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Chapter 430: Chapter 433 Grand Opening_1
In the following days, Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong were busy renovating their shop, which was soon sparkling anew.
All the furniture came from Feng Clan’s Carpentry Shop, and the signboard was personally made by Wind Liyang.
Just because of this furniture, Yin Zheng and Madam Liang couldn’t sit still.
"Little Water, have you arranged everything I instructed you to do?" Madam Liang asked her personal maid once again.
If those people wouldn’t take the toast, they should not blame her, Yin Yiliu, for resorting to tricks the next day!
Green Water nodded, "I arranged everything a long time ago, you can just sit back and enjoy the show!"
Madam Liang curved her lips into a smile; this was the answer she wanted.
On September 16th, Tan’s Stewed Meat Shop had its grand opening.
In front of the stewed meat shop, there were gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances, an exceptionally lively scene, attracting many onlookers.
After the performance, Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong pulled off the red silk from the signboard together. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Simultaneously, the sound of firecrackers started, pushing the atmosphere at the scene to a climax.
The crowd all widened their eyes, determined to take a careful look at the signboard.
It was said that the signboard was personally crafted by Wind Liyang, and even more importantly, the calligraphy was done by none other than County Magistrate Lord Qin!
"Look at those powerful strokes, the only one in White Stone Town who can write so well is Lord Qin!"
"Is it necessary to talk nonsense? Many people saw Lady Qin deliver the calligraphy to the carpenter’s shop."
"Then this shop really has quite the backstory. Everyone knows that Lord Qin never involves himself in business, and this is truly unprecedented!"
"Lady Qin has been helping out a lot these past few days. What do you think, doesn’t that say something?"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, all very curious about the newly opened stewed meat shop.
"Today is the opening day of Tam’s Stewed Meat Shop, with samples for everyone to try today, and a thirty percent discount for purchases, limited to while stock lasts!" Tan Zhenghong announced loudly.
"The first fifty customers will receive a gift from our shop, and you’ll definitely get your money’s worth with us!"
Qiao Duo was also vigorously promoting it; this was her first business, and she had been involved throughout the renovation process, so it was of great importance to her.
Someone in the crowd cheered, "A fool wouldn’t take advantage of a good deal! I want to be the first in line—shopkeeper, give me two pounds of lean meat and a wild chicken."
After that, many people responded in kind, with a discount and gifts on offer—who wouldn’t want that?
But there were also some discordant voices, specifically those sent by Madam Liang to make trouble.
"Hmph, what kind of meat is this? Even the cheapest meat costs over twenty wen money a catty, you’re really too greedy! Do you think our money is just picked up off the ground?" one skinny monkey-like man was particularly irritated.
Seeing him jumping up and down, people might think he had invested his entire fortune in this stewed meat shop.
Hu’s Clan hurried to explain, "Sir, the meat shrinks after cooking, and there are also the costs of spices and labor; we really haven’t overpriced it, and today it’s even thirty percent off. We’ll actually be losing money on these sales."
"Who are you trying to fool? With prices tripled, do you expect the meat to shrink to one-third of its original size?"
The skinny monkey was still not satisfied, insisting on making a scene over this.
The crowd felt helpless; the aim of doing business was simple—to make money, wasn’t it?
Why was it when it came to him, making money seemed a mortal sin?
A person nearby chuckled, "Brother, you better open a shop yourself and make sure you don’t profit at all—we’ll definitely go and support you."
"I’ll go too, I’ll definitely buy extra!"
"I want to take over his shop!"
A ripple of laughter ran through the crowd, leaving the skinny monkey-like man blushing with embarrassment.
