Courtyard House: My max-level medical skills specialize in treating beasts.

The two little girls witnessed this scene, and their eyes instantly filled with admiration. The young man in the military uniform in front of them was not only handsome, but also so brave.

At fifteen or sixteen, when their hearts are just beginning to stir with love, they naturally harbor boundless admiration for heroes, especially handsome ones.

"Big brother, please forgive us! We'll never do it again!" one of the thugs hurriedly knelt down.

Seeing that their "boss" had been knocked unconscious and his legs were twisted and obviously broken, they knew they were no match for him and could only beg for mercy. If they were taken away by the police, they would definitely end up in jail.

He Yudong, too lazy to argue, shouted angrily, "Get lost!"

"We're leaving, we're leaving right now!" The thugs scrambled and crawled, dragging the injured kid along as they fled.

"Ding! A thug has been taught a lesson. 5 merit points awarded."

"Ding! A thug has been taught a lesson. 8 merit points awarded."

……

"Ding! A thug has been taught a lesson. 30 merit points awarded."

The system's prompt in his mind made He Yudong happy. It turned out that not only could healing the sick and saving lives accumulate merit, but there were also rewards for acts of bravery.

I got a total of 70 points this time. I need to save up 30 more points to participate in the lottery again.

Only He Yudong and two girls remained at the scene.

He then took a closer look: both girls were quite pretty, especially the one on the left wearing a red scarf, who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate face like a flower bud just emerging from the water, making one want to protect her.

The girl in the red scarf met his eyes, and her pretty face instantly turned red.

"It's alright now, hurry home and don't go to remote places again," He Yudong said.

"Thank you so much, brother. My name is Zhou Xiaobai." Zhou Xiaobai blushed as he spoke, but Luo Yun interrupted him hastily, "My name is Luo Yun. What's your name, brother? Are you a soldier?" as if afraid that Zhou Xiaobai would steal the spotlight.

"My name is He Yudong. I just returned to Beijing after being discharged from the army. It was nothing." He Yudong replied with a smile. I didn't expect him to be Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun from "Blood Romance"!

It seems the world isn't just about traditional courtyard houses; you might even encounter characters from other dramas.

"Brother He, can you take us back? I'm afraid we'll run into bad guys again..." Zhou Xiaobai asked softly.

He Yudong nodded. It was still early, and there was no rush to go home after dropping off the animals.

Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun were overjoyed and followed him on either side. Zhou Xiaobai's home was in a military family compound, and they arrived in just over ten minutes.

"It's safe now, I'm leaving first," He Yudong said.

"Brother He, would you like to come to my house for a visit?" Zhou Xiaobai invited.

"No need, I just got back to Beijing and haven't gone home yet."

"Are you free tomorrow? I'd like to treat you to dinner to thank you."

"It's no trouble at all, really no need."

"No, it's a small matter for you, but a big matter for us," Zhou Xiaobai insisted, and Luo Yun quickly echoed.

Seeing her stubbornness, He Yudong didn't want to refuse directly: "Let's talk about it next time when I have time. I'm not sure when I'll be free."

"Alright then... If there's nothing else, I'll be going now." He Yudong waved and left.

Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun only realized after entering the compound that they hadn't asked He Yudong where he lived or how to find him. By the time Zhou Xiaobai chased after him, He Yudong had already disappeared.

On the way, He Yudong immediately checked the information through the system:

Host information

Name: He Yudong

Bloodline: Pure Yanhuang bloodline

Age: 20

Physical fitness: 13 (average for the average person is 10)

Mental state: 15 (average for the average person is 10)

Skills: Advanced Traditional Chinese Medicine, Intermediate Western Medicine, Advanced Military Skills (Combat, Marksmanship, Reconnaissance, etc.)

Merit Points: 1070

100 points are needed for a lottery draw, and a ten-draw with a 10% discount costs 900 points. He Yudong immediately decided: "System, ten draws!"

"Ding, 10-pull begins..."

