A tight pace had to be maintained so all the lines could be sung and all the actions could be performed, so Yang cut out long, slow weeping scenes and tried to stick with faster-paced material.
為此，楊麗花刪掉了又長又慢的哭調仔，儘量改唱節奏輕快的歌仔調，再輔以細膩的口白和做工。