Tseng Chen-chuan relates how a businessman from Taichung had his eye on a hillside meadow in Ssumakussu, and was willing to pay a handsome sum, even offering to pay any price that the seller would name. The businessman failed to obtain the land, however, which indicates how serious the villagers are about their principles.
曾振川表示，有位台中的商人看上斯馬庫斯有一塊平坦的坡地，想出高價買，甚至言明，只要出價就買，但最後還是沒買成，顯示村民堅守原則。