This chapter opens with a conversation between the grandmother and her granddaughter. The grandmother tells her granddaughter that she has cleared out some of the things in her house. She tells her that there are too many things in the house that need to be thrown out. She says that she's been reading all day, and that she doesn't know what kind of "deadly magic" it is that the grandmother's daughter, Mary Sue, has. She asks the granddaughter if she is too childish to be reading books for teenagers. The granddaughter says that her expression is so convincing that she would believe her if it were about "motorcycle races" or "raping and dancing" , but she is also a lover of "romance novels" . She compares Mary Sue to a beautiful lady from the early days of the Republic of China who wanted to pursue a man but was tired of being pursued. She called out to a factory employee and asked him to help her. The woman was a rebellious woman, and she wanted to convince the men to give up on pursuing her. She told the factory employee that if he did not help her, she would break his dog legs. The grandma says that since Mary Sue has already chosen her father, they can't talk about it. She then tells the granddaughter that her soup would have been wasted if she were all healed, but that she used her dog's leg to make it. Grandma scolds the grandma for treating her so kindly, but the grandma scolds herself for overreacting to Mary Sue's charms. She scolds her for being so childish. She