Summary

Back in Hà Nội in 1956, Diệu Lan used the money she received from Master Thinh’s relatives to buy a hut and travler’s permit in Hà Nội. Searching for her children, Diệu Lan found Ngọc homeless in a village near the house Diệu Lan last left her at. Diệu Lan and Ngọc found Thuận in the pagoda where they left him, which has deteriorated from a lack of donations. Diệu Lan donates some of her money to the nun, and the nun gives Diệu Lan a wooden bell as a token of appreciation. Next, Diệu Lan picked up Hạnh from the teacher’s house. Though the teacher was angry at Diệu Lan and attached to Hanh, she let Diệu Lan take...