How I Pampered the Tyrant Into Devotion With My Space-Chapter 487: Where’s the Hardship? It’s Practically Enjoyment
Once they arrived in Jiangnan, Liu Xu first took Pei Shu’er to the Liu Family.
Upon seeing Liu Xu, Old Madam Liu and Old Master Liu could hardly recognize their daughter.
In fact, when Liu Xu married the War King, they were happier than anyone, thinking that their daughter finally had a good home.
However, twenty years passed, and Liu Xu was exiled to the far north. During all this time, she only wrote one letter home.
They all thought Liu Xu had died on the frontier.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xu had returned.
Looking so young.
She didn’t seem to have suffered at all; it was as if she had gone to enjoy a good life.
After all, the best indicator of a woman’s fortune is her face.
The Lady of the Liu Family, with tears in her eyes, welcomed Liu Xu and Pei Shu’er into the house.
This mansion was one of the largest in Jiangnan, and the Liu Family had many members.
On that day, Pei Shu’er did not discuss any business matters, instead leaving all the time for reminiscing to Liu Xu and her family.
But Liu Xu kept pulling her along, taking her everywhere.
"Mother, you don’t know; it’s actually because of Shu’er that we have what we do today."
At this, Old Madam Liu gave Pei Shu’er another look.
Previously courteous and distant, she now couldn’t help feeling a bit curious.
After all, she was her daughter’s daughter-in-law, a slightly distant relation.
Moreover, this Pei Shu’er previously had an unclear relationship with the Third Prince, Yan Hengyin, which she naturally knew about.
And, although Liu Xu and her family didn’t know the ins and outs, she was aware they had some connections in the Capital.
Pei Shu’er might have something to do with the Tang Family’s exile.
Liu Xu said: "Mother, Shu’er has changed a lot, and she has done much for our Tang Family. Earlier she even charged into a pack of wolves to save Zan’er. Even when Zan’er was maimed, she did not abandon him."
"Now that Zan’er is well, it was also her healing."
After spending such a long time together, Liu Xu sincerely regarded Pei Shu’er as her own daughter.
Seeing her mother’s dislike for Pei Shu’er, she naturally felt extremely reluctant.
Old Madam Liu glanced at Pei Shu’er, her indifference slightly diminished, and unusually wore a bit of a smile.
"You’ve worked hard, child."
Pei Shu’er smiled lightly: "Not at all."
After all, she knew exactly why she came here.
She was just in Jiangnan to do business and make money, preparing for any contingencies upon returning to the Capital.
If they liked her, that was best; even if they didn’t, there was no need to cater to the Liu Family.
After all, arriving in the Capital was equivalent to being under house arrest. Trying to do business again would be too difficult.
Therefore, she just needed to maintain a business-favorable relationship with the Liu Family.
If that didn’t work, even if she wanted to cooperate, she could find others in Jiangnan.
Otherwise, if she clung to the Liu Family and they took control, she would become very passive in the future.
This would not necessarily be good for Pei’s Trading House in the future.
If the Liu Family took precedence, over time, who knows if they would turn Pei’s into a subordinate of the Liu Family.
She had the ability to grow strong and wanted to create her own brand, naturally unwilling to live under someone else’s thumb.
She now carried with her tens of thousands of taels of silver, aiming to make a big move in Jiangnan, not to be controlled by others.
Jiangnan, the land of fish and rice, and of course, a place where beauties flourish.
Here, she could trade the grain from her space or even open a restaurant.
The next day, Pei Shu’er and Liu Xu ventured out and wandered around the city.
While some shops had changed, the overall architecture hadn’t changed much.
So even though Liu Xu had been married away for many years, she was still quite familiar with the area.
"Let me take you over there, mother."
The first place they went was a grain store.
Even in this land of fish and rice, affected by drought, the grain prices weren’t cheap.
But the quality of the rice couldn’t be faulted.
It’s just that... compared to what comes from the space, there’s still a slight difference.
Buying grain isn’t highly profitable.
Pei Shu’er didn’t plan to risk being discovered by bringing out large quantities of grain from her space.
It just didn’t make sense.
Most likely, they would open a restaurant and a pastry shop instead.
As for Pei’s Trading House, it remained the same as before.
It was a bit far from the Jingzhou territories, so Pei’s skincare products hadn’t reached these places.
Pei Shu’er had started businesses from scratch countless times.
This time was no different, finding people to test products and sign agreements from scratch.
Meanwhile, she also began to seek cooperation with the Liu Family.
They had been staying here for five days, and their daily interactions were quite harmonious.
After the meals were finished, Pei Shu’er found Old Madam Liu while Liu Xu was also there.
Pei Shu’er smiled sweetly, saying: "Grandmother, I want to discuss a business deal with you."
At these words, Old Madam Liu was taken aback; few had approached her to discuss business, especially in recent years since becoming the Lady.
She smiled and said: "Go ahead."
She was intrigued; in her eyes, this granddaughter-in-law was indeed a particularly interesting woman.
The rumors painted her as harsh and sharp-tongued, but meeting her in person revealed someone well-mannered, capable of conversation and handling matters, and overall gentle.
More importantly, this girl’s knowledge didn’t seem to come from a boudoir upbringing.
But rather as if from a school.
Seeing her daughter being completely charmed by Pei Shu’er, nodding at whatever she said.
Her daughter, though gentle, was after all a legitimate daughter with dignity and insight, not someone with no opinion.
But toward Pei Shu’er, she was genuinely fond; anything Pei Shu’er said, she believed was correct.
She smiled and shook her head; her daughter was utterly biased.
So now, when Pei Shu’er approached her to discuss business, she felt a bit curious.
Honestly, the Liu Family was vast and wealthy; if possible, what harm was there in giving her granddaughter-in-law a bit?
Pei Shu’er took out Pei’s skincare products, beauty soap, and pastries, all laid out neatly on the table.
"Grandmother, try this pastry."
After Old Madam Liu tasted the pastry, she was first surprised, then said: "This flavor of yours is quite good."
Before Pei Shu’er could speak, the old lady said: "Someone, order 500 boxes of these pastries daily, 400 boxes of peach blossom cake daily, and as for the other pastries, let’s change it up with ten boxes daily."
She thought she was being generous enough.
This was just her granddaughter-in-law. The Liu Family was large and powerful; Old Master Liu had back then one wife and eight concubines, with even more secondary wives than could be counted. In Liu Xu’s generation alone, there were over twenty legitimate and illegitimate children, at least officially.
Those outside mistresses weren’t even counted—if they were, it would be uncountable.
And among these over twenty children, they themselves had over a hundred offspring.
More distant or closer relatives, coming to leech off them, were too numerous to count.
She couldn’t just spend Liu Family money for the sake of this granddaughter-in-law.
The pastries, however, were acceptable; since the Liu Family needed to buy pastries anyway, buying from anyone worked.
She had complete authority to make this decision.
But as for the other products... why did they seem so unreliable to her?
