I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Chapter 370 - 336: Hosting a Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Contest for Elementary School Students

After communicating with An Xianda, the two agreed it was feasible.

Lu Jiu then told Huang Fusheng and Shen Congwei about this plan as well.

After listening, the two also thought Lu Jiu’s idea was great.

Even if it’s just to cultivate the children’s knowledge of traditional culture and to exercise their bodies.

Both raised their hands in approval.

Nowadays, many children’s poor health is due to insufficient physical activity.

They are confined at school and again at home.

In today’s primary schools, almost half of each class wears glasses.

Under these circumstances, when Lu Jiu wanted to create a youth palace with a theme of traditional Chinese medicine and culture, how could they not support it?

So, that day, Huang Fusheng approached relevant leaders in Jianghan City.

Hearing that Huang Fusheng was willing to invest in a youth palace to promote traditional culture, the other party immediately gave the green light.

Nowadays, traditional culture has blossomed everywhere.

Especially in Nanhe Province, where the inheritance and development of traditional culture often reach new heights, with several local TV programs even being praised by CCTV.

Jianghan has always focused on developing local Jingchu culture, and they are certainly happy for Huang Fusheng to join them.

Moreover, there’s no need to select a new location; Lu Jiu TCM Hospital only occupies one abandoned building, and there are three in total, built by the new government for relocation, but due to various reasons, they were left unused, these are completely sufficient for Lu Jiu and the team to use.

With official endorsement, the youth palace plan could finally be put on the agenda.

Next, the issue of staffing arises, as a traditional Chinese medicine and cultural center cannot rely solely on doctors.

Cultural education, after all.

Lu Jiu had already thought about this.

Because Huang Fusheng is from Nanhe.

As a renowned local doctor, he naturally knew many experts in this field.

With him pulling the strings, a lot of influential figures can definitely be invited, and even if not, inviting the disciples of these figures is more than enough.

After all, they are teaching children; anything more would be overkill.

"Producer Yan, it’s me, Lu Jiu. Are you free recently? I want to ask for your help. Oh, that’s fine, let’s meet tonight. It’s on me."

Yan Sansi hung up the phone, puzzled.

Lu Jiu wants his help?

What could he possibly help with?

Are they going to film a program?

But with the current popularity of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, there’s no need for excessive advertising on television.

Moreover, each week in the Healthy Jianghan Live Stream, they have doctors come to talk, which is already quite good publicity.

Oh well, he’ll understand when they meet.

After work, Yan Sansi drove to the restaurant where he and Lu Jiu planned to meet.

Upon entering the private room, he saw Lu Jiu had already been there waiting.

"Dean Lu, sorry, there was a bit of traffic on the road."

Lu Jiu smiled, "No worries, I just got here too. Producer Yan, please have a seat."

Hearing this, Yan Sansi sat down with a smile, "Dean Lu, how can I help you?"

The two were already old friends, and Yan Sansi would occasionally visit Lu Jiu TCM Hospital for check-ups, being quite satisfied with their services.

Lu Jiu TCM Hospital could be described as the most reassuring hospital he had ever visited.

For this reason, Yan Sansi had a great deal of admiration for the young dean.

When the two of them conversed, Yan Sansi often overlooked Lu Jiu’s age.

Lu Jiu said, "Here’s the situation: Our hospital is soon to co-host a youth palace with the government. Once renovations are complete and staff are in place, we’ll be recruiting city-wide, and prior to that, I want to collaborate with the TV station to host a traditional Chinese medicine knowledge competition for primary school students to promote the youth palace."

A youth palace?

A traditional Chinese medicine knowledge competition for primary school students?

Yan Sansi was a bit taken aback.

"Dean Lu, hold on a second, your hospital is setting up a youth palace?"

Lu Jiu replied, "Is there a problem?"

Yan Sansi shook his head, "There’s no problem, just a bit of a leap."

Lu Jiu laughed, "Haha, our hospital always takes big leaps."

Yan Sansi couldn’t help but laugh too.

This was true.

He recalled Lu Jiu TCM Hospital’s medicinal cuisine and beauty care departments.

A traditional Chinese medicine hospital also beginning to cook and offer beauty treatments is quite a significant leap.

"You want to organize a traditional Chinese medicine knowledge competition for primary students; that’s indeed good, but will there be participants? And confining it to primary students, I’m afraid it won’t work out," Yan Sansi asked.

Lu Jiu laughed, "Producer Yan, you may not be aware, but traditional Chinese medicine has already entered primary and secondary schools, the Experimental Primary School has dozens of classes learning about TCM, with several hundred students in total, we will rally the students to participate, so the numbers definitely won’t be low, rest assured."

Oh?

Yan Sansi seemed to recall a news piece reporting this issue, though short, lasting only a few tens of seconds, but still left an impression.

In this case, a few hundred participants would indeed be possible for a competition.

Yan Sansi asked, "Dean Lu, can I ask what the main focus is for your youth palace?"

Lu Jiu responded, "Of course it’s traditional Chinese medicine, although we’ll include cultural elements, and later on if conditions permit, we’ll add martial arts, similar to a Wudang Mountain summer camp, emphasizing civilizing the spirit and strengthening the body."

"The children in Huaxia should understand traditional culture and TCM, as these can help manage mental stress and physical issues. Learning these things lays a solid foundation; though these skills might not earn much money, they help children better adapt to society after graduating."

This Yan Sansi strongly agreed with.

He was a young father with a five-year-old son.

His sister, a few years older, had a son in the fourth grade.

Recently, she talked about children at school, mentioning that a few years ago, every year there was a middle school student who jumped off a building, and this year there was even an elementary school kid.

The reason was unfinished homework followed by scolding from the teacher; during recess, the child went to the rooftop and jumped.

For Yan Sansi, this was an unfathomable act, as getting rebuked for incomplete homework was common in their childhood, sometimes accompanied by physical punishment, and insulting slaps, which happened regularly.

Back then, nearly no one committed suicide for such reasons, though it undeniably left permanent psychological scars.

For some reason, Yan Sansi always felt today’s kids are more mentally fragile than before.

Perhaps it’s because they’re overly protected, or maybe school and home pressure is too high.

In any case, youth suicide rates are rising, an undeniable fact.

If traditional culture and TCM can promote children’s overall health, any parent would be eager for their children to learn.

For Yan Sansi, whether or not his child is outstanding isn’t crucial, as long as the child is happy and healthy.

"Dean Lu, I want to ask you a favor too," Yan Sansi said.

Lu Jiu was taken aback, "Yes, go ahead."

Yan Sansi smiled, "After your youth palace is established, can you reserve a spot for my child?"

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