 Not wishing to spoil her own daughter's chances, the stepmother forces her stepdaughter to remain home and clean their cave-house.After her step-family has left for the festival, Ye Xian is visited by the fish's spirit again.She makes a silent wish to the bones and Ye Xian finds herself clothed magnificently, in a gown of sea-green silk, a cloak of kingfisher feathers and a pair of tiny golden slippers.