The local marriage brokers brought women to their hotel every day, and as soon as he set eyes upon the beautiful 23-year-old Yeh Mei-na it was like seeing an angel. It didn't matter that she was Chaozhou Chinese, and not Hakka as he had originally wanted. It was enough for him that they could converse together in Fukienese.
當地媒人每天帶女孩子們到他們下榻的旅館相親，當他看到芳齡廿三歲、甜美的葉美娜時，驚為天人，原本打算娶客家女子的他也顧不得她是潮州人，只想著自己會講閩南話，能溝通就好。