The next morning, Liu Tangxi woke up early, opened his eyes and looked outside. It seemed a little white, so he quickly put on a piece of clothes, got out of bed, and walked out the door.

When I opened the door, I saw that there was indeed a heavy snow outside. The whole sky and earth seemed to be covered with a layer of white quilt.

Liu Tangxi was immediately overjoyed, and went back in slippers to call Wei Hanzhou to come and see.

Wei Hanzhou put on a coat, stood behind her, and held her in his arms.

The two stood there for a while, and they estimated that it was almost time for Wei Hanzhou to go to court. Liu Tangxi said, "Go get dressed and wash up first. I'll go cook for you."

Wei Hanzhou lowered his head and kissed her forehead, saying, "Okay."

There is still a lot of bone soup left from yesterday's hot pot. It's not bad even though the weather is cold today.

Liu Tangxi cooked noodles for Wei Hanzhou with bone soup, and threw in some vegetables and meatballs that had been cut last night but not used up.

She removed the meat from the bones, added some seasonings and chili peppers, and mixed it.

Soon, a pot of delicious and nutritious bone soup noodles was ready.

Wei Hanzhou drank two bowls of soup, ate a large bowl of noodles and two plates of meat.

Seeing Wei Hanzhou eat a lot, Liu Tangxi was very happy and satisfied.

After seeing Wei Hanzhou off, Liu Tangxi went back to the house and lay down for a while.

When it was bright, she got up and sat on the couch and embroidered for a while.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Liu Tangxi went out.

Before I even reached the door of the dry goods store, I saw a long line of about ten people.

As they got closer, Liu Tangxi could finally see clearly that these people were here to buy candied haws.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw Liu Tangxi appear, he immediately came over with a smile.

"lady."

"Well, how's business today?" Liu Tangxi asked.

The shopkeeper took a look at the people in line, then looked around the shop, and said with a smile, "It's great. Our candied haws are selling especially well, and many people come here to buy them. Moreover, many people come in to buy other dried fruits while waiting."

Liu Tangxi nodded, his expression seemingly unchanged, still very calm.

Although the shopkeeper has worked in the shop for more than ten years, he was still very excited after seeing yesterday's profits.

Seeing his master's calm demeanor, the shopkeeper thought that perhaps his master didn't know yesterday's earnings yet.

"Please come this way. I'll tell you what happened yesterday."

Liu Tangxi nodded readily: "Okay."

After entering, the shopkeeper showed the account book to Liu Tangxi.

"The dried fruits in our shop made 20% more profit yesterday than usual. The candied haws were even better. We sold more than 500 strings and earned more than 20 taels of silver."

After hearing this, Liu Tangxi nodded.

She flipped through the account book and found that most of the candied haws sold yesterday were at ten cents a string, and the six-cent strings were less sold.

People in Beijing are indeed rich. The more expensive the food, the rarer it is, and the more people eat it.

The calmer Liu Tangxi was, the more excited the shopkeeper became. He continued, "More people came today. We've sold nearly a hundred skewers in just one hour since we opened. I'm sure we'll sell more today than we did yesterday. No one on this street makes better food, and no one sells better."

Liutangxi remains stable.

Wei Lao San sells 200 skewers a day in the town. It is not surprising that he sells 500 skewers a day in the most prosperous snack street in Beijing.

Seeing that Liu Tangxi was always like this, the shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh that the girls in the Huai'en Marquis Mansion really knew how to make money.

In the past, the second girl was called the female Tao Zhugong. She opened a restaurant, and in just one year, it became the largest and most profitable restaurant in the capital. Those fresh sales methods and novel food types attracted many customers.

The eldest daughter in their family went to plant trees on the farm, and soon she grew the most delicious apples, which were in short supply every day.

Nowadays, grown-up girls can make candied haws in any way they like, and they are the most delicious and sell the best.

Not to mention the guests, he himself wanted to eat more after he had eaten it.

I don’t know why the feng shui of Marquis Huai’en’s Mansion is so good, and all the girls raised there are so amazing.

Seeing that Liu Tangxi was calm, the shopkeeper felt that he was too excited and seemed too uneasy, so he slowed down and told her his plan.

"Our Tanghulu sales are pretty good. I'm thinking of finding another chef who can make Tanghulu and putting another counter inside so that two chefs can work together."

