Looking at dozens of people from top to bottom, Lin Xuan looked calm on the surface, but he was already a little anxious in his heart.
A total of 107 people in the town participated in the vitality assessment this year. The lower the ranking, the closer they are to failing.
What he didn't know was that his son Lin Xiaotian had already seen the result immediately, so he kept his head buried after hearing Huang Er's words.
One father and one son, one is looking at it from the beginning...
But the other person started reading from the end.
After a while, Lin Xuan's pupils finally shrank as he glanced down the names on the list and saw a few dazzling characters at the end of the list.
"Lin Xiaotian, no rating, failed the assessment.".
In the entire list, a total of thirty-four people failed.
And Lin Xiaotian not only ranked last among those who failed the assessment, he didn't even get a rating!
Looking at those big characters that felt like a stab to his heart, Lin Xuan's sharp face turned livid.
"Oh, Lao Lin, this is really a pity. Your fat guy is just a little bit worse..."
Beside him, Huang Er deliberately lengthened his tone and volume in an eccentric manner.
The sound quickly spread around, and it was obvious that he wanted everyone present to hear it on purpose.
"Pfft... It's so funny that there are still unrated ones. Even if I take the exam, I'd probably be at this level."
"Don't say that. He seems to be a fat man from the old Lin family. Please save some face."
"What are you afraid of? He, Lin Xuan, has no ability..."
Huang Er's sharp voice successfully attracted the attention of many people. When everyone saw the last few words on the list, they couldn't help laughing.
"I say, Lao Lin, don't be discouraged. Let your fat son eat more and build up his strength in the future. He will inherit your mantle and won't starve to death."
"After all, no one will take over the chores in this town from you and your son, right?"
"Haha, that's true."
After attracting people who were watching the fun, Huang Er deliberately pretended to be joking and laughed with the people next to him. The joking meaning in his words could not be stronger.
Lin Xiaotian, who was standing behind, raised his head slightly and saw veins bulging on the surface of his father's tightly clenched fist.
Huang Er and others naturally saw this scene.
But they are not afraid of Lin Xuan getting angry. A good-for-nothing father with no vitality and a good-for-nothing son who doesn't even have an assessment rating are not enough to scare them.
"Walk!"
However, just when everyone thought that Lin Xuan would refute them and even hesitate to take action, Lin Xuan just snorted coldly, then pulled Lin Xiaotian and endured the ridicule from around him again, and squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty.
Lin Xiaotian was painfully grabbed by his father's iron-like hands, but he did not dare to say anything and followed him away with a pale face.
Not far from the street intersection, a girl looked at Lin Xiaotian who was being dragged away, her eyes full of worry until the figures of the Lin family father and son turned around the intersection and disappeared from sight.
"Girl, don't be stunned, quickly fill the buns for the guests."
Beside the girl, a white-haired old woman saw that the girl was distracted and reminded her gently.
Hearing this, the girl quickly came to her senses, turned over an oil paper bag in her hand, quickly put a few buns into it and sealed it, while bowing to the guest to express her apology.
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The sun sets in the west, and the remaining rays of the setting sun shine through the square lattice gaps of the wooden windows into this extremely simple wooden house.
The furnishings in the wooden house are very simple, with two hard beds, a large pot, and several dishes scattered on the wooden table in the center.
The most numerous ones were the empty wine jars piled up into a hill in the corner.
At this time, Lin Xiaotian was kneeling motionless beside the piled wine jars.
Lin Xuan was sitting at the round table, with a wine jar in his left hand and a wine bowl in his right hand, without any food or dishes, just drinking wine.
"It shouldn't, it shouldn't..."
After drinking a bowl, he sighed, his tone full of doubts and unwillingness.
"Tian'er, have you tried your best?"
After the three jars of wine were finished, Lin Xuancai, who had been talking about it for a long time, drunkenly turned his face to Lin Xiaotian who was kneeling in the corner.
"Father, I..., I tried my best."
His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and Lin Xiaotian answered tremblingly.
boom!!!
"You bastard, you tried your best? You tried your best!!!"
The wine jar in his hand was slammed to the ground, and Lin Xuan, who had always been calm, suddenly yelled, and excitedly stepped forward to lift up Lin Xiaotian, who weighed more than 200 kilograms.
"I have sent you to the Yuanqi Academy in the town to practice for more than ten years, but you didn't even get a rating. You told me that you tried your best?"
"Let's not talk about Huang Er's son Huang Daqiang. Show me the daughter of Hu Han San's family on East Street. Others are two years younger than you, but she was admitted to the Xinwu Yuanqi Academy with the strength of the third level of Qi refining!"
"Also, Old Man Liu's son, who is the same age as you, also entered the Xiaoxiang Yuanqi Academy with the fifth level of Qi Refining!"
"besides……"
With his face flushed, Lin Xuan spit out many names on the list in one breath, as if he had recited them countless times!
Lin Xiaotian, on the other hand, kept his head buried deeply and said nothing.
"Haha, alas, that's all..."
After reading for a long time, looking at the son in front of him who always lowered his head and was scolded silently, Lin Xuan smiled bitterly several times and then let go of Lin Xiaotian's collar.
Why?
Why?
Why does my son always look so cowardly...
"That's all, just treat it like raising a piece of trash..."
A careless sound of trash slowly floated into Lin Xiaotian's ears, causing the young man to raise his head slightly.
"Go away, I don't have a good-for-nothing son like you."
The next moment, words mixed with countless disappointments faintly floated out of Lin Xuan's mouth.
"Dad, I..."
"piss off!!!"
Lin Xiaotian was about to speak, but he was so frightened by Lin Xuan's roar that he trembled all over and hurriedly rolled and crawled out of the cabin.
"I'm sorry Qianxue, our son is useless after all..."
Looking at his son staggering away, Lin Xuan raised his head and sighed, and once again tore the seal off a jar of wine... This chapter has been completed!