Once they had picked the green leaves, the farmers strung them in bunches, hung them from bamboo poles, then placed them into their barns. There they were flue-cured, a process which would, over the course of a week, turn the leaves a golden brown. Curing was grueling work.
菸葉採回後，農民先用繩索串起鮮綠的菸葉，接著披掛在竹竿上，再放入菸樓內燻烤，烤成金黃色，成為菸的半成品，需時約為一週。