What finally made Feng go from writing into agriculture was the distress she experienced while helping Liao's father during the harvest season at the end of 2003. Feng recalls how she and Liao Hsueh-tang worked so hard for more than one month picking and washing oranges that they were aching all over.
真正讓這位拿筆桿的女生決心下田務農的，是那年幫廖父賠本採收的痛心經歷。馮小非清楚記得 2003 年底的柳丁採收季，廖學堂和她又撿又洗忙了一個多月，累得腰酸背痛。