A narrative of a family made up of a mother, father, three sons, and two daughters. The eldest boy and girl work, whilst the middle girl and the other lads are students. The middle girl is pressured by her parents to marry after high school, but she prefers to follow her own life. Her family is poor, and her parents cannot afford her university education. She decides to leave home, and after three arduous years, she returns with her own firm but does not tell her parents about it. Her parents are angry at her.