Villagers and farmers as props Though the book contains some mention of farming villages, such as the extended description of the Hsiluo Fruit and Vegetable Market (pp. 137-138, Yang can only offer up widely held impressions of rural life. He writes of "hopeful and hardy country folk," "the young and the old left behind," and the "bargain-basement produce of the farms."
背景道具──農村與農民再例如書中雖有一些描寫農村的片段，如頁 137 至 138 的「西螺果菜市場」算是篇幅較長的，但是仍然不脫一般對農村的印象，像是「樂天而堅強的鄉下人」、「剩下老人和小孩」、「產地農產品的廉價」。