Chapter 111 Preparations

  "Him? Absolutely not on this matter!" Thinking of Chen Jinghai's toothy smile, Fang Yuan revealed a sinister grin and said.

  Xiao Yu was a person who didn't drag his feet, he said and did. Because the procedures of the clinic were very difficult to handle, Xiao Yu thought of Wei Jun. Wei Jun's family in Shen Hai was also considered to be reputable, handling the procedures should not be difficult.

  Xiao Yu returned to his residence, looking at the small rented house, and unknowingly Xiao Yu had been living here for a year. He was no longer short of money, it was time to buy a house, and he also needed a car, otherwise every time he went out, he would either take a taxi or hitch a ride with Wei Jun's car.

  Take advantage of the door not being ready yet, let's handle the formalities first! Although Xiao Yu didn't know what was needed for the formalities, it was probably just his ID card, household registration book, medical license and so on. He gathered these things together, put them in a bag, and called Wei Jun to explain the situation from start to finish.

  Before long, the Wei army arrived at Xiao Yu's residence, took Xiao Yu's documents, and ran away in a flash. Xiao Yu had already put on his backpack and headed towards the antique city. Fortunately, the place where he lived was not far from the antique city, otherwise all the time would have been spent on the road.

  In the antique city, there was a shop that claimed to be over a hundred years old and specialized in making signboards. Xiao Yu knew of this shop but had never been there. As he walked, he stopped from time to time until he saw a shop called "Bai Nian Zhang Jia Pai Bian Dian". It was just past 9 o'clock in the morning, and there were no customers in the shop yet. There was only an old man around seventy years old sitting there, using a small chisel to carve on a wooden board.

  "Isn't this Dr. Xiao? What's wrong, is there something?" The old man who was busy carving stopped his hands and saw Xiao Yu, smiling and saying.

  "Really! Old man, I want to make a signboard!" Xiao Yu didn't expect the old man to recognize him and couldn't help but laugh too.

  "Make a signboard! Alright! What kind of signboard? Any requirements?" The old man asked when he heard Xiao Yu wanted to make a signboard.

  "Hmm... I think what I want to do is the signboard of a traditional Chinese medicine hall, how big? Just about this size will do! But I want to use the best wood material!" Xiao Yu thought for a moment and pointed to a sample signboard in the store.

  "The best wood? That's a bit expensive!" The old man said when he heard Xiao Yu wanted to use the best wood.

  This is also the rule of Zhang's family for generations, everything must be said in advance, guests can do what they want, if not, don't do it. Can't say after doing well, go and tell the guest that these things are all good materials, expensive, etc.

  The old man took out a piece of paper and wrote down every requirement that Xiao Yu mentioned.

  "What do you want to do? Do you draw the style and our master helps you make it, or do you find someone to write a good plaque word, and we engrave according to what you wrote?" The old man said to Xiao Ye, the most important part of engraving is this step, a craftsman's skill depends on this.

  "I'll write it myself!" Xiao Yu said.

  Xiao Yu looked around, on the left side against the wall, there was a large table, on which were placed the four treasures of the study. It seemed that this was where guests wrote couplets. Xiao Yu walked over slowly.

  The business of signboard shops is generally divided into two types. The first type is to go elsewhere to seek out a treasure trove of ink and directly engrave the characters, which accounts for the vast majority. The second type is that you tell the signboard shop what kind of signboard you want, and the store will help you make it. There are also many people who do this, mainly small shops or small businesses.

  The old man thought that Xiao Yu had already asked for the treasure, but unexpectedly, Xiao Yu walked towards the desk where the Four Treasures of the Study were placed. Could it be that this young Dr. Xiao also knew how to write with a brush?

  Xiao Yu walked to the table, put down his bag and took out his big pen from it. Xiao Yu was now very familiar with this pen. He spread out the paper, weighted it down with a paperweight, picked up the pen and started writing. First, he wrote "Xiao Family" vertically in the top left corner, then horizontally wrote the three big characters "Wan Sheng Tang". After the ink dried, he told the old man to engrave according to this.

  The old man was shocked after reading the words written by Xiao Yu. The Zhang family had been making signboards for over a hundred years and had seen many good writings, including this old man who had also written some decent brushwork due to his frequent help in engraving and writing signboard characters. At first, he saw Xiao Yu wanting to write it himself with some disdain, but now seeing Xiao Yu's words, he understood why others wanted him to write it himself - it turned out that he had the skills for it.

  The old man picked up Xiao Yu's character and walked to the signboard of the size specified by Xiao Yu, gesturing as he went along, nodding his head from time to time. The size of the characters written by Xiao Yu was indeed good, neither needing to be enlarged nor reduced.

  "Because of my physical condition, I haven't personally made a couplet for many years. But this one, I made it myself, otherwise it wouldn't do justice to such good calligraphy!" The old man said with emotion as he looked at Xiao Yu's writing.

  The old man didn't respond to Xiao Yu, but instead took a few wooden blocks and started measuring dimensions somewhere. Seeing the old man's focused expression, Xiao Yu didn't want to disturb him and said: "Old Master Zhang, I'll come back in ten days to collect it, thank you for your trouble!"

