In this fourth installment, the author Xavier Marcé shows you what a traditional street is like in one of the neighborhoods in the west of Hanoi. Specifically, 2 Cổ Nhuế avenue, in the Từ Liêm district. In one of its many alleys, where the entrances to all the houses are located, the author was inspired to locate the home of Ngoc Khánh, one of the protagonists of The Stone Lotus.

His home appears at various times in the novel and with this video you can get an idea of what it is like to live in a typical Vietnamese neighborhood in the capital of Vietnam.