Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1289 My Foreign Friend's Summer Vacation (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

The students reluctantly dispersed only after the school bell rang again, and Fang Yan finally escaped from the crowd.

There were just too many people. He had originally planned to go find Hosseini and the others, but they ended up surrounding him until now.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yan headed towards the teaching building again. The international class was easy to find, and Fang Yan quickly arrived at their door.

The international class, which used to be quite lively, is now at least a quarter fewer in number. None of the Vietnamese students have returned. With so many of them, it's easy to tell that the class is missing once the number of students drops.

When Fang Yan appeared at the classroom door, the teacher, who had just entered the classroom, was also stunned for a moment, and then the whole class looked at Fang Yan.

Hosseou Miranda, Karl Schneider, Anna Kowalski, Jan Novak, Milos Popovic—these people are already in the class.

Hossué was the first to stand up and say to the teacher:

"Teacher, they're looking for me!"

The teachers at the school knew that Fang Yan and these people were doing international business. Earning foreign exchange was of paramount importance, so he immediately nodded and let Hosué follow them out. Milos also raised his hand, saying that he had also come to see him, since he was the one who facilitated the business in Yugoslavia, and they were still shipping goods there.

Carl, Anna, and Yang also wanted to go out together, so they immediately raised their hands.

The teacher didn't even let them speak, and immediately waved his hand, telling them all to go out and see Fang Yan.

"Dear Fang, we meet again!" Anna immediately gave Fang Yan a hug and a cheek kiss.

The others also gave him enthusiastic hugs. After Fang Yan greeted them one by one, Hossué said to Fang Yan:

"We originally wanted to come and see you, but you seem to have been too busy lately, so we didn't want to bother you."

He said in dialect:

"Thank you for your understanding. I just happened to be at the school today to take care of some things, so I came to find you."

Yang, standing to the side, asked:
"Why haven't you been attending classes? Have you already graduated?"

Fang Yan said with a smile:

"That's true in a sense."

This surprised everyone. Anna said:
"My God, you've completed five years' worth of courses in just one semester?"

The first to react was Hossué, who reminded everyone:

"No, have you forgotten that he's taking the postgraduate entrance exam? He must have passed it, right?"

“That’s right!” Fang Yan nodded.

Then everyone realized that they had heard the news before the holiday, but it had been so long that they had all forgotten about it, except for Hosseille.

"So you'll be studying at the university as a graduate student, right?" Hosseille asked Fang Yan.

Nodding in dialect:

"Well, that's right."

Anna asked in dialect:

"What do graduate students research? How is it different from our coursework?"

Fang Yan shook his head and said:

"Classes haven't started yet, so we don't know the specific course schedule, but it should be quite different."

"If you are interested at that time, I can share our course with you."

Hossué immediately shook his head upon hearing the dialect.

"We might not even understand what we're learning now, let alone anything more advanced."

Then he quickly changed the subject, saying:

"Leaving aside academics, all the Vietnamese students in our class are gone now, which is fantastic news, hahaha..."

"Not being able to see those annoying guys has made me feel a lot better."

At this moment, Milos asked Fang Yan, "By the way, I heard they're targeting your people back home, is that right?"

Fang Yan nodded:

“That’s right. Just a few days ago I received a group of overseas Chinese who had returned from there. The least they had was their property confiscated. Some of them were in more serious situations, their lives were threatened, and some were separated from their families. There is still no news of them.”

Milos said:

"I think this behavior must be condemned; they are being ungrateful!"

"You have helped so much and provided so much assistance. Even the schools invest a lot of resources in them every year, but this is how they are treated. This is not something a normal person would do."

Fang Yan said to Milos:

"Thank you for thinking that way, my friend."

This friend from Yugoslavia is now the only one of the five people with whom he has business dealings. The others have either never discussed business with him or their people back home are not interested in cooperating.

Milos smiled and nodded, then asked:

"Yesterday I saw a banner hanging at the school gate. Was it welcoming the Japanese?"

Nodding in dialect:

"Our TCM products are going to enter the Japanese market, so we have some cooperation with companies in Japan. We were discussing cooperation yesterday. If you have similar ideas, we can talk to you too. It's different from the previous model. Before, we supplied directly. Now we cooperate with Japanese companies to sell our products."

After he finished speaking, Milos agreed:
“That’s interesting…maybe I can talk to the people back home.”

Fang Yan said with a smile:

"If it works out, we'll give you a commission..."

Milos laughed:

"Haha, then I'll have to use all my strength."

Then everyone chatted for a while. They were very interested in what Fang Yan was busy with during the summer vacation, and Fang Yan was also interested in what they were busy with.

After all, I've never experienced the lives of these foreign children of officials.

Anna attended several gatherings organized by her mother in Poland, mainly to introduce the traditional Chinese medicine she encountered while studying in China, and how it might help grassroots healthcare. She also did what she wanted to do, such as going on horseback riding vacations.

Karl was from East Germany. After returning home, he stayed at his family's factory and brought back twenty microscopes produced by the factory for the school.

As for Yang, he was originally from Czechoslovakia, but after returning home he went to Switzerland for vacation. There he had an uncle who was a Chinese medicine enthusiast, and the two of them were studying Chinese medicine there. Fang Yan thought they were treating patients, but they were actually studying the discontinuous history of Chinese medicine.

During the Wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was constant warfare and social unrest. Many families of physicians were displaced, and some family-inherited medical skills and secret recipes were lost.

The Yuan Dynasty's culture and customs differed greatly from those of the Central Plains, and it placed far less emphasis on traditional Chinese medicine than previous dynasties. Mongolian doctors dominated the Imperial Medical Academy, limiting the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Years of warfare plunged the people into poverty, forcing many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine to abandon their practice.

In addition, Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty issued a decree that permanently shut down the acupuncture department of the Imperial Medical Academy.

Fang Yan was surprised that her uncle, Yang, who loved traditional Chinese medicine, was so knowledgeable about Chinese history.

As for Milos, he was accompanying his father on political activities.

Hosseoué didn't go back to his country; instead, he went to Hong Kong to have fun. His Chinese teacher's friend took him around there, and he had a blast all summer long—arguably the one who had the most fun.

Fang Yan chatted with these friends until the end of get out of class. Seeing that it was almost time, she said goodbye and invited them to her home for dinner on the weekend.

They all readily agreed.

Fang Yan then ran next door to prepare to go home with An Dong.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance, I saw a Jeep stop.

A voice on the bus called out to him:
"Hey! Director!?"

Fang Yan turned around and said in surprise:
"Old He?!"

PS: I've gained another 100 monthly votes, so after finishing this chapter I still owe everyone 28000 words. There will be more this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)