He was only able to go home once a year, during the lunar new year. On every trip home his mother would always take him to the family shrine on his last evening of vacation, and the two would kneel and pray to the gods and the family's ancestors.
只有過年時能回家，阿德說，每次離家的前一晚，母親會帶他在家廟中神像與祖先牌位前跪禱，希望他此去經年沒有母親照顧的日子，神明能保佑他一切平安。