Li Huochui's Great Autobiography

My name is Li Huozhui. My mother said that I was born on a stormy night twenty years ago. My mother had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to me. My father was so anxious that he ran to the yard naked and kowtowed three times. There was a loud sound in the sky, and I was born with a cry. It is said that my voice was so loud that the mother of the neighbor next door was frightened and she has been infertile ever since. My dad said it was hard-earned for me, and I had to break my head to get the mother and child to be safe. I said dad, you are bragging, my birth is entirely due to me. My father was worried that I would not be lucky enough to make a living, so he went to the fairy mother at the east end of the village and told me that I was born in the rain and lacked fire in my life. My father was a famous blacksmith in the village for generations. He originally wanted me to inherit the ancestral business, but he thought of me being called Li Dachui. Later, when he heard that I lacked fire, he simply called me Li Huochui. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.