The narrator is shocked to learn that both Guingzhou and his wife are lowborn, and that both of them have even tried to marry into the family. He is also shocked to find that both women are very reserved, and he finds it very difficult to be his daughter- in-law. He finds it difficult to dress conservatively, because the women will mock him if he wears too fashionably. When the narrator asks the old woman how old she is and who serves her, she tells him that she likes him more each time she looks at him. The old woman asks the narrator to take her pulse, and the narrator agrees to do so. He says that it is hard for him to learn traditional Chinese medicine, because it takes decades, but he trusts traditional medicine more than Western medicine.