Even so, working-age adults have always been gone during the day at their jobs, leaving the old folks behind to nap, watch TV, look after the grandchildren, and visit with neighbors. Apart from that, there was hardly anything meaningful for them to do with their time.
即使如此，當青壯年都外出工作的漫漫長日，老人家除了打瞌睡、看電視、帶孫子、串門子以外，幾乎沒有什麼有意義的活動可消磨時光。