Chapter 124: The Opening of the Divine Incense Shop

Xiao Jingli said coldly: "I will send someone to pick you up in five days."

"It's a deal!" Hu Mianmian agreed happily.

At this time, Prime Minister Chen came back in a carriage.

Su Yaoer ran out from the door: "Grandpa, I'm here to pick you up. Hey, why is Sister Mianmian here too?"

Hu Mianmian doesn't like Su Yaoer, and her mother said that she should stay away from her because she is sick.

The little guy waved his hand and said perfunctorily: "I'm just about to leave."

Immediately, she took a step forward and ran towards the mansion.

Prime Minister Chen had just seen Xiao Jingli's carriage, and he hurriedly got out to pay his respects.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. Is there anything important that you need from your Highness?"

Su Yaoer stood beside the pillar and watched.

Is the Ninth Prince in the carriage? The carriage he's sitting in looks so luxurious.

Xiao Jingli's cold voice came: "I'm just sending Hu Mianmian home."

After saying this, he had no intention of staying any longer and politely declined Prime Minister Chen's invitation to come into the mansion for tea.

After Xiao Jingli left, Su Yaoer walked to Prime Minister Chen.

She asked curiously: "Grandfather, why is Sister Mianmian able to know His Majesty the Ninth Prince?"

Prime Minister Chen smiled and said, "I don't know the specific reason, but His Highness the Ninth Prince once suggested that Mian Mian accompany him to study. I guess he knows that Mian Mian is smart and studious, and is also good at studying."

When talking about Hu Mianmian, he was full of praise.

However, Su Yaoer misunderstood the meaning.

She muttered, "I'm not bad at studying. My mother hired the best teacher for me..."

Hu Mianmian kept the jade pendant given by Xiao Jingli. After all, it was too valuable and she couldn't pawn it.

The little girl used the eight hundred taels of silver notes he gave her and took Linlang to the street to buy some items like a rich little woman to decorate her own incense shop.

First, I spent fifty taels to buy a gold-plated plaque, which was the signboard of the store.

The words were written by her grandfather, Prime Minister Chen, and were titled: Light the Incense for the Gods.

Then, the little guy spent another four hundred taels to find a shop that specialized in making incense and ordered a thousand sticks of incense.

She also bought some jade pendants and round fish tanks in the shop, spending two hundred taels.

She saved the remaining money as a reserve fund.

She picked an auspicious day and opened her incense shop.

Prime Minister Chen brought his entire family to attend the event in a lively manner to create momentum.

Su Yaoer made a fuss for a long time and was unwilling to go. Su Shaofeng was afraid of wasting time, so he asked Chen Luhua to stay at home with the child, and he himself went to support Hu Mianmian.

Chen Luhua was totally uneasy, so she immediately locked Su Yaoer up, gave her a scolding, and then forced her to go with her.

She is watching him very closely now, not wanting to give Su Shaofeng any chance to be alone with Chen Qingyin.

Many servants came to the shop today to give gifts.

Some did it to curry favor with Prime Minister Chen, while others did it to curry favor with the two eldest brothers of the Chen family.

Concubine Shu sent a grand gift from the palace and also helped Chen Qingyin ask the emperor for a calligraphy piece to hang in the hall.

Hu Mianmian was like a little boss, busy giving orders, telling people where to put this thing and where to put that thing.

Everyone who comes to celebrate can get the scented tea brewed by the little one himself.

A sip can refresh you, a cup can relieve illness.

This is a special combination of her magic!

The sound of firecrackers outside the shop never stopped.

Finally everyone dispersed, leaving only the Chen family.

Prime Minister Chen looked around the store and felt a little emotional.

"Our Mianmian is so young, and she already knows how to do business."

Su Yao'er curled her lips and said, "How can a businessman compare to an official who studies." Her voice was too soft and no one heard it.

Chen Luhua maintained a decent smile as she greeted Chen Qingyin.

"Third sister, I really envy you for being so lucky. Mianmian is so obedient and well-behaved. She is no longer the little fool she used to be. This is a blessing from God!"

Chen Qingyin's smile faded: "Mianmian is a good child, good things will come to those who are lucky."

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Linlang come in holding the night pearl.

Suddenly she remembered the gift Chen Luhua gave her.

Chen Qingyin immediately put aside her prejudice and expressed her sincere gratitude.

"By the way, Fourth Sister, I didn't have the chance to thank you in person last time. I really like this night-shining pearl, and now it's just right for Mianmian to put in the store. Thank you very much."

"Night Pearl?" Chen Luhua was stunned.

She looked at the palm-sized night-shining pearl and her eyes suddenly turned red.

This is the South China Sea Night Pearl that she has always wanted!
It is also one of the precious relics of her mother-in-law, the late Princess.

She had told Su Shaofeng many times that she wanted the pearl, but Su Shaofeng always evaded her with excuses.

He clearly said that this was his mother's legacy, so he would not give it to anyone.

Unexpectedly, it was given to Chen Qingyin in the blink of an eye...

"Fourth sister? Fourth sister, what's wrong with you? You look so ugly all of a sudden." Seeing that Chen Luhua hadn't responded, Chen Qingyin asked with concern.

Chen Luhua came back to her senses and forced herself to keep smiling.

"Nothing, maybe the firecrackers outside are too loud and I have a headache."

Over there, Su Yaoer started crying again.

It turned out that she wanted to pick Hu Mianmian's incense, but was stopped by the little guy.

Su Yaoer cried so hard that she was out of breath and almost couldn't breathe.

It was supposed to be a happy opening, but ended up shocking everyone.

Chen Luhua took this opportunity to leave with Su Yaoer in her arms.

Hu Mianmian looked at the incense sticks that were kicked all over the ground by Su Yaoer and felt it was a pity!
The incense she bought filled six incense tubes.

It's almost a waste of fifty taels to break a barrel!
Seeing Hu Mianmian squatting on the ground picking incense, Su Shaofeng walked over to help.

"Mianmian, I apologize to you on behalf of Yao'er. I'm sorry."

Hu Mianmian ignored him and pouted: "The incense was bought with the big boss's money. If I have to apologize, it should be to him."

Su Shaofeng didn't know who the boss was, so he could only keep apologizing.

Chen Qingyin came over and picked up Hu Mianmian, and asked Linlang to help clean up.

She said to Su Shaofeng, "Brother-in-law, you should go back and see Fourth Sister. I think she doesn't feel well."

Su Shaofeng wanted to refuse outright, but he was afraid that Prime Minister Chen would hear him and think he was not considerate enough.

I could only nod and say goodbye.

Prime Minister Chen watched this scene and stepped forward and said, "Qingyin, I'm sorry for wronging you. I know Yao'er is a little willful sometimes, but you still tolerate her. As a father, I really..."

Chen Qingyin interrupted him.

"Father, don't blame yourself. Since I decided to go home, I'm ready to be their family and I've decided not to interfere with them."

Prime Minister Chen smiled with emotion.

The first day of opening passed just like that.

Early the next morning, Hu Mianmian came to the shop like a responsible little chef.

She wants to recruit two assistants today and has asked Linlang to find a matchmaker.

After a while, the matchmaker came to the shop with ten young girls and boys.

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen such a young boss." The matchmaker swung her handkerchief as she came in, looking back and forth at the decorations in the shop, "Young lady, this must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Hu Mianmian looked at her and said, "I asked you to come here today to buy a shop assistant. Don't say anything extra. It's a waste of time."

As he said this, the little guy sat on the chair and said, "Tell me all your birth dates and horoscopes."