When things didn't go well on the farm, he'd listen patiently to her complaints. Also, things on the farm were different than what he learned in the animal husbandry program. "Working in the fields with my mom, I realized how difficult life on the farm was," he says. "The poetic romanticism of my youth was replaced by the realities of life."
然而，和農專時期的理論空談不同，「跟隨母親實際耕作，更深刻體會農家生活的艱辛困苦；年少的浪漫詩情，一一轉化為生活的承擔。」