Chapter 1 Just Wore It Like That

  Crossing over is very normal, now in this world, there are fewer people who don't cross over, and more people who do, the question is where to cross over!

  Wang Bo sat on a small stool in his own courtyard, wearing open-crotch pants, lifting his head and blinking his small eyes, staring blankly at the old locust tree in the yard.

  "Alas, who can tell me which era I've actually traveled to?"

  Hurray!

  This was the only information he got after crossing over, in fact, in this small mountain village where news was extremely scarce, it was already good to know that one belonged to a country called Da Jin.

  In the village of over a hundred people, only one person can read and write, and that is the fortune teller at the entrance of the village. He is also blind. This man is said to be an old child prodigy who took the imperial examination for more than 30 years but failed to pass and became blind from crying. Now he makes a living by telling fortunes.

  Although the villagers didn't quite believe him, there were some old rules in this old forest that made people want to be at peace when it came to weddings and funerals. So he was able to barely make a living, occasionally getting things right, and receiving many thanks from others, even opening up a small business, and thus scraping by.

  In this village, he could recognize the characters written on a long white banner taken from his hand, which were traditional Chinese characters. Although it was difficult to understand what people around him said at first, he gradually became able to comprehend them as well. It turned out that they were speaking Chinese, but with a heavy accent of dialects. So initially, he thought he had traveled back in time to ancient China.

  However, he gradually began to doubt his own judgment, because from the fragmented words of the people around him, Wang Bo heard that the country they were in was called Great Jin, Great Jin!

  There was no such dynasty in ancient China. There was one during the Spring and Autumn period, but it's clearly not the Spring and Autumn period now. The characters from the Spring and Autumn period are definitely not something he can recognize.

  So this is not ancient China, he just crossed into a world that is very similar to ancient China.

  In this small mountain village, the only one who could answer his questions was that old blind man. However, he couldn't go find him now, as he was too young, only three years old and still wearing open-crotch pants, how could he be found?

  Do you want to be treated as a monster?

  This is not the legendary YY, born a genius, speaking fluently without anyone doubting. Three days ago, a guy from a neighboring village was beaten to death by villagers for spouting nonsense and being suspected of being a monster. In these times, it's better to keep a low profile.

  Wang Bo is as his name suggests, a Ph.D. in Chinese literature, who also dabbles in researching ancient Chinese history in his free time, so he's quite proficient in traditional characters, but that's about it.

  In a sense, he can't be said to have traveled through time, but rather reincarnated, only having drunk one less bowl of Meng Po's soup in the underworld.

  In his previous life, he had poor health and was an office worker. He lived until the age of 36, when he choked on a mouthful of cold water and died. When he came to again, he found himself newly born, and then arrived in this world.

  Perhaps it was because the heavens found his death to be too embarrassing and unbelievable, so they felt guilty and gave him another chance.

  After several years of time, finally adapted.

  It's not that I'm adapting or anything, it's just that I'm a newborn baby, there's no such thing as adapting or not adapting, I can only be manipulated by others.

  He was born into a family with the surname Zhou, and his name wasn't Bo either. In fact, he didn't have a name yet, he was called Dog Egg Son.

  In mountain villages, there's no particular fuss about naming children; it's normal for them to reach 17 or 18 years old without being given a name.

  There's also a surname, which is just fine.

  Lao Zhou's family are native mountain people, he is the fourth son of this family, with three older brothers. The eldest is already 18 years old and got married last year to a honest and kind-hearted hunter and farmer's daughter. The second oldest is 23 years old and is a little rascal who doesn't do anything proper and gives everyone headaches. The third oldest is 9 years old. He, Lao Zhou, is the fourth son and is 3 years old. Apart from these four young kids, there is also a daughter in Lao Zhou's family who is 17 years old this year and was already engaged to someone else when she was 10 years old, it's almost time for her to get married.

  Originally, the Lao Zhou family had Lao Da called Big Dog, Lao Er called Second Dog, and Lao San called Third Dog. This Wang Bo is Lao Si, should be called Fourth Dog. As for the daughter of the Lao Zhou family, this world is like the evil old society back then, women have no status, automatically ignored.

  There are too many little dogs at home, so it's hard to raise them. So, Wang Bo's nickname was taken as "Gou Danzi", which means there won't be any more little ones below.

  Lao Zhou's family in this mountain village was just an ordinary household, relying on a few acres of thin fields and Lao Zhou's hunting to make ends meet. Although he went hunting, his skills were not great, and even if he did catch something, it would be sold for daily necessities. As a result, they rarely had meat at home, which was a kind of torture for him, who was used to eating well. Fortunately, three-year-old Lao Zhou only looked slightly malnourished, but at least the porridge made from corn flour sticks could keep him from starving. Occasionally, if he was lucky, he might get some game meat, which would be a rare treat like a New Year's celebration.

