The chapter opens with the mother scolding her husband for being so hurryed to leave. She asks him to stay for dinner, but he refuses, saying that he doesn't deserve a gift from her. He tells her that he wants to show his filial piety by cooking dinner for everyone at the party. He says that he hasn't been able to do so since he was married, and that he just wants to make up for it. The mother asks him if he is afraid that he will abuse his wife, and he says that she is about to give birth to the baby. He asks her to stay with her if he has to go to work, and she says that if he does, she will stay with him. She tells him that she loves him, and asks him not to take her sunshine away.