In this chapter, Lingyan tries to convince his daughter-in-law to take her back to the city, but she refuses, saying that she wants to return to her family's home in the country. She tells Lingyan that she will be returning in three days, and that he should come back immediately. Lingyan tells her that he has suffered a lot in the past few days, but that he will not tell her anything about it. He asks her to come back with him and have dinner with everyone. When she tells him that she still wants to go back, he tells her to go if she doesn't want to. He tells her not to worry about the money, because he thinks she has an advantage over him because she is his eldest sister.