Coming out of the courtyard of Ouyang's house, Xu Xiangbei looked at his watch, it was 11 o'clock in the evening, and he was thinking about buying herbs.

He needs an elixir that can restore the internal strength of the people in time, invigorate the blood and dissolve stasis, remove evil and promote righteousness.

But he doesn't know anything about the herbal medicine market, and the medicinal materials for refining Taiqing Dan are not ordinary medicines, and he even needs a thousand-year-old ginseng, where can I find it.

He suddenly thought of Zhang Xuesong, who has been practicing medicine for decades and has been the director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Hospital, responsible for the procurement of all Chinese herbal medicines, and has absolute experience in the Chinese herbal medicine market.

An excited smile appeared on Xu Xiangbei's face, and he didn't care whether it was too late or not, and called Zhang Xuesong.

It took a while for Zhang Xuesong to answer the phone, and the voice on the phone was muffled, obviously waking up in his sleep.

On the phone, his voice whispered slowly: "Which one?"

Xu Xiangbei laughed loudly: "Good apprentice, it's me, have you slept, come out and have a skewer, have a supper, I'll have a treat." ”

Hearing Xu Xiangbei's voice, Zhang Xuesong smiled helplessly: "Thank you, Master, for your kindness, we middle-aged people, we live a regular life, and we are not as young and energetic as Master." It's bedtime and can't eat. If Master asks me for something, just tell me directly, you don't need to invite me to dinner. ”

Xu Xiangbei smiled: "Your apprentice is really a roundworm in the master's stomach, I want to buy some Chinese herbs, I don't know if there are any in the hospital pharmacy?"

Zhang Xuesong rubbed his sleepy eyes, yawned and asked, "What Chinese medicine do you want to buy, and how much are you going to buy?"

Xu Xiangbei joked: "Buy a few hundred catties." If you have it in the pharmacy, you can send it to me directly, but it really doesn't work, I can spend money to buy it. ”

Zhang Xuesong almost dropped the phone, the traditional Chinese medicine sold in the hospital is weighed by the gram, if Xu Xiangbei asks for a few grams, dozens of grams, he can also send it with his relationship with the chief physician of the Chinese medicine department.

But Xu Xiangbei opened his mouth widely, asking for a few hundred catties at a time, and it is estimated that there are no hundreds of catties of herbs in the pharmacy of the entire People's Hospital.

He explained helplessly: "Consultant Xu, the Chinese medicines in our Chinese medicine department are all purchased according to the plan, and there is no way to distribute them to you, let alone a few hundred catties, it would be good to have ten catties." If you want to buy herbs, it is best to go to the Chengxi Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market. We have an old relationship with several Chinese medicine stores, and the medicinal materials are cheap and authentic. ”

Knowing that Zhang Xuesong was startled, Xu Xiangbei was happy: "In this way, since the hospital doesn't send it, I'll buy it myself, where is the Chengxi Chinese medicine wholesale market, I can't find it." ”

"The Chinese medicine market is very deep, the origin of the same thing is different, the price is very different, you are not familiar with this industry, it is easy to be deceived, so let's do it tomorrow, I don't have anything to do tomorrow, I don't have to go to the outpatient clinic, we go together, I will check for you." ”

It was the result that Xu Xiangbei wanted, and he smiled: "Then it's decided, tomorrow the two of us will go to the Yaocun Wholesale Market together, I'll drive, my Ferrari is fast." ”

Zhang Xuesong did not forget to advise: "It's best to hurry up early tomorrow, if you go late, the good goods have been picked up by others, and I will wait for you at the gate of Jiangcheng Community at half past six tomorrow morning." Can you get up?"

Xu Xiangbei replied with a disdainful face: "I can stay awake all night, and I won't see you at half past six tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Xuesong got up at 5 o'clock the next morning, made breakfast for his wife and son, and simply ate some himself, and at 6:20 a.m., he went downstairs to the gate of the community to wait for Xu Xiangbei.

He lives a very regular life, like this for decades, and is more particular about his clothes, never wearing casual clothes when he works.

Today, going to the wholesale market of medicinal herbs is also a job, and I am still dressed in overalls.

He was wearing a neat and straight long-sleeved shirt, pants on his legs, the fabric was as smooth as water, without a little wrinkles, and the leather shoes on his feet were shiny and shiny, all of which could reflect his shadow, and he was carrying a black briefcase in his hand.

The work clothes make him look a little more charming as a mature man.

Seeing that the minute hand on the watch skipped the appointed time, Zhang Xuesong shook his head unnaturally, and was about to take out the phone to ask Xu Xiangbei if he had come.

There was a roar of the engine, it sounded still far away, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of you, a red Ferrari with a beautiful drift, and stopped steadily in front of Zhang Xuesong.

The window of the car was slowly lowered, revealing Xu Xiangbei's handsome and evil face.

"Director Zhang, I'm not late, am I?"

Zhang Xuesong got into the car and joked: "It's on time, but it's still a minute late." ”

"Well, next time I'll wait for you a minute early. How do I get to the wholesale market, and how long does it take to get there?"

"It's estimated that it will take more than an hour to drive from here out of town all the way west. ”

"Fasten your safety belt and let's go. Director Zhang, is there a familiar medicinal herb dealer in the market?"

"There is a house called Baicao Rejuvenation Hall, and I have been purchasing medicinal herbs from them. The boss's surname is Zhou, and he has been in the herbal medicine business for decades, and legend has it that he doesn't need to look at it, as long as he smells the smell to know the authenticity of the medicinal materials. Their medicinal herbs are all genuine and of high quality, so I have bought them from him all these years. ”

"Okay, let's go directly to the Baicao Rejuvenation Hall. ”

The time is early, and Xu Xiangbei drives fast, and the Chengxi Medicinal Materials Wholesale Market, which usually takes more than an hour's drive, arrives in more than half an hour.

From afar, I saw a large archway of blue and red classical style, which said the medicinal herb market in the west of the city.

There is a parking lot outside the market, Xu Xiangbei finally found a parking space, parked the car, and followed Zhang Xuesong into the market.

The market is crowded with people, not only Jiangcheng people come here to wholesale Chinese herbal medicine, but most of the Chinese medicinal herb merchants come here to wholesale medicinal materials.

In the middle greenhouse are ordinary medicinal herb stalls, small stalls, all buy some simple and cheap medicinal herbs, and there are sacks full of herbs in the stalls.

On both sides of the market are some small doormen of dozens of square meters, decorated in an antique manner, with various plaques, such as Jiuchun Hall, Rejuvenation Medicine Shop, Miaoshou Medicine Hall and so on.

There were bosses and guys standing in front of many pharmacies, they all knew Zhang Xuesong, knew that he was a specialist in the purchase of medicinal materials from the Chinese medicine department, and they all greeted Zhang Xuesong with a smile.

Zhang Xuesong also smiled in return, but he didn't stop, but walked straight to the southeast corner of the market, where the pharmacy façade was obviously larger, catching up with several small doormen, each of which was a large pharmacy of one or two hundred square meters.

There is a vermilion lacquer green tile medicine shop, the store is extraordinary, the vermilion lacquer columns, the red wall glazed tiles, I thought I had arrived at some scenic spots.

In the middle, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with gilded characters, and the grass rejuvenates the hall.

On both sides are golden couplets: Shennong has a hundred herbs to help the world, and the wonderful hand rejuvenates the society.

(End of chapter)