My mother was born in Tahiti and as it was the custom in those days, my grandfather sent his wife and his children back to China so the children could have a Chinese education.
舊時的日子裡，華僑們時興將妻小送回家鄉，讓孩子能接受完整的中國教育，母親也就是在這樣的情況被外祖父從大溪地送回了中國。