Merchant and doctor

Chapter 1888 Senior Brother Yang

As evening fell, a torrential downpour began, and the number of pedestrians on the street dwindled to almost nothing.

The clinic had given out quite a few free raincoats. Bian Mu politely saw the mother and daughter out, then looked up at the sky and concluded that the rain would probably continue for another half hour or more.

"Dr. Bian! It's been a long time!" Suddenly, a man appeared and greeted Bian Mu.

"Oh! Isn't this Senior Brother Yang? It's been a while! How have you been? Are you just passing by? Or do you need something?" Bian Mu quickly moved inside to avoid splashing rain on Senior Brother Yang.

"Is it alright for you to come all this way just for a chat?"

"Just got off work, nothing much to do right now. It's raining so hard, I can't leave anytime soon. What would you like to drink?"

"Plain water is fine. Everyone says your esteemed institution has a treasured sword to protect it, and it really is! Amazing! I never expected someone of your high status to believe in such things!" With a smile, the senior brother surnamed Yang deliberately walked towards the location of the treasured sword.

This so-called Senior Brother Yang was Qi Shangqi's student. Bian Mu had met him a few times when he first came to the city, and Senior Brother Yang left a pretty good impression on him.

"Sword energy shakes the nine heavens! It refers to the matter of magnetic field induction. Our school of thought places great importance on the influence of magnetic fields on diagnosis and treatment, so... Also, a heavy sword suppresses villains, just for good luck! I don't want to see people causing trouble in front of the hospital every day." Bian Mu replied casually with a smile.

"Is that so? It seems we were too naive!" Senior Brother Yang said modestly.

"Look how polite you are..." As he spoke, Bian Mu took the short sword from Yang's hand and handed it to him.

"So heavy! I almost dropped it..." As he spoke, Senior Brother Yang did not press the spring to pull out part of the sword to examine it. He simply picked up the weight of the short sword with his hand and then placed it on the sword stand.

The two sat down in the reception area, and Dr. Gong brought them bottles of boiled water, made a cup of water for each of them, exchanged a few polite words, and then went upstairs to change his clothes and go home after get off work.

"I now work at the affiliated hospital of the Municipal Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine," Senior Brother Yang explained with a smile.

"Not going to pursue a doctorate?" Bian Mu asked with a smile.

"No! I'm inspired by you, but I still need to put more effort into clinical practice."

"Is Professor Qi's place always packed? If we're talking about TCM, you can improve your skills much faster at Professor Qi's place."

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Yang smiled slightly.

"The pressure from Teacher Qi is too much, it's not suitable for me. I've already heard about what happened with the man surnamed Wu. Teacher Qi has been kind to me, and I'm here today to thank you on behalf of our teacher."

"Not at all! He's not exactly a saint, and I just offered him some objective advice. There's no need for thanks," Bian Mu explained with a smile.

"Hehe...you're always so modest! Elder Qi's situation has been a bit awkward lately...it's you who's been helping him out of public interest, while we disciples...can only offer verbal support at most, and in other aspects...sigh!We can't help at all..." "Don't make it so complicated, is the academy really trying to arrange for Elder Qi to retire gracefully?!"

"More or less! Actually... that guy surnamed Wu is too impatient. I heard from my senior brothers and sisters that even if a provincial-level TCM department is officially handed over, it shouldn't take too long! But he just walked in and kicked people out. Anyone would be furious! By the way, in your opinion, that guy surnamed Wu's medical skills are indeed quite good?"

"Well, overall he's alright. At least... he's probably put in a lot of hard work in acupuncture. But... don't worry, compared to Master Qi, this guy surnamed Wu is at most at the beginner level. So... shouldn't Master Qi retire to the second line in the second half of this year?"

"Pretty much! The teacher genuinely wanted to contribute his remaining energy, and it would be a waste of his talent to retire now..." At this point, Senior Brother Yang gave Bian Mu a meaningful look.

A thought flashed through Bian Mu's mind, and he suddenly realized that this Senior Brother Yang might have had ulterior motives for coming here.

"No way! They want to drag me out of the provincial hospital and 'drive' Qi Shangqi out; they don't expect me to help the old man stay in his original position for another two or three years, do they?! Who do you think I am! Pshaw! These people are just daydreaming!" Thinking of this, Bian Mu began to change the subject.

"I recently developed a new drug here, take some back with you!" After saying that, Bian Mu got up and prepared to bring some "detoxifying ointment" back for Senior Brother Yang to try. Senior Brother Yang is a very nice person, and he might be able to provide first-hand drug trial data in the future.

"Stop fussing over it, our hospital has already received the goods. The hospital leaders are urging us to study your company's new drug carefully! They said it's to encourage us to be innovative and not just coast along!"

"You're welcome! Well... what do you think?" Bian Mu asked casually.

"It's great. I feel that it can replace some antibiotics in certain aspects. At the very least, it complements their advantages. Anyway, many patients in our hospital have used your company's new drug and their wounds have healed very quickly. By the way, it seems that the new drug you developed has a wide range of applications!"

"Sigh! I'm afraid people will use it indiscriminately as a cure-all. I was just planning to print some promotional materials to distribute. Since we're already on this topic, I'd appreciate it if you could spread the word for me, senior brother. The main purpose of our new drug is to seal wounds, reduce inflammation and sterilize. In principle, we should avoid using one drug for multiple purposes."

"I see! I'll be happy to oblige!"

As the two were chatting, Nurse Ye walked in with several men. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was Uncle Huang and his group.

"Oh! An elder has arrived. Besides Elder Qi's matter, is there anything else you want to discuss?" Bian Mu asked with a smile.

"No, not really... A few days ago, I saw a few patients whose conditions didn't seem complicated at first glance. However, I found that the more effort I put in, the more likely their conditions were to relapse. Eventually, their families stopped believing me! It took me several days to recover. Since you have a guest, you can continue with your work. I'll come back another day."

"It's alright! Let's have a private chat. You saw him, the eldest one is surnamed Huang. I can guess what he's here for today. To be honest, I'm a bit intimidated by him. If you stay here, you might be able to help me out! How about this... there's a square table over there where we have our meeting. If you have any questions, why don't you write them down on paper over there, and we can discuss them properly later? I'll give you a signal, and you can come over and hand over the written materials. I'll just find an excuse to send them off with their greetings. Consider it a favor to me."

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Yang immediately burst into laughter.

"Alright! You go ahead and get busy!" After saying that, Senior Brother Yang asked Bian Mu for some blank medical record sheets, and sat down at a long square table not far away to list out the difficult problems he had encountered on his medical journey...

Five people, including Uncle Huang, arrived. Observing their expressions, Bian Mu realized that the matter they came to discuss was definitely not trivial.