　　Lian Man Er also look at this meatball buns, in addition to a few points of green onion, is the meat, is still fat more thin less, a piece of fat meat is very clear, bite in the mouth, oily. Slightly greasy, but look at the store guests eating, know that this is also delicious. Lian Maner tasted the meat and vegetables in the sauce, and in her heart, she had some knowledge of the deliciousness of this place, before she ate and drank the noodle soup. 　　"I can't believe we're also eating in a restaurant." Lian Zhi'er whispered to Lian Man'er and laughed. 　　Lian Man'er also smiled and didn't say anything. This was just a snack store, that restaurant diagonally across the street, one day she would take them to eat together. 　　"Man Er, bring two meat buns back for father and mother." Lian Zhi'er took the meat buns in her hand, but didn't eat them, and again whispered to Lian Man'er to discuss. 　　Lian Man'er was a bit embarrassed, it wasn't that she was heartbroken about the money and refused to buy food for Zhang and Lian Shouxin, but she was afraid of not being able to explain where the money came from. 　　When Lian Zhi Er saw that Lian Man Er didn't agree, she looked at the buns in her hand and seemed a little sad, Wulang and Xiao Qi also stopped, raised their heads and looked at Lian Man Er with bated breath, the meaning seemed to be that if Lian Man Er didn't agree, they wouldn't eat. 　　Lian Man Er stroked her forehead. 　　"When father and mother ask about the origin of the money, what are we going to say? If father and mother want us to give the money to milk, what should we do? If this matter is told, will we still be able to earn that money next time?" 　　Lian Zhi'er refused to eat alone, and Lian Man'er wasn't of the nature to eat alone, but her worries weren't without reason. 　　"Otherwise, just say that I pulled out bird eggs and walked to town to let people buy them. Got a few dollars." Lian Wulang said. 　　"Just say that Brother Youheng gave it to me." Xiao Qi said. 　　"Or use the one for pulling out bird eggs." Lian Man'er rubbed her brow. "But in advance, you guys have to promise that you won't let Mother divulge the matter." Lian Man Er could only say. 　　The three children nodded in unison. 　　"That's good." Lian Man Er thought to herself, these are all filial and good children, but in this way, the matter of her earning money would be known by Zhang Clan. Forget it, they could hide it from Zhou and the rest of the Lian family, but they couldn't hide it from Zhang. Why don't they just let her know, and if they all work together, they can convince Zhang to hide it for them, which will make things easier in the future. 　　Several children finished eating the buns, and ate the meat, vegetables and noodle soup, Lian Man'er asked them if they were full. 　　"Full." Everyone replied. 　　Chen Ji's buns were more than two taels each, and with two buns per person, a big bowl of noodle soup, and soy sauce meat and soy sauce vegetables, naturally they were all full. 　　"Ask for four more buns with meatballs, let's take them away." Lian Man Er greeted the fellow and said. 　　The little fellow busily went to fetch four more buns, wrapped tightly in greaseproof paper and sent them over. Lian Man Er let Lian Zhi Er take them, she took a bunch of money out and met with the fellow to settle the account, ten meatball buns, two Wen for each, totaling twenty Wen, two vegetable meat ones, two Wen, plus fifteen Wen for the soy sauce meat ones, totaling thirty-seven Wen. 　　Lian Man Er counted thirty-seven pieces of money to the fellow, and only then did she come out of the baozi store. 　　The time was still early, so they walked slowly on the street. When Lian Man Er passed by stores and stalls, she had to stop and ask about the prices of things. Walking past the stall selling candy, she bought a few more dollars worth of candy. Lian Man Er also gradually understood the prices in the town, unlike her time when prices soared, here, money was very valuable. For one penny, one could buy ten ordinary malt candy balls, or five premium candy balls with pine nuts, walnuts and sesame seeds. 　　Lian Man'er used five wenzi to buy twenty pieces of ordinary malt candy, and fifteen pieces of pine nut and sesame candy, and gave them all to Xiao Qi. 　　Xiao Qi carefully put away the sugar packets, "I'll just eat the normal sugar, and leave the pine nut candies for second sister to eat when she takes her medicine." 　　Lian Man Er then asked Wulang and Lian Zhi Er what they had to buy. 　　Lian Wulang pushed the crate and shook his head. He is too big to eat sugar, and other things ...... don t want to buy. 　　Lian Zhi'er stopped outside a store that sold rouge, water powder and head flowers, somewhat hesitant. 　　"Sister, what do you want to buy, let's buy." Lian Man Er said, she thought Lian Zhi Er wanted to buy head flowers. 　　"Man'er, why don't we also buy a piece of scented pancreas." Lian Zhi Er and Lian Man Er discussed, "Just like the ones used by Old Aunt and Sister Flower,...... don't need to be so expensive, a cheaper one will do." 　　The Lian family is not divided, and all the expenses are distributed by Zhou. In the past two days, Lian Maner also noticed, they wash their face in the morning, with the rice water, sometimes Zhang's hands dirty, with the stove out of the grass ash rubbing, and then rinse with water. However, the upper room Lian Xiu'er and Lian Hua'er, they are using soap boxes containing children's palm-sized soap, that is, He's also have a piece, only they and Zhao's, is not. 　　"Okay, let's buy one too." Lian Man'er then entered the store with Lian Zhi'er. 　　"What are you two girls buying?" The fellow was busy coming up to greet them, "This scented pancreas is from the south, it washes clean and smells good, it's only twenty cents." 　　Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er both picked for half a day, and finally picked a piece of jasmine scented scented pancreas, and also bought a piece of soap for washing clothes, the scented pancreas used twenty-five wen, the soap used fifteen wen, and the fellow also gave a bamboo scented pancreas box. 　　"Two girls, here is the best Su Hang incense powder, a box only costs forty Wen." The fellow again sold the scented powder like two people. 　　Lian Zhi'er felt that she had spent too much money and was busy pulling Lian Man'er out. Lian Man'er didn't say anything, they were both still young and it was too early to use cosmetics. 　　Lian Wulang and Xiao Qi saw that they bought scented pancreas and soap, they were also very happy. 　　"This soap is also good, it washes clothes cleanly and has a scent." Lian Zhier said. 　　Forgetting the math, before and after using eighty-two wen, that string of ninety-three wen, only a little eleven wen left. Lian Man Er thought of buying something else, Lian Zhi Er, Wulang and Xiao Qi were heartbroken and refused to buy anything. Lian Man'er thought about it, and then bought the same thing next time out. 　　On the way back, Lian Zhier and Wulang push the cart, let Xiaoqi and Lian Maner sit on the cart, the four buns, and bought the scented pancreas and other things, are placed in a basket, Lian Zhier pulled some young grass on the roadside piled on top of it, so that Lian Maner to hold. 　　Several children were talking and laughing, happier than when they came. 　　Lian Man Er sat in the car and laughed along with her, but in her heart she was thinking of things on her mind. 　　She thought well, if she wanted to send her hard-earned money to Zhou's hands, definitely no way. However, after they bought so many things, they couldn't hide it from Zhang Clan when they went back. No matter what, she must find a way to convince Zhang Clan and Lian Shouxin to come over to their side. 　　In addition, it was really unpleasant to earn money from one's own hard labor and not be able to spend it generously. If the family was separated, it wouldn't have to be like this. Yes, the Lian family should also arrive at the time of separation, not to mention the Lian family several houses of people obviously uneven wealth, is the current population of the Lian family, it is also separated to live better. 　　Lian Maner thought of splitting up the family, but hadn't thought of how to do it. She would never have thought that the Lian family would really split up in the near future, and in such a tragic way.