But when he heard that the li citizens had given him a big "thumbs up" and said, "This outsider neighborhood chief is even better than a local one," and when he heard that he had become the topic of the day for conversations between taxi drivers and passengers, these verbal "rewards" boosted his morale greatly and allowed him to forget his hard labors.
但當聽到里民豎起大姆指稱讚「這位外地里長做得比本地人好」；當他知道，他這位里長伯總是成為內溝里計程車司機和乘客的話題時，這些口頭上的「回饋」又讓他精神百倍、忘卻辛勞了。