The next morning, An-mei wakes to her relatives screaming at An-mei’s mother, who’s kneeling pitifully in the dirt in front of the house. They refuse to let her take An-mei, yelling that she’s evil and An-mei will inherit all of her mother’s bad traits. An-mei calls out to her mother while running down the stairs, and seeing her daughter’s love, An-mei’s mother straightens herself and takes An-mei with her, ignoring the relatives’ terrible judgement.