I live in the Panchiao Veterans 'Home, and I probably only go into Taipei City, which is right next door, a few times a year. I don't dare meet with friends or people from the old home town. Just giving gifts here and there and eating makes it impossible to save anything, "says Qiu Ruhua, who saves enough money to go back to Shandong once every 18 months.
住在板橋榮家裡，一年也難得上台北三趟，連朋友、老鄉也不敢碰，這一碰帶份禮、吃頓飯，錢就省不下來了」，每隔一年半存錢回山東老家一次的邱如華表示。