Tang Ying quickly filled in her information and the location of the funeral.
"I wish you a pleasant service!"
Su Chen gave Tang Ying a deep gaze and nodded.
Every time they signed a contract, the next time they saw each other, it would be at the funeral.
The second deal was done!
After he left the hospital, he rode his motorcycle back to the shop.
The system's voice then rang out:
[ Ding! The host has initiated the first special funeral service! ]
[Service items: 199 Yuan! Suona funeral service, A hundred birds paying homage to the Phoenix!]
[Receiving special funeral service. The destination is remote. Please pay attention to arranging the itinerary in advance!]
Su Chen began to organize Tang Ying's information. Only then did he realize that the funeral location she had set seemed to be in a remote town.
No wonder even the system had reminded him that the location was remote.
It was indeed some distance away.
The more small towns that were not affected by the prosperity of the city, the more profound and pure the heritage of this traditional culture was. Thinking back to when Su Chen mentioned the traditional song... it was as if Tang Ying's eyes had lit up. It was a look of surprise and yearning! It was rare that she clearly understood the significance of the Suona funeral and that particular song.
Customers who ordered funeral services did not have much time left.
As Su Chen packed his documents, he began to prepare for his journey.
...
In the hospital, Su Chen had just left not long ago.
A doctor in a white coat walked in with a solemn expression and asked Tang Ying,
"Your current condition is not optimistic. You will be in danger at any moment. Are you sure you want to insist on being discharged?"
"Ahem, I am very well aware of my condition. I won't waste the country's medical resources!"
Tang Ying coughed with a pained expression and forced a smile.
Her condition was deteriorating day by day. She knew very well that her body would not be able to hold on for much longer. Staying in the hospital would only be a waste of resources.
Xiao Nian, who was at the side, opened her eyes in a daze. When she heard that she was going to be discharged from the hospital, she immediately blinked in anticipation!
To the child, she still could not understand the meaning of the conversation between the two of them. She naively thought that being discharged from the hospital meant that her illness was going to be cured.
"An illness that could have been cured a long time ago, yet you have been..."
The Doctor had a good understanding of Tang Ying's illness. It was not something that had happened in a day or two. He had already reminded her to take good care of her illness a few years ago. At that time, she could have turned her situation around, but who knew that she would disregard him completely. She powered through the pain with painkillers. She clearly had a stomach problem, but she often ate irregularly.
He could not be bothered to attempt convincing such an irresponsible patient.
The illness had developed to such a stage that no one was even interested in seeing the result. It did not matter whether she was hospitalized or not at this point in time.
Very soon, after the discharge procedures were completed, Tang Ying was discharged.
Bai Xiaonian walked out of the hospital with Tang Ying skipping happily beside her.
Her big, watery eyes were filled with curiosity as she looked at the world outside the hospital.
Having lived in a remote village since she was young, she rarely came into contact with the environment of the city.
"The world outside is very vast. You have to study hard and walk out of the mountains!"
Sensing the twinkle in Xiaonian's eyes, Tang Ying patted her little head and said with a kind smile.
She had already said this to countless children.
The world outside was beautiful. She wanted to use education to let every child in the remote and impoverished areas walk out there with confidence. She could not let the mountains and poverty become an obstacle in the way of children yearning for the world!
After a few hours of rough traveling, the two finally returned to the school in the mountain village.
This area was very poor. There was only one school in all the villages, and it was the only school in the entire Huayi Town.
Xiaonian went back.
Tang Ying dragged her exhausted body back to the principal's office. Her face became even paler.
Her coughing also became more intense.
On the desk in front of her, there were a few photos. One of the black-and-white photos was particularly obvious.
This was a photo of her lover.
After her lover passed away, she came here voluntarily. Unexpectedly, she had been here for 18 years.
Feeling weak all over, she sat on the chair and took out the painkillers in the drawer.
She took two pills.
At this time, the voices of two intern teachers came from the street outside the office.
The younger female teacher, Xiao Ai.
She was holding a slightly yellowed textbook in her hand. As she walked in the corridor, she said dejectedly,
"Sigh, the conditions here are far more difficult than I thought. I really don't know how the principal survived for eighteen years!"
