"Potters eat from cracked bowls, and mattress makers sleep in chairs [a Fukienese saying describing how professional workmen must be frugal]," her mother-in-law chimes in, and Huang nods knowingly in agreement.
「燒瓷吃疵、織草睡椅（閩南俗諺，燒瓷器的人吃有瑕疵的碗，織草席的人睡木椅，比喻節儉度日）」她的婆婆一旁插話說。黃秀珍會心地點頭同意。