While others were cutting down trees to maximize the area of arable land, he was planting six or seven thousand trees. When Tu followed this by putting down sod for grass, one of the locals was unable to bear it any longer and came over to tell him, "Young man, in these parts there's more grass than we have time to cut. Here you are planting more?!"
人家砍樹以便有更大的面積耕作，他卻在自己的土地上種了六、七千棵樹，接著開始植草皮時，終於有人看不過去忍不住跟他說：「少年仔，人家割草都割不完，你還種草？」