Destiny‘s Small Change

Old Wang is an honest pork vendor who gets up at three o'clock every morning, rain or shine. His biggest wish is to save enough money for his son to buy a small apartment in the city. The pork knuckles he sells are always a dime cheaper than others, and the neighbors like his small but heartwarming benefit.

That day, as usual, Old Wang tapped "34.00" on the electronic scale. He squinted, looked at the jumping numbers on the screen, and calculated today's harvest in his heart. A customer hurried over, glanced at the pork knuckles, and dropped a sentence: "WeChat transfer!"

Before Old Wang could respond, he heard a "ding" sound, and his mobile phone prompted that the payment had been received. He didn't look closely, but just focused on packing the pork knuckles for the customer.

When he closed the stall in the evening, Old Wang found that the transfer amount was actually 340000.00 yuan - three zeros more! He was so frightened that his hands shook, and he almost dropped his mobile phone on the ground.

"This...what should I do?" Old Wang panicked. He had never seen so much money in his life. He wanted to contact the customer, but found that the other party had already blocked him.

Old Wang didn't sleep all night. He thought for a while, maybe this was a gift from God, he could use this money to buy a house for his son, and even open a bigger butcher shop. He thought for a while, this money came from unknown sources, what if it was someone's life-saving money? His conscience was uneasy, and he tossed and turned.

The next day, Old Wang decided to call the police. The police quickly found the careless customer - a young man named Li Ming. Li Ming is an online anchor who has made a lot of money by live streaming, and is not very sensitive to numbers. After learning the truth, he was remorseful and thanked Old Wang repeatedly.

The story here seems to have a happy ending. Old Wang returned the extra money, Li Ming sent a banner, the media rushed to report, and Old Wang became a "model of integrity".

However, the script of fate is often more cunning than the most shrewd screenwriter.

Li Ming was questioned by netizens for "showing off his wealth" and "hype" because of this mistake, and the popularity of his live broadcast room plummeted. His competitors took the opportunity to add insult to injury, Li Ming's career suffered heavy losses, and he eventually went bankrupt.

Although Old Wang didn't lose anything, his life also changed subtly. He became a celebrity, and people kept coming to interview him and ask for a photo. His originally peaceful life was completely disrupted, he began to suffer from insomnia, and his mind was in a trance.

What Old Wang didn't expect was that his son felt that his father was "too honest" and "useless" because of this incident, and he ran away from home.

Old Wang sat in front of the empty meat stall, looking at the people coming and going on the street, feeling at a loss. He suddenly remembered the maze written by Borges, everyone walks on their own path, but never knows what they will encounter in the next moment.

The extra zeros were like a joke of fate, gently plucking the strings of several people's destinies, but triggering an unpredictable storm. And Old Wang, who originally just wanted to live a stable life, became the center of this storm.

He began to wonder, if he hadn't been so honest, if he had chosen silence, would everything have been different?

But there are no ifs in life, only results and consequences. Just like the plate of pork knuckles, without that dime, maybe the taste will not be much different, but for some people, that is the small change of fate, enough to change everything.