Huang explains, without any hint of regret, how it is that he never got beyond ninth grade: "In my grandpa's day, a catty of pork sold for half a yuan, but a catty of honey would bring five yuan! Our family needed lots of hands to raise bees, so we didn't have a choice."
「在阿公那個年代，一斤豬肉 5 毛錢，一斤蜂蜜卻要 5 元呢！家族養蜂需要人手，我們沒得選擇，」至今頂著國中學歷的黃東明並無遺憾。