Chapter 279: Chapter 258: Zhi Zhi as a Teammate

As the rhythmic drumming began to rise, the middle-aged and elderly participants (with a few teenagers mixed in) formed a circle to start the game of passing the flower while the drum played.

The college student playing the drum seemed like an expert, controlling the rhythm exceptionally well.

Initially, the group was there for the eggs, but as the game continued, the atmosphere became lively.

The red flower was passed down one after another, and when the drum stopped, a female college student would come out with a microphone to ask questions, which were all basic legal knowledge questions that anyone who paid attention could answer.

After answering, the participants would either advance or be eliminated. As the circle grew smaller, the number of people advancing increased.

The remaining teams were those who hadn’t received the flower yet.

Granny Zheng’s and Granny Sun’s teams were still among them.

Granny Sun panicked as more and more people advanced. She initially thought it would be enough to pull in her elder grandson, but every time the drum stopped, the red flower wasn’t in her hand.

Granny Sun was entirely focused on her elder grandson and the five hundred yuan, not realizing the full rules of the game. Seeing so many people advancing while the flower hadn’t reached their team once, she became anxious.

When the flower finally reached her hand again, Granny Sun clutched it tightly, not letting go even though the drum hadn’t stopped.

She was determined to force her team to answer a question.

Standing next to Granny Sun, Granny Zheng couldn’t help but urge, “The drum hasn’t stopped yet, pass the flower along!”

Granny Sun kept a stern face and didn’t respond.

Granny Zheng was getting annoyed, “Why aren’t you following the rules? They said the flower can only stop when the drum stops!”

Granny Sun shouted, “Then blame the drum! As soon as it stops, once my grandson answers the question, I’ll give it to you!”

“They haven’t stopped the flower with us for so long; who knows if they’re doing it on purpose!”

“I can’t give it to you!”

Granny Sun clearly didn’t intend to reason, clutching the red flower tightly in her hand.

Granny Zheng wasn’t one to back down either. Having Granny Sun participate in a middle-aged and elderly event with her grandson was already excessive, and now this.

She rolled up her sleeves, ready to argue with Granny Sun.

The female college student in the center saw that the drum hadn’t stopped and the scene was getting chaotic; she was visibly weary.

Especially seeing that it was the same grandma who brought her grandson in, she felt even more numb. The rightful source is novel fire.net

She was about to step in and reason, but a collaborating village official pulled her aside.

“Forget it, don’t go there. Just ask a question. If they can’t answer, they’re eliminated. There’s no helping it with so many people from the village, especially the elderly!”

The person pulling her seemed to know Granny Sun well.

The female college student, feeling helpless, took a step back and signaled the drum to stop momentarily, presenting a question to Granny Sun’s team.

Granny Sun cheerfully pushed out her elder grandson to answer the question.

The first round’s questions were quite simple, and since Granny Sun’s grandson had attended university, answering correctly wasn’t hard for him.

Granny Zheng, nearby, was somewhat unhappy with this concession, but since someone from their village was helping with the event, she didn’t push further after being persuaded a little.

The atmosphere got tenser as the game of passing the flower progressed, with fewer participants and quicker rounds of advancement or elimination.

Granny Zheng’s team had previously divided the memory priorities among its four members before participating, so they quickly answered a question correctly and advanced.

The first round ended with over half the participants remaining. The difficulty increased in the second round.

Besides the increased game difficulty, the questions also became more complex. By the second round’s end, more than half were eliminated.

Then came the third round.

A female college student asked questions and explained legal knowledge until only three teams remained: Granny Sun’s, Granny Ping’s (who brought her high school granddaughter), and Granny Zheng’s.

Among the three teams, only Granny Zheng’s was composed fully of elderly participants.

Their team made it this far mainly because of Granny Zheng, who was known for her tenacity in the area when younger, and now, even in her senior years, she hated to lose. After each game round, while others watched, she buried herself in the promotional materials given by the organizers, memorizing them word by word.

The fact that she made it this far was surprising enough.

Granny Zheng was preparing for the final round when unexpectedly, another team member approached her with some difficulty:

“Old Zheng, I’m afraid I can’t participate later. Perhaps you should find someone else?”

The member looked younger than Granny Zheng and spoke hesitantly. When Granny Zheng looked up, she helplessly gestured towards Granny Sun, making a pointed look.

Granny Zheng immediately understood.

This year, Granny Sun’s family contracted an area for farming, and several attendees had relatives working there, so naturally, they wouldn’t offend Granny Sun over a game.

Granny Zheng had no direct ties with Granny Sun, but since it involved people’s livelihoods, she couldn’t intervene.

With one member gone, the remaining three couldn’t participate, causing Granny Zheng a headache.

Having reached this point, she was unwilling to give up.

Her eyes scanned the crowd before settling on a girl in a matching outfit on the outskirts.

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Ji Xizhi was standing by the event organizers, flipping through a small booklet on legal cases. The prepared materials, complete with enlarged text and sketch illustrations, were clear and detailed.

After glancing through it, Ji Xizhi checked the time, planning to continue her work cleaning the beach.

But before she could leave the crowd, she was stopped again by an eager Granny Zheng.

Worried Ji Xizhi would leave, Granny Zheng quickly said, “Hey! Miss, our team is short one person. Would you mind joining us for the final round? You can have my share of any prize!”

Many at the event had some connection to Granny Sun’s family, and with Ji Xizhi looking unfamiliar, Granny Zheng instinctively looked to her for help.

Ji Xizhi was holding a sack, intending to get to work, but she hadn’t gotten a word out before…

Granny Zheng swiftly took the sack from Ji Xizhi, “I see you’re wearing a red armband, you must be newly hired for garbage collection. It’s too sunny at the beach. I’ll find someone to help!”

Without waiting for Ji Xizhi’s response, Granny Zheng handed the sack to another granny, having sorted it all out.

Ji Xizhi’s filming PD was hidden in the crowd capturing both Ji Xizhi and the legal awareness event, strategically avoiding their faces. Granny Sun and Granny Zheng’s dispute, however, was heard clearly by the live stream audience.

When Granny Zheng sought Ji Xizhi’s help, the audience showed enthusiastic support.

[Let Zhi Zhi join! This sneaky bias makes me furious!]

[To be honest, Granny is really thinking of Zhi Zhi, wanting her on the team!]

[It’s not a bad idea! If the elder grandson can join, so can Zhi Zhi, Granny, hold on tight to Zhi Zhi’s hand. She’s sure to win!]

The audience urged her on.

Just as Granny Sun dealt with Peace Granny’s team, she turned to see Granny Zheng regrouping. She immediately protested,

“How can you switch people now? Don’t join with fewer members. It’s the final round; changing now is unfair!”

Granny Sun intended to disrupt Granny Zheng’s attempt to recruit help with her outburst.

To her surprise, the person Granny Zheng chose responded positively.

With only her bright eyes visible, Ji Xizhi listened to Granny Sun and calmly nodded, agreeing, “Indeed, my joining would make the game unfair.”

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