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Weekly Contest #362
Wedding BanquetBy Ernest LeongGod knows my father had his faults, but when it came to business, he could see far ahead. Before America entered World War II, he knew when they did, all the young sons would enlist, including Chinese laundrymen’s sons. And the laundrymen here would need help keeping up with the cleaning and ironing. So he came up with the idea of starting a shirt press and wet wash company. He called it Shun Yee Shing Long (translation: “business is thriving and booming”).True to its name, the business took off, especially afte...
Shortlisted for Contest #360 ⭐️
“We should’ve stayed with the Ngs!”“No, that’s crazy!”Mom and my brother-in-law, Wah-Ching, were still arguing about the best way to escape the invading Japanese army. First, we ran inland for days until we got to our friend’s farm. Long story short, we changed our minds and ran back to Jiangmen train station where Mom talked her way onto an oil barge headed for Macau.Mom and my brother-in-law continued arguing loudly, but I was too tired to care. I curled up against an oil barrel and fell into a deep sleep.I was back in our old village, Don...
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