Misfortunes End

Trieu is an orphan who lives with her motherinlaw and her brotherinlaw Thien They work the family land and also weave towels Trieus husband Dai returns to the village after a four year absence to ask Trieu for a divorce because he has started a business in Hanoi with his girlfriend Trieu refuses but Dai leaves her ten pieces of gold and the divorce papers to sign After a row with Toan the local towel buyer Trieu manages to sell the cloth to the distributors herself and uses the gold to set up a weavers coop Trieu and Thien grow closer together but village custom would disapprove of any relationship between the siblingsinlaw even if Trieu were divorced