“Qin Xue, the store is closed, I’ll treat you to a supper.” I said to Qin Xue who was sorting out the medicine cabinet.
Qin Xue locked the medicine cabinet and took off the name tag: "Wait for two minutes, I will finish today's inventory."
She entered the last few data into the system and turned off the computer monitor.
Fifteen minutes later, we were sitting in a private room of a restaurant.
Zhang Wei flipped through the menu and took the lead in breaking the silence: "Is Pharmacist Qin a local?"
"My hometown is in another place, and it is a coincidence that I came to work here." Qin Xue responded.
"That's great, working hard here alone." Zhang Wei agreed.
Then when we talked about some core data of the pharmacy, Zhang Wei looked at the report with an expression of disbelief: "Your store is not big, but the profit is so high? It can't be a black shop, right?"
I explained calmly: "It is absolutely a formal operation. Qin Xue is a serious person. A practicing pharmacist who graduated from a medical university. "
"The main reason is that I have an ancient prescription passed down by Zhang's ancestors, which is particularly effective for men."
"No wonder..." Zhang Wei regained her breath, with sudden realization in her eyes.
"I'm just talking about how can such a small drugstore have a monthly turnover of 200,000 yuan."
She asked curiously, "That thing... is it really so effective?"
Qin Xue answered for me: "Currently, 70% of the customers are repeat customers. The main reason is the unique combination of medicinal materials, which has a particularly obvious effect on kidney yang deficiency." It’s time to rent a bigger place
Zhang Wei nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly narrowed his eyes at me: "You shouldn’t...have tried it yourself?"
Qin Xue couldn’t help but chuckle, and I almost choked on the tea.
At this time, the waiter came to serve the food, which temporarily relieved my embarrassment.
The late-night snack tonight was particularly satisfying. My monthly income exceeded 100,000 for the first time.
Twenty-eight thousand from the takeaway station and 120,000 from the pharmacy. The total amount is almost 150,000, which is enough to buy a BYD that I am driving now.
But now we can only earn back the money we invested before, and the real profit will be next month.
"The pharmacy needs professional financial control. Especially the cost accounting of the core formula."
Zhang Wei understood immediately. After all, she is a sensible person and knows that some data are commercial secrets.
Others will know the pharmacy’s profit model when they see it.
Qin Xue took a sip of wine by herself: "There have been a lot of colleagues coming to inquire about the formula recently. The day before yesterday, a person who said he was a representative of a pharmaceutical company came to get close to me."
"So be extra careful in accounting." I looked at Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei thoughtfully: Establish a separate account book for the incoming and outgoing accounts related to the formula, and use codes instead of the names of medicinal materials. This is the advantage of Zhang Wei, she never asks about the source of the formula, just like she never asks about Wang Qiuya and me’s driving allowance.
Be confused when he should be confused, and be shrewd when he should be shrewd. Only when such a person is placed in a key position can he feel at ease.
This late-night snack was so enjoyable that I only remembered that I had drank when it was over.
Standing at the door of the restaurant, the evening breeze blew, and I was drunk, so I had to take out my mobile phone and call two Didi rides.
Watching Qin Xue and Zhang Wei get into the car one after another, Zhang Wei even made a phone call gesture to me when the car window slowly rose.
I stood under the streetlight and nodded, until the tail lights of the two cars merged into the traffic flow, then I called a driver for myself.
The driver is a middle-aged man who doesn't talk much. I leaned on the passenger seat and closed my eyes to relax.
Not long after, the car parked in the community where I rented a house.
I opened the door and saw Lin Xiaoyu sitting on the sofa applying a facial mask. He turned his head when he heard the noise.
"Who are you drinking with?" She looked at my red cheeks.
"Drink with the restaurant owner." I bent down to change my shoes.
She patted the mask on her face: "Drink less, don't drink your body down."
I went straight to the kitchen and poured a glass of water, "I understand."
Lin Xiaoyu asked: "How good is the business of the drug store recently?"
"It's okay." I simply responded.
Lin Xiaoyu took off her mask and asked in a casual tone: "Last time you said you wanted to sell that old wild ginseng tree. If you sell it, you can get enough for the down payment. Why is there no news later?"
I hold it. The hand holding the water glass tightened: "The market has not been very good recently. I want to wait until the price is right before I sell."
"Didn't I say that there was a herbal medicine dealer who offered a very good price?" She wiped the essence on her face and asked unconsciously.
"The other party has temporarily lowered the price." I turned around and put the cup into the sink. The sound of water flowing covered the momentary pause. "Now this money will be temporarily used for the pharmacy's capital turnover."
She stood at the door of the kitchen, and the light cast a faint shadow on her face: "Didn't you say before that after selling the ginseng, you can buy a house?" That's enough."
She nodded slightly and said when she turned around, "That's up to you."
I looked at her back as she returned to the room and thought of the signed ginseng transfer agreement in the safe. Huang Li's pharmaceutical project is indeed in urgent need of this batch of raw materials, but for this reason, it cannot be said yet.
I returned to the room and gently closed the door. The neon lights outside the window pass through the blinds, casting mottled light and shadow on the wall. Lin Xiaoyu's last look is still lingering in my mind - she has never been someone who can be fooled easily.
The phone vibrated in my pocket. It was a message from Huang Li: "Ginseng has been used as medicine, and the first batch of samples has come out."
I stared at the screen for a while, but there was no reply. That old wild ginseng tree was harvested by Lin Xiaoyu and me in Changbai Mountain last year. At that time, we agreed that it would be used as a house-buying fund. But now...
There is still a copy of the ginseng transfer agreement in the drawer. I stuffed it into the bottom of my file bag, and my fingers touched the cold safe key. This investment must be successful. The expansion of new stores is waiting for the turnover of funds. Huang Li's pharmaceutical project has bet all her wealth.
The sound of light footsteps came from the living room and stopped outside the door. I subconsciously held my breath until the footsteps gradually faded away. The refrigerator door opened and closed, glasses clinking lightly. We are all in this small rental house, keeping our own secrets.
It suddenly started raining outside the window, and the raindrops beat on the outdoor unit of the air conditioner. I remembered standing with Lin Xiaoyu in the medicinal materials market three years ago. She held up the old wild ginseng tree and looked closely at it in the sun, and the soil on the ginseng tendrils fell on her sleeves. At that time, we had just graduated and were crowded into a single room in a village in the city, but we felt that anything was possible.
The phone vibrated again. This time it was Zhang Wei: "The ledger has been organized according to the new rules, and the code system is running smoothly."
I turned off the screen and listened to the sound of rain in the dark. Some choices can never be turned back, just like that old wild ginseng tree that has been used as medicine and can never be buried back in the soil.