Jingping Road, Jingping Medicinal Materials Market.

With more than 1,000 shops, it is the largest wholesale market for medicinal herbs in South China.

It is very lively, and many Chinese medicine retailers, Chinese medicine stores, Chinese medicine hospitals, and clinics in the southern region need to come here to buy goods.

On the morning of the 28th, Guo Wendong came here with his sister.

In the last time and space, he came here many times to buy medicinal materials for experiments, and the market at that time had changed from now, mainly because of the addition of the Jingping Medicinal Materials Center.

Most of the buildings in the medicinal herb market were built before '92.

Later, in 2011, a building of Jingping Herbal Medicine Center was added.

Guo Wendong is already familiar with what kind of store to look for, distinguish the types of relevant medicinal materials, and the advantages and disadvantages.

When Guo Liyun first came here, she looked east and west, and was shocked by the huge and lively scene here.

Every herb shop in the market is full of all kinds of herbs.

Almost all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines can be found in the market.

Guo Wendong came prepared, not only prepared a large woven bag, but also bought a small cart similar to that used in the vegetable market to buy vegetables in advance.

"Boss, look at what herbs you want!"

Whenever you walk through the door of a store, as long as you look into the store, most store owners will take the initiative to greet customers and attract customers.

The older brother walked in front, and the younger sister who followed behind pulled the cart.

Some of the shops set up here are wholesale owners of medicinal herbs, and some are stores set up here by medicinal herb manufacturers.

"How many catties of prunella grass are sold at least?"

"At least five pounds!"

"How many catties of golden cherry root should be sold at the minimum?"

"At least eight pounds. ”

"How many catties does it take to sell Jinsha vine?"

"Five pounds at least. ”

Guo Wendong asked each shop in detail about the price of medicinal herbs and the minimum quantity to be sold.

This is a wholesale market, not retail, the wholesale price is much cheaper than the retail price, but there is a minimum minimum purchase quantity requirement, the larger the quantity, the better the price.

There are 15 kinds of medicinal materials required for the preparation of herbal tea, such as Prunella vulgaris, golden cherry root, golden sand vine, five-fingered orange, light bamboo leaves, fire charcoal mother, and desmodium, and the proportion required for each is different.

Now Guo Wendong is just starting out, and his funds are very limited, so he naturally has to buy it in the minimum quantity.

In the main bank, Guo Wendong said: "Boss, come to five catties of summer dry grass!"

In Lu's line, Guo Wendong said: "Boss, sell fifteen catties of charcoal mothers." ”

In the Zhengshun Xingtang Medicinal Material Store, Guo Wendong bought five catties of Jinsha vine;

In the Liben Herb Store, I bought six catties of desmodium.

There are a total of 15 kinds of herbs, each of which is purchased separately from a different herb shop.

After working hard for a while, the medicinal materials were finally bought, not only was the cart full, but the woven bag in Guo Wendong's hand was still bulging.

I spent a total of 187 yuan to buy all the medicinal materials I needed.

The brother and sister came out of the market.

Guo Liyun said: "Brother, each medicinal herb is purchased separately, it is the material needed to prevent others from knowing the drink!"

Guo Wendong gave her a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Smart!"

Even if others know the fifteen kinds of medicinal materials needed to make drinks, but they don't know the proportion of each medicinal material and the production process, they can't copy it at all.

Even so, Guo Wendong has to try his best not to let others know how many kinds of Chinese medicine are in the drink.

The confidentiality of the formula is a top priority and should be done as well as possible.

After returning to the rental house, Guo Wendong began to get busy.

The process of making beverages is actually not complicated.

Among them, 12 kinds of medicinal materials should be soaked in boiling water for at least half an hour according to a certain proportion of each medicinal material.

The other three medicinal herbs are boiled for one hour in a large pot of water in a large pot of water in the corresponding proportion according to a certain proportion.

Under normal circumstances, beverages are refined in factories with special equipment.

In the absence of a factory, it is no problem to use it for brewing beverages on the market, although it does not meet the fine standards.

The living room of the two-bedroom rental house.

On the countertop are the medicinal herbs I bought today.

There are several large pots of water on the ground.

Guo Wendong weighed the weight of each medicinal material with a scale, weighed it and put it into a large water pot.

Guo Liyun looked at her brother's serious appearance, her curiosity came again, and she couldn't help asking: "Brother, the proportion of medicinal materials is strictly exquisite, when you are studying, you live in the dormitory, how can you have a separate space to study?"

Guo Wendong smiled faintly and said: "The facts are in front of me, I have just studied it! Wait and see, relying on this herbal tea, you can hope to study again next year!"

He just didn't say it, Guo Liyun's mouth was high.

After the 12 kinds of herbs soaked in boiling water and the 3 kinds of herbs boiled in water are mixed separately.

The gas stoves were both turned on, and two pots of different sizes were placed on top.

After a short while, both pots of water were boiling.

Guo Wendong first poured the three medicinal herbs into a small pot of water, covered and boiled, and then appropriately lowered the heat.

Then lift up another large pot of water, pour it into the other large pot with twelve kinds of medicinal herbs on the ground, and cover it with a lid.

Guo Wendong looked at his watch and said, "The time to boil medicinal materials should be grasped well." ”

During the waiting time, the brother and sister chatted, the relationship between the two was very good, and Guo Wendong would look at his watch from time to time.

Half an hour later, Guo Wendong lifted the lid of the kettle on the ground.

After another half an hour, the time required for the Chinese medicine boiled on the gas stove was also up.

Guo Wendong turned off the gas fire, opened the lid, and the steaming heat came out.

"The ratio of soaking water to boiling water is 10 to 1. ”

Guo Wendong lifted the small water pot, poured the corresponding proportion of water into the large water pot on the ground, and then stirred it well with chopsticks.

He smiled happily and said, "The herbal tea is ready, you can taste it." ”

In order to study this herbal tea, in the last time and space, Guo Wendong worked hard with herbal tea experts and Chinese medicine experts, and spent five years of hard work.

Guo Liyun picked up the rice bowl, filled a bowl with a spoon, and tried it.

"Wow! it does taste good!" she became excited, and drank another bowl.

After drinking the whole bowl, Guo Liyun savored the taste.

"The taste is a bit like Wang Laoji, but there is a difference!" she looked thoughtful, "I can't express it in words, in short, the taste is better than Wang Laoji, and it doesn't seem to be much worse than Coke." ”

Guo Wendong took a bowl and drank it too.

In this period when the standard of living is not high, as long as it is a drink with a good taste, some people generally like to drink it.

Guo Dongwen's family lives a tight life, and they are usually reluctant to spend money on drinks to drink.

Now, my brother has invented a drink that tastes very good, and he can drink as much as he wants, and Guo Liyun drank three bowls in a row before stopping.

"It's so delicious, if it can really reduce the fire and prevent the fire, it will definitely sell well in the future!"

Since taking her first sip, Guo Liyun has always been in a state of excitement, and she sees hope of returning to school and entering the halls of university.

She also admired her brother from the bottom of her heart that he was able to research such a good herbal tea.