The scene opens in the courtyard of the pavilion where the wedding is to take place. The master and his son are discussing the preparations for the wedding, and the master tells his son that he should not worry about the wedding because he will take care of it himself. When the master asks his son what he is doing, the boy tells him that he is "obsessed with a woman" and that he has "discarded an egg" as a woman. The father is shocked at his son's behavior, but the son calms down and tells the master that he will teach him one more thing. He asks the master to share a drink with him. The wine is from the state of qinzhou, which is very famous for its wine. The two men drink the wine together on the day of the wedding