The narrator announces that the annual holiday season has finally arrived. He has already booked a ten-day trip to the "great western sea" with his two older sisters. He tells them that they are free to refuse the trip, and they all agree to go. The narrator then tells the story of how he ruined his new hairstyle. He says that the hairstyle makes him look "damn handsome" and that he is about to embark on his "whole life is worthwhile" . He also tells the sisters that he has been collecting information about them, but he is still missing information about the two youngest sisters, zhu sha and lu wen. He asks them if they are taking the exam that is the exam of the year. They are not taking it, and the narrator says that he heard that the exam had already been over the day before, and that the results were out too. He then asks about third sister, who loves swimming. Rumors have it that she is a member of the college swimming team, but she is bluffing about it. He wonders about the fourth sister, and she seems innocent and cheerful all the time, but the narrator knows that this is not true. Finally, the narrator announces the beginning of the trip with the driver, gao. The school decided to go on a spring trip the next day, and he asks the family to bring snacks and drinks. The teacher says that she will not go on the trip because she has never been on a trip before.