While the man was still struggling.
Suddenly, a man dressed as a servant ran in from outside, glanced around the shop, and then walked quickly towards the man.
The man saw him stand up nervously, "What happened? Why are you here?"
The servant looked around, anxiously pulled the man aside, and said something in his ear.
Tian An didn't care and just drank his tea.
After a while, the man came over and said, "I agree with the price you offered, but I want to transfer the ownership immediately and settle the payment."
Tian An stood up and said, "Deal."
Then, with the help of the broker, the two of them quickly completed the account transfer procedures.
After Tian An got the title deed and the key, he readily gave him the banknote, then took Deng Xue and Chun Xi to buy a new lock for the shop.
Afterwards, he went to a restaurant that was famous for roast goose and packed up six roast geese. He also bought a lot of candied haws as he had promised Chunxi, and then took the two of them home.
One roast goose was left behind, and the rest was given to all the servants as a side dish. Each person got a string of candied haws, and even Madam Xiao and Granny Qin joined in on the fun.
Tian An estimated that after so many days, Gu Jinyan and the others' legs should have healed enough, so he went back to his room and wrote a note inviting them to come to his house the next day for a meeting to discuss cooperation on the hot pot restaurant.
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The next day, Zhao Yiming took a day off. Peng Zhang and his family of three arrived at the General's Mansion early in the morning to report.
Knowing that Zhao Yiming was going to teach them boxing and Five Animal Exercises today, Tian An got up early, and even Madam Xiao and Granny Qin came to join in the fun.
Seeing that there were so many people around, Zhao Yiming asked Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, who practiced martial arts with him every day, to take Peng Zhang to the side and squat in a horse stance.
Then the Peng couple who were learning the Five Animal Exercises and Nanny Xiao and Granny Qin were asked to stand in a row.
He demonstrated the movements in front and asked them to follow.
Tian An knew how to do the Five Animal Frolics, so he helped correct their movements to ensure that each of them met the standards. Only when the movements were done correctly could they achieve the effect of conditioning the body.
Among those present, Master Peng had the most difficulty doing the job. He had thick hands and legs, and either he couldn't lift his hands far enough or he couldn't lift his legs at all. Even the elderly Madam Xiao and Granny Qin did better than him.
In the end, everyone had learned well, but he had the biggest problem. Tian An simply stood next to him and stared at him.
Mr. Peng's forehead was covered with sweat after practicing for a while. When he followed Zhao Yiming to learn a set of Five Animal Exercises, he could not lift his hands and feet, and he squatted on the ground and gasped for breath.
Mrs. Peng shook her head and said, "Get up! You are not allowed to run or jump. How tired can you be?"
Look at you, your mother-in-law and nanny are so old but they do better than you, aren't you ashamed? "
Tian An saw that Master Peng was indeed very tired, so he stepped forward to persuade Mrs. Peng, "Aunt Peng, don't worry. Uncle Peng started learning on the first day, and it's already very good that he can persist and finish it once."
Hearing Tian An speak for him, Master Peng finally had the courage to retort, "Did you hear that? The local lord praised me!"
Mrs. Peng snorted at him without saying anything, looking helpless and disappointed in him.
Zhao Yiming taught them the Five Animal Exercises and then went to the side to watch the three people who were doing horse stance.
Xiaokang and Xiaoqi have been learning from Zhao Yiming for a long time, and they can squat in horse stance very standardly. Zhao Yiming and the others have performed a set of Five Animal Exercises, and they can squat very straight with their small bodies.
But it was not so easy to deal with Peng Zhang for the first time.
At first, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi were teaching him and he was very serious about learning. But after a while, because his body was too heavy, his feet could not bear the weight of his body, and his legs became sore and he could not hold on any longer.
Then he turned his eyes to the two kids who were looking straight ahead and moving with standard movements, and felt that it was too embarrassing that he could not even compare with the two kids.
He continued to hold on for a while. Although his movements were not standard, at least he could still be seen squatting.
But as time went on, he couldn't even squat anymore.
At this moment, he turned his head and saw the wall behind him. His eyes rolled and he took a few steps back, squatting directly against the wall, pressing all his body weight on the wall.
He persisted like this for a while, but in the end he couldn't even hold on against the wall, so he just collapsed on the ground with sweat all over his forehead, and gave up completely.
After resting on the ground for a while, and waiting for Zhao Yiming to finish teaching the whole set of Five Animal Exercises, he saw him coming towards him, and then he hurriedly stood up and squatted beside Xiaokang and Xiaoqi in a serious manner.
Zhao Yiming had just noticed Peng Zhang slacking off, so he came over but didn't expose him. He just stood in front of him and watched him squat in horse stance.
Peng Zhang forced a smile as he looked at Zhao Yiming in front of him, but inwardly he was madly roaring, "Damn it! Zhao Yiming, you damn it, at least blink an eye! I can't hold on any longer."
A long while passed.
With a "bang", Peng Zhang finally couldn't hold on any longer and sat down on the ground.
Zhao Yiming finally spoke up: "Let's all take a break!"
Peng Zhang: “…” If he had known this would happen, he would never have insisted!
Before they could rest for long, Zhao Yiming spoke again, asking them to prepare to start practicing boxing and kicking.
This time he did not demonstrate it himself, but asked Xiaokang and Xiaoqi to stand in front and Peng Zhang to follow and learn.
I don't know where he got a bamboo pole from, but he kept staring at Peng Zhang. Whenever Peng Zhang didn't raise his arms high enough, he would use the pole to help him lift them up. Whenever his steps weren't wide enough, he would use the pole to sweep between his legs, and the movements would be in place instantly.
Not to mention, with the help of the bamboo pole, Peng Zhang's movements became much more standard.
Mrs. Peng felt a little comforted when she saw her son's serious expression.
Seeing that Master Peng had started practicing boxing, Tian An also asked Master Peng to start practicing.
However, Zhao Yiming was not around this time, so Tian An asked Master Peng to learn from Madam Peng, Granny Qin, and Madam Xiao. She watched from the side, and if they had trouble remembering something, she would demonstrate it to them herself.
Mr. Peng, a grown man, must feel very uncomfortable to learn things from three old, weak, women and children.
Unfortunately, he always fails to learn and always forgets the movements.
In the end, Nanny Xiao and the other two stopped practicing and followed Tian An to supervise him. If he made any mistakes, they would be collectively punished.
Among them, his wife was the most excessive. Her ears would be hurt when she got excited, which made him lose face and dignity.
Hey! He had never felt so aggrieved in all his years in the business world. He wanted to resist, but he didn't dare. He wanted to talk back, but he didn't have the courage.
After learning boxing and Five Animal Exercises for a whole morning, the Peng father and son were exhausted.
After Tian An prescribed some conditioning medicine for Mr. Peng and had lunch, he left as if escaping, fearing that it would happen again in the afternoon.
Tian An smiled and said nothing, and asked Mrs. Peng to supervise them at home and make sure they practice every day.
After the three of them left, in the afternoon, the servant of the Peng family brought five hundred taels of silver notes and two boxes of things. One box was for Tian An and Nanny Xiao and Grandma Qin, and the other box was for Zhao Yiming and Xiaokang and Xiaoqi. They were said to be medical fees and thank-you gifts for teaching.
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