Here in Fenglin, only Yang Chun-hsiung and Hsu Ying-fu remain in the curing business, and they, like their counterparts in other locales, have replaced their barns with computer-controlled curing rooms. These have cut curing times, eliminated the need for family members to take turns keeping watch, and spelled the end for the tendrils of white smoke that used to hang about the flues.
加上技術進步，電腦烤菸室取代了傳統菸樓，不僅縮短烘烤的時間，也不必輪流派人看守，一幢幢的菸樓不再冒出縷縷白煙。