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“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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