Part 3, Chapter 10 Summary

With their sons well and sleeping through the night, life becomes much more peaceful for Lin and Manna, who now have time to relax a little in the evenings and watch some television. One night they are watching a show called "To Get Rich Is Glorious," about people who successfully answered to Party's call to start embracing a communist brand of capitalism, something that had been illegal just a few years before. Manna is grating turnips and Lin is reading when she lets out a moan, unable to answer when Lin asks her what is wrong. The reporter has just introduced another rich, successful communist: Geng Yang.

Manna is outraged at the sight of Geng Yang, rich, healthy, and full of himself. Lin comforts her, putting his arms around her, and it evokes both the pain of her previous experience and...