It was August in Yuanli, "the granary of Miaoli County," and the seedlings for the year's second rice crop had already been in the paddy fields for some ten days, creating a seemingly endless sea of green.
八月中旬，來到素有「苗栗穀倉」之稱的苑裡鎮，二期農作已插秧十來天，處處可見綠油油的稻田，形成連綿不絕的萬頃綠波。