He still recalls how when he was in school his family was most worried about his coming home on vacations, because they would have to scrape up some money to give to him to take back to Taipei. Since the only cash income for most farm families at that time was to sell a few chickens, he can still clearly recall the image of his parents going all around trying to sell chickens.
他還記得，讀書時家人最怕他放假回家，因為總得籌點錢給他帶著，而農家平常唯一有現金收入的大概就是靠賣幾隻雞，父母到處找雞販賣雞的畫面至今讓他記憶深刻。