Seeing the poor condition of the basket, Lin suggested she might as well commission a new one. Yet the old lady insisted on having the original repaired, for it had been part of her dowry. Some 70 years earlier a silver betel-nut basket included in a daughter's dowry was a sign of wealth among the gentry. Most families could only afford baskets of bamboo or bronze.
林啟豐看檳榔籃已老舊損壞，就建議老婆婆乾脆打製新的，然而老婆婆不計費用堅持修理，因為那是她的嫁妝；約在七十年前，富家千金出嫁時，銀製檳榔籃算是相當貴重的嫁妝，一般家庭則多以竹製或銅製為主。