Liu well remembers the many times the family's rice bin was empty. When hunger had the kids feeling down, their mother would cheer them up by putting on a big black suit and rain boots, picking up an umbrella, and doing a Charlie Chaplin routine.
劉秀美清楚記得，許多次，家中米缸全空，孩子們因飢餓感到沮喪時，母親會穿起父親的大黑西裝和雨鞋，拿雨傘權充拐杖，跳著默劇大師卓別林的特殊舞步逗他們開心，讓她從小對卓別林相當著迷。