Farmer's Wife is based on Wu's mother. This wise, loving, hard-working, and occasionally foul-tempered 70-year-old had a rebellious spirit that did not come from books or education. It developed naturally from the traditional farming spirit.
《農婦》一書貫流著形象鮮明的吳晟的母親，這位兼具智慧、愛心、勤勞，有時又不免嘮叨咒罵的七十多歲老農婦，對事情一針見血的批判力量並非來自書本或教養，而是自然而然地孕育自傳統農村的生活哲學。