This chapter opens in the countryside, where a hungry man growls at the sound of a knock on the door. The man is Hu, and he is about to die of hunger. He has not eaten for a day, and his sister is still on the street. He asks her where she is, and she tells him that she has gone to the west of town to buy some tofu. He tells her that he has quarreled with the villagers many times because of the destruction of their crops by their cattle, and that it was wise for them to split up into caicai and cattle. He says that his quarrels were witnessed by the villagers, and they did not see him. He explains that he had quarrels with them because of their cattle destroying their crop, and it was decided that he should split up with them. He is drunk, and asks if he should go home. The drunkard says that this is not his house, but that it is the house of the widow. The widow has no husband, so they can be a couple. He wants to go in,