Let's Just Call It Tales of the Republic

The Li family had truly been wealthy once.

Their ancestor, Li Xiaren, lived at the end of the Yuan dynasty and dared to contest the empire with Emperor Hongwu. If a meteorite hadn't fallen from the sky and smashed their camp during the Battle of Mizhou, the dynasty might have borne a different surname. Defeated, he retreated to Shuzhou, where he ate, drank, and made merry, enjoying a carefree life for over a hundred years.

By the Ming dynasty, the third-generation ancestor had read the times and surrendered, earning himself a princely title and a life of ease. The Qing dynasty was even more remarkable: the family produced a feng shui master, Li Dan, who joined the Imperial Construction Bureau and lived in extravagant wealth all the same.

There was just one strange thing: the richer the Li family became, the fewer children they had.

By the Republic of China era, only one heir remained: Li Bubai.