So while still a young girl, Tseng left home and spent her life living and working in teashops and karaoke halls. By the age of 21, she had had enough, and married a man 12 years her senior.
21 歲時，她「走得累了、倦了」，嫁給大她 12 歲、家中賣台南擔仔麵的先生，幫著婆家賣麵維生。