Chapter 601: Mischievous.
[Lin Xuan]: What do you mean?
[Lin Tang]: I also only discovered today that our family has always maintained...
[Lin Tang]: Shang and Zhou dynasty era sacrifices!
[Lin Tang]: I have already run out from home, you also hurry and run. Wait until you come of age and Little Uncle will eat you!
This truly touched upon Chen Ran's knowledge blind spot. He only knew that during the Shang and Zhou periods they often used living people for sacrifices, and also...
The people of the Shang and Zhou periods had the habit of eating their eldest sons; this was related to the environment at the time.
Simply put, during ancient times, tribal conflicts, and lacking the concept of chastity, women were mostly spoils of war.
This led to the result that the first child given birth to by a woman you snatched over wasn't necessarily yours. Therefore, they were often taken to be sacrificed, which could solve some unnecessary troubles.
For example, the relatively famous Bo Yikao with high probability was killed and eaten by Ji Chang.