Once the matter was settled, He Yunce hurriedly left the bedroom.
He went to the study and found the antiques and curios he had treasured for a long time. He also took all of Song Ruoan's remaining dowry and pawned it all at the pawnshop, waiting to get it back in half a month.
Because it was a flexible pawn transaction, the total amount of money earned from both was not much.
So He Yunze went to see Huang again. He made up an urgent excuse, saying that he had been confused for a moment and had incurred a loan shark debt. Huang hurriedly took out all her private savings.
The two of them almost went bankrupt, but finally managed to scrape together three thousand taels.
Feeling the trust and warmth of He Yunce, Song Ruoan felt a mix of sweetness and shame. So she had Hu Mama take a letter in her own handwriting and went to the Song residence to ask the Song couple for three thousand taels of silver.
Meanwhile, Song Ruoan had Alian go outside to find a maker from an incense shop.
The shop assistants only need to be ordinary, familiar, and have worked in the shop for many years. They don't need to have any superb skills or any mysterious reputation.
Because of what happened last time, Song Ruoan learned from her experience and realized that all those so-called miraculous people, such as the legendary Chinese medicine doctor, were fake.
Song Ruoan waited on the soft couch for a while, and then saw A-Lian bring in the incense shop assistant from outside.
It was the shop she used to frequent, and the shop assistant looked familiar to her, so she learned the craft of incense making from him.
After patiently studying for several hours, Song Ruoan had a basic grasp of the incense-making method. When making incense, she did it quite well. In fact, incense is not difficult to make; the most important thing is the recipe for burning incense.
Once you have the prescription, it's a simple matter to prepare everything according to the dosage.
Knowing all this, Song Ruoan finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt more confident.
Even when He Yunze returned and saw her and the incense shop assistant preparing incense, Song Ruoan didn't panic:
"Husband, you're back?"
"How are your preparations going? I've invited a shop assistant from the incense shop to inquire about opening the shop, and I've learned about the pricing of incense and the methods for attracting customers. I have a general idea of everything."
He Yunze returned travel-worn and saw this scene. He felt warm inside and had no doubts: "I've raised the money. As long as your mother gives in, we can go and sign the contract with the shop owner."
After Song Ruoan saw the shop assistant off, the two waited for a while before Hu Mama returned with Zhao Qianlan's three thousand taels of silver.
Zhao Qianlan said that because of past events, the Song family had suffered a great loss of strength, and this three thousand taels was all the cash the Song family could offer.
Hearing this, He Yunze was very moved and grasped Song Ruoan's hand: "My mother-in-law trusts us so much, we must make a fortune to support her."
With six thousand taels of silver in hand, the two went to Yong'an Street and finalized a contract with the person in charge.
When signing the contract, He Yunze held Song Ruoan's hand tightly, feeling like the happiest person in the world.
This shop was just a starting point for him, just his first shop.
Once he exposes Song Xizhi's true colors, and Xianglou is making a fortune every day, he will use all means to gradually turn all the shops on Yong'an Street into his own.
The day after the contract was signed, He Yunce hurriedly called the workers to begin decorating the incense shop.
The incense tower is named "Ruo'an Tower," and everything inside is designed according to Ruo'an's preferences, secretly recording all the memories he and Song Ruo'an shared from their past lives.
Originally, Xianglou was expected to open in half a month, but during the renovation, there were frequent problems, which dragged the construction time to a month. He Yunce was both anxious and distressed, so he replaced all the employees and paid them extra to speed up the process.
In addition, he had people spread rumors.
All the incense at Pinxianglou is plagiarized. The owner behind Pinxianglou is of low character and stole his junior sister's things. Otherwise, why would she refuse to show herself?
The news spread like wildfire, and within a few days, it swept through all the teahouses in the capital.
Everyone was speculating about the true identity of the owner behind Pinxianglou and was also very curious about this rumor.
So He Yunze then released news that he would reveal the recipe for "Muzong" on the opening day of his Ruoanlou, exposing the true face of the owner behind Pinxianglou, and at the same time showing evidence to prove that all of her incense was plagiarized.
Everyone is welcome to come to Ruoanlou to appreciate ancient incense techniques that far surpass those of Pinxianglou.
Such remarks caused a huge uproar in the capital.
What is the recipe of Mu Zong? What is the identity of the owner of Pinxianglou? Did the owner of Pinxianglou plagiarize incense? Is the ancient incense far superior to that of Pinxianglou?
There is an incense shop in the world that dares to directly challenge the Fragrance Shop, and there is even evidence that the owner behind the Fragrance Shop plagiarized incense and was able to produce incense that far surpasses that of the Penglai Wonderland.
Each and every one of these events is a bombshell! They are secrets that everyone is incredibly curious about!
And that Penglai Wonderland is nothing short of a miracle!
Everyone who didn't visit Pinxianglou on its opening day regretted it afterwards.
Thus, the opening of the so-called "Ruo'anlou" instantly became a highly anticipated event, with everyone eagerly awaiting its opening day. This also propelled the fame of the two establishments to its peak in an instant.
Whether it was the elderly, women, and children in the capital, or the literati and scholars in remote areas, everyone was marveling at this matter.
On the day Ruo'an Restaurant opened, the crowds were absolutely frenzied, completely blocking Yong'an Street.
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