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

Chapter 482 Who is your wife?

Tong Huaqiong was all smiles as she held the silver coins.

Jufulai was a great success in Pingchuan County, and the same was true in Yanguan Town.

Although the supermarkets in Yanguan Town are not as large as those in Pingchuan County, their revenue is still quite considerable.

In the near future, Tong Huaqiong will be able to rely on Jufulai to advance into Fucheng and Shengjing.

Compared to Jufulai, Wuji is far less successful.

Significant price reductions attract customers.

Once prices return to normal, customers head straight to Jufulai.

The alternating rise and fall of prices became a characteristic of Wu Ji's business.

Gu Youtian was very frustrated. He felt that it was all because of Gu Ruinian's bad advice, and he disliked Gu Ruinian more and more.

Gu Ruinian felt wronged, believing that Gu Youtian was too conservative and unwilling to make the necessary decision to wage a price war, which would only further damage Wu Ji's business by raising and lowering prices.

Wu Ren had nothing to say; he was happy when business was good and sullen when business was bad.

Fortunately, the shop did not require rent, and Gu Youtian kept the purchase price to a minimum, which allowed him to barely maintain his profit despite the double whammy of Jufulai and price reductions.

If it were your own shop, it would be fine, but if it's divided between two people, it's not enough.

Wu Ren asked Gu Youtian to come up with a plan. Faced with Jufulai's strong advantage, Gu Youtian had no better solution and could only take it one step at a time and slowly come up with a countermeasure.

The shop is already open and cannot be closed. Wu Ren cannot break up with Gu Youtian for the time being. He can only wait patiently for Gu Youtian's solution.

Gu Ruinian repeatedly came up with wicked ideas to bribe officials to deal with Jufulai, but when he thought of Tong Huaqiong being a local matriarch, and the fact that the county magistrate's mother had personally come to support Jufulai, he gave up the idea.

He was still unwilling to let Jufulai steal his business and wanted to seize the opportunity to get revenge.

If Jufulai's reputation collapses, he can adopt Jufulai's supermarket model, and all the customers in Pingchuan County will be his.

Tong Huaqiong didn't follow Wu Ji closely, but news about Wu Ji would occasionally reach her ears through Nie Xiaofeng's mouth. After learning about Wu Ji's predicament, she couldn't help but laugh.

Wu Kee has no shame, treating Ju Fu Lai as a competitor.

The price war was definitely Gu Ruinian's idea. This fellow villager only knew the basics of price wars and knew nothing about the overall operation of a shop.

He thought that price wars in later generations were simply about lowering prices?
In later generations, companies like Meituan and Didi engaged in price wars until they had no competitors left. How did Wuji defeat all its competitors?

In particular, it is a bad strategy for department stores and supermarkets to engage in price wars. Pingchuan County is not just one department store. If you lower the price today, you can retain customers. But if you raise the price tomorrow, customers will naturally not want to come. It's not like you can't buy things elsewhere.

Even the supermarkets that amazed the nation in later generations did not rely on extremely low prices to defeat other supermarkets, but on their excellent quality and thoughtful service to win.

The story of Wu Ji went astray from the very beginning.

Even if Jufulai attracts a large number of customers, Wuji can still succeed by focusing on its own quality. Even if it can't become the largest in Pingchuan County, its profits can still be guaranteed.

Tong Huaqiong doesn't consider Wu Ji a competitor, but Wu Ji blames Jufulai for taking away its customers.

Tong Huaqiong dared not let her guard down against Wu Ji, so she instructed Nie Xiaofeng and Su Chengmin to keep a close eye on Wu Ji to prevent them from doing anything malicious.

Having been in Pingchuan County for some time, Tong Huaqiong plans to return to Qinghewan once the supermarket business is completely stable, as there are still many things to take care of at the pig farm and cotton fields.

After a busy period of preparations for the opening, everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Yue'e, thinking herself a great contributor, told Tong Huaqiong that she wanted to visit Pingchuan County.

Tong Huaqiong agreed.

Anyway, all the shop assistants are here, and there won't be any problems if everyone takes turns resting.

