This chapter opens with the young mistress of a small country restaurant asking for a hundred taels to have a bite to eat. The young mistress is furious at the price of the food, but the young master assures her that he has brought out the best of the restaurant's dishes. He also tells her that the jade that he bought for her from her mother is now his, and he hopes that she will not take offense at the display of the jade. He then goes on to say that he will leave the jade to her, and that she is just some "damn country girl" who is just "some damn country girl." The young master then tells his grandfather that he would like to move to town, since the environment there is more suitable and because he is an expert in "studying." He then offers to make tea for his grandfather, and the two men discuss the upcoming township exams.