It's especially hard in the countryside, where often one has to go outside to draw water. For "Taiwan compatriots," used to running tap water and indoor plumbing, however sentimental they feel about their old houses, they cannot just ignore the practical problems of daily life.
尤其是鄉下地方，有的吃水得用挑的，對於習慣了要有抽水馬桶的「台胞」，家鄉的老屋子再有感情，現實生活的差異卻不容忽視。