This chapter opens with a conversation between a young man and his older brother. The young man tells his brother that he wants to buy a house in the city, but the house has been sealed off by the government for three years, so he can't even buy it right now. The younger brother tells the young man that the house was once owned by a young couple who moved to the city over two years ago. When the soldiers entered the house, the young couple carried three bodies, and the younger brother wonders if they all committed suicide or if they were killed by the authorities. His brother advises him not to buy the house because the house is usually cheap, but he fears that the "resentment inside" is still very strong. He suggests that the younger man go to the northern part of the city to find cheaper land.