Life in the village was very peaceful and the Ou-yangs 'experiences in Mexico gradually faded from memory. When World War Ⅱ broke out travel by sea and land was cut off, and the course of events seemed to dictate that they would remain in mainland China concentrating on the growth of the family without other hopes or plans.
家鄉的日子平順，墨西哥的異鄉生活便被逐漸淡忘，尤其不久第二次世界大戰爆發，水陸交通受阻，歐陽一家也就順理成章留在家鄉，耕讀傳家，別無他念。