The scene opens with a conversation between the master and the housekeeper. The master tells the housekeeper that his wife is throwing things at him, and that she is trying to get him to get rid of her. The housekeeper tells the master that her wife has broken some vases and that the combined value of the vases is more than ten million. When the master asks what he should do, the housekeeper tells him that he should ask for repayment as long as he can pay back the debt. He tells her to bring the vases back in the morning, and she says that her body is worthless