"Please rest assured, we will definitely deliver the goods on time according to the contract!"

This could be considered Liang Shuyan's second transaction, and it went a little too smoothly, making Liang Shuyan somewhat suspicious.

In fact, this business deal was entirely due to the identity of the tea lady. Otherwise, how could she, an ordinary peasant woman, have caught the eye of Master Wang?

After both parties sign the contract, a 10% deposit is paid first, and the remaining balance is to be paid in full on the delivery date. Delivery can be made one month later.

Following Liang Shuyan's identity, Sanwang suddenly felt more respect and admiration for his mother.

Just now, Mother was discussing business with Master Wang. She wasn't nervous at all. Her business acumen was as smooth as counting beads. Even someone like Master Wang was completely taken aback by Mother's words.

After finishing her business, Liang Shuyan took Sanwang to stroll around the market, wanting to buy some things for the children at home.

After walking through the bustling market, I saw a shop with a sign advertising its sale.

"Mother, you're not going to buy another business, are you? We already have a restaurant, why would we need to buy another one?"

Liang Shuyan observed that the shop had two floors and a storage area in front, making it quite spacious. If she could open a teahouse here, she could not only sell tea but also earn extra money from drinks and tips. If she decorated the place elegantly, many people would choose to discuss business here, enjoying tea while doing business. It would definitely be a good idea.

"Buy it first, and we can deal with the rest later. It's always better to have the money in hand and acquire some property."

Liang Shuyan gave a perfunctory answer and walked in. She found that it was a noodle shop, and a waiter was wiping the table. There were not many customers in the shop, and the business seemed to be very slow.

As soon as you enter, the waiter greets you warmly: "You two are here for noodles? Here's our menu, please order whatever you'd like."

Liang Shuyan certainly didn't come to eat at a place like this. She glanced at the waiter and said, "Call your manager down. I want to talk to him about the shop."

The waiter hurried upstairs and called the manager down.

A man in a gray robe came down from upstairs. He looked very anxious and seemed to have something on his mind.

Judging from the business situation of this shop, you can tell what the shopkeeper is worried about. With this shop and this business, let alone making money, he can't even cover the rent.

“We rented this shop, and the rent is quite expensive. We had some family matters to attend to these past few days and wanted to sublet it, but the landlord said he didn’t want to rent it anymore and that if someone wanted to buy it, we should go next door and ask him.”

Liang Shuyan hesitated for a moment and said, "Oh, then please go and call the owner. I want to buy this shop."

"Okay, please wait a moment!"

A short while later, the owner arrived. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties. As soon as he entered, he coughed incessantly. He sat down at the table, glanced at Liang Shuyan, and said, "So you want to buy our shop?"

Liang Shuyan nodded: "Yes, may I ask how much your shop sells for?"

The man let out a sigh of relief: "To be honest, this shop was originally an inheritance left to my grandson. Who knew that my grandson would make a living in the capital? Naturally, I no longer need to guard this shop. I went to the capital with my grandson. I sold myself to buy a small shop in the capital and run something casually, so as not to burden my grandson."

Liang Shuyan stood up and walked around the shop, finding that the shop was very well maintained, even the tables were brand new.

When the price was mentioned, the man thought for a moment and said, "It's the culmination of my life's work. How about 1200 taels?"

Liang Shuyan hesitated for a moment and said, "This price is within my acceptable range, but I can't come up with that much silver right now. How about I pay 500 taels first, and pay the rest in 10 days? Is that alright?"

During this period, apart from the restaurants and teahouses making money, the family has been spending money almost non-stop. The new house has been built, and with the furniture, it will cost at least 2,000 taels of silver. That's not all; there's also the cost of treating the villagers to a meal to celebrate the new house. With her second daughter-in-law's one-month celebration approaching, there's also the cost of the baby's one-month celebration. Not to mention the money donated to the village for building a school, she really doesn't have that much money left.

The restaurant has just started to turn a profit, but all the money earned each day from advertising and ingredients has been poured into it, so it's basically not making any money. The teahouse is currently supporting both the restaurant and the martial arts school, but the martial arts school's situation needs to be properly rectified.

The order from that customer is almost due. Once that order is submitted, we'll have the money to pay the remaining balance for the shop.

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then said, "Alright, in that case, I'll stay here for about ten days without any problem. Just bring it to me when you've gathered enough!"

Liang Shuyan readily agreed and handed over the agreed-upon 500 taels to the man.

The man took the money, wrote a receipt, and handed it to Liang Shuyan: "Take this, but I have one more request. My current tenants aren't doing well either, so give them two days to clean up the rest of the property. Once they're done, I'll give you the keys!"

Liang Shuyan looked at the man and nodded: "Yes, that's no problem!"

After paying the money, Liang Shuyan led Sanwang out.

As they walked out of the noodle shop, Sanwang said, "Mother, let's go check on the martial arts school. We haven't seen my second brother in a long time."

Coincidentally, Liang Shuyan also had this plan and wanted to check on the situation of the martial arts school. Since the school opened, it had sent a batch of martial artists to the escort agency, and the escort agency's price was also average, because the martial arts school's martial artists were not good enough.

She needs to reorganize the martial arts school. If there is no income within three months, she will have to consider transferring the school to someone else, so that these dozens of people won't be eating and living here for free without any profit.

Upon entering the martial arts school, Jin Erniu was leading several martial artists in a training session. They were clearly just going through the motions, showing no sign of taking the training seriously.

Upon hearing the words "dinner is served," they ran faster than anything else. Jin Erniu's face darkened, but he could only watch helplessly as they sprinted towards the dining hall.

Liang Shuyan saw this and quickly came up, shouting, "Stop right there! You've been practicing for hours today, and you haven't even passed all the subjects you've learned. Are you in such a hurry to go eat?"

The group stopped and looked at Jin Erniu. One of the men in charge said, "But the rule of the martial arts school is that we have to eat when it's mealtime. What's wrong with that? Are we supposed to practice martial arts but not eat? What kind of logic is that?"

Liang Shuyan finally realized that these people were just a bunch of good-for-nothings who were just waiting to die. How could they possibly become warriors?