A series of notification sounds rang out:

Body Tempering Pill (tempers the body, transforming it completely)

10000 RMB in cash

The Handbook of the Physician Li Shizhen

Vesalius's Legacy of the Murderous Physician

Tai Chi Master Sun Lutang's lineage (integrating Tai Chi, Xingyi, and Bagua)

A portable mini world

A spring of spiritual water (can be integrated into a small world)

A herb garden (which can be integrated into a small world).

1 ton of high-quality pork belly

A traditional Chinese medicine clinic (near Zhengyangmen, a courtyard house with a pharmacy in the front and seven rooms in the back, belonging to the master, with complete documentation).

He Yudong was overjoyed and immediately chose to merge them all:

The Body Tempering Pill instantly improved his physique, erasing all battlefield injuries and even making him more handsome, adding a touch of special charm; he gained profound insights into Tai Chi, as well as the medical skills inherited from Li Shizhen and Vesali (which require time to digest); in his small world, he had everything he needed: a spiritual spring, a herb garden (which required purchasing and planting, with a growth rate a hundred times faster than the outside world, and even better when watered with the spiritual spring), and a storage area (where the time flow rate was 0, and items never spoiled); 10,000 in cash and pork were stored in the storage area; the medical hall was located near Zhengyang Gate, not far from the courtyard house, and was the property left by his master.

After fusion, the host information is updated:

Name: He Yudong

Bloodline: Pure Yanhuang bloodline

Age: 20

Physical fitness: 33 (average for the average person is 10)

Mental state: 20 (average for the average person is 10)

Skills: Master-level Traditional Chinese Medicine (30%), Master-level Western Medicine (30%), Master-level Internal Martial Arts (30%), Advanced Military Skills

Merit Points: 170

Medical skills and internal martial arts need time to be digested, but 30% of the master level is already enough to surpass the current top medical experts.

With 170 merit points remaining, He Yudong didn't plan to use them for the lottery. He would wait until he had accumulated 900 points before doing a ten-pull. Although the system shop had countless rare items (even the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, which required hundreds of millions of merit points), at his current rate of accumulation, he wouldn't be able to afford it even in hundreds of years.

After leaving the small world, He Yudong took a few pounds of top-quality pork belly and headed towards the courtyard house.

In the courtyard, in the Qin family's room, Jia Zhangshi was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) like Ge You, her figure resembling a well-fed, sleek pig.

Qin Huairu stood by the window, peering out of the courtyard, hoping He Yuzhu would return soon, and more importantly, to see if he had brought a lunchbox.

The widow had long regarded He Yuzhu as her regular meal ticket, and whenever she saw him carrying a lunchbox, she would reach out and snatch it.

Originally, He Yuzhu felt sorry for them, a widow and her child, and often helped them out. But as time went on, this kindness became taken for granted.

Qin Huairu was afraid that He Yuzhu would stop supporting her once she found a partner, thus cutting off her "blood-sucking" route. So every time He Yuzhu went on a blind date, she would secretly sabotage it. To date, she has ruined at least eighteen or twenty marriages. The key is that He Yuzhu is still clueless.

This woman is very shrewd and usually does things flawlessly: she intentionally or unintentionally leaks information to her nemesis Xu Damao; she also hints to her factory colleagues that she has an "ambiguous relationship" with He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu always thought that Xu Damao was spreading rumors, but in fact, she was the culprit.

If Xu Damao is at the first level of "tricking people," Qin Huairu is already at the fifth level; they are not even in the same league.

"Huai Ru, Bang Geng is getting old, it's inconvenient for him to live with us."

"When Shazhu comes back, talk to him and ask him to lend that room next door to Banggeng," Jia Zhangshi said lazily, cracking melon seeds.

"Mom, I've told Shazhu several times, and he said it's his brother's room, and his brother will stay there when he comes back." Qin Huairu pursed her lips.

