Er Leng Zi slowly shut his eyes and forced himself to go back to sleep. In his heart he was earnestly trying to fall asleep. If he was unable to get up early, then he would also be unable to get up to help his comrades climb the mountain and gather firewood.
Er Leng Zi’s family name was Han and his first name was Li. This was such a serious name, his parents did not come up with his name. His father used two grains of rice to try and come up with a name with divination. But they ended up going with name Village Head Zhang picked.
Village Head Zhang, when he was younger, had spent several years in a city attending school. Here he learned many words that could be used as names, and as such many of the children in the village were named by him.
Within the village Han Li was called “Er Leng Zi”. (TL: Leng Zi Meaning dolt or retard) Not because he was silly, but because he was second to none within the village. Outside of his house he rarely hears his name, “Han Li”, but rather, “Er Leng Zi”, “Er Leng Zi”, and as such the name as always stuck with him, even to this day.