  The mountain people's survival ability is very strong, he inherited good genes.

  In the past three years, he has also gotten used to it. The dark and dirty buns and the yellowish cornmeal porridge can no longer bring him any disgust. He eats with his eyes closed.

  What still depressed him the most was loneliness, which wasn't what he said when he was pretending to be a "bro" online back in the day; this was real loneliness.

  Think about it, the soul of a man in his thirties is trapped in an infant's body for three years. What a lonely thing that would be! He can't say what he wants to say, can't do what he wants to do, and when others pinch his face or touch his little chicken, he can't resist. And to make matters worse, he's still wearing open-crotch pants. What kind of life is this?!

  Luckily I've grown up a bit now, although I'm still wearing shorts, there are basically no more people coming to touch my little brother.

  It's May now, the weather has warmed up, he moved a small stool to his own yard, sat on it, staring blankly at the old locust tree in front of his house, thinking about some messy and out-of-tune things in his mind, motionless.

  "Dog egg, dog egg, come quickly, dinner is ready!" After a while, the sound of shouting came from afar, the voice was very loud, but it sounded comfortable to Wang Bo's ears. He knew that this was his mother, also known as Dog Egg's mother, calling him for dinner.

  Wang Bo quickly got up from the small stool and ran all the way back home.

  This is not like the previous life, where you can eat three meals a day. Here, you can only have two meals a day, one at around 10 o'clock in the morning and another now, at around 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening. This is good, when food is scarce, having one meal a day is already not bad.

  In the evening, it was still a bowl of rice porridge with a black steamed bun, and compared to usual, there was an additional dish of salty black vegetables.

  The whole family sat around a table, at that time, women didn't have much status, but mountain people didn't have many taboos either. Eight people in the family, six of them sat around the table eating, only Wang Bo and his third brother were too young, sitting on a small stool beside eating.

  Overall, Old Zhou still quite likes Wang Bo, nothing else, just obedient.

  This little guy has never really caused much trouble since he was born, to say that he has five children, although it's said that mountain kids are easy to raise, but there hasn't been one like Dog Egg who, from birth until now, has never wet the bed once or had an accident in his pants. This isn't simple! Third Dog is already nine years old and still had an accident yesterday!

  Lao Zhou seemed to be preoccupied and remained silent during dinner, which made the atmosphere somewhat gloomy.

  "Hum hum hum……!"

  The dog, who was burying his head in the bowl and competing with a half-black-headed egg for strength, heard this sound in his ears and knew that Old Zhou's dinner was about to end, because this was Old Zhou's special move when he took his last bite.

  Old Zhou finishes eating, others haven't finished yet but have to stop until he leaves.

  But today, unlike usual, he didn't leave.

  "Xiao Hua, Wang Tianlei is back, get ready, choose a good day to marry him!"

  Xiao Hua'er is actually Gou Danzi's sister, Zhou Hua.

  She was engaged at the age of ten to a family in the east of the village, with five generations of single inheritance, and this generation is Wang Tianlei, as Old Zhou said.

  Wang Tianlei is nineteen years old. According to the village's rules, he should have married Zhou Hua, who was fourteen at the time, when he was sixteen. However, when he was sixteen, he enlisted in the army and served for three years, returning only yesterday.

  The fifth generation of single inheritance, his parents are about to go crazy thinking about their grandson. As soon as he came back, before his butt had even warmed the seat, they were in a hurry for him to marry Zhou Hua.

  Zhou Hua isn't considered too beautiful, but she's fairly well-proportioned. As a 17-year-old girl, her entire being exudes a youthful aura. To use Dog Egg's phrase from his previous life, what was it again?

  Youth is invincible, yes, youth is invincible.

  Moreover, the diligent and quick-witted Zhou family's interior and exterior are all in one hand. Whoever sees them will praise them for a couple of sentences. If they hadn't been engaged since they were ten years old, it's likely that these two years would have seen matchmakers wearing out the threshold of the Zhou family home.

  When Old Zhou said this, Zhou Hua's face suddenly turned red with shame, her head hung down to her chest, and she couldn't see her face at all. But no need to look, Dog Egg also knew that her face must be as red as the sunset in the sky.

  This kind of thing, Dog Egg naturally can't say anything about it. All he can do is watch the excitement on the side and wait for his older sister to get married, then follow behind her to mix in and get some food and drink.

  He did not know that this ordinary mountain man's marriage would bring unimaginable changes to his future.