But his family was against it, because they felt there was no future in this trade. Furthermore, when they consulted the spirits by drawing lots with divining sticks, they drew one of the worst possible responses: "A dragonfly flies into a spider's web." This terrified Ho's father, who thought that if his son went into this line of business he would be sure to die.
何勝雄家人反對，認為做花生沒前途，加上到廟裡問神明，又抽到下下簽「蜻蜓飛入蜘蛛網」，父親嚇壞了，認為他走這條路非死不可。