The travails before Chinese New Year left a particularly deep impression on Wang. During the day he would follow his father up the mountain to harvest. Then, in the middle of the night-at 2 a.m.-they'd pull themselves out of bed, gather what they needed, and set off, carrying the crop on shoulder poles.
王秀杞印象最深刻的是每逢春節前，白天跟著父親上山採收直到天黑，半夜兩點就必須起床整裝，和父兄依體能分配重量後挑起扁擔，墨黑夜色中提著礦油燈，在明滅不定的崎嶇山路上，頂著刺骨寒風走走歇歇。