A gang bursts into Rae’s home, taunts her and waves a knife before leaving; Rae panics as her father lies unconscious. Neighbors tell Rae to lock the door because her injured father can’t protect her, but someone quickly reassures her he’s not dead — he’s fainted from low blood sugar after giving Rae the last steamed buns. While she tends him and scrambles for food, a visiting expert inspects the junk her dad brought home and identifies a meteorite, a 200-year bowl and a 500-year book. He urges Rae to sell them at an antique shop to end their hunger, leaving her with the urgent choice to sell her father’s finds.