First she went back to Miaoli, where she lived for half a year. But she couldn't give up her husband, so she brought the child along and the family rented a dilapidated old house in a decaying military dependents 'village, living off her husband's monthly salary of NT $ 20-30,000.
她先回苗栗住了半年，但又放不下先生，於是帶了孩子，在土城一處老舊眷村裡租了一間簡陋的平房，靠著先生一個月兩、三萬的薪水過日子。