Some time later, economic doldrums and bad debts forced the brothers to divide up the family property and their finances. Yung-chuan's father could not afford to pay Yung-chuan's living expenses, but his foster mother and her husband, who had cared for him since infancy, could not bring themselves to hand him over to his father, who was out of work and had a drinking problem.
之後顏家因為景氣不好，家族又被人倒帳而不得不分家，爸爸無力支付永全的生活費，嬸婆「媽媽」和叔公因為從小撫養他，也不忍心就這麼把他交還給他聾啞有時還失業酗酒的父親。