ed a call from the Old Ma family and then called Li Jie to tell her that the people from the Old Ma family, who were also her relatives, would come to Zhonghai in the evening. Their soul swapping had...Chapter 358: Special Funds

Xiao Yu nodded at Yao Hongbin, accepting his gratitude. Yao Hongbin carefully held the secret prescription and left the room.

Sitting by Yao Tianlin's bedside, Xiao Tienpeng joked with him with an envious look on his face. Although Xiao Tienpeng was only seventeen years old and somewhat mischievous, he was influenced by his family environment and thus had a strong aspiration to become a doctor. During weekends or holidays, he would either play with classmates or help in Wan Sheng Hall by dispensing medicine.

Moreover, Elder Yao painstakingly nurtured both grandsons from their young age, laying various foundations for them, such as learning the Head-Turning Song and identifying herbs, which were compulsory courses for them.

Especially when other children were reciting The Three-Character Classic, they had to memorize the Head-Turning Song. While other kids attended various tutorial classes, they followed Elder Yao to learn herb identification. And while other teenagers read comic books or watched anime, they studied acupuncture points on point location maps.

After over a decade of Elder Yao's cultivation and education, although they couldn't practice medicine independently yet, they could diagnose some simple illnesses already. Xiao Tienpeng was particularly gifted compared to Yao Tianlin, so despite their age difference, Xiao Tienpeng learned just as much as Yao Tianlin.

Yao Tianlin had a naturally steady and honest personality, following this methodical path would ensure great achievements in the future comparable to Elder Yao's. However, Xiao Tienpeng was much more impetuous; if cultivated well given his talent, he could achieve even greater success than Yao Tianlin. But if not, he might end up as an average doctor.

"Tianpeng, you don't need to be envious. Work hard and strive for a good traditional Chinese medicine university! After graduation, you can follow me!"

Xiao Yu chuckled at Xiao Tienpeng's envious face and said this to him.

Although Xiao Tienpeng wasn't truly a member of the Xiao family, since he took on the surname Xiao, his ties with the Xiao clan couldn’t be severed. Furthermore, Xiao Yu had also taken his father as an apprentice; thus, Xiao Tienpeng was his grandson by apprenticeship. This was already quite close to being part of the Xiao family, so Xiao Yu planned to let him follow and hone himself after a few more years.

Although modern traditional Chinese medicine universities offered many Western medical courses, the unique strengths of Western medicine were also evident, hence studying at such institutions for several years was beneficial. Firstly, it allowed one to learn about the theoretical knowledge of TCM, and secondly, learning some Western medicine could broaden one's horizons.

When Elder Yao heard Xiao Yu’s words, he was delighted. Although Xiao Yu had taken in Xiao Hongyang as an apprentice, without Xiao Yu's consent, Xiao Hongyang couldn't pass on the medical techniques learned from Xiao Yu to anyone else, not even his son.

Xiao Yu agreeing for Xiao Tienpeng to follow him pleased Elder Yao greatly. Having his grandsons learn the Xiao family’s medical skills under Xiao Yu was more delightful than himself following Xiao Yu personally.

Especially Xiao Tianpeng, even though he doesn’t have the surname Yue but instead has the surname Xiao, so what No matter what his surname is, Xiao Tianpeng will always be Old Yue's beloved grandson. This point will never change, which made him very happy at this moment.

“Tianpeng, don’t forget to thank your Grandmaster!” Old Yue said to Xiao Tianpeng who was still sitting by the bed.

“Yes, thank you Grandmaster!” With an excited face, Xiao Tianpeng bowed and thanked Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu let Xiao Tianpeng, who had knelt on the ground, stand up. He said, “You need to study hard and strive for a better university!”

“Yes.” Upon hearing Xiao Yu’s words, Xiao Tianpeng nodded forcefully in agreement.

Xiao Yu and Yun Xi rested at their home after lunch before leaving Yue Family House because the next day was the birthday celebration of Old Grandpa Song. Since Xiao Yu hadn’t prepared a gift yet, he and Yun Xi planned to go to the Ministry of Health in the afternoon to see if there was any news, then they would go shopping for gifts.

The two drove straight to the Ministry of Health; its main entrance was just an ordinary door. Moreover, these office buildings had been around for quite some time, although somewhat dilapidated, yet very clean and neat.

On their way here, they passed by several ministries, but the basic style and appearance of each ministry’s building were not too different from one another. Although a bit old, it gave people a solemn and imposing feeling.

The project that Yun Xi was involved in was a special fund allocated to the national health system amounting to an astronomical sum of 1 billion yuan. This sounded like a large amount but there were countless provinces, cities, and counties across the nation all waiting for this funding.

Therefore, upon hearing this news, every single department nationwide in charge of healthcare was mobilized; they displayed their best efforts to secure as much funding as possible.

