Once, with monthly tests approaching at school, he asked to finish studying before heading to the fields, but his father snapped: "Can you put food on the table just by studying?"
有一次月考前，蔡聰明希望爸爸讓他先寫完功課再下田，爸爸卻氣得罵他：「光讀書，肚子會飽嗎？」