But this year the Lunar New Year holiday fell in early February. When the strawberries were bursting with ripeness in late February and early March, the vacation period had passed, and he only sold 40 % of his crop. On such short notice he also couldn't find any processing plants to take the rest, so they went to waste. He estimates that he lost NT $ 600,000 in potential income.
不料今年年假在 2 月初，2 月下旬到 3 月中，草莓全紅、長得最茂盛時，竟然沒有對上假期，結果只賣出 4 成；臨時又找不到加工廠幫忙製作成草莓醋、草莓醬，只好將剩下的全部打掉，估計至少損失 60 萬元。