Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

Li Dongfang was explaining things to Director Yang, while Director Zhang was holding the phone on his desk, not knowing who to call. He whispered for a long time before he raised his chin and said to Director Yang, "Old Yang, phone call."

"No!" Director Yang refused arrogantly without even thinking.

Dean Zhang was not angry either. He said to the phone in a serious tone, "Minister Duan, old man Yang didn't answer the call. This is..."

"Wait, who are you talking about?" Director Yang snatched the phone and asked, "Minister Duan?"

Suddenly, a roar came from the phone: "You are so good, Old Yang..." Li Dongfang couldn't hear what was said afterwards. He only saw that Director Yang had an embarrassed look on his face. It was obvious that he was scolded severely. After a long while, he said: "Yes, yes, I will let Comrade Li Dongfang go over right away. Don't worry, I will send a car to take him there."

Just like that, Li Dongfang and Dean Zhang got into Director Yang's jeep and drove away under Director Yang's resentful gaze.

Li Dongfang had some speculations of his own from the few words he heard. Minister Duan was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of the steel rolling mill. He had met him some time ago. He was a handsome old man. So, Dean Zhang came to see him because of Minister Duan. Was it Minister Duan or his relatives or friends who were sick or needed surgery?

Before Li Dongfang could guess clearly, Dean Zhang introduced the situation. It turned out that it was Minister Duan's wife who had suffered from insomnia, anxiety, and depression for a long time, and was developing towards schizophrenia. She heard from somewhere that the Minister of Agriculture had a shot in the Union Hospital and slept well, so she came to find her. That's why Dean Zhang came to look for someone. As for the cause of Minister Duan's wife's illness, Dean Zhang didn't say, and Li Dongfang certainly didn't dare to ask.

Seeing Minister Duan's wife, she was indeed listless, looked sad and looked very bad. Li Dongfang immediately gave her acupuncture and asked her to get some sleep first. Mental illness cannot be cured in a day or two, and the cause must be identified to solve the problem fundamentally. Otherwise, even if the body is cured, it will soon relapse.

Just as he was thinking about how to talk to Minister Duan about the cause of his wife's illness, he saw the old doctor from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine running over and saying, "Master Li, it's great that you're here. Come with me quickly. I'm in big trouble here..."

Minister Duan saw that his wife had fallen into a deep sleep, and the frown on his face relaxed. The old Chinese doctor looked anxious again, so he nodded and asked Li Dongfang to go and do his work first, and they would talk about it later when he was done.

Li Dongfang was taken away just like that. Since he left, Li Dongfang has been busy all day long. First, he helped the old Chinese doctor treat a patient with a back injury. It was originally a simple sprain, but the injury worsened after the massage. The patient cried out in pain. Li Dongfang treated him with Tai Chi Nine Needles and the pain was relieved.

Then he was borrowed by the surgery department to use acupuncture to stop the bleeding of a patient who was bleeding heavily during an operation. The patient almost died. The heavy bleeding during the operation and the atrophy of blood vessels had entered the muscles, and there was no time to find the bleeding point. If Li Dongfang had not used acupuncture to stop the bleeding, he would definitely not have come back.

Then he helped to give acupuncture anesthesia to a patient undergoing appendectomy who could not take anesthesia, and also sutured the nerves and tendons of a patient with a broken leg, saving the calf of a family pillar.

He also saw several patients with serious chronic diseases, such as facial paralysis, gout, muscular weakness, edema, dizziness and hypotension. He instructed the old Chinese doctor on how to give acupuncture to each person, but he didn't have time to explain the principles in detail. It was the first time since he came to this world that he felt overwhelmed.

He was busy until dark before he was rescued by Minister Duan. When Minister Duan personally pulled him into the jeep, Li Dongfang felt like he was about to fall apart and his head was dizzy.

"Minister, please bring your wife to the factory infirmary tomorrow. It's really... I can't bear to ignore the sick. Fortunately, your wife's illness is not too serious. A good sleep will make it better. Eat something nutritious when you wake up. Don't take medicine for the time being. Let's discuss the treatment plan tomorrow." Seeing Li Dongfang leaning on the seat drowsy, Minister Duan patted him on the shoulder without saying much, turned his head and asked the driver to drive steadily.

As a powerful minister, Duan certainly knows how to make choices. He has a more intuitive understanding of Li Dongfang's abilities this time. It's not that he is unkind, but he knows that this is not the way to use talents. Just like when they are fighting, they can't just chase and attack individual enemy soldiers with planes, tanks and cannons. They have to save the strategic weapons for the critical moment.