Readers of Rice have no way to deeply feel the force of those pleas for help; all they know is that Yang Ju-men has allowed them to listen to him. Likewise, readers have no way of feeling the heft of ears of rice; all they can know is that Yang Ju-men has been thinking about these things.
讀者無法從《白米》中感受深刻的祈求，只知道楊儒門應允了聆聽；讀者同樣不能得知稻穗的重量，只知道楊儒門正惦記著它。