They're afraid to invest anywhere else. "A pair of brothers surnamed Li relate that, in their common experience and that of their friends, young women in the past never wanted to marry a farmer, because they had to help out in the fields and the life was tough. Things are different now though, they say.
一對在夏田村耕作的李姓兄弟提到，以前的女孩子最怕嫁給農家，不但要下田幫忙耕作，日子還過得苦哈哈；現在可是不同了，女孩子要嫁就嫁有田的農家，「以前是怕田多，現在是田少了，她還不要咧。」