After suffering this defeat, Cheng thought of giving up. But the Agricultural Research Institute, seeing the experience in growing mangoes he had accumulated, figured it would be a shame if he did; so they gave him 100 trees for free.
鄭罕池遭受此重挫，本想放棄；農試所認為他已有種植經驗，放棄實在可惜，於是免費送他一百株母樹。