Liu Tangxi thought about the layout outside, closed the account book, and said, "Okay, you decide."

After talking a few more words, Liu Tangxi went out.

She hadn't been to Marquis Huai'en's Mansion for some time, and she didn't know whether Yin's illness would relapse as it was so cold today, so she had to go and take a look.

She made a few skewers herself, intending to bring them to Marquis Huai'en's mansion for Yin to taste.

As I was doing that, I saw a familiar person walking in from outside the door.

"Hello, sister." Liu Luan bowed.

"You're welcome, sister." Liu Tangxi continued to play with the candied haws in her hand.

Liu Yunan came here to stroll around today. She knew that this shop was Yin's dowry shop, and seeing so many people lined up at the door, she came over to take a look out of curiosity.

"Miss, you make the candied haws yourself?" Qinghe asked in surprise.

This young lady had bullied her a lot in the past. Thinking about how arrogant she was in the past and looking at her now, it was like two different people.

She really didn't expect that such a proud person in the past would actually cook food by himself.

She had indeed inquired about this young lady before, and she thought she was just talking and asking the servants to do it.

Liu Tangxi said: "Yes, it's very simple, you can learn it in no time."

While speaking, Liu Tangxi's hands kept moving.

Looking at Liu Tangxi's actions, Qinghe couldn't help swallowing.

Liu Luan stared at Liu Tangxi for a long time. Seeing that she was doing it seriously, she turned around and looked at the people eating candied haws outside.

"It's delicious." A girl said, "This is the most delicious candied haws I have ever eaten."

Another said, "Yes, I bought a bunch of glutinous rice flavored ones yesterday, and today I want to try the red bean flavored ones."

"This shop is good in every way except that it's too slow."

"That's right, I've waited too long."

…

Listening to what was said outside, Liu Xuanan became very curious about Liu Tangxi. She had heard before that the apples and peaches she grew were delicious. However, she had no interest in food and had never eaten any. The reason she opened the wine shop before was to make money and use money to do things.

Now that I have seen people say that the Tanghulu is delicious, and there are so many people queuing outside, it doesn’t look like they are just pretending.

"I wonder if my younger sister is lucky enough to get a string of candied haws from me?" Liu Luan turned around and asked with a smile.

Liu Tangxi finished making the last kind of Tanghulu, picked up the paper bag and put it in, then turned to look at Liu Luan and said, "Sure, go and line up, ten cents a string, no cheating."

As she spoke, she pointed outside.

Although Liu Tangxi intends to live in peace with Liu Luan, just because she doesn't bring up old issues doesn't mean she won't bring up new ones.

Wasn't it Liu Lu'an who suggested that Marquis Huai'en marry his third daughter to Wei Hanzhou?

Moreover, even though Yin and the original owner's actions were inappropriate, Liu Xuan'an was not a good person either.

She doesn't mess with Liu Luan, but that doesn't mean she will treat her as a sister or a friend.

Especially, after Wei Hanzhou hinted to her last night, she felt less worried and afraid when facing Liu Luan.

I feel more confident.

Anyway, she doesn't bully the heroine, and the heroine's halo will never hurt her.

Qinghe was angry at Liu Tangxi's words, but she held it back.

Liu Tangxi smiled at Liu Luan, took the paper bag and walked out. When passing by the shopkeeper, he said, "Please watch out, no one is allowed to cut in line! No matter who that person is."

The shopkeeper glanced at Liu Yunan and quickly bowed and nodded in response.

He had heard that the eldest and second daughters of the Marquis' Mansion had a bad relationship, but he didn't expect it to be really bad.

"Second Miss, please come outside." The shopkeeper said respectfully.

Qing He stamped her feet in anger.

Liu Yanan smiled and said, "I'm more curious about what the candied haws my sister bought taste like. Qinghe, go and queue up."

"Auntie..." Qing He said unhappily, but after receiving Liu Luan's gaze, she shut up again, "Yes."

Not long after, Liu Lu'an started eating candied haws.

While eating the candied haws in her mouth, Liu An nodded with satisfaction and praised: "It tastes good, no wonder so many people come to buy it. Come and try it."

Qing He also got a string and was about to throw it away, but when she heard this, she reluctantly took a bite.

After eating it, I have to say it is really delicious.

"I'll have people come buy a bunch every day. This one has red bean paste, it's a little sweet. Change it to green bean paste for me tomorrow."

