Toward dusk, the two of them arrived in Baiyun County.
They spent the night making do at the Baiyun County guesthouse. Early the next morning, they went to a state-run restaurant and each had two pan-fried dumplings, a bowl of hot soybean paste soup with cold noodles, and a plate of side dishes.
State-run restaurants nowadays are particularly interesting; they are just like large canteens where you first have to exchange cash for meal tickets, and then use the tickets to get your food.
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