This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Miss Jessel and her daughter-in-law, Caixin. Caixin says that she wants to marry Minghuan, but that she can only marry her uncle, who is her father's brother-in law. She tells Caixin that she's going to have to leave Minghuan behind and go live with her father, because Caixin's not going to let her live with Minghuan's "wife." Caixin, however, doesn't believe her, and she