Lei Feng Remembers

Thirteen years ago, Lei Feng was only four years old. He was playing at home when his father saw him and asked:

"Do you have any dreams for the future?"

This question was purely for fun. After all, asking a four-year-old child such a thing would rarely yield any serious results.

Humanity had become too idle, resulting in people reaching half a decade of life but knowing nothing beyond playing.

This was a disgrace to humanity—a race with immense potential, yet wasting such a long time foolishly.

Those idiots who have lived for half a decade are truly a humiliation to humanity. At the very least, by that point, one should be able to support themselves to be considered worthy of being human.

But what could be done? That arrogant group of humans, having nothing to do, came up with a bunch of nonsense.

What is childhood if you're immortal? If you were immortal, having a childhood of a thousand or even a million years wouldn't be a problem.

From the moment a person is born, they step onto the path of struggle for survival. It's unbelievable that after half a decade, a human could still be such a waste.

It's truly unacceptable. Unacceptable!

Lei Feng was also quite frustrated by these things. He felt incredibly annoyed that humans were too protective of their children.

He found it deeply regrettable that humans abandoned themselves, willingly degenerating into trash.

He truly couldn't bear it anymore. He had to change this world. He had to push humanity to fully develop the potential they possessed.

It pained him deeply to see humans gradually turning into real trash. His heart ached at the thought of the beloved human race falling so far.

"I will become an emperor!"

Hearing this, his father was stunned, even thinking he had misheard. But it wasn't his fault, in this era in China, claiming to want to become an emperor sounded rather ridiculous.

With a society stable both economically and politically, this was considered a prosperous age, leaving little room for anyone who wanted to proclaim themselves an emperor.

"Are you joking?"

"No, I'm serious. Humanity is currently wasting their greatest resource, which is human potential. They are wasting their own lives, squandering their future achievements. I don't want to see that happen, so I will become an emperor to change this world."

His father was stunned by his son's determination. Moreover, his father wasn't a shallow person, and his thinking was quite sharp.

"Tell me a bit about why you think humanity is wasting their talents."

Lei Feng nodded and, without hesitation, began to speak:

"As you can see, humanity has created systems like kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, high school, wasting 17 years for nothing. It's truly an incredible waste of human time. Let's start with kindergarten—look at me right now, I can fully take care of myself.

Cooking, cleaning the house, washing clothes, fixing a few things around the house—I know how to do it all. As for who taught me, let me be blunt: I'm not blind. Simple things like this, as long as you focus a little, you'll understand them.

But what's the reality of this world? A bunch of kids in my class can't even dress themselves, need someone to feed them, and cry all day long. Are they really incompetent? No, not at all. They're humans too, not mentally impaired. It's just that the excessive protection of this society has turned them into useless people.

I can't accept this, I can't watch as talented humans gradually turn into garbage. This is unacceptable! I have to become emperor, change the policies, and make sure that from birth, people participate in constantly developing themselves at the highest level of efficiency. I will definitely make it happen."

Listening to his son's passionate speech, his father felt moved. He couldn't deny that Lei Feng was a natural-born leader, needing no formal learning—he was simply born that way.

He felt his son's words were very reasonable. He himself had been self-reliant from a very young age, but with the changing times, children were living more comfortably and had forgotten the harshness of the world.

Childhood? He found the concept truly foolish. Although he had suffered hardships, there was a value in those struggles. He didn't think that fully developing a child's potential was harmful in any way.

"You're not wrong, but you're still too young to do anything about it right now. When you're older, I'll support you completely."

And just like that, the first person to support Lei Feng as emperor appeared. Lei Feng looked at him and said:

"That's exactly the point—kids can't do this, kids can't do that. It's a completely foolish argument. From the moment we're born, we must strive every minute to fight for survival. So, why would children be incapable? To be more precise, it's not children who are incapable, but worthless people. I'm not that kind of trash, and I believe there are many talented people in the world limited only by their age. I will create a world where age doesn't matter—only strength does."

His father was momentarily stunned, realizing that deep down, he actually looked down on children.

This wasn't surprising because children often seemed like a joke in front of adults. And the more adults protected and prohibited children from learning and working hard, the more ignorant they became.

This issue was truly serious and couldn't be allowed to continue. Seventeen years was excessively long. Ten years would be more than enough, and even five years could suffice.

Time was too precious to waste. Moreover, why settle for being trash when you could develop into something better?

The unreasonable overprotection of children needed to change. Pressure? Nonsense. The pressure in this world has never increased or decreased—it's only about how one perceives it.

If we can let children encounter what they are naturally meant for as early as possible, then normal studying would be nothing. Even studying and training for 16 hours a day, seven days a week, wouldn't be a problem.

If that is truly the child's passion and their greatest talent, then it's not suffering. It's the greatest joy in life—living with their passion!