An inanimate object only becomes animate as the result of human use. The ceramic shards lining the salt fields are at their brightest and most colorful when trod upon by the salt workers. They make for a curious parallel with the bright smile flashing forth from Ting Tsai-po's sun-burnished face.
東西要有人使用才有生氣，鹽田地上的瓦盤，在鹽工的使用中，終於又變得豔紅鮮橘，光彩奪目了起來，一如丁財伯那黑黝發亮的笑容。