Old Mr. Li started giving letters and money to people to take to the mainland each time he got wind of someone he knew who wanted to go there, beginning four or five years ago. He would happily tell his children, "This eight hundred US dollars is enough for your uncle to get himself a daughter-in-law," or "This two thousand dollars is for your aunt to build a new house."
教員退休、晚年生活堪稱小康的李老先生打從四、五年前起，一「抓」到有熟人要去大陸就趕忙託信、託錢，每託出一筆款，就高興地向子女叨念半天：「這麼八百塊美元，就夠你大伯娶媳婦了。」