I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

This shop is in good condition in all aspects; if it were put in a brokerage firm, it could fetch a higher rent.

Although paying six months' rent upfront is a bit much, it's only slightly more expensive than three liang, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Besides, it was the landlady who overheard them talking and offered to rent the place to them.

Liu Nanjia had a good impression of the couple, but she believed even more that there's no such thing as a free lunch, and one should always be wary of others.

When the proprietress, Zhou, heard her question, she didn't think it was inappropriate. She smiled and was about to speak.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

A voice suddenly came from outside the door, and then a boy who looked about the same age as Liu Nanjia ran in from outside.

All eyes were drawn to that, and Zhou was interrupted before she could say anything, "You rascal, so reckless! Can't you be a little more composed? We have guests here!"

He turned back to Liu Nanjia and the others apologetically and said, "This is my brat. He's 12 this year and runs around outside all the time. He's not mature at all. He's far inferior to you guys."

As Liu Nanjia listened, she wondered why Aunt Zhou seemed to know them so well.

Looking at the boy who ran in, he seemed more and more familiar. Where had I seen him before?

She looked at Song Chen and saw that he was also staring at the boy.

Seeing their expressions, Zhou laughed a few times and said, "Did you recognize me?"

Liu Nanjia was still completely confused. She recognized the boy because he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.

But Song Chen nodded. "I remember now. Your son often buys things from our stall."

The boy who came in was the same; he hadn't noticed anyone else in the yard before, and after being scolded by his mother, he immediately became quiet. But when he saw who was standing in the yard, he became excited again: "You guys, you're the brother who sells fried chicken!"

Liu Nanjia suddenly realized why the face looked familiar; it turned out to be a regular customer.

When she was mainly selling things, she spent most of her time frying chicken nuggets, often so busy that she didn't even look up and didn't pay much attention to the customers.

Song Chen was the one who collected the money and dealt with customers more, so he recognized her quickly.

Mrs. Zhou added, "Actually, I recognized you as soon as you came in. You came to eat here a while ago, didn't you? I remember. Your fried chicken is so delicious, I love it. And your bread is my son's favorite. We're actually your regular customers, but I don't go often. It's mostly my son who buys our food."

“We’ve been looking forward to your shop opening for ages, we’re just waiting for a hot meal. It’s such a coincidence, we were just thinking about renting out a shop today when you showed up and we overheard you talking about renting a shop, so it’s perfect timing. If you hadn’t come, I was planning to go to the brokerage firm tomorrow, they would definitely be faster to help. But now that we’ve run into each other, one of us is renting out a shop and the other is renting in, so why not just settle it ourselves? Why bother with them, they’d just charge us extra money.”

"How about it? Are you relieved now? We didn't have any other intentions, it's just that we're destined to meet today. I've also seen your stall, it's very clean, I feel at ease renting it to you."

After listening to Zhou's rapid-fire explanation, Liu Nanjia finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that they and the proprietress remembered each other, but they had never formally met, which led to the current situation.

"Don't worry, don't worry," Liu Nanjia smiled somewhat awkwardly; she had overthought things this time. "In that case, brother, Song Chen, I think Aunt Zhou's shop is quite nice, shall we rent it?"

"I think it's a good idea," Song Chen said first.

"Me too." Liu Yanxi had no objection. The shop was definitely a good shop, and now that it was confirmed that the proprietress had no bad intentions, there was no problem.

Although six months is a bit short and feels unstable, Liu Nanjia has only been here for less than six months, and they have gone from being a few pitiful people living under someone else's roof to being able to rent a shop and open a business.

Maybe in another six months, they'll be able to buy a better shop?

Liu Nanjia is quite confident about this.

With his doubts resolved, the rest was a matter of course. Liu Yanxi immediately used Aunt Zhou's paper and pen to write down two copies of the contract.

When Madam Zhou saw Liu Yanxi's calligraphy, she naturally praised them highly again, while taking the opportunity to belittle her own son.

This made Liu Yanxi very embarrassed.

"I haven't seen any adults at your stall, and it was you kids who came up with the matter of renting the shop. Is there... no adult at home?"

After hesitating for a while, Zhou finally asked the question; she had had this question for a long time.

"Yes, our parents have both passed away." Liu Nanjia didn't care much, but afraid that her brother and sister would be sad, she answered first and then briefly explained the family situation.

"It's my fault, why couldn't I help myself?" Zhou said with a look of self-reproach. She shouldn't have asked. Then she sighed and lamented that Liu Nanjia and the others had such pitiful backgrounds, yet they were so capable.