When he was young, he did not understand the elders in the tribe and couldn't see the point in staying in the mountains to farm, where they earned so little, labored so hard, and were exploited by middlemen.
從小在外求學的周永泰表示，年輕時對老人家不諒解，認為死守在山上務農，被大盤商剝削，錢又少又辛苦，何苦來哉？