Having left the opera world, Yang was lucky to have the loving environment of the home she'd made with the renowned orthopedic surgeon Hung Wen-tung. She was willing to give up the idea of having children of her own in order to look after Hung's four children from a previous marriage.
淡出歌仔戲界的楊麗花，所幸還有與骨科名醫洪文棟共創的溫暖家庭。外型時髦，實則內心樸拙憨直、價值觀非常傳統的楊麗花，為了全心照顧洪文棟與前妻的 4 名子女，甘心放棄自己當母親的權利。