Chapter 40: Hillbilly
After eating two soup dumplings near the station, Zhao Xiaoning came to Yangyitang, and at this moment Yangyitang was already open.
Miao Miao was not there, but there was an old man who looked to be in his seventies and had gray hair who was fiddling with his abacus.
"Hello, I'm Miao Miao's classmate. Zhao Xiaoning reported to his home.
Miao Donghe raised his head and said with a smile: "You're here to get medicinal herbs, right?" I'm sorry, my granddaughter is sleeping lazy, I'm afraid I can't entertain you." The herbs have already prepared for you. As he spoke, he took out a plastic bag containing ten pairs of medicinal herbs for boiling summer soup.
"Grandpa Miao, can we swipe the card here?" Zhao Xiaoning asked.
"Yes. Miao Donghe replied: "The total price is twenty-three thousand five hundred and two, since you are Miao Miao's classmate, the old man will give you a cheaper." You can give me twenty-three thousand. As he spoke, he took out a credit card machine.
"Grandpa Miao, your granddaughter is not as generous as you. Zhao Xiaoning sighed.
Old man Miao said with a smile: "That girl is a student, she doesn't understand the world, and she is too rigid in business." ”
After entering the password, an invoice copy appeared in the credit card machine, and Zhao Xiaoning also received the bank deduction information. It seemed that the 30,000 yuan that had just arrived was only 7,000 yuan, and Zhao Xiaoning felt a pain in his flesh. Isn't it necessary to invest 20,000 or 3,000 in exchange for 100,000 yuan, which is a good business.
"Your name is Xiao Ning, right? Are you sure these medicines are for people to eat? There are two medicinal properties in it, which seem to be mutually restrictive. Can you tell me the purpose of these medicines?" Old Man Miao couldn't help but ask.
As an old Chinese medicine doctor, he felt that there was something wrong when he saw the prescription. If someone else came to buy medicine, he would definitely not ask more, but Zhao Xiaoning was his granddaughter's classmate, so there was nothing wrong with asking a few words.
Zhao Xiaoning didn't want to explain too much, but everyone was cheaper by more than 500 yuan, so he just said a few words.
"Grandpa Miao is right, there are indeed two kinds of medicinal materials in it, one is hot and the other is benign. Taking the two herbs at the same time can cause diarrhea, dehydration, and even death. The function of the remaining herbs is to neutralize the effects of these two herbs. Zhao Xiaoning said.
"The effect of the remaining medicinal herbs is just to neutralize these two medicinal effects?" Old Man Miao was taken aback, and had an unrealistic idea.
Zhao Xiaoning nodded: "Each medicinal material has different attributes, when the medicinal effects of those more than thirty kinds of medicinal materials are fused together, it can completely neutralize these two medicinal materials, but there is a certain proportion and order of putting it in the pot." ”
Old Man Miao was shocked and asked, "Can you master this?"
"It's okay. Zhao Xiaoning smiled.
"Xiao Ning, take the liberty of asking, who is your master? That old Chinese medicine doctor in your village seems to have been dead for many years, right? Even if he doesn't die, I'm afraid he won't be able to master this!" Old man Miao swallowed his saliva, he is a highly respected Chinese medicine doctor in the town, even if it is a county town, he is famous, but he knows his skills. He asked himself, even if it was ten or twenty years, he would not be able to make more than thirty kinds of medicinal effects fuse.
Zhao Xiaoning said in embarrassment: "Grandpa Miao, the old man won't let him say his name." ”
Old Man Miao was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's old and abrupt." If I'm not mistaken, your master should belong to the level of Chinese medicine masters, and you can learn medicine in his hands, which is your creation. ”
Zhao Xiaoning scratched his head with a smile, Don't make trouble, Shennong is the originator of traditional Chinese medicine, okay?
After a slight pause, Old Man Miao continued: "From now on, if you come to me to get medicine, it will be 50% off." ”
Zhao Xiaoning was taken aback, five percent off? In other words, the original 20,000 yuan medicinal materials only need to pay 10,000 yuan. This discount is too exciting.
Of course, Zhao Xiaoning knew what Old Man Miao thought, which was nothing more than wanting to have a good relationship with him and wanting to know the person behind him.
"Since Grandpa Miao has spoken, let's do what you said. Zhao Xiaoning said with a smile. Now that he is short of money, Miao Donghe's move is suspected of sending charcoal in the snow, and it would be a stupid fork to refuse.
Bidding farewell to Miao Donghe, Zhao Xiaoning rode a bicycle to the place where hardware was sold, and spent a hundred yuan to buy a large iron pot. This iron pot is enough to hold 200 catties of water, and ordinary people can't use it at all.
After returning home, Zhang Xiaotian locked the door behind him, and then climbed over the wall and returned home. The reason for this is to give the impression that he is not at home. Yes, this time he's going to give it a go.
Two hundred catties of water were poured into the pot, Zhao Xiaoning began to light the fire, and then poured eight pairs of Chinese medicine into the pot according to the order according to the steps.
It is too time-consuming to boil fifty catties at a time, if this method is feasible, just mix a certain proportion of drinking water after it comes out of the pot. In this way, the speed of making money is greatly increased.
The reason why eight pairs of traditional Chinese medicine are boiled at one time is very simple, Zhao Xiaoning is afraid of failure. The remaining two pairs are spare, and even if they really fail, they can be turned over with only those two pairs. If all of them failed, he would have no money to buy the medicinal materials for boiling the summer soup.
After three hours, the fire at the bottom of the pot gradually weakened, and the sound of boiling in the pot slowly disappeared.
When the lid of the pot was opened, a strong medicinal fragrance came to the nose, and the original light brown color also turned dark brown.
"The color and flavor are much stronger than before, but I don't know how it will work. ”
Zhao Xiaoning immediately went back to the house to get a soup spoon, he had to try it himself, if there were no side effects on the human body, then he could sell it to the outside world, if he drank it, the body would have other reactions, so he had to give up.
Scooping it with a spoon, Zhao Xiaoning blew it on the side of his mouth, and then licked it lightly with the tip of his tongue. The fragrant medicinal fragrance deeply stimulated his taste buds, and just licking it made his whole body feel cool.
After that, Zhao Xiaoning tasted it carefully, and was relieved to make sure that there would be no harm to the human body after drinking it. At the same time, a gleam flashed in his eyes.
The crystallization of eight pairs of Chinese medicine, this pot of summer soup alone is worth 80,000 yuan.
"Erya, wait for me, I will go to your house tomorrow to propose. Looking in the direction of Erya's house, Zhao Xiaoning took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
After the decoction cooled down, Zhao Xiaoning filled four full barrels. Then strapped to the bike and made it to town again.
This time, Zhao Xiaoning did not handle the consignment, because the four barrels of summer soup were worth 80,000 yuan, and he did not dare to be careless, so he could only choose to deliver it in person.
Because it was a Sunday, there were a lot of people on the bus, which made the already smelly carriage exude a pungent smell.
The smell of sweat, smoke, alcohol, and even rotten eggs. The flavors are blended together, and the sourness is impossible to describe in words.
Zhao Xiaoning came early, and seeing that there was a seat in the back, he walked over directly with the summer soup. Sitting next to a beautiful girl who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Hillbilly, sit down and get away from Miss Ben. As soon as Zhao Xiaoning sat down, the beautiful girl next to her covered her nose and said angrily.
Zhao Xiaoning immediately frowned: "Does where I sit have anything to do with you?"