Couchfish Day 290: Paying it forward

A handful of years before the 19th century rolled into the 20th a boy was born in the village of Furong in China’s Fujian Province. His father was part teacher, tailor and hairdresser, and the boy reared cattle between classes to help out. When he was ten years old, father and son packed up for the long journey by sea to Singapore.

Setting up in a shoph…