In those days, temporarily erected performance tents were the stage on which my mother shone. But when the music stopped and the crowd went home, the tent became the place we ate and slept, changed clothes and hung out our washing. The travelling stage was our whole livelihood.
那時候，一幢幢臨時搭設的戲棚，不僅是母親施展所學、嶄露生命光彩的舞台；當鑼鼓聲息，觀眾散去後，這兒更成了我們臥榻休息的窩，更衣、晾衣、吃飯… … 全仰仗這方小小舞台。