Siheyuan: What bad intentions could a veterinarian like me have?

Chapter 28 Inheritance and Persistence

"Come, have some mutton. You haven't had meat in a while, right? Hurry up, or I'll eat all the meat!"

At Donglaishun, sitting by the window, Xu Huizhen held up a plate and asked Li Xiangdong to pick up some meat to cook, but he only took a small piece with his chopsticks and put it into the pot.

"Just pick up such a small amount with a chopstick? What? Are you trying to save money for your sister?" Xu Huizhen smiled with a mischievous look on her face.

"That's not the case. I just ate too much meat! All my meat tickets are gone every month!" Li Xiangdong smiled slightly. After tossing the mutton slices up and down several times, the blood-red mutton slices turned white. After boiling them, he put them into his mouth in one bite.

"Come on! You, are still spending all your meat coupons every month? Who stuffed all the grain coupons and meat coupons into Zhao Rong's chicken coop? I see the thickness, it must be at least eight or nine pounds in total, right?" Xu Huizhen smiled slyly.

Li Xiangdong scratched his head in surprise. "Huh? I say, Sister Huizhen, you have sharp eyes. When did you find out?"

"Do you really think your sister Huizhen is a fool? Why are you feeding the chickens when you are talking like that? You must be afraid that Zhao Rong will not accept your kindness, so you are secretly trying to get benefits for their family! The Wang family is short-sighted, so why can't your sister Huizhen recognize the treasure?"

"You are this!" Li Xiangdong raised his thumb and said admiringly: "Sister Huizhen, no wonder people say you have a sharp eye. I have nothing to say!"

"But you did the right thing, and I support you! Their family has not had an easy life, with six people relying on Zhao Rong alone to support them. It's not that easy! If you really give it to her openly, Zhao Rong will definitely not accept it. She has received so much favor from you and cured her illness, but now you give her so many food coupons and meat coupons, she won't accept them! This family is full of honest and kind people. You see, when they find the food coupons after feeding the chickens, they will definitely know it was you! Now, your title as a benefactor is real!" Xu Huizhen stared at Li Xiangdong with approval, very proud of him.

"I don't want to be a benefactor, I just want to let the children have enough food! They are growing up! What if they are hungry?" Li Xiangdong raised his glass and looked at Xu Huizhen, smiling: "Come on, Sister Huizhen, I'll toast you, you have to keep this a secret for me!"

With a clang, they clinked glasses and Xu Huizhen drank the hot soju, but shook her head and said, "What a secret! If I say it was me, others will believe it!"

"Okay," Li Xiangdong nodded, took another sip of the liquor, smacked his lips and said, "Let's eat and drink, okay!"

"Hey!" Xu Huizhen was in high spirits, leaning forward and saying, "Today I've really been enlightened. You've astonished me. You said that as a veterinarian, you can not only treat animals, but you are also good at curing diseases and saving lives! I think you should just close the veterinary clinic and open a Chinese medicine clinic. I guarantee that your business will be prosperous and crowded!"

Li Xiangdong waved his hands and shook his head. "That won't do! If I do that, my dad will scold me to death in his grave! This won't work! If my veterinary skills are cut off, I won't be able to explain to my ancestors!"

"You, this era is progressing, and people have to progress too!" Xu Huizhen coaxed, "Are you really going to run your veterinary clinic for the rest of your life? Let me ask you, why don't the old Xing family who run the horseshoe shop next door run it in Sijiucheng anymore? That's because the times have changed and there's no such business to do! Why have you had such a hard time these years? Shouldn't you look back and think about whether you should change your mindset, break free from the shackles, and stop guarding your one-third acre of land, or you'll starve to death!"

"..." Li Xiangdong was silent.

Old Xing's son Xing Weiyang was unwilling to inherit the family shop and pass on his father's craft. It was because he saw that Li Xiangdong's life was not satisfactory and took this precedent as a reference that he broke up with his father.

Having said that, the Xing family’s shops are all closed and all the people are gone. Isn’t this a lesson for Li Xiangdong now? Does he really have to end up in the same situation as the Xing family before he suddenly realizes that he has taken the wrong path?
Inheritance and persistence are sometimes really meaningless when life is difficult.

