On the afternoon of the god's birthday, at the beckoning of Ah O next door, sister disappears and goes off to the foot of the performers 'marquee to watch the performers, their faces smeared with rouges and purples, cigarettes hanging from their mouths, oblivious to the chickens and geese being slaughtered in the kitchen.
神明生日的下午，在隔壁阿娥的召喚下，阿姊一溜煙就鑽到廟前戲棚腳，看著口刁香菸的歌仔戲演員塗紅抹紫在上妝，顧不得家中廚房正殺雞宰鵝，忙得七葷八素。