I had never truly understood what Grandpa meant when he told me to ask Yao Gong if some “living men” were needed.
At that time, I naively thought that the so-called 'living person' meant a living person. However, now I finally understand that the term 'living person' here does not refer to flesh and blood, but to the paper-making technique in the hands of the Yao Gong. Those paper figures were made lifelike by him, as if they really had life, even carrying human breath and warmth.
That illusion truly appeared in my heart, and if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it. But precisely because of this, it also made me understand that Yao Gong's abilities are far more profound than what I have seen in my daily life.
The paper figures I see in my daily life may not
