Young Master Li was still bewildered. "But I don’t understand? My mother said that doing business requires a lot of knowledge." Shujun couldn’t help but laugh, "If you don’t understand, then learn. How simple is that?" However, Young Master Li still found it a little hard to break out of the established framework. His thinking was typical of Dayuan men’s thinking: women handle external affairs while men manage the household. In fact, for someone of his status, whether before or after marriage, they basically had nothing to do but enjoy their privileges. But now, Third Brother Liang wanted him to take the reins of the household? That was too shocking and outrageous! Shujun looked at him, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, and said, "There is only one way, if you want to control your own life, you must first improve yourself, accumulate enough capital so that you can confront this biased world." Young Master Li was momentarily lost in thought. Afterward, Shujun gave Young Master Li an exceptionally vivid lesson. He had always been adroit and smooth-talking, and his gift of the gab was evident. With a clever strategy here and a brilliant idea there, he left Young Master Li completely dumbfounded. In the end, the initially indecisive Young Master Li suddenly clenched his teeth and said, "Right, that’s exactly what needs to be done! I have to establish myself first, so that I can control my own life!" At that time, no one would be able to force him, and he would be able to do what he wanted to do... Not long ago, Young Master Li had learned of the death of Shen Qiuyang. He had thought of sneakily going out alone to search for Shen Qiuyang’s remains, but unfortunately, his luck was poor and he was caught by patrolling government officers, mistaken for a wandering beggar and thrown into jail. He had not failed to make a fuss afterward, but following that incident, the Li family became much more careful. He was always accompanied by many people when he went out, just like now, with quite a few servants standing guard outside the courtyard. One reason was to protect the naive Young Master, and the second was on Lady Li’s orders to keep an eye on him, to prevent him from stealthily attempting to find a dead person’s bones again. The Young Master thought to himself, if he became the master of the Li family, he could do whatever he wished. Then, searching for Sister Qiu’s remains to give her a proper burial would be much easier, no need to be as restricted as he was now... In the days that followed, Young Master Li ran over to find Shujun early every day, not returning until dusk. He learned a lot from Shujun. At first, he didn’t understand this and couldn’t comprehend that, and often Shujun had to go to great lengths, explaining in detail to make him understand the intricate ways of the business world. But gradually, it seemed as if the Young Master had an epiphany, and he was even able to deduce further principles from one example. He indeed made significant progress. One day, Liang Shujun and Young Master Li sat in the courtyard for nearly an hour, with Shujun talking non-stop until she was dry-mouthed, while Young Master Li listened attentively, even taking out a small notebook and meticulously taking notes. Liang Shujun took a sip of water and then suddenly said, "I’ve nearly emptied everything I know to you. Now you are familiar with the theory, what remains is to practice." Young Master Li was somewhat reluctant to part with Shujun, as this signified the end of her teaching. Shujun patted Young Master Li on the shoulder, "There is no banquet that doesn’t come to an end. I’ve told you everything I know, everything I understand, but it’s useless to only talk about strategy on paper; you must apply what you’ve learned so that you can truly improve."
