No, the things growing in his paddies are a farmer's worst nightmare. While all his neighbors tend to their rice and water spinach, he goes out of his way to plant what everyone else calls weeds, and he works just as hard on them as the farmers do on their rice.
林春吉的田終年沒有讓人喜慶豐收的「採收」期，但他比農夫更勤快，一年到頭不休耕、不放水，他每天天未亮就下田，天黑後，還要拎著手電筒巡視一回田裡的雜草後才放心回家。