The old blind man looked for his daughter on the train from Ningyang to Hacheng for 30 years, but in the end he still didn't find it, which may be one of the "difficult to peace" of the whole play.
Even though the old blind man did his best to help Ma Kui and catch Liu Guiying, the trafficker who abducted and sold his daughter, they still did not know the whereabouts of his daughter.
Although the traffickers are so hateful, in order to ask the traffickers about his daughter's whereabouts, the old blind man still begged the traffickers to think more, think carefully, and give himself more information about his daughter.
For more than 30 years, human traffickers have become the only hope for the old blind man to find his daughter.
But now, even that little hope is completely lost. The pain gradually spread from the bottom of the old blind man's heart, like a torn wound, dripping with blood, this is really a heartbreaking pain. Suddenly, a violent dizziness struck, and the old blind man fell into an endless abyss as if dragged by a powerful force. The old blind man lost consciousness and fainted.
Where is the old blind man's daughter? In fact, there is an ambush in the play. But just because this line is too cruel, perhaps for fear that the audience will not accept it, it has not been explicitly stated, or it has simply been canceled.
Wang Xin asked the old blind man for some information about the old blind man's daughter, and this information directly hinted at the possible whereabouts of the old blind man's daughter.
In 1963, the old blind man's daughter was abducted and she was two years old at the time, which means that the old blind man's daughter was born in 1961.
Hearing this information, Wang Xin inadvertently expressed some thoughts: Thirty-four years old, about the same age as himself, it is estimated that he has also got married.
These words have a very obvious direction and can be seen as a hint.
Ma Yan, born in 1961, is Chinese New Year's Eve four years old today, one year younger than Wang Xin. Moreover, Ma Yan and Wang Xin had just started a family at this time!
However, saying that Ma Yan is not the biological daughter of Wang Sufang and Ma Kui, many people may not be able to accept it. That's the greatness of this show. The TV series portrays Ma Yan, Wang Sufang, and Ma Kui's family as a family like "blood is thicker than water" with various delicate expressions, and no one will believe that the daughter of such a family will be an adopted daughter.
However, regarding Ma Yan's identity as an adopted daughter, there are still very superb details in the play to give hints.
Do you still remember a scene when Ma Kui just picked up the abandoned baby Ma Jian? Ma Kui sat on the bench holding the baby, and the captain saw it and quickly said that Ma Kui held the child in the wrong way, Ma Kui asked back how to hold it, and with the help of the captain, Ma Kui learned the correct way to hold the baby.
If Ma Yan is Ma Kui's biological daughter, how could Ma Kui not hold his infant daughter once?
If Ma Yan is the daughter of an old blind man, it makes sense. When Ma Kui picked up Ma Yan, Ma Yan was 2 years old, and it was normal for Ma Kui not to hold a baby.
From the process of Wang Sufang and Ma Kui's adoption of Ma Jian, to the raising of Ma Jian who is closer than his own son, to Ma Kui's never telling Ma Jian his true birth, we can infer the possibility that Wang Sufang and Ma Kui adopted Ma Yan, and we can also infer that they will never tell Ma Yan that they are not their biological daughter, but adopted.
Ma Kui adopted the daughter of an old blind man, so close to the truth but regrettably missed, the TV series cleverly portrays this kind of cruel but perhaps better life experience for everyone through several scenes.
In the first scene, Ma Kui wanted to help the old blind man find his daughter, but the old blind man refused. This is actually a hint that Ma Kui and the old blind man have no chance to uncover the truth.
In the second scene, Ma Kui took the old blind man home for dinner, but he didn't meet Ma Yan. This is another hint, implying that the old blind man and Ma Yan no longer have the fate to meet and recognize each other.
This kind of treatment in the TV series may be cruel to the old blind man, but it may be a mercy to Ma Yan. Ma Yan's life is too bitter, and if her mother and father, whom she loves so much, are arranged as adoptive parents, it is really a bit of a "too much deception".
Therefore, the old blind man couldn't find his daughter, and Ma Yan grew up in the company of her biological parents, which was good.