Such dramatic stories may be rare in real life, but there really are quite a few men who are not well placed in the marriage stakes in Taiwan--because of their age or low incomes--who go to the mainland in search of a wife.
真實生活雖然少有這麼戲劇性的故事，但的確有不少是在台灣結婚條件較差﹘﹘年齡較長、收入較低﹘﹘的人去大陸討老婆。