Beyond the Long Pavilion, Beside the Ancient Road, Fragrant Grass Reached the Blue Sky

In the game, the Tian Family appeared harmonious, but undercurrents ran beneath the surface.

On the surface, the Tian Family seemed immensely prosperous, but they were actually quite poor, because the family's money had come from Tian Xiangrong selling cultural relics acquired through grave robbery in his early years.

But after Tian Yu got married, Tian Xiangrong decided to give up his criminal ways. Without income from selling cultural relics, the Tian Family gradually began spending more than they earned.

During this time, Tian Xiangrong also tried to bring in some legitimate income. He asked others to find his son a job, converted the ground floor of their home into a Public Phone Booth, and even developed a habit of buying lottery tickets, hoping these things could change the Tian Family's financial situation.

Yet despite Tian Xiangrong's many attempts to improve the family's finances, nothing changed.

He had spent a great deal of money greasing palms for his son's job, but received no response.

The Public Phone Booth brought no income to the family either, and no lottery jackpot ever landed in his lap.

Watching their savings steadily dwindle, Tian Xiangrong knew he could not wait any longer. So he contacted Wang Jincai, the convenience store owner who had robbed tombs with him back then, and decided to take one more desperate gamble.

Not long afterward, Tian Yu died of epilepsy. He Guilan, Tian Xiangrong's wife, believed that Tian Xiangrong had lost his virtue through grave robbery, and their son had been implicated and died as a result.

But in truth, it was because the Tian couple's own Feudal Superstition had led them to treat Tian Yu's epilepsy with all sorts of folk remedies since childhood. They had never taken him to a major hospital, and by the end, medicine