Interestingly, it was the infertility of the land that drove the overseas Chinese away from home; yet, after overseas Chinese hometowns became wealthy, they attracted the envy of thieves and hoodlums.
說來有趣，「貧瘠」原是驅使華僑離鄉的原因；僑鄉富裕後，又反成為盜賊覬覦的目標。