A young widow who married Freddie faces immediate hostility at the household: she refuses a forced pregnancy, insisting she's only 23 and doesn't want to be a mother, while villagers whisper she curses families. Freddie's mother and his aunt accuse him of spending 50 taels on the widow, demand he kneel, hand over his military pay, and take her back to the Lous. The aunt verbally attacks Freddie and the family unites against the widow. With Freddie cornered and support collapsing, the episode ends with the widow asking, "They're sending me back?"