After several years of this, word went round that some cheap housing was to be built in the fields nearby. By selling off the only valuables in the family, and casting about for every possible bit of cash, mother raised enough for a deposit, and so after several more years of delays we finally came to have our own house.
辛苦了好幾年，聽說鄰近農田要蓋住宅，價格便宜，母親把家中僅有金飾變賣，東拼西湊，大膽地訂了一間房子，如此又拖磨了多年，我們才總算有了自己的殼。