Su Yunjin did not let Gu Ya follow her to deliver the pig blood. In the end, Gu Ya did not insist any further and reluctantly agreed to let Su Yunjin go alone to deliver the pig blood to the local butcher.
There was a fish on the stove that Gu Ya had gutted before. As soon as Su Yunjin left, the fifth brother's wife, Mrs. Chu, went to cook the fish. She did not know how to prepare pig blood, but she could still cook fish.
Mrs. Chu made a pot of fish soup, filling half a wooden basin with the thick, white broth that was still steaming hot. When Su Yunjin returned from delivering the pig blood, the fish soup was on the stove, but Mrs. Chu was nowhere to be found, leaving only Gu Ya in the kitchen. Upon Su Yunjin's return, Gu Ya looked at her and asked, "Yunjin, have you delivered the pig blood to the butcher?"
