Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

Spring, 1981.

The spring breeze of reform and opening up is getting warmer and warmer.

Every corner of Beijing's streets and alleys exudes a vibrant energy.

At Hongxing Hospital in the east of the city, the liveliness reached its peak!

Today's Hongxing Hospital is no longer the small factory clinic with just a few bungalows it once was.

Under Li Xuan's leadership, it was expanded into a large comprehensive hospital with two six-story inpatient buildings and advanced equipment.

Li Xuan himself became a renowned figure in the medical community of the capital.

"Miracle doctor," "Living Hua Tuo," "Ministry of Health advisor"...

These titles combined make the name "Li Xuan" more valuable than gold!

Every day before dawn, long lines form outside the hospital.

They are all patients with rare and difficult-to-treat diseases from all over the country.

Some people even waited outside Li Xuan's clinic for three days and three nights, carrying their bedding, just to get an appointment with him as a specialist.

This is why it's so hard to get a number!

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Early morning, Dean's office.

Li Xuan, dressed in a pristine white coat, was taking the pulse of an elderly leader.

Although Li Xuan appears to be middle-aged, he is still as robust as a young man.

After all, he is now a cultivator, how can he be compared to an ordinary person?

However, in order to avoid drawing attention, Li Xuan deliberately dyed his temples a little white.

This move, on the contrary, brings out a refined and gentle temperament, like jade.

"Dean Li, how is it?" the old leader's bodyguard asked nervously.

Li Xuan withdrew his hand and smiled faintly: "Don't worry, it's just an old injury that's been chilled."

"I'll prescribe three doses. Take them as prescribed, and you'll be able to walk again in half a month."

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

The old commander gave a thumbs-up, "Young Li, your medical skills are truly amazing!"

"I think it's even better than that Nobel Prize!"

After seeing off the old leader, Li Xuan rubbed his temples and glanced at the mountain of medical records piled up on the table.

"Dean, there are dozens more patients outside who want to be added to the schedule..."

The head nurse knocked on the door and came in, looking troubled. "They all said they were from out of town, and they were kneeling on the ground, refusing to leave. They looked so pitiful."

Li Xuan sighed.

He was a doctor with a compassionate heart, and he couldn't stand this.

"Screen out the critically ill patients. I won't take a lunch break; let's add ten more patients," Li Xuan said.

"Dean, are you physically capable of handling this?"

"Saving lives is the priority."

Li Xuan waved his hand and picked up the stethoscope again.

......

however.

Just as Li Xuan was working tirelessly to save people, he forgot to eat and sleep.

At the hospital's main entrance, a heinous act was unfolding!

Outside the hospital gate, hundreds of people were gathered in line.

At the very front of the crowd were several young thugs wearing floral shirts and bell-bottoms with long hair.

He was crookedly blocking the registration window, holding a stack of registration slips, looking arrogant.

The leader was a lame man who used an iron crutch.

He was wearing a slightly worn jacket and a pair of sunglasses.

The single eye peered greedily through the sunglasses, scanning the anxious crowd.

It's a stick.

After making a name for himself on the streets, he discovered that Red Star Hospital was booming.

Banggeng's cunning mind quickly discovered a golden path to wealth.

Counting down numbers! Becoming a scalper!

With his ruthlessness and a group of brothers, he managed to monopolize the queue at the hospital entrance.

Anyone who wants to register has to get past him!

"Hey, hey, hey! You old woman, where are you pushing your way in?"

Banggeng slammed his iron crutch against the ground.

He pointed at an elderly rural woman carrying her sick grandson and yelled, "Don't you know any manners?"

"Want to get an appointment with Dean Li? Go pay over there!"

The old woman's face was weathered, and she looked like she came from a poor place.

She knelt down with a thud, crying, "Comrade, please have mercy!"

"My grandson has a high fever, he's even having seizures!"

"I desperately need to see Dr. Li to save my life! I only have two yuan for the registration fee..."

"Two dollars?"

Banggeng scoffed, walked over, and looked down at the old woman. "Do you think this is begging?"

"A prescription for Dr. Li is now selling for fifty yuan on the black market!"

"I'll take your money because you look pitiful, no less than thirty!"

"thirty?"

The old woman turned pale with fright. "I...I don't even have ten yuan on me!"

"That's money that could save a life!"

"No money? What kind of medical treatment can you get if you don't have money? Go home and wait to die!"

Banggeng waved his hand impatiently, "Brothers, get her out of here!"

"Don't block the view of the wealthy old man behind you!"

Two thugs immediately stepped forward and dragged the old woman out like a dead dog.

The old woman held her grandson tightly, her cries shaking the heavens.

The crowd queuing around them had tears in their eyes, but dared not speak out in anger.

"You...you're breaking the law!"

Finally, a young student-looking man couldn't hold back any longer and stood up, pointing out, "This is a hospital!"

"This is a place for saving lives!"

"What gives you the right to monopolize the available appointment slots? What gives you the right to resell them at exorbitant prices?"

"On what grounds?"

Banggeng took off his sunglasses, revealing his sinister single eye, and limped over to the student.

"Hey kid, new here, huh?"

"Don't they even bother to find out who's in charge around the entrance of Red Star Hospital?"

Bang Geng pointed to the gold signboard of "Red Star Hospital" behind him.

He said loudly with a smug look on his face, "Let me tell you! Dean Li Xuan is my uncle!"

"I'm his nephew!"

"This number is the one my uncle asked me to put up for sale!"

"My uncle has a share in this! If you want to register, you'll have to go through me, Jia Geng!"

"Otherwise, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he wouldn't get to see Li Xuan!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

"What? He's Dean Li's nephew?"

"No wonder he's so arrogant, he must have powerful connections!"

"Sigh, you can know a person's face but not their heart. I never thought that Doctor Li would do such a thing behind the scenes?"

In this age of limited information, how can ordinary people distinguish between truth and falsehood?

Hearing Banggeng speak so confidently...

In addition, he did live in the same courtyard as Li Xuan, and he acted like a tyrant in this area!

Although everyone was angry, they were even more afraid and disappointed.

Seeing everyone's angry but unable to speak out, Bang Geng felt incredibly satisfied.

This is called using someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing!

Although he wished he could kill Li Xuan immediately.

But that's too boring.

He just wants to use Li Xuan's name to swindle and deceive people!

Not only can it make money, it can also ruin Li Xuan's reputation!

Only a "genius" like him could come up with such a brilliant idea that kills two birds with one stone!

"Did you hear me? You all better behave!"

Banggeng slammed his cane on the ground and roared like a local tyrant, "If you want to live, you'd better hand over the money!"

"If you have no money, get out of here! Don't stop me from making my fortune!"

In the angry and helpless gaze of the student.

Banggeng took the fifty yuan handed to him by a small business owner and casually slapped a registration slip into the other party's hand.

"Next!"

As Banggeng counted the money, listening to the clattering sound of the coins, a greedy smile appeared on his twisted face.

He thought maliciously to himself:

"Li Xuan, aren't you supposed to be aloof and arrogant? Aren't you a miracle doctor?"

"I'll use your reputation to drain these poor bastards of their blood!"

"Once your reputation is completely ruined, let's see how you'll stay in that position!"

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