Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself Chapter 117 A Poor Couple

To the villagers of Sword Pavilion Village and their female chief Lu Nan, Xuan Tianzi was just a character in a legend. It was understandable for a small village to take a legend story as a gimmick in order to attract investment to develop tourism. However, for Ning Tao, that was not a legend, and Xuan Tianzi was not a fictional character. The proof of Xuan Tianzi's existence was in his medicine chest, and it was the Soil-seeking Inkstone that could detect where the spiritual soil was. But he could not tell Lu Nan and the villagers of Sword Pavilion Village about it.

Lu Nan told Ning Tao about her village while walking.

Ning Tao observed the Sword Pavilion Mountain. The mountain rose to a height of three to four kilometers, and the top of the mountain was always covered with clouds, so that its complete view could not be seen. It was much higher than the surrounding mountains, but not majestic, the middle part even a little thin, like a person's "slim waist". It stood straight up, shaped like a sword.

"Sword Pavilion, Sword Pavilion," Ning Tao wondered, "if the sword means this mountain, is there a pavilion here? Could it have something to do with Xuan Tianzi?"

Both Chen Pingdao and Xuan Tianzi were enigmas.

Lu Nan stopped, pointed to a vacant lot and said, "This is the land. It's about 1.33 hectares and it's selling for a million."

Zou Yulin cried out, "1.33 hectares for a million? Chief Lu, I used to be in the real estate business. In a remote village like yours, I can buy as many as I want for 20,000 yuan a hectare. Isn't that too much to ask for a million yuan all at once?"

"We..." Lu Nan bit her thin lip gently and insisted, "A million yuan, no bargain."

Zou Yulin sneered and said, "No bargain? Master Ning, let's go. I'll show you somewhere else. I promise to buy a land within 400,000."

Ning Tao also thought that a million was a bit expensive, so he nodded.

"Wait..." After a hesitation, Lu Nan said, "I want to pave a road in the village and maintain canals, so this money is very important to us. How about I give free lessons to the children at the orphanage?"

Her words and shy manner showed that she had just become the village chief. She had no bureaucratic airs.

"Are you kidding me?" Zou Yulin snapped. "It won't cost 600,000 yuan to hire a teacher, will it?"

Ning Tao once again looked up at the fog-shrouded Sword Pavilion Mountain, and then at Lu Nan who was dressed in plain clothes and had an eager look in her eyes, and he softened. "Well, that's it. I'll pay you a million yuan," he stated.

Lu Nan excitedly cried, "Thank you, Mr. Ning."

"Master Ning..." Zou Yulin tried to say something him, but he stopped.

Ning Tao said, "I've made my decision. You help me find a reliable construction company and build the orphanage as soon as possible."

Since Ning Tao has made up his mind to buy this land, Zou Yulin wouldn't persuade him anymore. "Leave it to me," he said. "Steel frame houses are popular now, and with a few steel beams, walls and tiles can be built. If the building area is not large, the orphanage can be built in less than a month, in 10 to 20 days."

"Good, I'll leave it to you," Ning Tao said. He didn't have the time or energy to deal with it. Zou Yulin had been engaged in real estate with Jiang Yilong and was familiar with this industry, so leaving it to him would save Ning Tao a lot of trouble.

"I'll contact the builder right now," Zou Yulin suggested.

"Okay, you can go now," Ning Tao said. "I'll talk some more about this land with Chief Lu. I'll try to sign the contract today."

"No problem," Lu Nan uttered happily.

After Zou Yulin left, Ning Tao said, "I want to look around, okay?"

"I'll show you around," Lu Nan said.

Ning Tao refused. "No, you go teach the kids. I can just wander around by myself."

"How can that be? I'll show you around and tell you about our village." Lu Nan insisted on accompanying Ning Tao, not knowing that Ning Tao wanted to look for the "pavilion".

At that moment, a village woman suddenly ran up to them and shouted nervously, "Lu Nan, your husband is coughing up blood again. Come back with me."

"What?" Lu Nan was in a panic. "I'm sorry, Mr. Ning. I have to go home now." Then she started to run towards the end of the village.

Ning Tao took his small medicine chest and walked in the direction Lu Nan and the village woman left. Soon he saw Lu Nan and the woman enter a small farmyard. The yard consisted of a bamboo fence and several tiled houses with mud and stone walls. The fence covered with roses, behind the house was a grove of green bamboos. It was a simple house, but gave a warm and natural feeling.

That farmyard was Lu Nan's home.

Ning Tao walked over to the yard. Although no one asked him to see the patient, would he still be a doctor when someone was sick and coughing up blood and he didn't try to see the patient?

Ning Tao paused when he reached the gate of the yard.

"Cough cough..." From one room in the yard came a violent cough, followed by another sound of vomiting. "Barf!"

Lu Nan's voice rang out immediately, "Honey, don't scare me. I... I'll call the ambulance right away. Let's go to the hospital..."

