Brother Ling has been imprisoned for so long that he looks "haggard" . He still has a "sense of arrogance" when he is out of his element. Sister Lijun has gathered a crowd and caused a man to be beheaded. The court rules that the man should be kept in custody and beheaded after the fall of the drum. Brother Ling says that he cannot give up, but he does not know when he will be able to do so. He tells his sister that they have waited for him half a day and that they even had tea. He says that they must go to the market and buy some food. The food is a dish called "ba-bump" , which means "green clothes" or "beloved animal." It is a bitter gourd with a bitter taste. The narrator tells the audience that the rich and the poor do not live in the same world and that justice still exists in the world.