The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

As soon as the doors of Jufulai opened, many customers rushed inside.

There were even more people than yesterday.

The stall where pots and pans are repaired is packed with people.

The containers that sold out yesterday were filled with goods overnight. Many shop owners and their employees came over after hearing the news, clicking their tongues as they looked around. Jufulai's restocking ability truly surprised them.

When Jufulai Supermarket was about to open in Pingchuan County, many department store owners, like Gu Youtian, were not optimistic about it.

The overwhelming popularity on the first day of opening was a slap in the face to them, and they rushed over to observe as soon as Jufulai opened its doors on the second day.

I watched and kept praising it.

I never imagined a department store could be run like this: a complete range of goods, uniformed staff with identical smiles, and even free letter-writing and pot and pan repair services.
Each aspect broadened their horizons, and they asked themselves if they would have wanted to spend their money on Jufulai if they weren't competitors.

"Grandma, a lot of people went to Wu Ji."

Nie Xiaofeng, who was in charge of security, kept Tong Huaqiong's instructions in mind and paid close attention to Wu Ji's situation. He discovered that many people had entered Wu Ji's shop. After inquiring about the situation, he reported it to Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong said, "It's the customers' freedom to choose whoever they want. Wu Ji's business doesn't affect our business."

Nie Xiaofeng thought Tong Huaqiong was right, but Grandma was wrong. Jufulai didn't take Wuji seriously, but Wuji regarded Jufulai as a competitor.

He knew that Wu Ji and Jufulai had the same products, but Wu Ji's prices were cheaper than Jufulai's.

Nie Xiaofeng then told Tong Huaqiong the information he had gathered from Wu Ji.

Tong Huaqiong pondered for a moment.

Wu Ji should just do business honestly; daring to mess with Jufulai is courting death.

However, she doesn't intend to engage in a price war.

Given the size of Wu Ji, Jufulai would definitely win in a price war, but that would also give customers the impression that Jufulai only sells cheap goods.

In the end, a price war will only result in mutual destruction, and while it may bring temporary customer patronage, reliable and high-quality service is still needed for long-term development.

This is why Jufulai Supermarket's grand opening promotion only lasts for three days.

Tong Huaqiong looked up and saw that it was a very hot day with a lot of people. She estimated that if it weren't for Jufulai's pot and pan repair service, half of the people would have had to go home.

She didn't expect the weather to turn into midsummer so early when she chose to open her business in these few days.

Fortunately, Gu Jingzhe wrote to Tong Huaqiong that his senior brother could observe celestial phenomena. His senior brother said that the temperature had soared in the past few days and reminded her to take some precautions against heatstroke when the supermarket opened.

Tong Huaqiong knew she couldn't let anyone get heatstroke at her Jufulai restaurant, so she had already made contingency plans.

This plan was originally intended to provide customers with a comfortable shopping experience at Jufulai, but it unexpectedly became a means of poaching customers from Wuji.

Tong Huaqiong said to Su Chengmin and Nie Xiaofeng, "Go and arrange for the staff to put the ice we stored in advance in the corner of the supermarket, and then open all the doors and windows."

Gu Taohua said, "I've already had someone prepare mung bean soup; bring it up with us."

Doesn't Wu Kee attract customers with boiled water?
She used mung bean soup.

Tong Huaqiong gave Gu Taohua an approving look.

Su Chengmin and Nie Xiaofeng responded and went to arrange for ice and mung bean soup.

Gu Taohua said, "It must be that bastard Gu Ruinian's idea to start a price war with Wuji. Let him fight it, we'll make sure he's broken."

These days, whenever Gu Ruinian encounters Gu Taohua in the village, he says some inexplicable things.

Gu Taohua didn't know why Gu Ruinian kept staring at her.

Shouldn't he be staring at Gu Jingzhe?

Why is he staring at her? Since he sees her as a potential enemy, she should teach him a lesson.

The number of customers at Wu Ji did not decrease despite the reopening of Jufulai.

Based on this customer traffic, today's revenue will be quite substantial.

Gu Youtian calculated that even with the price reduction, he would still make a profit, just less than before. However, Gu Ruinian was right; the profits from high-volume, low-margin sales would make up for the losses from the low price.

Gu Youtian, who had been dejected yesterday, became happy.

"Jufulai has ice on the shelves, so it's not hot at all when you're shopping there."

"There's also free mung bean soup."

Just then, someone outside shouted, causing customers to rush towards Jufulai.

Of all the shops in Pingchuan County, none have ever been so generous in displaying ice in such hot weather.

Even if those jewelry shops and silk shops had refrigerated rooms, they were only for the ladies and young women of wealthy families; ordinary customers couldn't go in.

I heard that Widow Tong, the owner of Jufulai Supermarket, was worried that everyone would get heatstroke, so she specially put basins of ice in the shop. Who wouldn't want to go and see if it's true?

Similarly, Wu Ji's customers are still customers, and when they hear that Ju Fu Lai offers ice and free mung bean soup, they naturally want to go to Ju Fu Lai.

Wu Ji's food is cheap, but it's too hot today. It's more important to go to Ju Fu Lai to cool off and have a bowl of mung bean soup.

As a result, Wu Ji lost more than half of its customers.

Gu Youtian and Gu Ruinian tried to stop them one by one, but they couldn't resist the allure of Jufulai's ice cubes and mung bean soup.

"You bastard Tong Dajiao, she's just trying to sabotage our Wu Ji shop because she sees it doing well." Gu Youtian's eyes were gloomy.

Gu Ruinian, however, had a different opinion.

Such methods are definitely not what Tong Dajiao would do.

It must have been his cousin Gu Taohua's idea.

The goal wasn't to attack Wu Ji, but to target him.

"Why are they all gone?"

Seeing the steady stream of customers put Wu Ren in a great mood. Realizing he hadn't had breakfast yet, he went to the backyard to eat.

While eating breakfast, I was still thinking that if customers were always coming in like this, then there would be no need to worry about profits.

Once he has a stable customer base that only recognizes Wu Ji, he will kick Gu Youtian out first.

As for Gu Youtian's second son, Gu Ruinian, it's simple: bring in a son-in-law to support Gu Ruinian's education. I doubt he'd be interested.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Wu Ren strolled leisurely from the backyard to the shop. He found the shop empty, much like yesterday, and was puzzled. He assumed that Gu Youtian had taken advantage of his absence to raise prices.

“Youtian, I know you don’t agree with lowering prices, but you saw today that everyone came in after the price was reduced. If you raise prices now, won’t customers say we have no integrity? Who will come to our shop to buy things in the future?” Wu Ren scolded Gu Youtian without asking any questions.

Gu Youtian trembled with anger.

This idiot didn't understand how he became the village head, yet he spouted nonsense here. Even he had to reprimand him.

"Uncle Wu, you've misunderstood my father. It's not that my father raised prices, but Jufulai is really cunning. They put ice and free mung bean soup in the shop and tricked all the customers away."

Gu Ruinian was afraid that if things got out of hand, Gu Youtian and Wu Ren would argue and things would get out of control, so he quickly came to explain to Wu Ren.

Wu Ren frowned after hearing this.

Tong Pandi's widowed aunt is truly vicious; why is she beating up Wu Ji so decisively? (End of Chapter)