After the market closed in the afternoon, the number of people in Jiang Qiaoqiao's shop gradually decreased.

While taking inventory, Jiang Qiaoqiao rearranged the clothing display area in the store.

Zhou Yang and Luo Yingzi naturally joined in the busy work.

At this moment, Luo Yingzi looked at the people who had been standing outside the store for a long time and walked over to Jiang Qiaoqiao with some concern.

"Sister-in-law, look at those people outside. They've been standing outside our shop for almost half an hour, neither coming in nor leaving. What do they want?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao had already noticed the people outside the shop. She smiled and said, "They are all owners of clothing stores in our county."

"Huh? Then they..." Luo Yingzi was surprised, then lowered her voice, even more worried, "Is it because our store is doing too well that they're jealous and want to do something to us?"

"I think so!" Jiang Qiaoqiao said with a smile. "I'll go and invite them in. Yingzi, brew a pot of tea first, and then add some candy to the coffee table."

Luo Yingzi was so shocked when she saw Jiang Qiaoqiao leave the store and walk towards the clothing store owners.

She asked Zhou Yang, puzzled, "Yangyang, do you know what your sister-in-law is doing? Those clothing store owners have been watching our store for so long, they're obviously jealous of our good business and want to see what we stock so they can copy us."

My sister-in-law not only didn't kick them out, but she even invited them in. If they come in and sell the same goods as us, isn't that stealing our business?

Zhou Yang smiled and said to Luo Yingzi, "Sister Yingzi, you don't know this, Sister Qiao Qiao once said that harmony brings wealth. Especially among competitors, if you fall out, they will start a price war with you, and you will only lose both sides."

Sister Qiao asked me to make tea, so let's make the tea first.

Soon, several clothing store owners who had been looking around outside the station followed Jiang Qiaoqiao into their stores.

Jiang Qiaoqiao asked Luo Yingzi and Zhou Yang to pour tea for everyone.

"No wonder Mr. Jiang's shop is doing so well; the decor looks much more upscale than ours."

"These goods are all complete. Wow, I really like these colorful stirrup pants. Mr. Jiang, where did you get these from? I didn't see them when I went to buy goods before."

...

Luo Yingzi was pouring tea for the group when she heard this and they all became nervous.

Another woman next to her also spoke up: "Mei Xiaofang, you've gone too far. Everyone's goods are definitely sourced from the wholesale market. Whether or not you can get the goods that sell well depends entirely on your own judgment. What kind of nonsense is it for you to come up here and directly ask Boss Jiang where he gets his goods?"

Seeing that Boss Jiang was young, and thinking he was easily embarrassed, he told you where he got his goods, so you'd sell the same things as him?

Mei Xiaofang smiled awkwardly, "Oh, Sister Wang, what are you saying? I was just asking casually, why did I think so much about it?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao smiled but didn't say anything. She simply invited everyone to sit down and have some tea.

At that time, although there were quite a few people selling clothes in the county town, most of them were street vendors, and there weren't many clothing stores, especially in this area.

Besides Jiang Qiaoqiao, there are only five other companies.

Besides Mei Xiaofang and Wang Hongxia, who were just speaking, the owners also include a young woman named Chen Meng, as well as two husband-and-wife shops, both of which were transformed from tailor shops into clothing stores.

Now, in addition to selling ready-made clothes, they also sell fabric to make garments.

The owners of these five shops came to see Jiang Qiaoqiao today, and it was the older couple from the two husband-and-wife shops who took the lead.

The man's surname was Deng, and his name was Deng An; the woman's name was Liang Yan.

After sitting down, Deng An drawled out his words and spoke to Jiang Qiaoqiao in the tone of an elder: "Little Jiang, we know you are young, and when it comes to doing business, everyone wants the business to be successful."

But that's not how you do business. Several of our stores also sell the same clothes as you, and now you're offering them at 50% or 60% off—that's making it very difficult for us to do business!

Since Jiang Qiaoqiao opened her shop yesterday, some of these shops have only sold one or two items thanks to their regular customers, while others haven't even opened for business yet.

They were completely blocked.

Jiang Qiaoqiao had already anticipated their purpose in coming. Her goal in organizing the opening event was simply to attract customers, not to engage in a price war.

After all, once a price war breaks out, the final outcome is that no one can make money.

Just like how physical stores suffered greatly after online platforms started price wars.

She stated frankly, "My opening event will last for three days, and tomorrow is the last day. After tomorrow, all products in my store will return to their normal price."

The group that came to find Jiang Qiaoqiao were surprised by her straightforwardness and couldn't help but exchange glances.

Deng An, who was in charge, said, "Okay, Xiao Jiang, your new store has just opened, and you need to make a splash to attract customers. We all understand."

The purpose of our visit today is to tell you that you shouldn't start a price war. Since you understand this, we won't say anything more.

Jiang Qiaoqiao readily agreed, and the others didn't say much before taking their leave and leaving her shop.

No sooner had they left than a car pulled up in front of Jiang Qiaoqiao's door.

Mei Xiaofang turned around and glanced enviously at the cars parked in front of Jiang Qiaoqiao's shop. "Tsk tsk, marrying a good man really makes a difference. She can open a shop and sell things cheaply at will, and there are always cars parked in front of her shop."

You know, in our small county town, you'd probably only see a few cars parked in front of her shop a year.

Wang Hongxia glanced at the car and said, "Stop talking so sourly. Those people associate with rich people; that's their ability. You should think about how you're going to keep your business going."

Mei Xiaofang said with some concern, "Sister Wang, do you think she will really do what she said and put the price back on the regular price after one last day of discounts tomorrow?"

Her husband owns a cement factory; she's got plenty of money. What if she wants to keep selling at low prices, bankrupting us all, and then sell at high prices later? What will we do then?

"Alright, don't think about it too much. Didn't she say the discount is only for tomorrow? Let's wait and see the day after tomorrow." After saying that, Wang Hongxia went back to her shop.

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On the other side, Jiang Qiaoqiao looked at the woman who walked into her shop, a flash of surprise crossing her eyes.

However, she quickly composed herself and greeted the customer warmly, just as she would any other customer: "Hello, comrade, what style of clothes are you looking for? I can recommend some to you."

Jiang Rou crossed her arms and scrutinized Jiang Qiaoqiao from head to toe with a sly look before slowly saying, "I didn't come to buy clothes, I came to find you."