This chapter opens with the patriarch of the Zhang family talking to his son about the recent events. The patriarch tells his son that the only way out of the current crisis is to break his relationship with the chen family. He says that if the family does not sell the pills that the pill pavilion is selling, the family will starve to death. He tells the son not to resist or be obedient, because if he does not, his crimes will worsen, and he will be punished.
This chapter opens with the patriarch of the Zhang family talking to his son about the recent events. The patriarch tells his son that the only way out of the current crisis is to break his relationship with the chen family. He says that if the family does not sell the pills that the pill pavilion is selling, the family will starve to death. He tells the son not to resist or be obedient, because if he does not, his crimes will worsen, and he will be punished.