At that time TV had just begun broadcasting, and business was thin for the opera troupe. This performance, enacted in the funeral procession, talks about a certain five brothers in ancient times who were maltreated by their stepmother for their frequent trips to weep at the grave of their mother.
原來當時電視開播，歌仔戲團生意清淡，乃於出殯時表演古時某員外五個兒子常至亡母墓前悲哭受後母虐待的故事。