Although everyone knew that hope was slim, no one wanted to give up because giving up meant that there would be nothing for them while somewhere else might receive it.

This special fund was called a dedicated fund but who wouldn’t have the final say over where it went As such, the heads of various cities and counties took action.

With this money, not to mention anything else, these people would at least be able to enjoy a bountiful year-end.

The materials from Yun Xi were submitted through an official banquet with a deputy section chief from the Health Department on the night before the day before yesterday. They have already run their necessary connections and now can only wait for notification.

This special fund allocated to Ancient City is twenty million yuan, while their purpose in going to Beijing was to try to secure an additional five million yuan on top of that twenty million. Although there isn't much hope, they still need to make the effort to do so, which is why only one vice mayor came.

It's precisely because everyone knew there wasn't much hope that Wan Hongguang had called back the vice mayor with just a phone call. That vice mayor also knew there wasn't much hope and thus hurriedly returned for this uncertain five million yuan; losing his position due to carelessness wouldn't be worth it.

Xiao Yu and Yun Xi registered at the entrance before arriving at the Health Department's budget office.

The budget office of the Health Department is a separate three-story building. When they entered the building, they saw over ten people sitting on chairs in the hallway. These individuals were all around forty or fifty years old, some even being over fifty. Behind these middle-aged adults was usually a young man carrying a bag.

When these people saw Xiao Yu and Yun Xi, they showed slight surprise. They had met Yun Xi before; last time, she came with the vice mayor Lin, but today she came with a young man instead.

"Does this mean Ancient City has given up" These people thought to themselves when seeing that Yun Xi was here with a young man and not their city leaders.

These people were all city-level officials, so they didn't even acknowledge the small clerk Yun Xi as she passed by, continuing their conversations with acquaintances.

In recent days, Vice Mayor Lin had spent over twenty or thirty thousand yuan on dinners and banquets but still hadn't gotten any definite news. They still had to come every day to check, although they didn't have high hopes for it; they were just doing what they could while leaving the rest up to fate.

Xiao Yu and Yun Xi entered an office where two men and two women were chatting. One of the men was in his thirties while the other was in his forties, and the women were around twenty and thirty years old respectively. When Xiao Yu's group came in, their conversation had been lively.

Once Xiao Yu's group entered, these people immediately stopped talking, sitting up straight at the table and flipping through documents on it.

"What do you want" The man in his forties said without lifting his head.

"Hello, we're from Ancient City. I wonder if our city's application has been approved" Upon hearing this man speak, Yun Xi quickly stepped forward and addressed him.

Is it an ancient city Hearing Yun Xi's words, these people all looked up in surprise and turned to look at Yun Xi and Xiao Yu.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, a hint of confusion appeared on Yun Xi's face. She said, "What's wrong Comrade, is there something incorrect"

"Oh... nothing much, your report has been processed! I’ll get it for you!" At this moment, another man in his thirties took over the conversation.

After speaking, he picked out a document from a pile of files and handed it to Yun Xi. "This is your city's document; the chief has already signed off on it. Take it back with you!"

Picking up the document, Yun Xi started reading it. When she saw the signature of the chief at the end, she let out a long breath and thought to herself, Not bad, finally got it signed. Now I can report back when I go home.

The people who came to Beijing to run projects had summarized a phrase: 'Run部委錢進' means that if you want to secure a project in a ministry, you must pave the way with money! However, Yun Xi now realized this was incorrect. Although their ancient city spent quite a bit of money on hospitality, it wasn't just for the Ministry of Health but also other ministries that might come in handy later on. This time Vice Mayor Lin had visited every one of them.

But the amount spent at the Ministry of Health was merely a few ten thousand yuan; this sum wasn’t even considered money here, yet now they only needed this small amount to get things done, which made Yun Xi exclaim that there are officials who serve the people no matter where they work!

"Thank you very much, thank you all!" Yun Xi quickly thanked the staff members.

After thanking them, she closed the document. Suddenly, after closing it, Yun Xi hurriedly opened it again and stared at the amount, stunned.

"Comrade, isn’t this wrong The ministry allocated us 20 million yuan. Our city is facing some difficulties and wanted to apply for an additional 5 million yuan on top of that, but why has the total become just 5 million now"

With the document in hand, Yun Xi said to the man in his thirties.

"Haha, there’s no mistake. Your ancient city can only receive a grant of 5 million yuan this time because many places urgently need that money. The funds will go to them temporarily as emergency assistance; you’ll have to wait until next year."

The staff member didn’t even bother looking at the document Yun Xi handed him and said so. Xiao Yu looked at these staff members and thought, It looks like they already knew about this matter; no wonder their gazes towards us were so strange just now!d Tian Chong to drive them to Xiao Yu's clinic.After getting out of the car and standing in front of Xiao Yu's clinic, the four were overwhelmed with emotions, even feeling a bit hesitant. They worrie...