When the narrator arrives at the house, he finds it difficult to sleep because of the cold he has contracted. He asks the servant to take care of him, but the servant refuses, saying that he has never had anyone else to care for him. The narrator tells the servant that he will make him some porridge, and the servant promises to do so. When the servant asks how to cook porridge, the narrator tells him that it is easier to make it in a rice-cooker than in a clay pot. The servant tells the narrator that he is not used to cooking porridge in a pot, but he promises to make the porridge in his rice cooker. When he asks if he can wait a bit longer, the servant replies that he can, but that the porridge is too thick for him to cook in the clay pot, so he will have to cook it again in the rice pot