As a child, he also heard of his ancestors 'wealth, but after land re-surveying under the Japanese, and because his ancestors were opium addicts, all that was left was an old house. Even the house changed hands; but fortunately it was bought back for safekeeping by a relative.
甚至在早年眼下無糧的生活煎熬下，祖厝曾經易手，所幸宗族長輩張維塗代之購回保管，在張福祿兄弟事業有成後再原厝交回。「開基祖留下的也僅有這老房子了，要怎樣才能讓子孫永遠守住呢？」