Ng Sui Mo developed some branch consciousness because of the influence from his seniors. Nga Tsin Wai’s Ng Chan is divided into four branches (Editor’s note: Ng Clansmen had ratified Ng Shing Tat of the ninth generation as the founding ancestor. The man had four grandsons who were respectively ancestors of each of these four branches). Of the branches, the fourth boasts the biggest membership and owns the most properties. The eldest, second and third branches do not own any properties and the eldest and third branches have the smallest memberships. When Ng Sui Mo was young, he heard a woman from the second branch lose her temper, grumbling that “a fourth branch son had cheated all of his elder brothers out of their money”. The statement meant that the three eldest brothers of the eleventh generation’s four brothers spent long periods working away from the village to earn their living. This left the youngest brother at home to look after the ancestral properties and to manage transactions. When the brothers’ father passed away, the three eldest brothers returned to the village. At this stage, they were already unclear about the title ownership of the properties whose ownership had been inherited by the youngest brother. This led to an uneven property distribution amongst the different branches. Ng Sui Mo regarded the woman’s complaint as a joke and did not verify the statement.