  When Xiao Yu heard the old man's words, he didn't even turn his head back, gesturing to Xiao Yu with a wave of his hand, indicating that Xiao Yu shouldn't disturb him and could leave. Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly and walked out of the signboard shop.

  In the following days, Xiao Yu went back and forth to the furniture store every day, ordering medicine cabinets and medicine boxes. He was busy every day and couldn't open his eyes. Xiao Yu didn't think that opening a small clinic would be so troublesome. As for the medicinal materials, Xiao Yu planned to buy them at Renhe Hall after the facade was done, after all, the quality of the medicinal materials at Renhe Hall was still guaranteed.

  Xiao Yu was wandering around on the street when he received a call from Wei Jun: "Hey, Xiao Yu, where are you?"

  Xiao Yu said: "Jun Ge, is there something?"

  "I'll pick you up tonight, the procedures at the clinic got stuck with a new director at the district health bureau, who is very stubborn and only says that the clinic doesn't meet the requirements and can't be handled. I have a friend at the health bureau, I'll invite him out for dinner tonight and we'll go together!" Wei Jun explained the situation over the phone in just a few sentences.

  "Alright, come pick me up tonight!" Xiao Yu heard Wei Jun's phone call and knew that this matter might be a bit tricky, otherwise Wei Jun wouldn't have called himself.

  Xiao Yu hung up the phone with the Wei army, withdrew some cash from a bank for emergency use, and returned to his residence. Looking at his own place, buying a house and a car was also imminent.

  In the late afternoon, Wei Jun drove to Xiao Yu's residence and said, "Xiao Yu, it's time for you to buy a house. You're not short of money now, why are you still living in this house?"

  "Yes! I also plan to buy a house and then buy a car!" Xiao Yu nodded.

  Before long, Xiao Yu and Wei Jun drove to a famous restaurant in the deep sea called "Wanxiang Building".

  "Two bosses, have a reservation?" The hotel's lobby manager came up to greet them.

  "318 compartment!" Wei Jun said.

  The lobby manager arranged for the waiter to take Xiao Yu and Wei Jun to the third floor, into room 318. The room was not large, but it was decorated in an ancient style, showing a deep foundation. Xiao Yu walked to the window, pushed open the window, and outside was an artificial lake of an ecological park. The water was sparkling, and under the sunset, it reflected red light, giving people an alternative beauty.

  In the distance, the ecological park is bathed in the glow of the red clouds, as if it has put on a big red wedding dress. The throngs of people in the park have added even more vitality to the scene of the lake, sunset and green trees.

  "Xiao Yu, my friend will be here soon!" Wei Jun said after calling out to Xiao Yu and glancing at his watch.

  Time passed minute by minute, and Wei Jun's friend still hadn't arrived. Originally, Wei Jun was very calm, but now his face also had a hint of frost. This old friend was really too much, saying they would arrive at 7 o'clock, but it was already 7:01 and they still hadn't come?

  "Junzi, sorry I'm late!" Just as Wei Jun was about to make a phone call, a man in his late 20s pushed open the door and walked in.

  "Brother Chen, what's going on? I thought you weren't coming!" Wei Jun said with a pout and an unhappy face.

  "Hey, Junzi, I didn't want to come late! I just went to the district health bureau to see that new Huang director, but although I waited for him, he had other arrangements and couldn't make it!" The 27 or 28-year-old young man who had just arrived sighed and said with a helpless expression.

  The Wei army was stunned upon hearing this and shouted: "Brother Chen, who is this person? He doesn't even give you any face?"

  "This young man shook his head helplessly and said: 'They are from the capital to make a fortune here, with a big background, it's normal that they don't take me seriously!'"

  Wei Jun also fell silent after hearing this, if even he couldn't do anything about it, then there was no need for him to think about it anymore. Although his family's business wasn't small, but compared to those standing at the top of power, they still had a long way to go.

  Seeing that neither of them was in the mood, Xiao Yu hastily said: "Jun Ge, Chen Ge, if he comes, he comes. If not, it doesn't matter. We can just close this clinic and let the waiters serve food. I'm starving!"

  "Right, right, it doesn't matter if he comes to eat or not. Brother Chen, you're here, that's all that matters! Let's eat!" Wei Jun said hastily after hearing Xiao Yu's words.

  After hearing Xiao Yu's words, the young man surnamed Chen's eyes lit up and he secretly praised him. He knew that this person was a friend of the Wei army and unexpectedly had a good temperament at such a young age. It didn't matter if things were done or not, but not even inviting the person over made him feel unwell, yet the young man's expression didn't change after hearing this.

  "Junzi, this is..." The young man looked at Wei Jun and asked.

  "Look at me, I forgot to introduce you all!" Wei Jun said with a slap on his forehead after hearing the man's words.

  "Xiao Ye, this is Chen Qing, our brother since childhood, the head of the Materials Department of the Municipal Health Bureau, really young and promising!"

  "Chen Ge, this Xiao Ye is also a classmate and brother of mine!" Wei Jun introduced them.

  Through Wei Jun's introduction, Xiao Ye only knew that Chen Qing's father was a powerful leader in the provincial health department. When they were young, Chen and Wei lived in the same courtyard, so they grew up together since childhood, which is why Wei was so rude to him. Otherwise, if you ask someone for help with something and they come late, you can't just give them attitude!

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