"Honey, I'm not going to the hospital. I just got out of the hospital a week ago. I can't return there now. We have no money now... cough..." The man said in a weak voice.

"We do have no money, but you have to get treatment. Even if I have to sell blood, I'll find a way to cure you! Stop talking and I'll call an ambulance right now." Lu Nan's voice said anxiously.

"Honey, you... cough... I know my illness. I shall not live long. I don't want you to get into debt for treating me... In that case, I wouldn't die sound..."

"Woo-woo..." Lu Nan cried, her voice breaking. "You must not say that. I forbid you to say that."

The village woman at the door sighed, "Alas! It's so unfair. Good men have short lives. Yang Lu is such a good man, why does he have this incurable disease?"

Without knocking, Ning Tao went straight into the yard and came to the door. Before he entered the room, he smelled herbs and vomit.

"Mr. Ning, why... why are you here?" Lu Nan looked a little confused.

"I'm a doctor," Ning Tao explained. "Maybe I can treat your husband. Let me see him."

"You're a doctor?" Lu Nan was surprised. Zou Yulin had been addressing Ning Tao as Master Ning, so she guessed that Ning Tao was a rich businessman who was enthusiastic about charity, but never thought he was a doctor.

"Ugh..." Yang Lu began to cough violently again, producing sputum with blood. It looked shocking.

Regardless of whether Lu Nan and Yang Lu agreed or not, Ning Tao directly aroused his skills of looking and smelling. While diagnosing Yang Lu, he went to the bed.

In his eyes, Yang Lu's body was wrapped in a cloud of colorful air, and all the smells from Yang Lu's body got into his nostrils. After he observed Yang Lu with looking and smelling, his brow furrowed.

Yang Lu had a tumor on his lung, which, though not malignant, surrounded the pulmonary artery and affected the supply of blood to the lungs. It was large, at least a kilogram or two, and occupied a quarter of the right lung. According to the location of the tumor, if it did not wrap the pulmonary artery, the hospital could operate on Yang Lu, but because it wrapped the pulmonary artery, the hospital would not dare to operate. And there was money involved. Even if a hospital were willing to operate on him, it would cost at least 200,000 yuan. How could such a poor family afford it?

Despite the diagnosis, Ning Tao reached out and grabbed Yang Lu's wrist, pretending to feel his pulse.

"Barf—" Yang Lu spat another mouthful of blood as Ning Tao felt his pulse.

Lu Nan could no longer control herself, and tears welled up in her eyes. While crying, she took out her phone and dialed. "I, I'll call the ambulance, boo-hoo..."

Ning Tao let go of Yang Lu's wrist and said, "Chief Lu, it's no use. Don't call an ambulance."

Lu Nan looked at Ning Tao tearfully and asked, "Wh-why?"

Ning Tao replied, "Your husband has a tumor. The tumor is on his right lung. It's not malignant, but wrapped around his pulmonary artery. Generally speaking, hospitals dare not operate on him. Maybe the best hospital in Beidu can operate on him, but not everyone can go to that hospital for treatment. As far as I know, even if the stars have acquaintances in that hospital, they have to wait in line for half a year. Your husband can't wait that long, and that's without considering the cost."

Lu Nan went limp, fell to the ground and cried silently.

"How, how... how do you know so well?" Yang Lu asked, surprised.

Ning Tao didn't explain, and just said, "You don't have to worry. I can cure it."

"You can cure it when big hospitals can't?" The village woman looked incredulous. Apparently, she had ignored Ning Tao's ability to diagnose Yang Lu's illness.

Ning Tao said blandly, "If you have a choice, I don't insist. I have my rules during the treatment. If Mr. Yang is willing to give it a try, he must obey my rules."

"Ah Nan, let me try... Ugh..." Yang Lu's voice was weak. "We should make every possible effort. Okay?"

Lu Nan bit her lip and nodded.

A wan smile appeared on Yang Lu's lips. "Well, doctor, please... treat me. Money, money... can we pay you later?"

Ning Tao said, "I don't charge for treatments, I only have rules. Now that you're willing to accept the treatment, I'll tell you my rules. When I treat you, you can't have a third person in this room except you and me. Your wife and this lady can wait outside, but no peeking, no breaking in. If you break my rules, I won't treat you." He turned to look at Lu Nan and asked, "Will you abide by my terms?"

"Seventh Aunt, we go out, let Doctor Ning cure my husband." Lu Nan got up and walked out the door. When the village woman also left the room, she closed the door.

The room dimmed as the door closed.

Ning Tao put the medicine chest on the edge of the bed, opened it, took out the ledger of bamboo slips, and put one of Yang Lu's hands on the ledger.

"What... what is this?" Yang Lu's eyes were full of confusion.

Ning Tao, without explaining, removed Yang Lu's hand and opened the ledger.

He was taken aback by the contents on it.

Chapter end