Part 1, Chapter 10 Summary

Upon his return to Binalonan, he finds his family's house empty. He had expected his brother Luciano to meet him at the bus stop. He finds some food in the kitchen and eats. He goes outside and mingles with the crowd for New Year's. He runs into his brother Luciano and learns that the family house was sold several months before. The family has moved to Mangusmana. He spends the night at Luciano's home and leaves the next morning for Mangusmana. When he arrives he finds his mother doing the plowing. Carlos is so happy to see his mother that he runs to her, struggling to keep from crying. He tells her to go home: he will finish the plowing.

When he arrives at the house, he finds his father is ill, as Luciano had told him. He is cared for...