"Hmph, his damned brother has been in the army for years and hasn't been seen since. He's probably dead out there by now! The room's just sitting empty anyway. You can keep nagging about it later; it's a waste to leave it empty." Jia Zhangshi scoffed. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had long coveted He Yudong's room, and even He Yushui's. They planned to borrow the room after He Yushui got married, using the excuse that "Xiao Dang and Huaihua are too old to live there." Once they lived there for a while, it would naturally become theirs. Anyway, Sha Zhu was a bachelor; what did he need so many rooms for? They should just let their own family benefit.

"Alright then, I'll talk to him when he gets back. If he doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do," Qin Huairu replied.

"Why doesn't he agree? I'll talk to you about it later! Why is it left empty and not available for us to use?" Jia Zhangshi was always shameless, as if Sha Zhu's contributions were a matter of course.

As they were talking, Jia Zhangshi saw He Yuzhu enter the room through the window carrying a lunchbox. His fat body jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed), looking more like a spring than a 150-pound fat woman.

As soon as Qin Huai saw Sha Zhu, her face immediately lit up with a smile. She quickly went out to greet him, her round eyes fixed on the lunchbox: "Sha Zhu, why are you so late today? What delicious food did you bring? Let me see!" As she spoke, she reached out to grab it.

"Hey, why did you grab it?" He Yuzhu was unhappy, but he still let go.

"The stalks are still growing and need nutrition, I'll get you some peanuts later!" Qin Huairu smiled sweetly. He Yuzhu sighed and didn't mind, then stepped inside.

"Wait, Sha Zhu!" Qin Huairu called out to him.

"What's wrong, sis? You took all the lunchboxes, that's all," He Yuzhu said.

"Look how stingy you are! I have something to tell you." Qin Huairu said coyly, a woman in her thirties acting like a naive girl. "Bang Geng is too old to stay here. Your brother's room is empty, can Bang Geng borrow it for now?"

Upon hearing the mention of borrowing her brother's room again, He Yuzhu's face darkened: "Sister Qin, I've said it countless times, that's my brother's room. He doesn't let anyone else stay there; he wants to stay there when he comes back. There's no room for discussion!"

"Just borrow it for a while, and return it to him when your brother comes back, right?" Qin Huairu said anxiously.

Seeing this, Jia Zhangshi stormed out, glaring at He Yuzhu with displeasure: "Foolish Zhu, do you have any conscience? Huairu does your laundry and cleans for you every day, what's wrong with borrowing a room? Your brother has been in the army for so many years, who knows if he'll die out there and never come back, what's the point of keeping the room? Why can't you lend it to him?"

These words struck a nerve with He Yuzhu, who hated it most when people cursed his own brother!

"Grandma Jia, how dare you speak like that? Try cursing my brother again!" He Yuzhu was furious. He could tolerate everything else, but he couldn't let his brother's safety be a concern.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu quickly tried to smooth things over, glaring at her mother-in-law: "Mom, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Jia Zhangshi panicked. If she really angered Sha Zhu, they would starve if he stopped bringing lunchboxes.

"Don't even mention borrowing the room. That's my brother's room. If you want to borrow it, go ask him!" He Yuzhu turned and walked away.

"Shazhu, you need to have a conscience!" Madam Jia was getting anxious. If they couldn't borrow the house today, she wouldn't let Shazhu leave.

"Heh, how shameless." A clear male voice came from the corner of the courtyard.

The three turned around and saw He Yudong, dressed in military uniform, carrying a backpack, a medicine box, and a piece of pork belly, walking towards them. He had overheard the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arguing about their room as soon as he entered the courtyard, so he had been eavesdropping for a while.

He Yuzhu's eyes lit up: "Yudong, why are you back? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"The army just gave me leave. If I don't come back soon, they're afraid they'll take over my house!" He Yudong said with a smile, his gaze sweeping over Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi with a mocking tone.

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi's faces turned pale instantly; their plan had completely fallen through.

Qin Huai forced a smile, looked at He Yudong, and said in a flattering tone, "Yudong is back."