"Pandi, why don't you go for a stroll too?" Tong Huaqiong said to Tong Pandi. "I gave your Aunt Hong a message. She and your Aunt Zhao will be coming to the county tomorrow with Hua'er and Duo'er. You'll be able to see your daughter tomorrow. After we're done with this busy period, we'll go back together." Since arriving in Qinghewan, Tong Pandi has contributed greatly to the development of the pig farm. Now, whether it's raising pigs or selling them and collecting payments, Tong Pandi can manage it all.

This was her first time leaving Qinghewan since her divorce, and Tong Huaqiong knew she missed her daughters, so she had Hong bring her two daughters to Pingchuan County for a couple of days.

However, before her daughter arrived, Tong Huaqiong hoped that Tong Pandi would have a good time to relax and stroll around.

Tong Pandi smiled gratefully at her aunt and readily agreed.

She really wanted to explore Pingchuan County properly.

After all, Tong Pandi has never properly gone shopping before.

She planned to buy some things for Hua'er Duo'er, exchange the money she had saved for gold, and also wanted to buy a shop for Hua'er Duo'er to rely on in the future.

She hadn't told her aunt about buying the shop yet; she planned to look around on her own first, and then ask her aunt for help in making a decision once she had a clear idea.

Tong Pandi originally wanted to go shopping with Gu Taohua, but Gu Taohua couldn't leave at the last minute, so Tong Pandi had to go shopping with Liu Yue'e instead.

Liu Yue'e had her own selfish motives. She wanted to buy herself some nice things and was afraid that Tong Pandi would gossip about her to her mother-in-law. Therefore, she made an excuse to shake off Tong Pandi not far from Jufulai.

Tong Pandi couldn't wait for Liu Yue'e to get rid of her. Everyone in her aunt's family was kind to her, but Liu Yue'e always showed hostility towards her, and she felt uncomfortable when she was with Liu Yue'e.

"Miss."

After turning a corner, they arrived at the largest jewelry shop in Pingchuan County. Tong Pandi wanted to go up and get a set of jewelry made for Hua'er, but she was stopped by someone.

The person who stopped him was his ex-husband, Wu Musheng.

Tong Pandi felt utterly disgusted upon hearing the word "wife".

“Who are you calling? We’re already divorced. Who’s your wife?” Tong Pandi said righteously.

"Miss."

Wu Musheng looked Tong Pandi up and down.

Tong Pandi wore a light blue dress, which made her look even more fair and beautiful; her hair was tied up in a high bun, and a few loose strands of hair swept across her slender neck, making Wu Musheng's heart itch.

Wu Musheng had an impulse; he wanted to remarry Tong Pandi.

"Go away."

Tong Pandi didn't want to get entangled with Wu Musheng, so she turned to leave.

“Wife, I know you’re still angry with me. I’ve changed. As long as you’re willing to come back and live a good life with me, I promise I won’t hit you anymore and I promise I’ll treat you well.” Wu Musheng said shamelessly, tugging at Tong Pan’s sleeve.

Tong Pandi felt a chill run down her spine.

When Wu Musheng first took a liking to her at Black Dragon Pool, he used this kind of persistent and harassing tactic to pester her.

Now he's going to use this trick again.

"A leopard can't change its spots. How dare you ask me to go back with you?"

Wu Musheng is really shameless. He didn't even ask about his two daughters' situation before he started pestering her.

Did he think that Tong Pandi was the Tong Pandi from the previous life?

Tong Pandi sneered, clutching a hairpin in her hand. If Wu Musheng used force, she would stab him to death.

Wu Musheng's patience ran out, and he stopped smiling, saying, "Who would want a divorced woman like you? I'm the only one who's willing to let you go back, so don't push your luck."

Wu Musheng recalled Gu Honglian's evaluation of Tong Pandi that day, saying that Tong Pandi dressed up seductively in Qinghewan, and many men in the village were interested in her.

Who would want a divorced woman? It must be that Tong Pandi has taken a fancy to some young man and is unwilling to return to the Wu family.