A Dandy in Republican-Era China

Zhu Xiao listened as her grandmother told stories about the old days. Their ancestors had once been wealthy, great landlords with foreign silver stored in sacks. Her great-great-grandfather had taken more than a dozen concubines alone. "What happened after that?" "After that, their descendants squandered the whole fortune. When the Japanese invaders came, they lost their home, too. The wastrel heir became a beggar, panhandling in the streets. After Liberation, our family was classified as poor peasants." After dozing off, Zhu Xiao transmigrated to the Republic of China era, where she became a he. After marrying more than a dozen concubines and having seven daughters, his father finally had him, his precious only son. Baby Zhu Xiao fretted silently. He was still so little. How could he squander the family's immense fortune over the next decade or so, and do it with style and class, then get the whole family of elderly people, women, and children safely to the rear before the War of Resistance broke out? Even worse, they say an only son brings good fortune. Ever since he was born, the old landlord's wealth had been growing again. Years later, Zhu Xiao returned to the modern era, but the legend of the Eighth Master still lived on in the underworld. Theme: Love your country and family, and cherish the bonds of kinship.