"Yes, girl."

Liu Tangxi brought a bunch of each flavor to Yin, who couldn't eat so much at once, so she shared it with Madam Shao. She originally wanted to give it to Liu Tangxi, but Liu Tangxi refused.

"No, no, I've been eating it for a month and I'm tired of it."

Seeing the rejection on Liu Tangxi's face, Yin smiled and said, "Okay, I won't give it to you."

While eating candied haws, Liu Tangxi remembered that Wei Laosan and others were coming, and told Yin about it.

No matter what, Wei Lao San and others are Wei Hanzhou's relatives, and the two sides are in-laws. If Yin Shi heard from others that her in-laws were coming to the capital, it would be embarrassing.

"Are you here to visit me, or to stay here permanently?" Yin asked.

Liu Tangxi said, "I'm staying here for a long time. I'm not going back. My family is preparing to sell the land in my hometown and the pigs and chickens we raise, and open a business to come to the capital."

Hearing this, Yin frowned slightly.

She had seen similar things before during her many years in the capital.

Many newly-minted scholars came from a not very wealthy family, and when they married the daughters of nobles, there would always be a lot of conflicts and jokes.

Wei Hanzhou's family is not rich, and there are a lot of people.

If I bring my family to the capital, wouldn't I have to live with my daughter and son-in-law?

My son-in-law's house is already too small. If ten or eight more people live there, wouldn't it be even more crowded?

It's too unfair to my daughter.

Thinking of what she had seen before, Yin made a prompt decision: "Didn't mother give you two houses? You should clean up the big house that is close to the city gate and far from you and give it to them to live in. That house is bigger than the one you live in now, and anyone will praise you for being sensible and filial. Besides, it is far from you, so it won't bother you in any way. Then you can give them a few servants to serve them, and they will be able to tell you in time if there is any disturbance."

After hearing this, Liu Tangxi looked at Yin in surprise.

Seeing the concern and calculation in Yin's eyes, Liu Tangxi smiled and said, "Thank you for your consideration."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are my only daughter. If I don't consider you, who else can I consider?" Yin patted her daughter's hand. "Don't laugh. Be serious. We have to be on guard against such things. You don't know that before, a concubine's daughter of the Marquis of Wenchang married a scholar who won the third place in the imperial examination. Not only did the scholar's parents act arrogantly in front of her, they also asked her to go back to her parents' house to ask for help. It was really disgusting."

Liu Tangxi pulled her hand out and held Yin's, saying, "Mother, I am different from them. They were poor students who got married after passing the exam. You forgot that I married my husband when I had no name and surname, and I lived with them for two years."

Yin was stunned for a moment and said, "That's true."

"When my husband won the first place in the imperial examination, someone from my clan came and suggested that his parents divorce me and let my husband marry someone else. They didn't agree."

Yin was relieved but also a little angry: "Are all the people in his clan so short-sighted? How could they do such a thing? It's outrageous!"

Liu Tangxi comforted Yin: "Their family has a bad relationship with the clan. Now that they have moved to the capital, there is nothing to worry about. Mother, there is no need to get angry over such an unrelated person."

"Ah, you had a really hard time in the past." Yin sighed.

Liu Tangxi said, "Mother, it's all in the past. Don't you still exist?"

Yin's face regained its solemn expression and she said, "Yes, mother will make the decision for you. No one dares to bully you."

As she spoke, Yin started talking about Wei Hanzhou's family.

"Han Zhou's status is different now, and so is yours. There's no guarantee that his family won't have any thoughts, so you have to be more careful."

Liu Tangxi smiled and said, "Mother, that shouldn't happen. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are selling candied haws. In May, I asked someone to bring back several hundred kilograms of hawthorns. At that time, they knew who I was. This time, it was also me who took the initiative to ask them to come over. It was my mother-in-law who saved me. They have been kind to me, and I always hope that they can live a better life."

Hearing this, Yin sighed and said, "You are becoming more and more soft-hearted now. From what you said, they are very good people with good character, otherwise they would not have been able to cultivate a son-in-law like you. But people will always change, so you still have to pay attention to them when the time comes."

"I know, mother, I am not stupid."

"Well, when they come, we'll invite them to our house as guests, which will serve as a way of recognizing our relatives." Yin said.

