《小團圓》是一部自我療癒之作，其中「木彫的鳥」，指涉的是盛九莉潛意識中的「陰莖母親」。擁抱時、性愛時，甚至是打胎時，九莉均無法擺脫木彫的鳥「超我」般的監視，那是心的牢獄，一種永恆的拘禁。九莉不想如蕊秋般到處去依附男性，卻無法擺脫母女同命的迴圈，這遙遙呼應了1943年的〈第一爐香〉、〈茉莉香片〉、〈金鎖記〉，而成為一種與母親團圓的方式。《小團圓》的命意，一部份即是在此。

＂Little Reunion＂ is a work of self-healing wherein the ＂wood-carved bird＂ refers to the phallic mother in Sheng Jiuli's subconscious. During embrace, copulation, and even abortion, Jiuli was unable to escape the superego surveillance of the wood-carved bird. That is a mental imprisonment, an eternal detention. Jiuli does not want to rely on men everywhere like Ruiqiu, but finds it impossible to extricate herself from the loop of fate that binds the mother and daughter. This work distantly echoes her Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier, Jasmine Tea, and The Golden Cangue of 1943, which becomes a sort of reunion with her mother. A partial meaning of Little Reunion lies exactly here.