The stomach pills have been a success and sales are no longer a problem. The most troublesome issue now is the shortage of raw materials.
Chen Xia has already bought out all the honey and sugar in the Ke Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
However, honey is expensive, and the most important thing is that the stock is limited and difficult to obtain. This gives Chen Xia a headache. What if large-scale production is required? Will he be at a loss just for this raw material?
Chen Xia got a headache when he thought about this, so he quickly found Master Wang again and asked him to help him think of a solution.
At the critical moment, Wang Hequan was still very helpful and immediately blurted out a method of "cutting corners".
"What? Add flour?" Chen Xia looked stunned.
"Yes, honey only acts as a binder, adding it to enhance the taste. It won't affect the effectiveness of the pills. You can mix flour and rice water together to make dextrin, then mix it with honey in a ratio of 10:1. That's all you need."
Chen Xia immediately sat down next to Old Man Wang and started to flatter him: "Master Wang, you smoke. That's a good idea. I'll try it tonight. Thank you so much, haha."
Wang Hequan smoked a cigarette and said with a smile:
"I've been working in the Chinese medicine business for so many years, and this is the first time I've been wrong. I never thought your Chen family really had a secret recipe. It's also strange, why did your father go to the infectious disease department in the first place?"
"Hehe, my dad is probably stubborn and doesn't want to rely on his ancestors. He has his own ideas. Do you think our Chen family only has one secret recipe? Stomach pills are just one of them. There are many others, such as cough suppressants, anti-inflammatory pills, bruises and injuries, heat-clearing and detoxifying pills, etc. I just didn't show them to you."
Cough cough cough, Wang Hequan almost died of coughing after hearing this, "Do you really have so many secret recipes? Then donate them to the country and the hospital, so that you can serve the people's health."
Chen Xia's eyes turned white, and he looked unhappy:
"Why? Of course, our Chen family's things should be kept by us Chen family members ourselves. We should create wealth for our descendants. Besides, I produced it myself, so can't I serve the people?"
Wang Hequan felt that he had been reckless when he heard this and quickly apologized:
"I'm sorry, look at my brain, I spoke without thinking. Well, the Chen family's things are of course your Chen family's. I am wasting my time."
Chen Xia's dark eyes returned and immediately ignited him:
"Master Wang, the public sector has its benefits, and the private sector has its uses. We've already implemented reform and opening up, and Dongguang Province has even established a special economic zone. We can't just treat everything the same. We should allow some of us to get rich first, right?"
"Haha, I understand. The owner of the pharmacy where I was an apprentice also started from scratch. It seems that your Chen family is going to be rich. By the way, do you still have those pills? Master Yan took your stomach pills and told everyone he met today that they were very effective. My old lady also has stomach problems, so I want to buy a few pills to take back."
"Hey, Master Wang, why are you so polite? I don't have much in stock, so I'll give you a few. When you need them later, you can ask me for more. I charge others, but it's always free here. Anyway, if I have any questions, I will continue to ask you."
Wang Hequan left with satisfaction. How could he not be happy? Six pills cost 30 yuan.
That night, Chen Xia took Gu Lin home again and continued to make stomach pills with Chen Qiu and Chen Dong.
Today the production process has been improved. According to Master Wang's advice, 90% dextrin plus 10% honey did work, but the surface of the stomach pills was not as smooth and beautiful as the pure honey pills.
As for medicine, it’s the inner beauty that matters; outer beauty is useless.
Chen Xia comforted herself in this way, completely forgetting the fact that she was a "face control". Maybe this only applies to girls, such as Gu Lin.
Comrade Gu Lin, a flower in the infectious department, was pouting at this moment, rolling balls and complaining of being tired.
"Chen Xia, my waist is about to break."
"Chen Xia, my hands are swollen."
"Chen Xia, I'm thirsty now."
"Chen Xia, you are using child labor. That's so cruel..."
Chen Xia was still working hard to make rice porridge, smiling ingratiatingly:
"Ms. Gu, Grandma Gu, please give me some strength. This is related to whether I have money to buy you candy cakes, braised pork and roast duck, cola soda, macarons and hamburgers in the future."
"Wait, I've heard of Coke, but what about macarons and hamburgers?"
Macarons are small French pastries made with egg whites, almond powder, sugar, and icing sugar, and filled with fruit jam and cream. They have a rich texture, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. One bite fills your mouth with a milky aroma. It's a truly delicious delicacy that leaves you with an unforgettable aftertaste.
Hamburgers are even better, with a slice of roast beef or chicken in the middle, lettuce, and salad dressing, then sandwiched between two slices of bread. Take a bite with your hands and it's delicious."
Gu Lin, Chen Qiu, and Chen Dong all swallowed their saliva, looked down at the pills in their hands, and rubbed them even harder.
Chen Xia felt relieved when he saw the serious expressions of the three guys.
Asking him to make so many pills by himself would be like asking for his life, but he also couldn't trust others. As the saying goes, we share the good and the bad, so he had to drag them into the water.
Especially Gu Lin, the little girl is now dependent on him and regards him as a "walking supply and marketing cooperative". She comes to him for whatever she wants to eat, either going to the General Affairs Department or to the Plum Garden to find him.
The key is that this girl is thick-skinned and is not afraid of rumors at all. She goes her own way.
Fortunately, everyone has gotten used to it. At least in the Fourth Hospital, everyone has already regarded them as a couple. The man is not married and the woman is not married. They are both talented and beautiful. No matter how they slander them behind their backs, there is no reason to do so.
If it were someone else, he would have been beaten to a disability by his parents long ago. Old man Gu really trusts him.
After a few days of fermentation, people in Ke Town and even Yuezhou knew about this magical "stomach pill".
Chen Xia's shipment volume began to increase slowly, not only limited to inpatients in the Fourth Hospital, but many outpatients also came to buy medicine.
Those who know the rules know that Dr. Chen is usually at home after get off work, so you can just go to "Meiyuan" to find him.
If Doctor Chen is not at home, you can also ask his sister. You can pay the money and receive the goods at the same time. No credit is accepted. No one is cheated.
Chen Xia’s biggest worry now is insufficient productivity and too slow a pace of making money. He always feels like he has missed out on hundreds of millions.
The pharmaceutical quartet can produce a maximum of 50 pills in one night, but this is unsustainable because everyone is too tired.
The herbs need to be dried and fried, then crushed with a mill, the first step is to boil dextrin, the second step is to add medicinal powder and continue boiling the medicine, and finally, they need to be rolled into pills. All the steps are basically physical work.
There is no chance to be lazy.
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