Lin Cuilan used to be a healthcare worker in Taipei, a typical city girl. She started farming only after marrying and moving to Chishang at age 25. At first she didn't even know how to hold a hoe and couldn't tell the difference between rice and weeds. Despite repeatedly being teased for pulling up the wrong plants, she clung to her never-say-die attitude and has now been growing rice for 14 years.
林翠蘭原本在台北從事醫護工作，是典型的都市小姐，25 歲嫁到池上後才開始務農，起初連鋤頭都不會拿、稻株和雜草也分不清，鬧過好幾次「拔稻留草」的笑話，但憑著一股不服輸的精神，一路種稻，種了 14 年。