I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 198 - 168: How Does He Have So Many Skills!?

"What did the principal talk to you about?"

"And when did Elder Huang become your teacher?"

"Kid, you sure have a lot of secrets!"

"Spill it!"

Not long after leaving the hotel, Lu Jiu sent a message to Peng Yan, indicating he was ready to go home.

The message had just been sent out when Peng Yan immediately replied.

Perhaps he couldn't wait for Lu Jiu to type, because after sending the message, Peng Yan simply called Lu Jiu directly.

"Hello." Lu Jiu answered the phone.

"Hello my ass, do you know everyone at work is talking about you now? The work group chat is buzzing, and everyone knows we're close, so they're all privately messaging me. First, tell me how Elder Huang became your teacher." Peng Yan launched into a tirade.

"He saw I'm a natural talent, so he took me as a student." Lu Jiu said.

"You're still so shameless, but it's not entirely impossible. So what did they talk to you about?" Peng Yan asked.

"Seems like they want to build a hospital here in Jianghan, but I don't know the details yet." Lu Jiu said.

He couldn't openly say that Huang Fusheng and Shen Congwei wanted him to be the hospital's director, as he hadn't agreed to it yet.

"A hospital, huh, they definitely want to build one. I guess there's no decent traditional medicine in Jianghan. Elder Huang even set up an herb base; it makes sense to build a hospital. Otherwise, they wouldn't have called us over. As for the director, not sure if Elder Huang or the principal will step in. Neither seems likely as this small-town hospital doesn't match their status. I think they'll let one of Elder Huang's students do it." Peng Yan said.

At this point, Peng Yan suddenly remembered Lu Jiu's clinic.

"Hey, how's your clinic doing?"

Lu Jiu said, "Not bad, my parents aren't pressuring me to move to a big city anymore."

Peng Yan was a bit surprised, "Oh, nice, seems your clinic is doing well. If you can support yourself in a small county and even earn a little extra, that's pretty good. No big pressure for buying a house or living expenses."

Lu Jiu said, "I don't have time to chat. It's getting late, I need to go home and rest. I have a house call tomorrow."

Peng Yan laughed, "Alright, I'll come check out your clinic tomorrow morning, around 8. Don't let me come and find your clinic empty; that would be embarrassing."

Lu Jiu laughed, "Hehehe, you come on over."

...

Back home, Lu Jiu gave Lu Mountain a call, telling him everything about Huang Fusheng and the other person wanting to build a hospital and asking him to be the director.

Lu Mountain gave no opinion, just told Lu Jiu to make his own decision.

Clearly, the old man also thought it was feasible.

With these two as backing, no matter how Lu Jiu practices medicine in Jianghan, no one else will cause trouble.

However, once the hospital is built, Lu Jiu won't have free reign over the fees.

Since it's private, it needs to generate revenue; in other words, you have to support yourself.

The reason Lu Jiu's clinic is profitable, and very profitable, is because he's doing the work of more than one person.

Diagnosis, acupuncture, prescribing, dispensing medicine, bone setting, none of which a regular traditional medicine practitioner could do.

The first step in building a hospital is ensuring space for ordinary practitioners to survive. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Overall, if Lu Jiu can call the shots at the hospital, it's more beneficial than harmful to him.

But once he agrees, he owes a considerable favor.

A teacher, a principal, helping him so much without care, Lu Jiu felt if he accepted it, not achieving something would really let them down.

That night, Lu Jiu had a rare bout of insomnia.

He thought a lot.

He thought about what would happen if he refused Huang Fusheng and the other person, and what would happen if he took over the hospital.

He even thought about why he started studying medicine in the first place.

And so, the next day arrived, with Lu Jiu waking up with dark circles under his eyes.

He chose not to exercise, instead doing acupuncture at his Baihui and Four Divine Clarity points to invigorate himself and alleviate the fatigue from lack of sleep.

After the acupuncture, Lu Jiu had a simple breakfast, then went to his clinic.

As usual, a long queue was waiting.

Open the door, call numbers.

The daily consultations began.

On the other hand, Peng Yan, who promised to visit Lu Jiu's clinic, got up early today.

Using his phone's navigation, he located the breakfast place recommended by Lu Jiu, comfortably had a bowl of noodles, then headed for Lu Jiu's clinic.

Jianghan might be a small county, but prices are not cheap at all.

A bowl of beef noodles costing fourteen is fine, but the meat was pitifully scarce.

His hometown is in West Shaanxi Anxi, where a bowl of beef noodles costs sixteen, but there's much more meat, and you can have free refills.

Even though Anxi City is a provincial capital, its prices being on par with a small 18th-tier county feels a bit disgraceful.

Hmm?

As Peng Yan walked and mused, he suddenly noticed a long line on Garden Street.

At first glance, he thought it was a breakfast place, but after walking a bit, he realized it was so close to his intended destination, which piqued his curiosity.

Could it be that the place with the line is Lu Jiu's clinic?

With that thought, Peng Yan quickened his pace.

When he was about fifty meters away, fully able to see the sign on the clinic's storefront, Peng Yan was dumbfounded.