The commoner is liu, who impersonates the head of the family and sells seven stores at a very low price. She tells the commoner that she only acted this way because she was deceived by geqing. The master of her family passed away, and he promised that he would take her as his mistress and care of his women. He promised to take care of her as the true mistress of the house. He sold the seven stores to him at a dirt-cheap price. liu says that she did not sell them to him, but to her stupid housewife. She says that two of the stores are still left under her name as her dowry. The magistrate asks her to write down the names of the sellers to verify their authenticity. The handwriting of liu is different from the handwriting on the contract, and the magistrate says that this is because the handwriting is incorrect. The court sentences liu to return all the family's property and to endure twenty lashes as punishment. She will also be punished for acting on her own.