"I heard everything you said in the yard just now," He Yudong said coldly, glancing at her sideways. "What, are you so eager for me to die so that Sha Zhu will vacate the house for you?"

Qin Huairu's face flushed red, and she stammered, "Yudong, I didn't... Please let me explain..."

She never expected that her plan would be overheard by her brother-in-law, leaving her speechless for a moment.

"Brother, let's go inside and talk." He Yudong ignored her and grabbed He Yuzhu's arm. "I bought some meat. I'll make you braised pork tonight."

"Alright!" He Yuzhu was in a good mood and didn't want to ruin their brotherly relationship over trivial matters, so he didn't say anything more.

Qin Huairu's gaze was fixed on the pork belly in He Yudong's hand. It weighed about seven or eight pounds and was cut into neat squares. Compared to the lunchbox that Sha Zhu brought back, the bits of meat inside were simply insignificant.

Greed took root in her heart.

Jia Zhangshi, standing nearby, was drooling. Seeing the Sha Zhu brothers about to enter, she quickly called out, "Sha Zhu, wait a minute!"

Sha Zhu turned around and saw Jia Zhangshi staring intently at the pork in He Yudong's hand, her mouth practically watering.

Before he could even speak, Jia Zhangshi reached out to grab it: "Silly Zhu, how can you two brothers finish eating so much meat?"

Our three birds—Banggeng, Xiaodang, and Huaihua—are all growing and need plenty of nutrition! Please keep this small token of our appreciation at our house; we'll all come over for a meal tonight!

He Yudong reacted quickly, dodging to the side. Jia Zhangshi missed her grab and nearly fell.

She steadied herself, and seeing that He Yudong dared to tease her, her face immediately darkened: "Hey! Sha Zhu, what does your brother mean? We kindly offered to share a meal with you, and you're already looking down on us?"

Sha Zhu was furious when he saw that Jia Zhangshi was going too far, even coveting his younger brother's flesh.

Just as he was about to speak, He Yudong sneered and preemptively said, "Jia Zhangshi, if you want meat, can't you buy it yourself? My brother already gave you the lunchbox, and you're still not satisfied? You actually tried to snatch it? How can you be so shameless?"

"You little brat, how dare you talk to your elders like that!" Jia Zhangshi, stung by this, immediately started throwing a tantrum. "We have a lot of family members, you have few. It's a waste to leave uneaten food! Why shouldn't we get some?"

"Mom, stop talking and let's go home!" Qin Huairu saw that things were not going well and quickly grabbed her mother-in-law, afraid that things would escalate.

She knew in her heart that angering Sha Zhu and having him cut off the supply would be a losing proposition.

She turned to He Yuzhu and his brother, forcing an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, Yuzhu and Yudong, my mom is a bit unpredictable, please don't take it to heart. We'll head back now."

He Yudong looked at his elder brother and shook his head with a half-smile: "Brother, it seems that the Qin family really thinks you're a sucker, and that it's only natural for them to take advantage of you. I don't even know what to say to you."

"I..." He Yuzhu was embarrassed when his younger brother pointed it out. He always felt that Qin Huai was like an orphan and a widow, and it was only right to help her out. Over time, it became a habit.

"Alright, I'll have to give you a good talking to later," He Yudong scolded irritably. "You're already twenty-seven or twenty-eight and still single. Aren't you ashamed!"

"Hey kid, you've been in the army for a few years and now you think you're all grown up and lecturing your brother?" Sha Zhu said with a laugh, but he wasn't really angry.

"Alright, I haven't eaten since I got off the train. Hurry up, braised pork!" He Yudong changed the subject.

"Hey, is that Yu Dong? You're back from the army?" A loud voice came from next door, and Yi Zhonghai, an old man in the courtyard, came out leaning on his cane.

He Yudong immediately recognized him. This Yi Zhonghai was one of the few "upright people" in the courtyard. Although he also had the selfish intention of letting Sha Zhu take care of him in his old age, he was still fair-minded and had helped the brothers a lot when they were young.

