Snow Flower and Love Summary

Lily is excited about meeting Snow Flower and getting their contract signed and sees this as a new life before her. Riding in a palanquin together, the girls steal forbidden glimpses of the outside world and Snow Flower tells Lily about the man who sells delicious fried taro - crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. The girls are not allowed to walk much because of their feet, but they do explore the fair booths. Snow Flower is more experienced and better spoken than Lily. They choose special paper for their contract and write out promises to learn, work and be together for ten thousand years, with never a harsh word between them. Madame Wang is pleased and warns them that there can be no concubines or other friends that come between them. Lily feels...