Foh-Kyung and his second wife, Dong-Yung are Buddhists, worshipping gods in the form of statues kept in a nook in the kitchen. Every morning, Dong-Yung offers the gods a bowl of rice and prayers to appease them. One day, Foh-Kyung enters Dong-Yung's home and tells her to cast away the kitchen gods. He has interacted with Christian missionaries and wants her to follow the "Jesus way" with him, which he says is full of love and absent of the fear associated with her kitchen gods. Dong-Yung is hesitant because of her religious reverence to the gods, but she hides them away and agrees to follow her husband. Under the Jesus way, Foh-Kyung is more affectionate with her, and more bold in his desire for her. The couple enters the church and meets with English Christian missionaries. They go to the altar of the church to submit to the Jesus way, but in the middle of their prayer at the altar, the priest realizes that Foh-Kyung referred to Dong-Yung as his "little wife," meaning that she is his second. He tells them that men cannot have two wives and serve God. Dong-Yung is uncertain of exactly what has happened. They go back home and Foh-Kyung tells her to bring back her other gods. Dong-Yung realizes that it is because of her that Foh-Kyung cannot gain salvation with the God of Love. She leaves that night without saying goodbye in order to allow her husband a path to salvation with the God of Love.