Chapter 899 - 898: More Than Enough to Fail, Not Enough to Succeed
Shopkeeper Tian heard this, and his hair stood on end with rage: "What do you think you can accomplish? Can’t even handle such a small matter? I sent you out to invite people, and you couldn’t manage a smile and nice words? Would it kill you to do that? I’ve been making nice for years for our business; what, is your face pricier than mine?"
"Before you left, did I not remind you a thousand times to hold your breath? Whatever they say, you just listen? As long as we fetch them, it’s your achievement! You’d be the great hero of our Tian Family! But no, they didn’t even say much, just having a couple more people serve, and you stormed back?"
The more he shouted, the angrier he got.
"We were living well, it’s you who ruins and barely accomplishes anything! Didn’t you have a bad relationship with your big sister back then? Couldn’t you just steer clear? Had to provoke her! Stirring up old grudges! As for the second wife, they ignore you, and what do you do? You all just have to overshadow them with your tiny-mindedness."
"If you truly have the ability, that’s one thing! But all you lot do is stir trouble, reeking of fuss, and then duck your heads like turtles, leaving me to clean up the mess! I must be cursed to marry a wife like you!"
"Feasting on fat chickens and ducks, draping yourselves in silk and satin, we’ve bred enemies instead! I tell you now, if you don’t convince Song Family to come, pack your things and get out! Same for the second wife, best be carrying my grandson there, or else she’s gone too!"
Shopkeeper Tian’s days have been truly tough; given a choice, he wouldn’t have played that last card, safeguarding the Tian Family.
There was no other way, if the Tian Family were to crumble, that card would have been useless; rebuilding from ground zero is hardly simple.
But with that card out, his strongest support was gone; outsiders still believe the Tian Family has backing, resolving such huge matters seemingly with ease.
They remain respectful of the Tian Family.