1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 143: "East City Secret Scroll" and Another Bad News

To solve the problem of teacher shortage, we first mobilized the teachers in our school.

Xia Tian was still very popular in school, and he called several teachers to his office...

"Teacher XX, I'll ask you to go to my office in the summer!"

After hearing the students' message, the teachers were all stunned: It's the opposite of Tian Gang~~~
"... Teachers, this is the situation, this is the situation. Many students hope for a set of reliable teaching materials like they hope for the sun... Please!"

Before that, Xia Tian told them about his ideas and plans, and also told them the results of contacting the publishing house for printing and publication and newspaper publicity.

He has already taken care of both aspects.

When the teachers heard this, they were like: Damn it! Pah, pah, pah, as a teacher, you can’t swear…but this is a book?!
Can we publish a book too?!
It is very suitable for our profession and is a teaching material specifically designed to help students learn and improve their grades... This, this is worth a try!

After six or seven teachers from our school got involved, Xia began to spread the influence through them to teachers from several other nearby schools.

Compiling teaching materials is definitely not an easy task.

It really requires an experienced teacher and a group of people to conduct multiple discussions and summaries.

Xia Tian gave some "suggestions" here. After all, he has used a lot of teaching materials, some focusing on after-school study and some focusing on the college entrance examination.

The college entrance examination these days was not as competitive as it is later, so the difficulty was much lower.

After giving some general frameworks and directions in the summer, the teachers quickly filled in the knowledge points, test points, review plans, etc.

The first draft of the math was out in less than a week.

To quote a certain teacher: There are only two types of math proof questions - one is "Does this need to be proved?", and the other is "Can this also be proved?".

The publishing house on the other hand also felt that what Mr. Jinghongke was doing was a good thing - if it was done, it would add a new business scope to the industry!

In terms of publicity, Xia Tian has already informed Fang Xiaoyan and asked her to follow the entire process and produce a series of reports in the end.

If this is accomplished, it can be used as a positive example for publicity across the country - it will help to enhance the positive image of education and teachers.

Fang Xiaoyan was so excited - I knew that following this guy, there would be no shortage of news!

Xia Tian has already started thinking about what to name this set of teaching materials?
It’s called “Dongzhi No. 10 Middle School College Entrance Examination Review Outline”?
The principal was happy to have the school name written on it, but isn’t that a bit too petty?
Or is it called "Dongcheng Secret Scroll"?
It sounds like some kind of secret manual for spiritual practice!

How about “Five Years of College Entrance Examinations: This Year’s Simulation”?
It has been exactly five years since the recovery in 78.
When this set of teaching materials is released, it will surely sell like hot cakes, and all the teachers who participate will benefit!
However, just when Xia Tian was busy helping Lao Miao increase his income and mend the relationship between the couple, suddenly a piece of bad news came - Milan's grandmother was hospitalized!
……

When Xia Tian arrived, grandma was already lying on the hospital bed, her face was very pale, and she was wearing an oxygen mask. There was an electrocardiogram machine working next to her...

Milan was so scared that she couldn't help crying when she saw Xia Tian.

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's okay." After comforting Milan, Xia Tian went to see the doctor to find out about the condition.

But the results were very bad.

"It's acute heart failure, very serious...you should be mentally prepared..."

Xia Tian's heart sank. In fact, when he saw his grandma in the ward, he already had a bad feeling.

Grandma's expression gave Xia Tian a very bad feeling.

At night, Xia Tian brought food to Milan and asked her to eat and rest aside while he stayed by her side.

Just then, grandma slowly opened her eyes and she finally woke up.

"Xiaotianer..."

"Grandma, I'm here."

Milan on the side also hurried over, and tears started flowing before she reached the bedside.

"Grandma..."

"Don't cry." Grandma's voice was very weak.

"It's an old illness that has lasted for almost ten years... It's lucky that I can hold on until now." Grandma's heart started to feel unwell a few years ago.

But at that time…she didn’t tell anyone.

Until now, I finally couldn't hold on any longer.

"Don't cry, grandma is over 70 years old, which is considered a long life. Now, I can rest assured..." Grandma grabbed Milan's hand and placed it in Xia Tian's hand.

After that, grandma fell into a coma again, and when she woke up she felt terrible. The lack of blood supply made her suffer a lot, as if she was suffocating and couldn’t breathe.

