In The Shops, published two years later, he even more directly points to the lack of long-term planning in Taiwan's rice-growing industry. To counter a trade imbalance with America, the government had begun importing American rice in large quantities to the detriment of local farmers.
兩年後出版的《店仔頭》，更直陳台灣稻米產銷欠缺長期規劃，政府為了平衡工業產品對美貿易的鉅額出超，不惜犧牲農民，大量進口美國農產品，造成農民獲利微薄，遇上颱風欠收或豐收過剩時，往往還要虧本。