Xie ’ s father came from Shilin in Taipei. During the Japanese era, he moved to Kee-lung to work at a relative ’ s suit store, and after the war he started street vending as a means to provide for his 10 children. Today this stall remains the source of livelihood for the two brothers.
謝文賢父親的老家在台北士林，日治時，父親到基隆親戚家的西裝店做事，戰後開始擺攤，靠著擺攤養大 10 個孩子，如今這一攤仍是兩兄弟的謀生工具。