They learned how to plant sugarcane, papayas, and corn. The harvests were quite good but they "never quite found a market" for their crops, in the end having to resort to shipping their produce to friends in Taipei. They not only failed to bring in any income from their harvests, but had to spend money to cover shipping costs.
於是他們學種甘蔗、木瓜、玉米，收成雖然不錯，但總是「遇不到市場」，最後只好郵寄給台北的朋友吃，落得不但沒有收入還得自己貼郵費。