However, Yin still thought her daughter was a little silly. But, she was silly, so she would take care of her more.

"Will Dad agree?" Liu Tangxi asked in a low voice.

She knew that Marquis Huai En still looked down on his son-in-law Wei Hanzhou. He disliked him because Wei Hanzhou did not stand on the side of the Third Prince.

"Why do you care what your father does? Our two families are legitimate relatives. If we don't recognize each other, we will be laughed at. With mother here, we won't embarrass them. However, with your father's attitude, I believe they will be more afraid of our family and won't dare to bully you."

"Well, thank you, mom."

"Why are you saying such polite things to mother?" Yin said with a smile, "But your father is really a bit stupid. He followed that little bastard and took sides in advance. If the third prince fails to succeed in ascending the throne, and the crown prince and the second prince ascend the throne, he will definitely kill our mansion."

Liu Tangxi felt that the Crown Prince and the Second Prince had little hope. If he had to choose one of the three, the third prince, the male protagonist in the book, would have a better chance. However, with the variable of Prince Jian, everything was hard to say.

The only ones who really have hope are the Third Prince and Prince Jian.

"My daughter thinks that the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are unlikely, and the Third Prince is more likely."

Yin Shi knew it well, she whispered: "I would rather the Second Prince ascend the throne, so that that little bastard won't be so proud!"

Liu Tangxi thought of the silly look of the Second Prince and felt that the possibility of this person was really too small.

"However, the second prince only likes to study and wants to take the imperial examinations, so he is not suitable." Yin said.

After talking for a few more sentences, she saw that the atmosphere was getting a little depressed, so Yin smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Yesterday your aunt sent some special products from the south, so take some back when you leave."

"Okay, Mom."

In the blink of an eye, it is the Leon month, and the sales of candied haws are getting better and better.

Old customers were retained and new customers increased.

In the past, Liu Tangxi embroidered flowers every day to make money and kill time, but now she doesn't need to do that anymore.

She also didn't like sitting at home embroidering every day, so Wei Hanzhou prepared a dozen travel books for her, and she just read books and embroidered every day.

Or, every few days, he would inspect his own store.

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Tangxi went to the dried fruit shop, thinking that the shop had been selling candied haws for more than a month.

As soon as I arrived, the shopkeeper came up to greet me with a smile.

"Ma'am, I was thinking of going to tell you about the profits of the shop last month in the next few days. But I was always too busy and didn't have time to go."

"Um."

Liu Tangxi was welcomed inside by the shopkeeper.

The little girl who was sitting opposite and waiting for the servant to sell candied haws saw this scene and was about to call out Liu Tangxi, but she saw her walking inside.

"Huh? How did she get in?" Princess Fuping asked puzzledly.

Xie Congli, the prince of Jin, took a look at the attitude of the shopkeeper, then looked at the direction they were going, thought for a moment, and said, "This shop may belong to Madam Wei."

Princess Fuping widened her eyes, clapped her hands, and said, "I knew it, why does this taste feel so familiar? Turns out it was made by her again. It's too much that she can make such delicious candied haws but she didn't make it for me. No, I have to go find her." With that, Princess Fuping was about to go downstairs.

However, before he could leave, he was stopped by Xie Congli.

"It's obvious that Madam Wei has something to say to the shopkeeper. Why don't we wait until they come out before going downstairs?"

Princess Fuping thought about it, felt that her brother was right, and sat down again.

However, his eyes were fixed on the shop downstairs opposite.

After Liu Tangxi went in, the shopkeeper took out the cash flow for the past month.

When taking the account book, Liu Tangxi found that the shopkeeper's hands were shaking.

Liu Tangxi thought, what's the big deal? This shopkeeper has been through a lot of ups and downs, so why is he still so uncalm?

However, when Liu Tangxi saw the total revenue, he became a little uneasy.

Earned more than one thousand taels in a month?

How come she is so amazing? She is really amazing. She can turn stone into gold.

However, Liu Tangxi had already been excited once when selling apples and peaches, so he calmed down quickly.

"This month's revenue is equal to our shop's revenue in the past year. No, more than one year, it's the revenue of one and a half years. Not only are the candied haws and loquats selling well, but other dried fruits are also 30% more than usual." The shopkeeper said excitedly.

Liu Tangxi nodded and said, "Indeed."

