In this chapter, the old man's elixir garden is overgrown with weeds, and he is still late. He is furious that the boy has not eaten all of his treasures. He blames himself for not taking good care of the child, and even mistreating him in the past. The old man says that the fruit of the day is the responsibility of the future, and that in three years' time, the boy may regret his life. He asks the old woman if there is a girl he likes, and she says that she will introduce him to her. The two have been separated for two years, and the boy does not know what has happened to him. He begs his mother to take the boy back to his village.