In the summer, I used my connections to talk to the doctor at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. He told me that ordinary medicines were no longer effective for my grandma's serious condition.

"…The only possibility is to go to the United States for a heart bypass surgery. This type of surgery cannot be performed in China at present." Although he didn't know whether grandma's current condition allowed her to take a plane, Xia Tian still called Lao Pai Luo as soon as possible.

Old Palo spent several hours determining the hospital and the procedure, and it is generally possible.

As a result, Xia Tian just returned to the hospital with this news, and saw grandma being pushed into the emergency room...

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In two months, Xia experienced two funerals.

Grandma's farewell ceremony was also very simple. Zhu Youguang and Old Man Sun also came to help. There were also some people who came to the funeral that Milan met for the first time.

However, Milan declined the help offered by these uncles and aunts, "Thank you, auntie, I can take care of myself now."

Milan, who had acted very strong at the funeral, broke down and cried at night.

Xia Tian was worried that day and did not go home. He heard a noise in the middle of the night and went to Milan's room. He saw her sitting in the corner, crying in suppressed emotion.

It seems like it was many years ago.

She raised her red and swollen eyes and looked at Xia Tian: "I have no relatives anymore."

Xia Tian walked over, half-knelt in front of her, and held her in his arms: "Yes, I am your relative."

It was not until Milan was tired of crying and fell asleep in Xia Tian's arms that Xia Tian picked her up and put her on the bed.

I lay down beside the bed and slept all night.

Xia stayed with Milan for the next few days and also took a leave from school.

Miao Wanqiu wanted to tell him about the progress of "East City Secret Scroll", but Dachun told him that a relative of his had passed away...

In the days that followed, Milan was very depressed, and Xia Tian stayed with her.

When it comes to things like the death of a loved one, it’s useless to persuade them; only time can bring comfort.

While sorting out the belongings left by my grandma, Xia Tian found an old notebook with many names written on it, but all of them were crossed out.

Xia Tian was a little strange. Milan took a look and said, "These are all grandma's friends..."

It turns out that this notebook of my grandma’s contains the names of her relatives and friends, and she puts a V on the name of anyone who has passed away.

Xia Tian looked at her for a long time: Does grandma have some mysterious job? Why does she look like the god of death?

"The Book of Friends in the Tomb"?!
But it can also be seen that grandma is indeed the longest-lived person in the circle of friends.

If it weren't for the blow of the death of her daughter and son-in-law, she would have lived longer.

Two days later, a fellow student from the Children's Palace told Xia Tian that Coach Liu was looking for him.

When I asked, I found out that the Sports Commission was about to hold the first national martial arts Sanda performance competition in Yanjing.

The first was a discussion meeting on Wushu Sanda, and the second was the formulation of a set of Wushu Sanda competition rules and refereeing laws.

Traditional martial arts in the past are not suitable for current sports competitions, so Sanda came into being.

It's easy to get started with this stuff. After three years of traditional martial arts, you're still laying the foundation, but after half a year of learning Sanda, you can start fighting. But there are no mature rules yet, especially if you plan to organize formal competitive events.

I don’t have the energy to sign up for the event right now in the summer, but it’s fine as a spectator.

It's a good opportunity to take Milan there to have a look, relax and divert his attention.

What can I say? The fight was too ugly! It was a mess.

It's not mature yet, and can even be said to be just starting out. You punched me and I kicked you, and in the end we both ended up fighting like a turtle.

Xia Tian: Fortunately I didn’t participate, otherwise it would have become a stain!
In order to help Milan relax, Xia Tian simply took her to the song and dance troupe, so that the sisters and friends could focus on their work.

"Ah, Xiaotian, who is this?!"

"This is Milan, my friend..."

Xia Tian played several songs for Milan, and a group of eavesdroppers outside the door saw it and thought - oh, no chance!
During the period, Aunt Wang, the deputy head of the group, also chatted with Xia Tian. She just looked at Milan for a few times and didn't ask many questions - why ask so many questions about young people's affairs?
However, she did share a piece of news: the first large-scale audio-visual publishing unit in China with group management, China Record Corporation, was established a few days ago.

The higher-ups brought together all the original record company's editorial and publishing agencies, record factories, and record distribution companies under the China Record Corporation.

It seems that our music industry needs to be vigorously developed...

(End of this chapter)