The next day, the old man asks the young man why he has come to see him. The old man tells him that he has to go back to the village because he works in the antiquities department. The young man asks if he can stay for a few days. The man says that he can't because he has a lot of work to do in the village. He asks if the man can stay as long as he doesn't bring him too much trouble. He promises not to let the man down and says he's sorry if he'll cause any trouble. The Old Man says that they're running out of the herbs for the health wine, so they need a new supplier. He says that everyone has left, so he needs to close the door. When the Old Man asks who the man is, the man says it's not him, but the man who wrote the report on the herb shortage. He's back in the army, he says, and he used to train with him. He wants to know what's going on.