A sentence in the article "Selling Charcoal Weng" tells the ambivalence of the old man: "Poor people are naked, but they are worried about charcoal and would rather be cold." . It means that he wears very little and is thin, so he should hope the weather is warmer. But he is worried that his charcoal will not be sold after the warm weather, so he hopes it will be colder. This sentence fully embodies the contradictory and complicated psychology of the old man.
On the contrary, the elderly forced by life would rather endure double cold in order to sell more charcoal. This ambivalence profoundly shows the tragic situation of charcoal sellers. This poem is similar to another poem by Bai Juyi, "Look at the Wheat Cutting", "I don't know how hot it is, but I only regret the long summer".