The Wealthy Eldest Sister Rules Supreme

The light was enough to let their whole family see the brightness ahead, and also enough for them to believe that they could dispel this darkness, giving the panicked family a pillar of strength.

This was more important than anything else.

Zhang Qiuying wiped the tears from her eyes before going into the courtyard to help Zhang Qiuyue prepare lunch.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Liu was in the house instructing Mrs. Cao to diligently work for Zhuang Qingning in the future.

“Miss Qingning is kind-hearted and a good girl who has helped our family many times. Mrs Cao, you have to remember to appreciate her. Doing a good job is one thing, but it’s important not to take her kindness for granted. Anything we can repay or give back to her, we should always return it little by little. We cannot let a good person grow cold-hearted, nor should we bring misfortune upon ourselves.”

“Don’t worry, mother. I understand.” Mrs. Cao nodded firmly in agreement. “I’m not someone who doesn’t know what to do, I know what I should do. Please rest easy.”

“Hmm.”

Mrs. Liu has always been satisfied with Mrs. Cao.

Aside from her inability to bear a son to her eldest son, everything else Mrs. Cao did was appropriate. She took care of her mother-in-law, looked after her husband, raised her children, and managed the household—all were properly handled. Furthermore, she was not afraid of hardship, even going as far as to work odd jobs with her husband to earn some silver. She was even ready to take on dirty and strenuous work.

Mrs. Liu was quite relieved with Mrs. Cao, only leaving a few simple commands, asking her to look after Zhang Xiangrong, then going for a rest.

After a few days of hard work, Mrs. Liu, who was already of advanced age, was absolutely exhausted now, with fatigue evident on her face.

Mrs. Cao immediately arranged for Mrs. Liu to have a rest, promising to call her when lunch was ready.

Zhuang Qingning, on the other hand, went home with Zhuang Qingsui.

Having helped Mrs. Liu’s family, Zhuang Qingsui was in high spirits, hopping and skipping on his way home.

Zhuang Qingning was also very happy.

Firstly, because of the good deed they had done. Secondly, because after completing this timely help mission, Xiaowu had just given her a reward.

She would not mention the diligence value and the Spring Wind Successful Fragments, as they were simply too common. The most important thing was that she had just acquired a new recipe.

The initial secret recipe for making tofu sheets. After binding it, it unlocked the beginner’s tofu sheet making formula.

She currently has enough diligence value to exchange for the beginner’s dried tofu making formula. In this way, she now suddenly had two new recipes in her hand.

Moreover, they both have connections to tofu, and the making processes of the several items can be interconnected and integrated, with some overlapping production steps.

Like dried tofu, the initial production process is basically the same. It only needs to be compressed more tightly when compressing the tofu in the end, with less water content. Afterwards, it’s put into a pot with various ingredients to be boiled, and then dried.

Tofu sheets are made after grinding the soy pulp, filtering it, boiling it, and making tofu pudding. The tofu pudding is then mashed and added in a mold, with layers of cloth and pulp stacked and compressed to be formed.

Thus, provided that the tofu making technique is mature, these two kinds of tofu products can be made more easily. In this way, there will also be two new products in her tofu shop.

A thriving business and the road to wealth are just around the corner!

However, the prerequisite was to first open the tofu shop, get everything on track, step by step, to grow the business!

Zhuang Qingning clenched her little fist, contemplating the next steps.

Upon returning home, she worked as usual, until the next morning when she arrived at the town.

Mrs. Cao and Zhang Qiuying arrived early and waited for Zhuang Qingning. Once she arrived, she led them to see the layout inside the shop, explained the pricing of tofu and salted duck eggs, as well as the discounted pricing for regular customers.

Mrs. Cao and her daughter diligently remembered all of this.

The next day, the tofu shop opened its doors.

There was always a buzz around a new shop opening, with many coming in hopes of good luck.

Setting off firecrackers and unveiling the sign were significant moments that couldn’t be overlooked. Zhuang Qingning followed these traditions, and everything was done accordingly.

Lian Rong and Zhuang Mingliang set off firecrackers by the side while Zhang Yongchang unveiled the red cloth on the sign.

Zhuang’s Tofu Shop, with black letters on a red background, was big, conspicuous, and impressive.

Those who came to watch the excitement gave an exclamation of wonder. Zhuang Qingning wasn’t stingy either, she threw a handful of copper coins mixed with peanuts into the crowd, causing another wave of excitement, and then she opened the doors to her shop.

Her tofu stall had been doing great business before, and naturally, it wouldn’t decrease after moving to a shop. Aside from the regular customers, many more came to watch the excitement.

After all, this was a shop that had a bad Feng Shui reputation before, and now it had been rented out and re-opened. Everyone was curious about whether something bad would happen.

However, they all came anyway. Since it was a new shop opening, the prices were only 90% of the regular ones for the first three days, so they casually bought some tofu to take home, just in time for lunch.

Thus, the tofu shop was bustling for a while.

Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui were busy attending to the customers, while at the same time teaching Mrs. Cao.

Having sold fried chop rice cakes with Mrs. Liu before, Mrs. Cao was no stranger to vending. Now, she got the hang of it after only a little familiarization, and under Zhuang Qingning’s guidance, she was able to recognize most of the regular customers.

Seeing that Mrs. Cao was doing her work well, Zhuang Qingning was relieved. She then stepped out of the tofu shop to talk to Zhang Yongchang, who was standing at the entrance of Fushun Tower, observing the scene.

“Uncle Zhang, wasn’t I right? There’s some good in being unlucky, look how many people came to see the spectacle. We don’t even have to call out our wares!” Zhuang Qingning said cheerfully. “You can finally rest easy now, right?”

“You smart aleck!” Zhang Yongchang grumbled.

Zhuang Qingning didn’t rebut him and merely laughed.

Zhang Yongchang, who was initially scowling, couldn’t help but laugh too. “You, you certainly do have many tricks up your sleeve.”

“But this is only the first day, there are still many days ahead. You should be more careful and pay more attention. In the past, you were just setting up a stall, and in the eyes of the common people, no matter how good the business was on the street, it was unstable and not long-lasting. But now that you have rented a shop, people’s perceptions have changed, and some envious people might not wish you well.”

“Rest assured, Uncle Zhang, I understand.” Zhuang Qingning nodded firmly in agreement.

After chatting with Zhang Yongchang for a while, Zhuang Qingning went back to the shop to check on the situation and help out when she could.

Outside the shop, Mrs. Deng was so delighted that her smile almost reached her ears. When she talked with familiar people, she was beaming with excitement.

“Look, the business is doing so well.. People were saying that my shop has bad Feng Shui! This is clearly a Feng Shui treasure!”