1169 [Selling Ancestral Property]
In addition to coaching techniques in pharmaceutical factories and teaching Wing Chun in martial arts schools, Xiang Nan's remaining energy is basically focused on his wife and children.
In addition to eating, sleeping, and chatting with my wife, I also accompany her shopping, attending cocktail parties, and dances.
Xiang Nan is now a well-known figure in Macau.
First, his boxing skills are superb, and he can defeat one against a hundred, which is really impressive; second, his Renji Dan has miraculous effects in treating cholera. It is precisely because of his free doctors and medicines that thousands of people in Lingnan are able to survive. This also made him famous far and wide, and he was not only praised as a miracle doctor, but also a great benevolent person.
Because of this, local people in Macao have interacted with him one after another, including many well-known people.
Although the local people in Macau live in poverty, suffering from the abuses of pornography, gambling, drug abuse, oppression by Portuguese colonists, and extortion by gangs, the upper class still lives a luxurious and luxurious life.
For example, the Fu family and the Gao family, who run the gambling industry, have a monopoly on the gambling industry in Macau, and therefore make money every day and make huge profits. The money comes in like water from the Yangtze River, and the money goes out like wind and clouds. The ill-gotten wealth comes quickly and is spent easily. Not distressed.
Therefore, Macau's upper class society often has cocktail parties and dances.
And Zhang Yongcheng comes from a famous family, after the Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Yinheng. Therefore, she likes, adapts and is very comfortable with the life of the upper class.
This can be seen from the fact that she likes to dance in "Ip Man 3".
Xiang Nan knew what she was thinking, so whenever there was an invitation to a cocktail party or dance, he would take her there and happily dance with her, which made Zhang Yongcheng extremely happy.
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"Husband, how can you dance?" Zhang Yongcheng couldn't help but asked in surprise when he saw Xiang Nan dancing so well.
"I know you like to dance. In order to avoid showing your timidity, you secretly asked someone to teach you." Xiang Nan explained with a smile.
"Husband, you are so kind to me." After hearing this, Zhang Yongcheng smiled happily.
Before, Ye Wen only focused on practicing martial arts and competing with friends, and did not pay special attention to her and her son. He rarely paid attention to what she and her son thought, did, and liked.
But in the past few months, he seemed to have had an enlightenment and stayed with her and her son every day. He was no longer as obsessed with martial arts as before, which really made her happy.
"You are my wife. If I am not good to you, who will I be good to?" Xiang Nan said with a smile.
In the movie, Zhang Yongcheng can be called a good wife. Although she doesn't like her husband fighting, she never stops it and silently supports her behind the scenes.
I have shared the joys and sorrows with Ip Man, no matter whether he was poor or rich, he never complained. It can be said that he is a virtuous, kind, gentle and considerate person. If he has a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for.
It's a pity that although Ip Man was devoted to Zhang Yongcheng and did not take concubines or recruit tricks, he still cared too little about Zhang Yongcheng. When he lost it, he regretted it.
Therefore, Xiang Nan wanted to make up for her and treat her better. This naturally made Zhang Yongcheng very happy.
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Xiang Nan also taught his son Ye Zhun seriously.
In the movie, Ip Man has never been very concerned about his son's study and life, so the relationship between father and son was very tense at one time.
In comparison, Xiang Nan is much more attentive to the training of the next generation.
Not only does she accompany him to do his homework every day, but he is also willing to teach his son English, Chinese, mathematics, history, politics, geography, and even music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
In addition, he often plays with his son, plays games with him, and buys toys for him. He coaxes Ye Zhun to become closer and closer to him, and the relationship between father and son is harmonious.
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In the third and sixth year of his life, Xiang Nan took the time to return to Faoshan, preparing to sell all the Ye family's mansion and Ye family's farmland.
His behavior was unanimously opposed by the Ye clan.
Because in their view, selling ancestral property is what a prodigal does.
The Ye family mansion has a history of sixty years. It was built by Ye Wen's great-grandfather. The Ye family's land was also bought by ancestors of the past generations, diligently and diligently, acre by acre. But now it has to be It would be really bad to sell it.
"Awen, your pharmaceutical factory is doing well now and you are not short of money. Why are you selling your family property?"
"Do you know what your great-grandfather said when this house was built? He hoped that the descendants of the Ye family could thrive in this mansion. Now you want to sell it, how can you be worthy of it? Grandpa?"
"Awen, the ancestral property cannot be sold. Even if it breaks the sky, it cannot be sold. It must not be sold."
The elders of the Ye family all stopped him.
"Uncles and brothers, there is a reason why I am selling my house and my ancestral property. Please listen to me." Xiang Nan waved his hand and explained, "I have established a foundation in Macau, and I can't take care of it in Faoshan. In order to avoid It's abandoned, so I have no choice but to sell it. If my uncles and brothers are willing to take over, I'd be willing to pay half the price."
After hearing what he said, the clan elders who had been strongly opposed immediately changed their expressions.
Buying the Ye family's mansion and the Ye family's fertile farmland at half the price was a huge bargain. Now the good paddy fields on Fashan Mountain cost ninety silver dollars per acre; the medium paddy fields cost sixty silver dollars per acre.
Xiang Nan holds up to 560 acres of paddy fields, worth about 40,000 silver dollars. If you discount it in half, it would be 20,000 silver dollars. Whoever is willing to take over will get a free advantage of 20,000 yuan.
No one would care about such a big temptation.
For a time, those who originally wanted to persuade Xiang Nan to leave his ancestral property changed their minds.
"Awen, are you really willing to sell it at half the price?"
"A question, do all the fields, including this big house, have to be sold at half price?"
"Do you mean what you say?! You won't change again, will you?"
Everyone asked.
Xiang Nan nodded, "A gentleman's words are hard to follow, but I, Ye Wen, will never go back on my words."
If he doesn't sell this house now, it will be occupied by Japanese people in the future. Even if the Japanese people are driven away after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, this big house may not return to his hands, and it will probably be occupied in the name of going against the grain. The National Government occupied it.
Just like in "Ip Man 2", if Ip Man takes back his ancestral home, he will not be so poor that he opens a martial arts gym on the rooftop, and the whole family will worry about not having enough money.
So if you can sell it now, sell it and take back a little bit.
Selling it at a half discount is not only to silence the tribesmen and prevent them from nagging anymore, but also to get the money back faster.
After all, Faoshan will fall in another year, so he doesn't have much time to write ink.
Hearing what he said, the clan elders couldn't help but look happy, and they were all thinking about the Ye family's mansion and the Ye family's fertile land.
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"Uncles and brothers, I will only stay in Fashan for seven days. If you are interested in buying something, please come to me at the inn, first come first served." Xiang Nan added, "After this time, I will return to Macau. After all, There are still a lot of things going on over there. When the time comes, if anyone wants to buy, they will have to come to me over there, and the price will not be what it is now."
After saying that, he stood up and left the ancestral hall.
Chapter completed!