Mrs. Carter says that Mrs. Ortiz, an English Language Learner teacher, will be coming to meet one-on-one with Lina. Mrs. Carter also says Finn can help translate until then. Lina is excited to have her own teacher.

Finn soon proves that much of his Chinese knowledge is based on food. He often gets her messages incorrect in front of the class, which is embarrassing. After school, Lina, Mom, and Millie try to call Lao Lao, but Lao Lao spends the call trying to maneuver into her sweater because her room is cold. Mom is emotional that they are so far from Lao Lao.

Mom discusses with Dad the need for Pete Burton to hurry with the green card; she wants to travel to see Lao Lao and must be able to legally return. Dad insists that Pete Burton and his lawyer are on it. Mom is briefly dejected, but Lina tells her to imagine emailing all Etsy customers to offer personalized bath bombs with messages and images. Their imaginations work up the idea, and Mom asks Lina to compose an email message they can send out.