Ng Hung On thought that the residents in Mau Chin led an affluent life with no financial worries. The families had superior status than the ordinary people. His father owned extensive farmlands in Mau Chin, and had leased one of them to Law Sam Kee the sauce manufacturer. Besides the clan house in Mau Chin, he also owned 3 to 4 houses which he leased out. Generally speaking, his family was better off than the ordinary villagers. Ng Hung On had celebrated various festivals in Mau Chin, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Lunar New Year. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, all households would prepare the rice flour cookies, New Year pudding and sesame seed balls. Ng Hung On was a little boy when he lived in Mau Chin and seldom played outside the house. When he grew older, he went up the mountain with other children to catch jumping spiders or play in the water of the gullies.