A few years ago I went to Chishan, Kaohsiung, to interview an old farmer. When I arrived at 11 p.m. there was not a sound to be heard in the old-style courtyard house. The 67-year-old farm couple was still out selling their produce.
幾年前，我到高雄旗山去採訪一位老農，深夜 11 點抵達時，偌大的四合院裡悄然無聲，67 歲的老農夫婦還在外面擺攤未歸。