This was just after Taiwan's retrocession, when the ROC government had not long moved to the island. People were uncertain and fearful. Life's necessities were in short supply. The arrival of an infant meant all kinds of real, practical problems for its parents.
當時台灣剛光復、政府播遷來台不久，人心驚惶未定，民生物質匱乏，小嬰兒的來臨，為夫妻倆帶來種種現實問題。