"Tiemu's family used to have it tough," says Chen Li-chun, Tiemu's wife and a fellow Atayal. "He spent many years driving a backhoe to earn enough money to build this house. His father died in this house, and recognizes it as his home."
「鐵木家本來生活很辛苦，靠著鐵木多年開挖土機，好不容易才有錢蓋了這個新房，」鐵木從小青梅竹馬的妻子、同屬泰雅族的陳麗娟解釋，「現在到天上去的公公是在這個家斷氣的，這也是他認識的家。」