This has left Yu with a deep understanding of the hardships of farm life. His younger brother, Yu Yuh-chao, the editor-in-chief of Sinorama, recalls that while still in high school, his brother, during a break in farm work, said that he really wished he could find a way to improve the lives of those on the farms.
高中時，余玉賢曾在田間休息吃點心時頗有感觸地表示：農民生活苦，真希望將來能設法改善農民生活。