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Birth of Adeline Yen Mah
She was born. -
Nai Nai died
Nai Nai died from massive strock -
Moved to Shanghai
Adeline went to the railroad station to board a train to Shanghai -
First day at a new school
Adeline went to a new school in Shanghai where she knew nobody -
Family reunion
Rest of Adeline's family came to Shanghai -
Chinses New Year
A tailor came to the Yen's house to measure everyone for new outfits. -
PLT died
Mr and Mrs Huang came to visit the Yen's house to give them baby chicks.PLT was Adeline's chick and she loved her dearly.One day, her father wanted to test if their dog was obedient and took PLT.In the end,PLT died -
Big Sister's Wedding
Big Sister was introduced to Samuel,the son of Dr Sung and who was Nai Nai's doctor.Soon, she was engaged to Samuel. -
Communists
The Communists were already in control of Manchuria and were advancing rapidly southwards towards Beijing and Tianjin when Father and Niang took Adeline to Tianjin. -
Class President
Adeline was voted Class President by her peers -
Boarding school in Tianjin
Adeline was sent to a school,St Joseph's, in Tianjin by Niang. -
Hong Kong
Adeline's Aunt Reine took her out of school and is taking her to Hong Kong -
Pneumonia
Adeline's headache worsened and ended up in the hospital as she had a fever and coughed up some blood -
Play-writing Competition
Adeline decided to take part in a play-writing competition as she was inspired by Ye Ye's exhortations -
Ye Ye's death
Adeline was fetched home to attend her Ye Ye's funeral -
Achievement
Adeline was fetched home.She was praised by her father for winning the award and her father allowed her to go to university with Third Brother to study medicine