Business in Tianjin had never been so good. British, American, European and Japanese money poured back into China after the First World War. Ye Ye was a good manager and he was well rewarded. To celebrate his good fortune, employees and friends advised him to take a young concubine to"serve him'. Ye Ye reported this in a letter to his wife, but added that he Soon after the arrival of this letter, Grandmother and fifteen- year-old Aunt Baba hurried to join Ye Ye in Tianjin, while my thirteen-year-old father was left in the care of Grand Aunt. Aunt Baba was not allowed to continue studying, because this might harm her chances of a good marriage. Father did well at school, especially in English. He became a Catholic during this time and was given the name Joseph. After finishing school in 1924, Father chose not to go to university.