Reborn to marry, the short-lived prince lived a hundred years

Xiao Huaifeng couldn't help but sneer, thinking to himself that the Meng family members were so stupid that they would actually believe such a lie.

No matter how good the location of the shop is, if it is not managed well and the investment cannot be recovered, it will ultimately be nothing but a bubble.

The capital city is a prosperous place with shops lined up one after another. If you can't stand out among the many merchants, how can you expect to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver?

At this moment, an idea suddenly flashed through Meng Tingyue's mind. Her bright eyes flashed with a cunning light. She turned to Xiao Huaifeng and said with a bit of excitement: "I have a way to trick the Meng family, but I need your help."

"Just tell me what you think." Xiao Huaifeng looked at her with interest.

Meng Tingyue slowly recounted what was in her mind, taking every detail into consideration.

"That's great. Let me take care of this matter." After hearing this, Xiao Huaifeng nodded slightly, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"As for the money, the shop originally belonged to you. This is just returning it to its original owner. If you don't have enough money, you can come back to me."

Meng Tingyue opened her red lips and said, "By the way, uncle, I want to open a gambling stone shop in the capital."

"Oh? A gambling jade market?" Xiao Huaifeng heard this, a trace of deep thought flashing across his brow. "There's no such market in the capital. However, the jade has come from a long way, and the risks are numerous. If it's robbed along the way, wouldn't all the efforts be wasted and the losses be heavy?"

A mysterious arc appeared on Meng Tingyue's lips. She told him the plan she had been planning for a long time in detail and discussed it with her uncle one by one.

When the two finished chatting, it was almost noon.

Meng Tingyue refused Xiao Huaifeng's invitation to dine together and left Jinweilou with two snacks.

……

Meng House.

"What? That shop is only valued at five hundred taels of silver? Even though the location isn't the best, it's beautifully decorated, so it should be worth at least one thousand taels."

When Meng Qingjiao heard the report from the servant, her brows furrowed, anger swirling in her heart. Finally, she could no longer bear it, and with a wave of her slender hand, she swept away the dust from the tea set on the table.

The crisp sound of shattering instantly filled the entire room.

When Mrs. Meng saw this scene, she felt distressed.

His gaze shifted from the wreckage to his daughter's face, which was slightly distorted with anger.

She slowly stepped forward and softly consoled him, "Forget it, forget it. If it's really so unprofitable, then we won't want the shop. There are tens of thousands of shops in the capital, so there's bound to be one that's not as bad as this one. We can just look for another."

"No, I must get that shop. Once I get it, a mere nine thousand taels of silver will be nothing. Even if it's ninety thousand or one hundred thousand, I have the confidence to earn it back easily." Meng Qingjiao vowed.

Madam Meng frowned slightly, a look of doubt in her eyes. "When did you learn about business? How can you be so confident?"

Meng Qingjiao pursed her lips, thinking about how to make up for the lie, and then said, "Mother, do you know that the shop was originally chosen by the Xiao family?"

She took Madam Meng's arm affectionately and said coquettishly, "Mother, think about it, the Xiao family has such a sharp eye in the business world. The shop they are interested in must be in an excellent location and a great business opportunity."

Mrs. Meng felt her daughter's words made sense, but a hint of hesitation lingered between her brows. "We could have waited until the store cleared out its goods before making any purchases. Why rush into anything?"

Meng Qingjiao argued anxiously, "Mother, I've been waiting for a long time, only to see the price of that shop slowly drop from ten thousand taels of silver to nine thousand. If I still hesitate now, what if the Xiao family gets there first? Wouldn't that mean I'd miss out on a great opportunity to make money?"

She pulled Madam Meng's sleeve, and said coquettishly but firmly: "Mother, please trust your daughter this time. I will definitely find a way to make back the capital. Moreover, I have already figured out a great money-making strategy in my mind.

Upon hearing this, Madam Meng's eyes flashed with curiosity, and she asked softly, "Then tell me, what exactly is this brilliant plan?"

"We sell purifying incense pills."

"What is the Pure Fragrance Pill?"

"Fragrance-purifying pills are small pills made from fresh flowers. Simply drop them into clean water, wait for them to dissolve, and then immerse your clothes in them. The clothes will naturally be imbued with a fresh and elegant fragrance."

Mrs. Meng's interest seemed to wane slightly after hearing this. "We usually fumigate our clothes with scent. What difference does this scent-purifying pill make? Why do we have to use it?"

Meng Qingjiao patiently explained, "Mother, think about it, with these Purifying Fragrance Pills, wouldn't we be able to save ourselves the tedious process of fumigating clothes? Furthermore, we can adjust the scent of the Purifying Fragrance Pills to our liking. Mother, please trust me just this once. Once these Purifying Fragrance Pills are released, we'll definitely be able to earn back our investment many times over."

Mrs. Meng shook her head and still disagreed.

Upon hearing this, Meng Qingjiao bit her red lips with her pearly teeth and frowned. She gently held Mrs. Meng's hand and shook it lightly, with anticipation flashing in her eyes.

"Mother, we only need to sell two shops temporarily to cope with the emergency. When the money comes back, I will definitely buy you three, four, or even more shops. Okay? Mother, please agree to my request this time."

She calculated in her mind that she already had five thousand taels of silver in her hand, of which three thousand taels were the proceeds from the sale of the land in her dowry, and the remaining two thousand taels were raised from the Qing Palace and her mother.

As for the missing silver, she already had an idea in mind.

We had to reluctantly give up a few shops under the name of the Qing Palace.

I have to temporarily sell a few of the shops my mother owns, and that will be enough money.

Under Meng Qingjiao's persistence, Madam Meng finally relented and said, "The shops can be sold, but not for just 500 taels. Sell them to Meng Tingyue."

Meng Qingjiao's eyebrows knitted slightly, her confusion evident in her words: "Mother, why did you sell those shops to Meng Tingyue?"

"These shops used to belong to the Xiao family. If we sell them to Meng Tingyue, we can get more money. I believe she must be very eager to take her mother's shop back."

Hearing this, Meng Qingjiao's eyes lit up with joy. "Mother is really smart! This way, we can take advantage of the opportunity to ask for more silver. It would be best if she would willingly pay four thousand taels of silver to buy these two shops."

Madam Meng gently patted the back of Meng Qingjiao's hand and said with a smile, "That's right."

……

Meng Tingyue returned home with some snacks. After returning home, she heard that Shen Yunheng had just returned home and went to the study.

She took the snacks to the study.

"My dear husband, try this. This is a new product from Jinweilou. I've tried it and it's sweet and not greasy."