"Uncle, long time no see! It's me, Yu Dong, just discharged from the army!" He Yu Dong greeted him with a smile. "We've made braised pork at home tonight. Let's invite the old lady over too, and have a couple of drinks together."

"Great! It's not easy to eat meat these days," Yi Zhonghai grinned. "I'll grab a bottle of good wine later, and we'll all have a good time. How's it going? Everything's arranged for work when you get back?"

"It's all arranged. The military has issued a letter of introduction. Go to the medical clinic at the Red Star Factory," He Yudong replied.

Yi Zhonghai was even happier, because having a doctor in the compound would make things easier for him when he had a headache or fever.

He remembered that He Yudong had been an apprentice of traditional Chinese medicine since childhood, and was able to practice medicine at the age of fourteen or fifteen, earning him the nickname "Little Miracle Doctor".

He joined the army after the old Chinese medicine doctor passed away.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, this child has become very successful. At only twenty years old, he entered the factory's medical clinic and became its director!

"Well done, you've got potential!" Sha Zhu was also proud of his younger brother.

When the Red Star Factory clinic was first established, He Yudong was the first doctor. His salary and benefits were much higher than those of ordinary workers, making it a secure job.

In the evening, a pot of braised pork with a bright red color was cooked by He Yuzhu, and its aroma filled the air.

Five sets of bowls and chopsticks were set on the small dining table. He Yudong, He Yuzhu, Yi Zhonghai and his wife, and the deaf old lady sat around the table, enjoying a harmonious atmosphere.

When the deaf old lady saw He Yudong, her cloudy eyes were filled with joy.

The boy went to join the army when he was only sixteen. Even she, who was used to seeing life and death, was saddened for several days. Now that he has returned safely, she is overjoyed.

As everyone was chatting, He Yudong caught a glimpse of several shadowy figures on the window paper, clearly eavesdropping.

He sneered inwardly, knowing without a doubt that it was Qin Huairu and his family. This widow, if it were wartime, would probably be excellent spy material.

He didn't point it out, though he knew perfectly well what was going on.

Qin Huairu was single-mindedly trying to leech off Sha Zhu, fearing that Sha Zhu would lose interest after getting married, so he painstakingly sabotaged every one of his blind dates.

"Big brother," He Yudong said slowly, putting a piece of fatty and lean meat into his mouth, "you're already twenty-seven or twenty-eight, almost thirty. When are you going to bring me a sister-in-law?"

He Yuzhu was eating when he heard this and said with some frustration, "I want to too, but I've been on several dates, and they've all fallen through."

He Yudong put down his chopsticks and smiled:

"Brother, our family isn't bad off. You may not be as handsome as me, but you're still quite good-looking, plus you have a stable job at the steel mill earning thirty-seven and fifty cents a month, and we own a house. With such good conditions, why wouldn't anyone want you? Haven't you ever thought about where the problem lies?"

"Why?" He Yuzhu asked, puzzled.

"You're always hanging out with a widow, what girl would dare date you? Wouldn't they all avoid you?" He Yudong's words hit the nail on the head.

"No, brother, don't talk nonsense!" He Yuzhu exclaimed anxiously, "Qin Jie and I are completely innocent, don't listen to outsiders' lies!"

"I believe you," He Yudong patted his shoulder, "but outsiders don't know! That girl doesn't understand your character. She only sees you going out with Widow Qin every day. Isn't that giving people something to talk about? If you really want to get married, take my advice and stay away from her. Otherwise, you'll really be a bachelor for life."

"Yu Dong is right," the deaf old lady chimed in. She had lived for over eighty years and could see through people's thoughts and intentions. "Silly Zhu, getting married is the most important thing. I'm still waiting to hold my great-grandson."

"Huai Ru and her children are orphans and widows, it's not easy for them. Sha Zhu is kind-hearted, it's only right that he lends a hand."

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai quickly stepped in to smooth things over and try to balance the situation.