Rise of the Humble O

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.,“Mother, oh, it hurts, it hurts! I'm not a child of two or three anymore,” Zhu Ping’an cried for mercy, his chubby little hand clutching Chen’s arm, tiptoeing to lessen the pain.,"Say, do you dare to go outside and eat again" Mrs. Chen said loudly, but from the steamer she took out a peeled boiled egg and looked out the window to see that no one was paying attention to them. Then she quietly slipped it into Zhu Ping'an's hand.。