Cai Cuanlan, the proprietress of Changfu Hardware Store in Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, has benefited the village on a daily basis and is highly respected and respected by local people.

(Photographed by reporter Cai Zhangsheng)

[Reporter Cai Zhangsheng/Hsinchu Report] The proprietress of Changfu Hardware Store in Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, Cai Suanlan, who benefited the village on weekdays and was highly respected and respected by local people, unfortunately passed away a few days ago at the age of 93. President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Lai Qingde both heard the news Sending elegiac couplets and flower baskets to remember, I am extremely sad and honored.

Ms. Cai Suanlan was born in Xionglin in 1931. She was educated in Japanese style when she was a child. She served in Zhudonghe Hospital (now Lv Shaoda Clinic) when she was a girl.

At that time, Mr. He Tianrui was working in the Xionglin Township Office. The two got married because of their acquaintance, and lived in the ancestral home of Shanzhu Lake.

In 1958, when the August 23rd Artillery Battle started, 29-year-old He Tianrui was ordered to go to the front line of Kinmen to defend his family and country.

Ms. Cai raised her children alone and worked at the Xionglin Township Office.

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At the end of the war, He Tianrui returned home and returned to work at the Xionglin Township Office.

The husband and wife moved to Zhudong with their family and ran a hardware store directly opposite the Catholic Church. The husband and wife benefited their hometown in a low-key manner and gained a good reputation in the village. In 1963, Typhoon Geleli severely damaged Baodao, and Shanzhu Lake became a vast ocean. The hardware business run by the husband and wife was rebuilt after the disaster. demand, the business is more prosperous, it has become the central market portal, and it has become a good story in the local area.

The local elders pointed out that Mr. He Tianrui is a brother-in-law, upright and honest, and he is fair in business, which is well known in the neighborhood.

Even in the dark night of the Kuomintang's white terror, it still does not forget to pass on the ins and outs of 228 to its children, hoping that Taiwanese will never forget this history.

Local people often recall the past and point out that in the later period of the Pacific War, whenever the Allied air strikes, adults and children would stop and watch in amazement, until the bombs fell.

However, Ms. Cai's words are still humorous and humorous, and there is no lingering fear.

Her unruffled behavior in the face of crisis, her softness and strength, coupled with the fact that her children are competing for success, have achieved success in their studies and careers, and the four generations live together in harmony, making her neighbors admire this excellent family education and teaching by example, which must have been passed down from Ms. Cai Cheerful and intelligent nature dictates.

Ms. Cai's two sons-in-law both work in the cooperative treasury. The two generations have witnessed Taiwan's transformation from agriculture to industry and commerce, and they have become well-off and happy from scratch.

People in the local area say that the He family's hardworking and down-to-earth family style is really due to the excellent ancestral precepts passed down from generation to generation.

President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Lai Qingde both sent elegiac couplets and flower baskets in memory of the news.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zhangsheng)