In Penghu, before the retrocession of Taiwan from the Japanese, almost without exception "the men fished and the women tilled." If a husband wanted to go to Taiwan to make a living, then his wife would have to stay at home, caring for her in-laws and working the land. In this way, if things didn't go smoothly for the husband, he could always go home.
台灣光復前，澎湖的生活模式不外是男漁女耕，如果做先生的要去台灣打拚，那做妻子的就得留在家中，一方面侍奉公婆，一方面努力做山，萬一先生發展不順，回家也還有個退路。