For instance, the former head of the rice-husking factory was one of the wealthiest men in Nanchuang, but he loved patronizing prostitutes, and was violent and abusive to his family. Today, old and worn out, he lives the life of a beggar in Chungli. Sometimes he makes his way to the Wen home, where Ah Kun helps him out. "We don't assess blame for the past.
像過去的碾米廠老闆原是南庄首富，但年輕時好嫖女人、對家人暴躁打罵，現在老來流落到中壢過著乞丐般的生活，有時來溫家，則輪到阿坤給他布施，「既往不咎，我們只管眼前幫人活下去。」