Everyone knew they were out there, but no one knew quite what they were. People figured they must have been connected with ancestral spirits of some sort. Anxious not to run afoul of the netherworld, the farmers would always hurriedly throw dirt back over the spot and find a better place to dig.
雖然大家都不知道瓦爺是什麼東西，因此只要挖到這種陶片，擔心得罪了瓦爺，就趕緊再把瓦片埋進土裡。