The next time we see Yonxuan, he's about to get married. He's got a new wife, and she's going to be a "gentle and courteous lady" once again. He doesn't seem to care that his first wife has died, and he can't find a new one. He thinks that his second wife is going to die, too, and that he'll have to find another wife soon enough. The narrator tells us that this isn't the first time Yonxesian's stepmother has married someone new. She's been married a few times before, and her first wife died, too. She also bragged about how her son was going to find a second wife soon after her first one died, which is kind of like saying that your first wife is dead and you're going to get another one soon after that. Yonxesan's mom is all, "Don't touch my mom, stutto" , and the narrator points out that her son is living a good life now that his mom's dead. He also says that his mother has no respect or respect for elders, which makes him think that her stepmother has no regard for elders. He tells his mom to give him the medicine,