Eventually the entire Huang clan got into beekeeping, but they had an unwritten rule-any girl who could test into a public high school could stay in school (one of Huang Dong-ming's older sisters got a university degree in education and became a school principal), but all the boys had to leave school once their compulsory education was completed and devote themselves to farming.
不僅黃家大家族的叔伯爺舅全都成了養蜂人，家族中更有個不成文約定──女孩子只要考上公費學校，就可以繼續升學（黃東明的四姊便一路讀到師範學院，成為校長）；相反的，男孩子卻必須棄文從農、全數成為養蜂好手。