Traveling through ancient times.

Jiang Yizhou's move was very efficient, and the two little beggars finally came to their senses, curled up on the ground, and looked at Jiang Yizhou in fear.

"you you……"

"She hit someone. This bitch hit someone. Everyone, please judge for yourself..."

The two men shouted in a timid manner, and one of them tried to pick up the bun on the ground.

Oh, you still want buns?

Dream it.

Jiang Yizhou glanced at the two of them coldly, then calmly walked forward, kicked away the beggar who was approaching, and then slowly picked up the buns on the ground.

Even if it falls on the ground, it won’t let these two little guys get away with it.

There's just a little dirt on the surface, and you can still eat it if you peel off the skin.

A few passers-by glanced over here and then went about their own business. They did not, as Jiang Yizhou had imagined, come to help the weak as soon as they saw them asking for help.

The two little beggars shrank into the corner and stared at Jiang Yizhou with resentment.

Jiang Yizhou didn't even give them a glance: You can't just take advantage of your youth to rob them.

Fortunately, she did not follow the other party to see the "mother" who was "almost dying of illness", otherwise, she felt that she would never be able to get out of that alley.

She finally understood why the person who was stopped by the two beggars just now drove them away as if they were disgusted flies.

She was still eager to donate her love, thinking that others were stupid and would not even try to gain merit... Now, she was slapped in the face.

Tongzi: "...Xiao Zhouzhou, it seems like you hit them in the face."

Jiang Yizhou: "..."

Of course, Jiang Yizhou did not give up because of this. He met someone holding a branch and a broken bowl towards him.

As long as it wasn't snatched away, she was willing to put a bun on it.

What if I could just get some merit in return?

However, except for the first one, the next few buns she gave away did not bring any merit in return.

The key is that the remaining ones are all meat buns. I can't bear to eat them myself.

Tongzi: "These are basically professional beggars, so..."

Jiang Yizhou: "So you need to be serious about your farewell gifts in the future. Otherwise, you will really be taken advantage of."

She doesn't want to be a sucker.

If it was money given directly, I could still take it back, but what I took out were the buns, and they had already eaten them, what should I do? !

…………Jiang Yizhou came to Jiang’s rice shop in the east of the city.

The name hasn't changed, and neither have the guys inside.

However, Jiang Yizhou did not rush in. He stood aside for a while. There was only one shopkeeper and one waiter, and business was average.

Although I had given the task to the beggar named Liao Qi before, there was no hope. Of course I had to come and investigate it myself.

Just as he was about to ask the person who just bought rice, he heard a waiter say to the shopkeeper while there were not many customers in the store, "Uncle San, this Jiang's Rice Shop is doing well, why did you change the brand? Those customers won't recognize us..."

"What do you know? Just do your own thing and don't worry about anything else. We are a rice shop, and those who want to sell rice will come naturally..."

Jiang Yizhou thought to himself - OK, this shop has been taken over by Ning Jianren.

The next one fell.

The next one,...

When Jiang Yizhou was about to arrive, she found that the beggar she had rescued earlier was being pushed out of the store.

The waiter was very disgusted and looked impatient: "What Boss Jiang? This is Mr. Ning's. Why are you asking for the bill? Don't you think about your own character?"

Jiang Yizhou's eyes lit up: Is this possible?

After being thrown out, Liao Qi was still unconvinced: "Isn't it clearly Jiang's Rice Shop? Is it wrong for me to find Boss Jiang?"

The guy pretended to fight, and Liao Qi ran away in shame.

After a while, he appeared from another direction and said to Jiang Yizhou excitedly: "Auntie, I have already visited those shops you mentioned. Although they still have Jiang's signboards, it seems that the boss has changed."

Jiang Yizhou looked at the sky. It was almost noon and the other party was moving quite fast.

Moreover, this person has a very smart brain.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Are you really willing to follow me?"

"Please give me a chance, Auntie. I will work like a slave for you. Just give me something to eat."

"Are you willing to sign a contract to sell yourself?"

Liao Qi was slightly stunned, stared at Jiang Yizhou, and then nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Yizhou doesn't think that "everyone is equal" is a big deal here. Without a contract, who would dare to use it?

Of course, even if there was a contract, aren't those servants in the house rebellious by nature?

So Jiang Yizhou immediately took the woman to the pawnbroker, asked the on-duty manager He to be a witness, signed the indenture, stated the woman's age, gender, background, etc., put his handprint on it, and left it to Jiang Yizhou for safekeeping. He also registered it with the pawnbroker.

In less than an hour, Jiang Yizhou successfully bought a servant with ten taels of silver.

Jiang Yizhou took out another five taels of silver and asked him to get himself ready.

They met at the street corner in the north of the city half an hour later.

…………

Jiang Yizhou concluded that both the Jiang family’s rice shop and grocery store had fallen.

As for the several shops for rent, Jiang Yizhou had even less hope - for the tenants, they only had to pay the rent according to the contract, no matter who was the real boss.

She placed her hopes on two pottery shops.

The Jiang family has their own Taozhuang, and coincidentally, the land deed of this manor is still in the hands of the original owner...well, himself.

Jiang Yizhou calmed down and bought two scones. He ate them while thinking about things and waiting for Liao Qi.

The Jiang family's two pottery shops actually have only one manager, one in the south and one in the north, but they are both on the outskirts, so the shops look relatively large, equivalent to the width of three storefronts in the town center.

Behind the shop is a two-story backyard where the shop assistants and managers live.

Jiang Yizhou waited for Liao Qi, who had a brand new look.

He was probably in his twenties, of medium build, dark and thin, with a scar on the left corner of his eye and under his ear.

It seems that he is indeed a man with a story. I can’t care about so much now and will use him first.

Jiang Yizhou just asked the other party to follow her, not to talk casually, and to obey her instructions.

Liao Qi looked at Jiang Yizhou, then at the deserted shop.

He thought the other party's target was the shop. Just when he was about to volunteer to test it out, he heard faint sounds of quarreling coming from inside the shop, and then two people were pushed out.

Jiang Yizhou's pupils shrank and he subconsciously took two steps back.

Liao Qi also quickly stepped back, and the two of them leaned against the wall at the same time.

"Auntie?"

"Shh-"

Ning Jianren? !

He is here?

However, judging from the quarrel and shoving that I just heard, it at least proves one thing: Ning Jianren had an unpleasant negotiation with the other party.

Therefore, this pottery shop has not been conquered by Ning Jianren yet!

The memory of the original owner emerged in Jiang Yizhou's mind: a few days later, Ning Jianren would go to the original owner to ask for the title deed of the farm on the grounds that he was short of funds and that making pottery was not profitable.