When veterans received compensation for certificates that had promised them land should Nationalist forces recover mainland China, many were able to go back home in style. "Back and forth, I must have given out over 300 gold rings alone, not to mention all the other stuff," says Mr. Qian.
「戰士授田證」折價收回時，令許多老兵風光漂亮地衣錦還鄉，「來來去去，別的不說，光金戒子我就發出去了三百多個」，錢伯伯說。