The narrator tells us that the family rules are that anyone who marries a girl from the family has to pass a "rigorous test" before they can get married. He says that this test covers "a lot of things" and that he's going to test Linyuan to see if he has a "strong and healthy body" . Linyuan says that he was "too naive" to think that his father would be overjoyed when he saw him back, and that things turned out differently. The narrator says that Linyuan is brave, resourceful, thoughtful, and alert, and he looks like a good choice for his daughter. He asks Linyuan if it's okay for him to stay home, and Linyuan tells him that it isn't really okay, because his father is "just acting seriously" to scare him. He tells Linyuan that he won't let anyone take her away from him, and they go shopping together.