He doesn't rest easy until his ink has finished drying. In Taiwan, the best time of year for making ink runs from the eighth month of the lunar calendar through the second month of the following year, when the weather is relatively cool and there is little rain. The best ink is made in the winter because the ink blocks shrink in the cold, dry quickly, and keep their shape.
台灣最佳的製墨月份是天氣涼爽、雨水少的陰曆八月到隔年二月，其中尤以冬季時所製的墨條品質最好，因為墨塊遇冷收縮，乾得快也不容易變形。