The lin family patriarch, linyongfeng, tells his son, que'er, that he has been gone for six months and that he is now trying to enter the ancestral hall to discuss the distribution of the family's land. . He says that he tried to persuade Que'er to leave but that he started beating the family up. He tells his father that his son is a "bastard without the teachings of the father." . The patriarch says that the lins have rules and that they will divide their land according to the needs of the next generation. He asks his son if he is worried about the rules, and he says that they are all their clan brothers. He adds that they all disrespected them, but that they even beat him. He calls him a "bandroarant bastard" without the father's teaching, and says that men should chase this "mutant" away. The father calls him "the people wellrooted formanya" and asks him if he's okay. The old man says that this "mugger" beat them up horribly, and that the old man has to "seek justice for us." The patriarch asks his mother if she is a woman too, and she replies that she isn't a woman either. She says that when a woman raises her voice at an ancestral hall, she is not a woman, and why is she intervening then? The patriarch tells the family that they have gathered to discuss land and property, and they will also assess the next generations' knowledge. The fifth brother announces that yongfeng's three sons have been sent away to serve as sons-in-laws. The third aunt tells her son that he was sent away because