Suddenly, Xiang Nan and Zhang Yongcheng took their son Ye Zhun to Macau.
They first took a train to Guangzhou City, and then took a boat to Macau from there.
After a rough day, the three of them arrived in Macau and stayed in a local hotel.
Suddenly, Xiang Nan was planning to buy a house, so he first asked a middle-aged man to help him find a house.
"Where did Mr. Ye come from?" Mr. Zhao, the man in the middle, asked with a smile.
"Xiangjiang." Xiang Nan nodded, not wanting to reveal his details.
"Xiangjiang?! That's much more prosperous than Macau." Mr. Zhao said with a smile, "Why do you still come here to buy a house?"
Since the opening of Macau, its development has not been as good as that of Hong Kong. Therefore, Macau people have always come to work in Xiangjiang, but not many people have come to work in Hong Kong.
"Everyone has his own ambitions." Xiang Nan waved his hands and said, unwilling to talk more, "Mr. Zhao, is the house I'm looking for easy to find?"
"It's not easy to find, but I'll take care of it all," Mr. Zhao said, patting his chest.
Xiang Nan wants a large, single-family house with a single door and courtyard. There are not many luxury houses like this in Macau, so it takes some effort.
Xiang Nan nodded.
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In the next few days, he took his wife and son around while waiting for his wife to show him the house.
Macau in the 1930s was far less prosperous than later generations, and only Ruins of St. Paul's, the Fortress, and the A-Ma Temple were of some interest.
While they were wandering around, they were targeted by a group of local gangsters.
"Sir, I'm having a hard time with money recently. Let me borrow some money to help." The leader looked at Xiang Nan and sneered.
The people behind him looked fierce, but they looked at Xiang Nan and sneered, while they looked at Zhang Yongcheng next to him with lewd looks in their eyes.
"How much do you want to borrow?" Xiang Nan said with a slight smile.
"Thirty or fifty is never too little, and seven hundred or eight hundred is never too much." The gangster laughed.
"I have ten pieces of foreign currency here. I'd like to invite you brothers to have a cup of tea." Xiang Nan smiled and took out ten pieces of foreign currency.
At this time, prices in Macau were still relatively low, and ten yuan was enough to have a shark fin feast.
Although Xiang Nan is a strong dragon, as the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. When encountering such gangsters, unless forced to do so, it is best not to take action if you can.
Otherwise, if you really get entangled with such a young person, you will have a headache in the future.
"Ten yuan, you are just asking for food. Let me tell you, if you don't have five hundred yuan, don't even think about it!" the gangster said angrily.
Xiang Nan's approach not only failed to dispel his greed, but also made him feel weak and could be bullied.
"Does that mean there's no more talk?" Xiang Nan sneered.
"Yes, give it or not, or I'll beat you to death," the gangster shouted.
"His wife is pretty. You can play with her first, and then sell her to a brothel when you get tired of playing with her." His younger brothers also raved.
Just when they were getting excited, Xiang Nan jumped forward with a tiger's lunge, and then punched the leader with a Japanese punch, directly knocking the leader of the gang five meters away, and fell to the ground unable to move.
Then, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, he punched and kicked all the gangsters, and they fell to the ground one by one, wailing.
"Do you want to fight again?" Xiang Nan asked coldly.
"No, no." All the gangsters waved their hands.
Xiang Nan's kung fu was so high that all eight of them were knocked down before they could hold on for even one round. If the fighting continues, they will definitely die.
"Get lost!" Xiang Nan immediately ordered.
The gangsters also knew that they were causing trouble and did not dare to stay any longer. They all helped each other and got away.
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"Husband, are you okay?" Zhang Yongcheng ran over with Ye Zhun and asked with concern.
"It's okay." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "Honey, I'm sorry, I did it again. In fact, they said I can tolerate other things, but when they heard them talking about you, I really couldn't bear it."
Zhang Yongcheng smiled and shook his head.
Her husband did it to protect her. Not only was she not angry, but she was very moved.
The day after the gangsters were beaten away, Mr. Zhao, the middleman, took Xiang Nan to see a house.
This suite is located in Xiwangyang Lane, Macau. It was built in 1894. It has two floors, a usable area of 400 square meters, and a courtyard of 200 square meters.
It turned out that a Portuguese businessman built the villa, and it was later bought by Litton Company for office use.
After Xiang Nan looked at it, he felt that the house was still suitable. The size, location and price are all good.
So, after negotiating the price several times, I finally bought the house for 3,600 yuan.
I paid the money with one hand and the house with the other, and got the house deed and land deed.
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Later, Xiang Nan returned to Fashan with his wife and children to make arrangements for selling his house, land, and moving.
In addition, he is also planning to remodel the villa.
Not only did he have to upgrade and strengthen the walls of the villa, but he also had to dig a shelter inside the villa. Reserve enough rice, flour, oil, sugar, and other foods for at least four years. Another well needs to be drilled to ensure safe drinking water. To ensure that their family would not go hungry during the Anti-Japanese War.
Because as far as he knows, Macau is not a paradise. During World War II, although it was not invaded by the East, a military attaché was established to control materials, seize personnel, and even the docks were blocked.
Moreover, because it was not affected by the war, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims poured into Macau, which also caused the population of Macau, which originally had a population of less than 100,000, to surge. Coupled with Dongyang's blockade of the docks and control of supplies, Macau was starved to death, with more than 10,000 people dying of starvation.
Therefore, if preparations were not made early, Xiang Nan's family would still be unable to escape the fate of starvation.
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After returning to Fashan, Xiang Nan started preparations.
At this time, Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, came to report that Zhou Qingquan was visiting.
Xiang Nan quickly expressed his welcome.
"Awen, where have you been these past few days?" Zhou Qingquan asked, cupping his hands.
Xiang Nan explained his decision to buy a house in Macau.
"Do you really want to move?" Zhou Qingquan asked in surprise.
I didn't expect Xiang Nan to move so quickly. He just said he wanted to move that day, so he immediately went to buy a house. It was really fast.
"Brother Quan, time waits for us not to wait. There is not much time left for us." Xiang Nan explained, "We must seize the time to complete the asset transfer and make necessary preparations for the coming war."
Renovating a villa, stocking up on supplies, and selling houses and land are not things that can be accomplished in an instant.
Two years of preparation is not a long time.
Zhou Qingquan nodded, "In that case, I will also go to Macau to have a look. If possible, I will build a factory there."
"Okay, that's good if you think so." Xiang Nan smiled.
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As soon as Zhou Qingquan was sent away, Wu Chilin, who opened the mountain restaurant, came to Ye's house.
"Master Ye, these are the new snacks from our restaurant. They are freshly baked. I will bring them to you to try." He said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you, I'm interested." Xiang Nan cupped his hands and smiled.
"Master Ye, where have you been these past few days? There's a big mess in Faoshan, do you know?" Wu Chilin asked again.
"What big trouble can happen?" Xiang Nan laughed.
"In the past few days, a few northerners have come to Faoshan. They are kicking around and looking for people to compete in martial arts. Many masters in the martial arts street have been beaten." Wu Chi Lin said, "Master Ye, you have to stand up. You can't let anyone do it." Those Yankees are arrogant and think there is no one left in Faoshan."
