Every morning before daybreak, Chen starts a busy day--feeding, gathering eggs, shipping, cleaning troughs and clearing chicken droppings. When dusk draws near, he goes to the lottery station to trade store-minding shifts with his eldest son so the latter can go to evening classes. By the time he picks his children up from their different schools and gets back home, it's often after 11 p.m.
每天清早天還沒亮，陳全鴻就開始忙碌的一天──餵飼料、揀蛋、送貨、清理水槽、雞糞，近傍晚則要到樂透投注站和大兒子交班顧店，讓孩子去夜間部上課；等他開車接到 2 個唸夜間部、1 個補習完的孩子回到住處，往往已經晚上 11 點多了。