GDLR - Great Doctor Ling Ran

Chapter 12 - Lower Groove Clinic

Lower Groove was located in the southwestern corner of Yun Hua’s main city. It was once a large passage for Yun Hua’s import and export of illegal items.

Even though numerous reformations—which were carried out all across the country as it developed—ended the rampant import and export of illegal goods, they were unable to change the fact that the place looked like a village within a city.

The alleys nearby were arranged in a crisscross pattern. Old, dilapidated, small, and low buildings were scattered around. There were also tube-shaped apartments—which was just strange. Apart from that, there were also double-story houses with old courtyards around them, similar to Ling Ran’s house.

The old courtyard was left behind by his grandfather. It was renovated and expanded by Ling Jiezhou about a dozen years ago.

That was also the Ling Family’s most glorious period. There was a steady stream of people coming in for consultations and buying medication. Even though Ling Ran’s mother, Tao Ping, went shopping every day, learned dancing, learned the art of tea, watched movies, and played the piano, there was still money left for them to build a house.

The signboard of the Ling Family’s ‘Lower Groove Clinic’ was also made from an entire slab of Phoebe Zhennan.

But now, to prevent the signboard from getting stolen, Ling Jiezhou had no choice but to hang it in the courtyard. As a result, there was only an old lightbox outside, which shone with a strange red and yellow light.

When he opened the door, he could see seven or eight people, either sitting or lying down, receiving intravenous infusions (IV drips) in the main room. It had already been modified into a transfusion room.

That was the Lower Groove Clinic’s main source of income. At this time and age, the pharmaceutical businesses were monopolized by drugstores of various sizes, and pharmacies. Providing emergency treatment as a source of income for this clinic never existed because Ling Jiezhou was not a doctor.

In the words of Ling Jiezhou himself, he was only a businessman who operated a clinic.

Therefore, Lower Groove Clinic had no choice but to regularly employ old retired doctors to sit in the clinic, causing them to earn even less.

“You’re back.” Ling Jiezhou was sitting and doing office work in the wing-room beside the door. His table was always covered in all sorts of ledgers and medical records. Those who did not know would think that Mister Ling attended to hundreds of important matters every day.

However, Ling Ran knew that his father was just too lazy to clean the table.

“Where’s your white robe? Why are you still dressed like a student?” Ling Jiezhou stood up and carefully evaluated his son. He then asked, “Did you get to learn anything in Yun Hua Hospital? Even though big hospitals are good, they also have lots of rules. You have to be careful.”

Ling Ran nodded in acknowledgement and asked, “Where’s mom?”

“She’s making tea upstairs.”

“Just in time. I’ll go drink some tea.” As he spoke, Ling Ran could feel that his mouth was dry. Even though Madam Tao Ping had not done any proper work for more than ten years, her standards for her hobbies were very high.

Ling Jiezhou followed his son upstairs and said as he walked, “It’s quite good to rest a bit at home. You have to work hard when you’re in the hospital. At least pass the test and get a medical practitioner’s qualification certificate. We can hang it in our clinic and I won’t have to look for help from other doctors all the time.”