Remembering back to his youth, when he used to hear all the neighbors calling their families in for dinner each day, a lightbulb turned on in Cai's head: Why not have everyone take their meals together? The new head of the borough, Gao Mulin, was very supportive of the idea, and worked together with Cai to bring it to fruition.
傳統農業社會雞犬相聞、時常「相招呷飯」的兒時記憶，讓蔡瀛萌生「共食」的構想，並且得到新任里長高木林的大力支持。