Of course, during the half century of life spent here, in which he married, raised children, and had a successful career, people from Shandong looked after each other, but the genuine selflessness of the people in Taiwan was like a loving mother consoling the hearts of these exiled sons. Pa's feelings about Taiwan are without a shred of pretense.
半世紀生活在這裡，娶妻生子、事業有成，山東鄉親們固然互相照顧，然而淳樸無私的台灣更像位慈母，撫慰著遊子的心，他對台灣的感情沒有一絲虛假。