When he first got to bucolic Peipu, it was a real adjustment. In contrast to fast-track Taipei, Peipu is a slow and quiet place. "When the TV soaps finish at nine, the whole village goes dark." Ah Wei, who did not have a friend or even an acquaintance in the place, felt as if the world had dropped him off and forgotten all about him.
剛來到北埔這個純樸的客家庄，非常不習慣，不同於台北的急躁，北埔是個很慢、很靜的地方，「九點看完連續劇，整個庄黑掉了，」不認識半個人的阿偉感覺像被這個世界放逐、拋棄，於是九點、十點就開始打電話找朋友，或者是沒有目標的騎著腳踏車在庄裡繞來繞去。