The child's mother asked, a little confused, "Isn't that something people used to say back when they were poor? What era are we in now? Do we still need to worry about that? Isn't that all just superstitious thinking from the old days?"
Li Xu shook his head and said seriously, "How could the experience accumulated over so many generations, by so many famous doctors, be nothing but superstitious thinking? People nowadays are always quick to use the phrase 'times have changed' to dismiss many of the old ways. In reality, this is a kind of blind confidence and rebelliousness."
"People often make up excuses and find reasons just to make themselves feel comfortable and to convince themselves. They call ancient wisdom superstition and good habits ignorance. And the result? Children today eat better, but their constitutions are getting worse and worse. We're seeing more and more chubby kids and children with allergies. Isn't that something worth reflecting on?"
