In 1969, after he had saved up enough money, he returned to Kwangtung and brought back his wife, but she was killed in an accident eight years ago.
一九六九年，黃伯存夠了錢，回到中山縣接來妻子同住。妻子耳朵不靈，八年前的冬天，竟在家門口被倒車的垃圾車輾斃。黃伯又獨居至今。不過他挺能過日子，旅行、看錄影帶，找機會看大戲，還買了好些卡帶學說國語。