Chapter 119 Did You Cheate?
Fate did not let this poor family off. The incident involving the youngest daughter and second son caused their family to be pointed at in the local community. The eldest daughter and youngest son were isolated at school. In the end, both children did not continue their studies and dropped out of school early.
The eldest daughter couldn't find a good marriage partner, and ended up marrying a man who was so poor that he only had one pair of trousers left. Over several years, she gave birth to four or five children, all of whom cried for food, making the already poor family even worse.
The younger son couldn't find a good job and was often criticized. He couldn't stand it and had a fight with someone. Finally, he became a crew member. Being a crew member is very hard work. You have to drift on the sea for years. You don't know when you will encounter a storm or pirates and lose your life. The old man naturally didn't want his son to do such a dangerous job, but being a crew member also makes a lot of money. With the support of the younger son, the family's life was much better in those years. Even the eldest daughter could support them a little, so they could make ends meet.
Gradually, the family accepted this fact, and their lives became better and better. However, they did not expect that misfortune would once again befall this poor family.
The younger son went out to sea once and never came back. It was said that the ship encountered a big storm at sea and sank to the bottom of the sea with all the people on board.
Once again, the elderly saw their young die, and the couple could not bear the blow and both collapsed.
They all couldn't just close their eyes like that.
But I can’t.
There is a silly kid in the family. If they all leave, who will take care of him?
Rely on the eldest daughter?
Their eldest daughter depends on them for support, and their own lives are in a mess. They cannot and dare not die.
But they are old after all, and no one is willing to hire them. Even with their youngest son's pension, it is not much, so they can only make a living by picking up garbage.
Well, a fortune teller in the island province heard about his family's situation from somewhere, and thought that his life was full of misfortunes and that he was a good candidate for fortune telling, so he promised to give the old man some money and let him be a volunteer. The old man saw that there was money to be made and that his round-trip fare and meals were covered, so he agreed immediately.
"Three minutes have passed. Please leave immediately."
Lin Zhixian had just finished reading the old man's life when he heard the voice of the staff.
Lin Zhixian subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the old man, who was still looking into the distance with a numb expression, as if his heart was already dead.
Lin Zhixian's heart was filled with various emotions, which eventually turned into a silent sigh.
She decisively let go of the old man's hand, stood up, bowed to him, and left.
This is a poor man whose back was bent by fate, but he was also a hero who once took up a gun, rushed to the front, bravely killed the enemy, and defended his country.
Lin Zhixian was not afraid that Lin Zhiya and the others would see his attitude and guess the old man's identity.
She just felt that she couldn't help the old man much, but at least she could give him the respect he deserved.
Sure enough, seeing Lin Zhixian's actions, Chang Chunning and Zhou Chuanyi couldn't help but think deeply. Lin Zhiya sneered secretly, thinking that Lin Zhixian was really good at acting.
What is there for a poor, crippled old man to bow for?
"Pretending." Lin Zhiya sneered softly.
Lin Zhixian ignored her. After leaving No. 8, she left the volunteer side with a pen and paper, found a table at the edge of the stadium and sat down, replaying the image she had just seen over and over in her mind.
More than ten minutes passed before Lin Zhixian finally sorted out the life of Mr. No. 8.
My emotions calmed down.
When she looked up, she saw Chang Chunning standing in front of her. Lin Zhixian was stunned: "Brother Chang, why are you here? Is it over?"
"Yeah." Chang Chunning found a table next to her and sat down, then turned to look at her: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. What could possibly happen to me?" Lin Zhixian was puzzled.
She just felt a little sad because of her old man's miserable life.
But she also knew in her heart that life is full of different situations, and not everyone has a smooth life. There are always some people who have a hard time but are as tenacious as weeds.
"That's good." Chang Chunning didn't say much, just said: "The competition will end in ten minutes, let's write down the calculation results and hand them in."
"Okay." Lin Zhixian finally understood why Chang Chunning came to see her. He was afraid that she would not write down the results and would be late for the competition because he saw her in a daze.
Lin Zhixian thought of this and said quickly, "Thank you, Senior Brother Chang."
Chang Chunning's dark face flushed a little, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Don't be so polite."
Lin Zhixian said no more to Chang Chunning. He lowered his head, took out a new piece of paper, and wrote down the calculation results he had sorted out earlier on the paper one by one.
After all, this was different from her previous fortune-telling. She couldn't write in too much detail, but she had to make the facts clear, so she needed to process the language.
Ten minutes later, Lin Zhixian and Chang Chunning completed their calculations one after another and handed in their papers together.
Before Lin Zhixian and Chang Chunning handed in their papers, Lin Zhiya got there first.
Lin Zhiya stood aside and smiled, "Lin Zhixian, Chang Chunning, why did you two sit there together just now? Were you there to communicate with each other and fill in the gaps?"
What she meant was that Lin Zhixian was afraid of losing to her, so he asked Chang Chunning for help and asked Chang Chunning to tell her the results of his calculations, and she won the victory by the strength of the two of them.
Hearing this, Lin Zhixian turned to look at Lin Zhiya: "Lin Zhiya, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to accuse Chang Chunning and I of cheating by exchanging our calculation results with each other?"
Lin Zhiya held up her hands: "I didn't say that, you said it yourself, you wouldn't really do that, would you?"
After what happened with Zhu Yingying, Lin Zhiya knew that she shouldn't make up rumors, so she spoke in such a veiled way.
Lin Zhixian glanced at her calmly and said, "If you have any doubts, you can report us to the organizers and ask a videographer to play the video of me and Senior Brother Chang writing for everyone to see if we really cheated."
Chang Chunning added, "There are still so many spectators here. If you are still worried, Lin Zhiya, you can ask the spectators here to see if anyone really saw us cheating."
Because of the bet, Lin Zhixian and the other three were the focus of the program crew. There was a cameraman following them, and there were also several cameras in the office area to prevent cheating.
It was impossible for Lin Zhiya to accuse them of cheating, and she was easily exposed.
Lin Zhiya said angrily: "I didn't say you cheated, you said it yourself."