Betrothed at three, married at 15, and the father of two sons and a daughter while still very young himself, Chou fled from mainland China to Taiwan with the army at the age of 28. Discharged for poor health after serving seven more years, he received NT $ 450 in severance money and began traveling around the country.
3 歲定親，15 歲完婚，在大陸育有二子一女的周公，28 歲隨軍逃難來台，當了 7 年的兵後，因「病弱不堪任勞」而奉命退伍，領到生平第一筆鉅款── 450 元退役金後開始闖蕩江湖。