Finally, on June 22nd, God blessed them with a good day; the rain stopped and the sun broke through the clouds. In Li Ping's garden an epiphyllum put forth a flame-red blossom in broad daylight, like a bright red ball of silk hung beside her door.
老天保佑，六月二十二號一早，風雨停了，陽光破雲而出，住戶李平的院子裡，大白天裡竟開出一朵火紅色的曇花，像團彩球掛在門邊。