Their daughters in high school had to wear worn-out trousers and unmatched shoes to school; her sons in college didn't even have money for bus fare, instead walking to campus in the hot sun for half an hour on empty stomachs.
讀高中的女兒還曾穿著褲腿磨破的褲子和兩隻不同顏色的球鞋上學：讀台大的兒子沒錢買公車票，還是餓著肚子、頂著大太陽步行半小時上學。