Li couldn't understand what was being sung, but he grew very interested in the melodies, and integrated some of their dumadiao (horse) and qizidiao (seven character) tunes into the music of Ah-Q.
李連璧聽不懂台灣方言，卻被歌曲的旋律引起興趣，於是「糖炒栗子﹘ ﹘現炒現賣」，把都馬調、七字調融進了唱腔。