To rekindle the zest for life that she had had while building the houses, the petite yet tough Hsieh donned a farmer's hat and rain boots and drove a truck to Tsengwen Reservoir to gather driftwood and large slabs of stone, oblivious to the freckles that the sun burned onto her face and the bruises on her shoulders--just so that one day she could continue her dream of building houses.
為了再度喚起自己在蓋房子時的生命熱情，個子嬌小卻有著驚人韌性的她，經常戴著斗笠、穿著雨鞋，開貨車到曾文水庫旁邊撿拾漂流木、蒐集大石板，也不管臉上曬出滿臉黑斑、肩上淤青不斷，就為了有一天，還能再續蓋房子的美夢。