This chapter's epigraph is from a poem by the same name. The poem is about a man who is dying of thirst and hunger. He is a member of Haiditao, a local meat market. He orders a large amount of beef and mutton and tells the waiter to take some cream from the cart. The waiter tells him that his ex-boyfriend and his new lover are at the market. The two men argue about whether or not the other is attracted to women or men, and the waiter says that he does not know