The Country Scholar

We often wonder what life would be like if we could transmigrate to ancient times. Emperors and generals, carefree princes, hidden talents from humble families, heroes in times of chaos: their lives are often dazzling, full of twists and turns, and grand in scale.

People yearn for that brilliance and chase after that grandeur. Compared with them, an ordinary life is like a firefly beside the bright moon, or a grain of dust beside the vast sea.

So what might a life as small as a firefly or a grain of dust look like?

Let us set aside our fantasies and write a small story beneath all that splendor.