Ah Nan, who was then working away from home, borrowed some money from his boss and co-workers to get home. But it wasn't enough to get all the way, so after alighting at the station nearest his home, he had to walk twelve hours through the night to return to his family. But his mother, unable to hang on, had already breathed her last.
在外工作的阿南向老闆、同事借錢，仍不夠返鄉路費，用僅有的盤纏，他在離家最近的火車站下車，在嘉南平原的月光下走了十二個小時，終於抵達家門，但等不及他回來的母親，已經嚥了氣。