In ancient times, people believed that children had a difficult time surviving because they had to face a series of obstacles created by ghosts and monsters from birth. If they failed to pass the tests, they would lose their lives. Livestock were different; they were considered lowly and didn't have to go through these trials, which is why their survival rate was so high. Therefore, people believed that giving children names that sounded cheap and unhumanlike was a good thing because it made them more like animals. After all, animals had such a high survival rate. The more animalistic the name, the easier it was to fool the ghosts of hell and be mistaken for livestock, thus avoiding the trials altogether.,Along the way, the irregular arrangement of thatched huts and earthen houses, Xiashan Village, although nestled by mountains and water, remained a remote and impoverished village. The local people's utilization of the mountains and water was limited to meeting their basic needs. To build a house, they would go up the mountain to cut down a few trees to bring back as beams; when there was no rice for cooking, they would go up the mountain to find some wild vegetables and fruits, or fish a couple of small fish from the river to cook. The feudal peasant economy still relied on farming, and most villagers struggled to make ends meet with their three-tenths of an acre of land. Only a few landlords were relatively wealthy.,The Zhu family was still doing alright, with over ten acres of good farmland. They were considered a middle-class family in the village. However, with so many mouths to feed and Uncle's reluctance to work, plus the high expenses of his studies and examinations for government service, the old Zhu family was also struggling financially.。