What’s the point of being stubborn when a person is dead!

What Xu Huizhen said made sense, and Li Xiangdong had no way to refute it.

"Hey, Li Xiangdong, when did you become so powerful? Tell me, did you have any adventure? Did you meet some hermit, master of medicine or something?" Seeing that Li Xiangdong fell silent, Xu Huizhen knew that he had heard her words, so she turned around and broke the silence.

"Haha, you are right. I met a fairy who taught me magical medical skills. He teaches me medical skills in my dreams every night!" Li Xiangdong lied.

"Tsk, so boring!" Xu Huizhen pursed her lips and rolled her eyes.

Li Xiangdong smiled, but his heart was as clear as a mirror. He naturally couldn't tell the whole story of his reincarnation and replacing the original owner Li Xiangdong. This was his biggest secret. At the same time, he was really glad that he was also a Chinese medicine expert in his previous life, and he was well-known internationally and famous all over the world.

The reason why he is so familiar with acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is that he benefited from the advanced medical technology and comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine theory of later generations, and also from the fact that he became a disciple of the country's leading traditional Chinese medicine master and immersed himself in traditional Chinese medicine for nearly twenty years.

Later generations relied on the theories of their predecessors and carried them forward, and their medical skills are naturally so advanced that they cannot be compared with this era.

Of course, there are also some "aftereffects" brought about by his time travel. He believes that his medical skills have definitely been magnified by this time travel.

Seeing that he was vague, Xu Huizhen tapped the back of his hand mysteriously and asked, "By the way, do you remember our bet? You said that if I win, you have to agree to one of your requests?"

Xu Huizhen suffered a terrible defeat in the matter of Wang Li's family. She indeed completely misunderstood what happened between Wang Li and Zhao Rong, but she did not feel frustrated because of it. Instead, she was very interested in the bet that Li Xiangdong mentioned.

Hearing this, Li Xiangdong smiled slightly and recited the speech he had prepared long ago.

"Sister Huizhen, I remember that your family used to be a wine-making family, right?" Li Xiangdong asked calmly.

"Yes, I started drinking when I was a child. I once soaked in a wine jar and slept all night after getting drunk!" Xu Huizhen's face flushed with embarrassment when she talked about her childhood.

Li Xiangdong nodded and said, "What I want to say is that we should gradually abandon the strategy of the tavern to purchase wine from the winery in the suburbs of Beijing, abandon the small business, rely on the tavern and the market frontier, build our own winery, and complete the closed loop of production and sales!"

Xu Huizhen was shocked, her eyes widened instantly, and she said in astonishment: "Xiangdong, I didn't know you also studied business? I thought of your idea a long time ago, but unfortunately due to the lack of financial resources and the overall environment, I never dared to consider taking a step forward!"

"There's no rush now! I'm just telling you my thoughts and the specific direction of the future! The wine you're drinking now is..."

"Niulanshan!" Xu Huizhen blurted out.

"Don't go to Niulanshan anymore. Just make your best Erguotou!" Li Xiangdong said firmly.

"So your request is..." Xu Huizhen's eyes lit up.

"I'll take one share, I'll take three and you'll take seven!" Li Xiangdong looked at her quietly.

Xu Huizhen's eyes sparkled and she shook her head, "No, I'll take 4 and you'll take 6!"

"You have the technology, and you have 10% of the technology shares! It's reasonable for me to take 30% and you take 70%! After all, you still have to run the business!"

"Hiss!" Xu Huizhen shook her head and said firmly: "I can see that you have a lot of ideas about the future situation! This insight is enough for us to become good partners! In a word, fifty-fifty! If you don't agree, forget it!"

"Agree!" Li Xiangdong said without hesitation.

"This is more like my brother!" Xu Huizhen stood up and poured him a glass of wine. "Xiangdong, I did not trust you wrongly! I will rely on you for the rest of my life!"

Li Xiangdong raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. He didn't notice that there was a different feeling flashing in Xu Huizhen's eyes opposite him.

(End of this chapter)