In this chapter, we learn that the man proposing marriage to the eldest daughter of the shua family is actually the second-eldest daughter, a lowly servant named Shu-xiang. Shu's father scolds Shu for marrying a servant who behaves like a "cloud and mud" . Shu points out that if Shu marries the servant, he will not be able to get any money from the family. Shu reminds Shu that the family owes the family a favor and that the favor has already been repaid. Shu asks Shu if he is willing to marry him, and Shu says yes. Shu then tells Shu that he will let the two of them see each other one year later at the five martial houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties.