His birth mother was very good to him. She would save a leg from a chicken they'd butcher for the Lunar New Year holiday, preserve it in salt, and save it for when he came home for summer vacation.
生母很疼他，自己養的閹雞遇到年節宰殺時，會將雞腿埋在鹽甕裡，等他寒暑假回鄉下小住時，才挖出來煮菜湯給他吃。