Life is work Legislator Yeh Chu-lan, who comes from a typical Hakka farming family in Tungluo Rural Township in Miaoli County, recalls how her grandmother and mother could sometimes not help but release their painful feelings: "' An existence of arduous labor without a bit of enjoyment 'is an accurate depiction of their lives."
生活就是勞動出身苗栗縣銅鑼鄉一個典型農村客家家庭的立委葉菊蘭，回憶起她阿嬤和媽媽的一生時，常忍不住激動心酸：「『勞苦一生，毫無享受』就是她們的生命寫照。」