. A'Chu and other stories. it-*™ III r. A CHINESE GENTLEMAN 152 THE SALT MERCHANTS SON The title Fortunes of the Chang Familymeans the things, good and bad, that happenedto a family by this particular surname. The ac-count will begin with the story of Chang ShiuMeng, who was the father of Chang Tak Meng,the father of AChu, who helped to make the babyfat. You will hear how the fortunes of a pros-perous and respectable family dwindled into pov-erty and contempt, as seen in the home of the story does not end there. THE father of Chang Shiu Meng had inherited ashare in profitable salt min
. A'Chu and other stories. it-*™ III r. A CHINESE GENTLEMAN 152 THE SALT MERCHANTS SON The title Fortunes of the Chang Familymeans the things, good and bad, that happenedto a family by this particular surname. The ac-count will begin with the story of Chang ShiuMeng, who was the father of Chang Tak Meng,the father of AChu, who helped to make the babyfat. You will hear how the fortunes of a pros-perous and respectable family dwindled into pov-erty and contempt, as seen in the home of the story does not end there. THE father of Chang Shiu Meng had inherited ashare in profitable salt mines, and with this, an oldsailing junk. The junk had brought salt from the minesto the market for generations of the Chang family. Nomatter what other repairs were neglected, the two largefishlike eyes, one at either side of the bow, had alwaysbeen kept bright with a fresh coat of paint. This wasconsidered necessary to successful voyaging. What sea-man would risk putting to sea on a dark night in a junkwithout eyes! No have got eyes, ho
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