The Zhao Family, to which Zhao Kun belonged, had soared to sudden success. In the nearly one hundred years since the founding of Huaxia Country, families like this had appeared from time to time, though not many, but most were fleeting spectacles that could not endure.
With the "retirement" of the Zhao Family elder and a lack of successors in the younger generation, going from a bustling household thronged with visitors to a lonely courtyard where even sparrows could be caught was a matter of a single night.
That was the reality of the world!
If you are poor in a bustling market, no one asks after you; if you are rich in the deep mountains, you have distant relatives.
Chapter 30