In other words, the sections that deal with the Hsiluo Fruit and Vegetable Market, or any other section describing the countryside for that matter, reveal more of Yang's own ruminations than the realities of rural life. We hear what Yang says in passing judgment on the individuals he meets, but do not hear the voices of the individuals themselves.
換言之，在「西螺果菜市場」或其他提及農村的段落中，總是楊儒門的內心獨白遠多於對農村現實的描寫；總是楊儒門對每個人形象的判斷，多過於他們自己的發言。