Rise of the Humble O

In this era, living habits are more important than a person's name. This is an age where old morality and Confucian ethics prevail. Without electricity or the internet, it might be bearable, but the Three Bonds and Five Constants, the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and the belief in fate all run rampant. Therefore, those protagonists in novels who, upon traveling through time, instantly command respect with their aura and become unbeatable with a cheat code are pure fantasy. If you were to travel through time like that, you would be burned to ashes by village elders or similar figures long ago. In this feudal society where tradition consumes people, any deviation from the norm could lead to being labeled as possessed by a demon and burned at the stake.,This is no exaggeration. Old Wang, the village elder, was forcibly fed a bowl of water made from burnt paper talismans after talking in his sleep for several nights; Wang Ermazi, who learned to speak Hokkien in the county town, was tied to a pillar and sun-baked for three days after returning to the village and uttering just a few phrases. He was believed to be possessed by a ghost.,“You still know how to feel pain. You’re out and about all day long, nowhere to be seen. When you were taken away by that flower-seller, your old mother finally found peace.” Mrs. Chen said, giving Zhu Pingan a glare. Thinking about the missing children in the county town made her uneasy, but luckily, the village was quite safe with people coming and going constantly.。