The Story of a Spoiled Daughter Raising a Husband

Ever since Zhang Xianjun helped her last time, more and more people have been looking forward to the opening of the teahouse.

Everyone in the capital knows that this teahouse is owned by Young Master Zhang, who is a favorite of the Prime Minister.

As a result, people started reserving seats as early as the day before the opening.

Tong Qian instructed Qiangzi that no matter who made a reservation, they should not be allowed to come in. If they wanted to come in, they should get up early tomorrow and line up.

As soon as the news came out, people started wondering when they should get up tomorrow.

"Yun'er, prepare two letters, one to the inn where we were staying, and the other to Xu Family Shop." After saying this, Tong Qian went to instruct Qiangzi to make sure to reserve two good locations.

The teahouse has two floors. The central hall is empty, while the second floor is circular, offering the widest view and the best location.

Zhang Xianjun had booked the best private room on the second floor well in advance, so there are only five rooms left on the second floor now.

The innkeeper will surely bring some acquaintances, so preparing a room should be sufficient. However, since the young woman is alone, she naturally cannot share a room with a man, so another room should be prepared.

The remaining two rooms were off-limits to all; if an important person came and the room was taken up, she would be in serious trouble.

The next morning, before Yuling Garden even opened, people were already waiting anxiously at the entrance.

Tong Qian stood inside the house, gave Ji Quan and Ji Ling a few instructions, then checked the time and, seeing that it was still early, sat down to wait.

Seeing her like this, Qiangzi asked timidly, "Miss Qian'er, why aren't you opening the door?"

There's already a long line of people outside. If we don't open the door soon, they might start banging on it.

Tong Qian glanced at him and said, "What's the rush? Let them wait a little longer. If they don't wait, how will they know about this crosstalk performance? It's not something they can just watch whenever they want."

People are just like that; the easier something is to get, the less they cherish it. They need to wait a while so they can realize that this crosstalk performance isn't so easy to watch, and this Jade Spirit Garden isn't so easy to come to either.

In this way, they will be willing to spend money.

After waiting for about an hour, Tong Qian nodded and said to Qiangzi, "It's ready, open the door."

Upon receiving Tong Qian's order, Qiangzi hurriedly ran to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, a group of people rushed in.

Tong Qian had several tall, burly men block the entrance, and then slowly said, "Please line up and come in one by one. Our Jade Spirit Garden is small and can't accommodate too many people, so only two hundred people can come in. Seats have been prepared for you. If you don't want tea after you come in, then please leave."

This crosstalk performance isn't free; she doesn't charge admission fees, but she still needs to make money, otherwise, how would she support the troupe?

Upon hearing this, the people outside quickly lined up and went inside one by one. Some of them had maids and servants with them, but now they had to send those maids and servants back.

Once the number of people reached two hundred, Tong Qian said to the people behind her, "Alright, we're full for today. If you want to see more, please come back earlier next time."

"What's going on?!" someone said in dissatisfaction.

"That's right, we came here early this morning, why can't we go in?"

With those two voices, a commotion quickly broke out outside. Tong Qian watched them argue coldly, remaining silent until they got really heated before finally speaking, "What? You came early, but the people inside didn't?"

"I don't care who you are. Since you want to come and watch our crosstalk performance, then you must abide by the rules of our Jade Spirit Garden. We are not afraid of you causing trouble. If you cause trouble again, guards, beat them out!"

After saying this domineeringly, Tong Qian walked inside without looking back.

Now that she has the Prime Minister's mansion backing her up, even if those people are bold, they probably won't dare to cause trouble again.

However, they were just a bunch of rabble, and after a bit of noise, they dispersed.

Standing upstairs, Xu Niang looked at Tong Qian's domineering demeanor and curled the corners of her lips.

Seeing Xu Niang upstairs, Tong Qian followed her up.

Because they were worried that too many people would prevent them from getting in, they had instructed them to come in through the back door early on, and even sent Yun'er to pick them up.

When the innkeeper saw Tong Qian, he quickly came over and said, "Miss Tong, congratulations! I wish you great success in your business!"

"Not at all, I also wish you well, shopkeeper." Tong Qian waved her hand politely, then asked Qiangzi to make tea for everyone.

The view from the second floor is excellent; you can see everything below clearly.

Upon receiving the letter, Xu Niang closed the Xu family shop early in the morning and calmly rushed over.

For some reason, she liked Tong Qian from the bottom of her heart. She had talked to her so much a few days ago, and afterwards she felt as if she had gone mad.

Actually, she doesn't usually like to communicate with people, but when she saw Tong Qian that day, she couldn't help but keep talking to herself.

She is not the same as she was that day. She sits quietly to the side, drinking tea, and doesn't mention her past at all.

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we wouldn't have such a grand occasion today." Tong Qian sat down with her.

Although she didn't know what kind of person this was, she didn't dislike her from the bottom of her heart and was willing to talk to her.

Xu Niang smiled but didn't say anything more.

Ji Quan and Ji Ling quickly went on stage, and as they had rehearsed, they soon made the audience burst into laughter.

Even Xu Niang, who was usually frowning, was somewhat pleased.

The cheers from below were constant, with everyone asking for another performance. However, Ji Quan and Ji Ling remembered what Tong Qian had said earlier: the crosstalk performance would only have three parts. If they were allowed to hear all three parts at once, they would not want to come back again.

After Ji Quan and Ji Ling left the stage, the rest of the troupe soon came out. They performed the same play they had performed before, but with a revised script, which made it truly original.

Those people didn't seem to have expected that they could watch a play in addition to crosstalk, and they immediately felt that the cup of tea in their hands was quite worthwhile.

There's a custom in Beijing that you have to tip people when you watch a play. Qiangzi sent someone to walk through the crowd with some things, and since everyone there was wealthy, they quickly amassed a lot of silver.

After it was all over, Tong Qian had someone send Xu Niang back. The innkeeper had already arranged his own carriage, so he didn't need to be sent back and went home on his own.

Zhang Xianjun looked at Tong Qian with newfound respect, saying, "You do have some skills."

"Of course, I'll have Qiangzi record this money in the ledger, and every thirty days someone will send 20% of the profits to the Prime Minister's residence. Does that sound alright?" Tong Qian said with a smile.