He still remembers the whole family sleeping together on a large platform over a pile of sweet potatoes. When they got hungry, they just reached under the mattress to grab a sweet potato to gnaw on.
林國基記得，當時全家睡在一張大通舖上，床底下堆滿地瓜，餓了，就伸手到床底下拿顆地瓜生啃充飢。