"They say that a lot of them caught strange diseases there; when they died they were dismembered and cremated, and their ashes sent back to their families in Taiwan." But in his case, she says faintly, "not even his ashes came back."
「聽說很多人在南洋得了怪病，死後被截肢火化、送回骨灰給台灣家人」，她幽幽說道：「可是他連骨灰也沒回來。」