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Chapter 285 Modern Opium

In June 1840, the Opium War broke out in my country, and most of our Chinese people died under the power of opium.

Fortunately, a hero named Lin Zexu emerged to fight opium, and he threw large quantities of opium into the sea.

They even burned it in front of many people, which led to the nationwide ban on smoking. This is how we, the descendants of Yan and Huang, escaped the catastrophe of extinction.

Because opium is an addictive drug, if one person in a family becomes addicted, the whole family is likely to become addicted as well.

Moreover, the vast majority of people addicted to opium will stop at nothing to get a taste! Lacking enough money to support their opium addiction, they sell all their possessions.

His body had become emaciated from long-term opium inhalation. What if one day he suddenly realized his mistake and wanted to quit opium altogether?

This must be an extremely difficult thing, and those who get addicted to opium and eventually quit must be people with very strong willpower.

People with such unwavering will must be extremely rare in this world, right? Otherwise, why would cigarettes even exist?

People only know that in 1840, opium traveled from abroad across the ocean to our country to wreak havoc on us, the descendants of Yan and Huang.

But what they didn't realize was that a kind of spiritual opium (online games) was quietly destroying generations of Chinese people.

Moreover, this spiritual opium seems to be far more potent than the real opium of yesteryear! Because once the parents of a child become addicted to this spiritual opium, it will inevitably be passed on to their children.

You might think I'm exaggerating when you hear me say this! You might think that drug addiction isn't a hereditary disease, so how could it be passed on to the next generation?

But don't forget the idiom "teaching by example"! When parents are playing games on their phones in front of their children...

Children sitting next to their parents, hearing the sounds of games being played on their phones, are inevitably drawn to watch their parents play games out of curiosity.

Most of the children were so engrossed in watching that they asked their parents if they could be taught how to play the game.

Because she thinks her parents are really cool when they play video games! And when playing video games, all you have to do is sit quietly on a chair and casually move a finger to become invincible.

What a fun thing this is! Some parents are very happy when they hear their children praising them for playing games well.

So his child then said to him, "Dad, since you're so good at playing games, could you teach me how to play this game?"

At that moment, the father was so engrossed in the joy of his child's praise that he hadn't yet realized what his child really meant by those words.

So he happily taught his child how to play video games! And this game is like opium during the Opium Wars—once addicted, it's very difficult to quit!

When you discover that your child is not only addicted to games but has also learned to lie to deceive you.

You would then speak to him about this matter, hoping that his words would make him realize his mistake and correct it.

But to your surprise, he said that the reason he knows how to play video games is because you taught him to play them.

You can enjoy playing video games to your heart's content! Why can't he? Is it because you're an elder?

When you hear your child use these words to shut you up, do you feel annoyed that you didn't think twice before teaching your child to play games?

So you decide to start working with your child to break their addiction to online games! But some bad habits are hard to break once they've become ingrained.

That's why you've chosen to give up on quitting gaming! As for your child's gaming addiction...

You might think, since you've already given up on this yourself, why force your precious child?

This incident might even severely strain your father-son relationship. So you decide to stop forcing your child to quit online games!

However, a very small number of parents are very strict with their children! Because most parents spoil their children.

That was in the early days of internet cafes, when QQ Farm had just been launched and everyone could promptly store the crops they grew in QQ Farm in their warehouses.

He set an alarm on his phone, and every day after the students finished their morning exercises, he would use a loudspeaker to warn them not to go to internet cafes.

At this point, you might ask me a question: Will teenagers choose to stop going to internet cafes because of what the school leaders said?

This is impossible! Even if the school leaders talk themselves hoarse, some students will still sneak off to internet cafes during lunch break.

To prevent students from going to internet cafes during their lunch break, some teachers at the school would stake out near internet cafes after lunch to catch students.

Not only that, but during the second day's morning exercise, in front of the entire school, he read out the names of the students he had caught using the internet near the internet cafe the day before.

There was once a student who loved going to internet cafes. He chose to go to internet cafes after evening self-study because the school was too strict about it.

But once I started surfing the internet, I lost track of time until the school dormitory was already locked and the lights were off.

Then he remembered he needed to go back to his dorm to sleep, because the teachers would check the rooms of boarding students before they went to bed. So he immediately went back to his dorm.

When the student who had sneaked out to go online returned to the dormitory, the door was already locked. In order not to disturb the dormitory supervisor who lived there, the student chose to climb over the wall to get back to his room.

But to his surprise, he was killed by an exposed clothesline while climbing the wall.

Since this terrible incident, the school teachers no longer sacrifice their lunch break to go online with students near internet cafes as they used to.

You might ask me if students who love going to internet cafes must be poor students or students who don't like studying much.

That's not necessarily true! The class monitor, who had the best grades in the class, often went to internet cafes to play games for some unknown reason.

When the father of this top student learned of this, he did something truly amazing: he made the student kneel before his Chinese and math teachers.

Moreover, it was during evening self-study time when all the students were present, and the top student was kneeling at the classroom door.

His father was holding a very thick wooden stick.