Behind her was another intern male teacher, Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin was also holding a yellowed textbook, but its condition was slightly better. He comforted her.
"I heard that when she first came here, this school didn't even exist. Every family's children remained schoolless. It was all because of her that she went to the village to raise funds and managed to pull this school up. Our current conditions are much better than the principal's back then!"
"I really don't want to stay here anymore! The environment is bad, the conditions are harsh, and the facilities are lacking. Even the parents feel that they don't need us! To be honest, I feel that the principal is just dreaming. What makes me feel the most disappointed are those children who have already left town. Have any of them come back to help?"
Xiao Ai pursed her lips. She somewhat regretted her decision to come here to support the teachers.
The conditions were too harsh.
Xiao Lin, who was beside her, was already used to her complaints.
The conditions here were very harsh. Many people were unwilling to come here to teach. If she really wanted to leave, she would have left long ago.
Even though he knew that it was an unintentional remark, Xiao Lin could not help but remind her:
"You're just being pessimistic. Let the children walk out of the mountain and pursue their own dreams. That's all we ever wished of them!"
At that moment,
A cough came from the principal's office.
The two of them were shocked. The principal was back?
They quickly walked into the principal's office and found Tang Ying sitting on the office chair. She did not look well.
"Principal Tang, why did you suddenly come back? I remember the Doctor said that you had to rest for another half a year. Did you not listen to the doctor again?"
Xiao Ai asked with a worried face.
As she spoke, she poured a cup of hot water for Tang Ying from the Thermos flask at the side.
"Principal Tang, you should take good care of your body. Nothing is more important than your body!"
Xiao Lin also had a worried look on his face. He knew that Principal Tang's body had always been in poor health.
It was very tiring to work hard every day without complaint.
As for the matter of the terminal stage of cancer, Tang Ying never once told anyone.
"I'm fine. I've been in the hospital for half a month. I've been worried: How are the children doing recently?"
When Tang Ying mentioned the children, her gaze turned gentle.
Every day that she stayed in the hospital to fight against the illness felt like a year. Forever concerned about the children's current situation, she could not put her heart at ease.
As she spoke, she took something out of her drawer.
"Don't worry. With Xiao Ai and I around, the children are doing well! Also, the issue of the college entrance examination funds for the new batch of children in our school has also been resolved!"
Xiao Lin said with a smile. He was usually very trustworthy and reliable when it came to handling matters.
Beside him, Xiao Ai also nodded happily.
When she heard this, Tang Ying's hand slowed down, but she still took out a stack of money that she had long prepared in the drawer.
She quickly asked the two of them,
"When you called the day before yesterday, didn't you tell me that you were still lacking some money? How did you solve it?"
As the children around them were from poor families, their ages were all different.
This resulted in not only them being primary school students, but also middle school and high school students.
All along, the college entrance examination could not be carried out in these poor villages and towns. They had to go to the county.
The fees for the children's information and the travel expenses for the registration were all huge expenses that were difficult to handle!
Recently, in order to raise this amount of money, Tang Ying and the two teachers had been thinking of various ways.
The money in the drawer had been obtained from the liquidation of her lover's belongings and was prepared to be handed over to the children.
Who would have thought that the two of them would suddenly say that it had been settled?
Xiao Lin nodded and explained,
"Yes. Just yesterday, we suddenly received three million yuan from the county's charity organization. Not only did it solve the funding problem, but it also relieved a lot of pressure on the school's various expenses!"
"Good! Good! That's good!"
Upon listening to his explanation, Tang Ying said 'good' three times in a row.
Over the past few days, this sum of money had been pressing down on her chest like a huge rock, making it hard for her to breathe.
The huge rock in her heart had finally vanished!
With that thought in mind, the breath that she had been holding on to finally disappeared.
At that moment, she forced herself to stand up, trembling.
Unexpectedly..,
in the next moment, her vision went black and she collapsed!
The two intern teachers beside her immediately panicked!
"Principal!"
"Principal Tang, Wake up!"
"Quick, send her to the hospital!"
...