Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 2022 - 2030: Marrying Off My Son, Second Watch (2)

So, Dad and Mom couldn’t wait to take over the matter of marrying me, not even considering whether Yanran would agree to accept me as her husband, and started preparing for our marriage...

At this time, Yanran in Tongzhou was unaware that she had been designated as a Mu Family daughter-in-law, and was busy early for the newly opened rouge shop.

Juhua opened the rouge shop on the most bustling Baota Street in Nong’an County, a two-story building with a wide and grand facade. It was originally a rouge shop, but Juhua, with her wealth, forced it down with silver to fulfill the dream of selling rouge.

Of course, she only told Yanran that the shop was poorly managed and about to close down, so it was taken over, to avoid Yanran having any psychological burden.

The shopkeeper and manager were both elders from this rouge shop. Because of their rich management experience, Juhua and Yanran decided to keep them on. The counters were left by the previous boss, still new and sturdy, just polished with new paint, ready to use, then changed the sign and moved in the product samples, and the task was completed.

This rouge shop was originally called Huìyánzhāi, which had operated in Nong’an County for many years and had certain customer resources, but Yanran did not want to use the previous name. The rouge she produced was much better than Huìyánzhāi’s, and the selling price was also much higher than before, so if she used the former name, it would give customers the impression of a price hike. After careful consideration, she decided on Wényàn Pavilion, a name that was both innovative and appealing to customers.

Juhua was a hands-off manager, never cared once the shop was taken over, all left for Yanran to decide.

Yanran, however, did not become lost due to Juhua’s trust. She remained diligent and conscientious, reporting everything, big or small, to Juhua first. Every financial transaction was meticulously recorded, to not betray the boss’s trust.

In fact, Juhua was indifferent to how much silver this shop could make. She chose this shop entirely to help Cai Wei’s future sister-in-law. Her fortune was substantial; besides having a millionaire dad, she also had a wealth-can-fight-against-country husband, meaning their family could live and eat comfortably for several generations.

Over the years, they had opened multiple businesses in Nong’an County, including the first bathhouse and several later northern flavor restaurants, all opened for Juhua, but soon closed.

Because whether Shen Luming and his wife or Juhua and her husband, none of them were interested in earning money anymore. All their energy and enthusiasm were focused on enjoying life and family happiness, so those shops were just opened for fun for a few days, and naturally closed once they were bored.

After the rouge shop was inaugurated, it began tentative operations. Initially, most of the products sold were from Huìyánzhāi’s inventory, but this was only temporary. Otherwise, the empty shop would have no customers willing to buy anything.

From the day the shop opened, Yanran was busy in the shop during the day, and after closing at night, she locked herself in the room to prepare rouge, floral cream, etc., which were then packed in boxes and placed on the counter for sale.

As the main recommendation, starting too different might make guests feel strange and hesitant to try, so she mostly made rouge, hair oil, fragrant dew, and other common goods.

Currently, it’s year-end, and the young girls and daughters-in-law in the county town have been busy all year, all wanting to buy a couple of rouged items for themselves, so the shop’s business is bustling. But Yanran is troubled that although business is prospering and mostly selling Huìyánzhāi’s original inventory rouge, her pure natural and harmless rouge is completely disregarded by customers.