"This job is relatively easy," he says in Fukienese with a heavy Amoy accent. He gets paid 1,000 Singapore dollars a month (around NT $ 15,000) --enough to pay the rent and buy his booze. His wife has already passed away, and he needs a good drink to get to sleep.
「這頭路（閩南語，即工作）較輕鬆」，他帶著濃厚的廈門腔說，一個月薪水一仟元（約合新台幣一萬伍仟元），夠付房租、酒錢，查某人（太太）已去世，晚上要喝杯酒才能好睡。