Early December was such a busy time for Chen Ching-shan, owner of Hsinhu Farm at Paochung in Yunlin County, that he didn't even have time to answer the phone. It was not until the middle of the month, when several freight containers loaded with cabbages had been shipped off to Singapore, that he could finally pause for breath.
十二月初，在雲林褒忠，新湖農場場長陳清山忙得連接電話的時間都沒有，直到月中，陸續送出幾個貨櫃的甘藍、高麗菜到新加坡，他才能稍微喘口氣。