During peak seasons workdays can be long. Friendly competition between families in orchards and in the market place assures an all-out effort on everyone's part.
以鎮公所民政課員詹貞祥為例，他每天大清早先到家裡的果園工作，八點再到鎮公所上班，傍晚下班後再到園裡巡查。鎮內家家戶戶皆有果園，收成時難免互相比較，因為有競爭，大夥也就格外勤奮。