"Wang Pao-chuan [a woman awarded by the Emperor for her devotion to her lost husband] waited only 18 years, I've waited forty," says Lin Ah-yueh about her husband's departure, unable to hold back the tears.
「人家王寶釧苦守寒窯十八年，我卻等了四十三年」，林阿月一提起丈夫李光明離開的事情，就忍不住淚眼汪汪。