Marrying a royal playboy and becoming a glamorous matriarch

Wei Lanxin walked into the tofu shop with a smug look on her face.

She looked around the tofu shop and saw that it was conventional and unremarkable, and immediately felt disdain.

"You can't do business like this; you'll never amount to anything."

She turned to look at Wei Qingrou, her eyes filled with disdain.

"This shop must have been your idea, right? I have to say, it's incredibly stupid, utterly worthless."

"Women like you, so feudal and timid, never have any ambition. When will this tofu shop ever make a fortune?"

Wei Qingrou smiled faintly and clenched her handkerchief tightly.

Just as she was about to retort, Qin Ping'an stepped forward and launched into a tirade against Wei Lanxin.

"We didn't make any money today, but did your Qianyu Tower make any?"

"As far as I know, you've been giving things away for free and offering discounts. I estimate you won't even make your costs back today."

"The large number of customers is just a publicity stunt bought out of our own pockets; it's a business that loses money but gains publicity."

Upon hearing this, Wei Lanxin looked at Qin Ping'an as if he were a stupid pig.

"What do you know? How dare you judge me? You're just short-sighted!"

"To tell you the truth, Qianyu Tower is currently in the customer acquisition phase. What's wrong with spending some money to please customers? As long as we retain loyal customers, we won't have to worry about making big money in the future."

Wei Lanxin looked smug, her eyes sweeping over everyone present. She said arrogantly, "I was going to give you some advice, but since you won't listen to any suggestions, I won't say anything. Just keep selling tofu like this, it's a miracle you can make any money."

Wei Lanxin came today because she heard that the tofu shop and her Qianyu Tower opened on the same day, and she became wary, so she came to find out what was going on.

Now, seeing the tofu shop looking dull and dilapidated, I feel relieved.

She ignored everyone else and left without paying any attention to them.

The eldest prince, who had come with her, did not chase after her as usual, but instead looked at Qin Ping'an.

“Cousin, let’s talk.”

"it is good."

Qin Ping'an's eyes flickered, and he roughly guessed what the eldest prince was going to say. The two went out together.

After they left, only Wei Qingrou and a few others remained in the shop.

As Chunxi watched Wei Lanxin's retreating figure, she couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"They're all daughters of the Wei family, why won't the eldest young lady lend you a hand?"

The shopkeeper chimed in, "Although Qianyu Tower caused trouble today, it certainly has some tricks up its sleeve to attract so many people."

Xia Xi was timid, and the thought of the blood-soaked streets earlier that day sent chills down her spine.

She whispered, "I think peace is a blessing. Even if you have some tricks up your sleeve, Madam, please don't use them. You never know when something might go wrong."

Seeing that Wei Qingrou did not show any displeasure, she continued, "Moreover, our shop has already sold quite a lot of soy milk and pastries today, so we have some income as well."

Wei Qingrou nodded approvingly and patted Xia Xi's hair to comfort her.

"Our Xia Xi is so sensible. Human life is not something to be trifled with."

At this point, Wei Qingrou looked around at everyone.

She had just realized that Wei Lanxin's words had unsettled the troops.

The shopkeeper and the staff were all envious of Qianyulou's business and wished they could say nice things to Wei Lanxin so she could give them some advice.

But she couldn't help but give him a warning, just in case something really went wrong.

"You can't just look at the good times and forget the bad ones. Qianyulou was able to escape this calamity because it had powerful backers. If an ordinary shop dared to cause so many deaths just for the sake of opening a grand event, what would have happened to it?"

Wei Qingrou's words were resounding, like a heavy hammer blow, striking the hearts of the shopkeeper and the staff, instantly bringing them to their senses.

The opening ceremony of Qianyu Tower today resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen innocent people. If it weren't for the Crown Prince's intervention, the manager and the owner would have paid the price.

Exile and execution are considered lenient punishments; the worst that could happen is the extermination of nine generations of one's family.

After all, this is the most important place in Kyoto, and no one can be allowed to run wild or act recklessly.

Indeed, as Wei Qingrou said, even the eldest prince was having a headache at this moment, and even had to bow his head and negotiate.

Seeing that the shopkeepers and staff were awake, Wei Qingrou smiled and began to gently encourage them.

Don't forget to give a sweet treat after you slap someone.

"Actually, we've already broken even today."

The shopkeeper looked incredulous. "No way! We only sold one bucket of soy milk and three trays of pastries today. How can we possibly break even?"

Wei Qingrou wasn't lying; she flipped through the ledger and slowly recounted the story.

"First, it's because we spent less money, since the tools for making tofu didn't cost much."

"Secondly, a wealthy family ordered ten vegetarian meals from our tofu shop, which cost them one thousand taels of silver."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper and his assistant were initially delighted, but then looked puzzled.

"Madam, none of our shops have any wealthy families coming here, so how did you decide to place the order?"

"The vegetarian dishes don't necessarily have to come to our restaurant. You should get started on the arrangements quickly so as not to delay the delivery. Here is the list."

Wei Qingrou smiled faintly and handed over the completed list.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly snapped out of their surprise and happily went to prepare the vegetarian meal.

In fact, this is where Qin Ping'an's abilities truly shone.

Wealthy families have a tradition of eating vegetarian food. On the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, they would hold a vegetarian feast. Today is the fifteenth.

With just a few words, Qin Ping'an got a group of his cronies to order vegetarian food.

Everyone has enough money for eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring, so they don't need an extra hundred taels. Sending a table full of vegetarian food to their home can at least bring them some peace and quiet.

However, even though it was only a thousand taels, Wei Qingrou felt quite accomplished.

There are quite a few shops registered under Wei Qingrou's name now, but they were all arranged by Madam Wei.

She simply keeps the accounts and manages things well, and then she can wait to collect her paycheck; she doesn't plan on making sweeping reforms for the time being.

This little tofu shop is the one she started building from scratch; who could resist the joy of nurturing a business?

However, she never expected to break even on the first day.

Wei Qingrou looked at the magnificent Qianyu Tower across the street, her eyes filled with a complex and clear expression.

Compared to Wei Lanxin's philosophy of doing business with extravagance and pomp, Wei Qingrou is more concerned about risk.

You could say she has a strong peasant mentality, but after ten years of hardship, Wei Qingrou just knows that making money is not easy.

Even though the shop was a gift from Qin Ping'an and didn't cost her a penny, Wei Qingrou still insisted on breaking even first and not losing money.

Even with the Crown Prince's backing, Wei Lanxin's business is unlikely to go smoothly.

Since this is ancient times, directly applying modern methods of attracting customers is not suitable.

Discounts and freebies can only appeal to ordinary people, but ordinary people don't have money. They come to support the event now just to eat and drink for free.

Even if you can only get one sample at a time, there will always be people queuing up. At most, it only creates a false sense of prosperity and does not help the business.

However, she wouldn't reveal her transmigrated identity to Wei Lanxin, and even if she did, Wei Lanxin wouldn't believe her.

Whether in ancient or modern times, there is no shortage of people who are all talk and no action.

Besides, there's the eldest prince; it's not Wei Qingrou's place to worry about him.

After all, as long as he's willing to worry, he'll always have something to worry about.

Just as Wei Qingrou said, the First Prince has endless worries every day when it comes to Wei Lanxin.

The commotion caused by Qianyu Tower this time was too great, and it would not be as easy as just talking about it, which is why the First Prince approached Qin Ping'an.

"Tell him not to investigate this matter, and I'm willing to find a chance to go back."