"What do you think? Should we buy the shop next door and sell candied haws?" asked the shopkeeper.

Liu Tangxi thought about it for a while and said, "No, let's open a branch."

She has many stores under her, and most of them don't make much money. Instead of buying another store, she might as well convert the unprofitable store into a store selling candied haws.

For example, the tavern that moved to Yunxia Street, the shop on Xunfang Street, the rouge and powder shop near the city gate, and so on, all of these shops combined could not earn more than one thousand taels a year.

"I'll think about it and turn a few shops that don't make money into shops selling candied haws."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper's smile faded a little.

Other shops have their own shopkeepers, so if a branch is opened, it has nothing to do with him.

"However, I will have to trouble Uncle Wu to manage all the shops. The layout inside the shops, the signboards at the door, the taste of the candied haws, etc. should all be kept consistent. From now on, this will be the head office, and the others will be branches."

Most of those shop owners were bad at management, so it was a good opportunity to change that.

Shopkeeper Wu understood what Liu Tangxi meant, and the smile on his face deepened. He was to be the head shopkeeper, and the others were to be deputy shopkeepers?

"Yes, ma'am, don't worry, I will do my best and I promise not to let you down."

"Well, think about how to change it in the next few days, and try to make all the shops have the same layout."

"Yes, ma'am."

Then, the two of them went out.

Liu Tangxi hadn't eaten Tanghulu for a few days and was craving for it, so she skewered a few glutinous rice-filled ones herself and prepared to dip them in sugar.

However, just as I dipped it in sugar and was about to eat it, I heard a familiar voice.

"So this shop is really yours?" Princess Fuping said as she looked at Liu Tangxi's actions.

"Yes." Liu Tangxi said.

After saying that, she looked at Xie Congli who came in.

"Mrs. Wei."

"Prince, Princess." Liu Tangxi bowed.

"Today I came with my sister to buy candied haws and happened to see Mrs. Wei, so Zhenzhen wanted to come and say hello to you." Xie Congli explained.

After hearing this, Liu Tangxi was embarrassed and handed the candied haws in his hand to Princess Fuping.

Princess Fuping smiled and said, "You are very good at face value."

Seeing that Lord Fuping wanted to eat, Xie Congli quickly said, "Zhenzhen, you have already eaten one skewer today, you can't eat too much."

How could Xie Congli control her? Princess Fuping didn't listen and started eating. While eating, she said, "I'll eat one more skewer today and I won't eat tomorrow."

While talking, Liu Tangxi personally made a string of mung bean paste and gave it to Xie Cong as a gift.

Seeing that Xie Cong didn't want to accept the gift, Liu Tangxi said, "Prince, try it, it tastes okay."

"Thank you ma'am."

"You are too polite, my Lord."

"Brother, don't you have something else to do at home? Go back first. I'll go to her house for lunch at noon. Remember to tell mother that I'll be back in the afternoon."

Hearing this, Xie Congli hesitated for a moment and looked at Liu Tangxi.

"I wonder if Madam is available?"

Liu Tangxi thought, even if it was inconvenient for her, she couldn't say it.

“It’s my honor.”

"Thank you, ma'am. Zhenzhen, just be obedient and don't make trouble."

"I know, brother, you are so long-winded, let's go."

Liu Tangxi took a packaging bag and wrapped the candied haws in Xie Congli's hand.

Afterwards, a follower followed Liu Tangxi.

She follows her wherever she goes.

However, the princess's carriage was higher-end than hers and much more comfortable.

"You have so many shops. How long will it take you to finish shopping? Aren't you hungry? Aren't you going home to cook?"

"No matter how much, it's not as much as the princess has." Liu Tangxi said.

"Well, it's definitely not as much as mine. I own a whole city, hundreds of shops, and tens of thousands of acres of land."

Liu Tangxi: ...

There is no point in discussing this topic anymore.

"Hey? Why are you walking so fast? I haven't finished talking yet. I still have a farm."

"Aren't you hungry? Go home and cook."

"Great! I want to eat the sweet and sour spareribs, spicy chicken wings, fried chicken fillet you made the other day..." Princess Fuping swallowed her saliva and continued, "And corn soup."

At noon, Wei Hanzhou frowned slightly as he looked at the slightly sweet and sour food.

I thought to myself, could it be that he was too demanding last night and my wife is unhappy?