Inscribed with “Yummy Sausage with Sticky Rice NT$50!”, the banners stood on either side of a piping hot charcoal grill. Ling was as loud touting the customers as she was quick on her hands, turning the sausages and sticky rice buns. The sausage stand was ready for another day of business!

Nearly 60, abandoned by her parents when she was a kid, Ling was now single and childless. Having weathered the many storms of life, she was now quite detached from it all. Resilient and self-reliant, she knew she had only herself and her food stand to depend on! The sausage stand was her everything! Customers came in small numbers, and sometimes the rain would dampen the business plus the charcoals, but she got by!

Nearly 60, abandoned by her parents when she was a kid, Ling was now single and childless. Having weathered the many storms of life, she was now quite detached from it all. Resilient and self-reliant, she knew she had only herself and her food stand to depend on! The sausage stand was her everything! Customers came in small numbers, and sometimes the rain would dampen the business plus the charcoals, but she got by!

Not one to be idle during the recovery, Ling took on the job of sorting spring onions for NT$75 per bundle, spring onions being the locally grown plentiful produce. She scratched by with the wages. “Seeing the empty freezer and fridge” that desperately needed a repair and working out the years it would take her to save up the repair money and get her sausage stand up and running again, she felt life had dealt her a harsh blow.
Not one to be idle during the recovery, Ling took on the job of sorting spring onions for NT$75 per bundle, spring onions being the locally grown plentiful produce. She scratched by with the wages. “Seeing the empty freezer and fridge” that desperately needed a repair and working out the years it would take her to save up the repair money and get her sausage stand up and running again, she felt life had dealt her a harsh blow.