The heavens set sail from the courtyard

He Wenhui walked to the door of Erqing's mother's house next door, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked on the door.

Erqing's mother quickly opened the door and was very happy to see He Wenhui.

"Wenhui, what brings you here? Is something wrong?"

He Wenhui was shy, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she said, "Erqing's mother, do you still have any meat coupons? I'd like to borrow two."

Erqing's mother's face stiffened for a moment, but she quickly recovered and sighed, "What bad luck! We just had meat a couple of days ago, and we've used up all our meat coupons."

He Wenhui blushed and said, "Then I'm sorry to bother you."

At this moment, Erqing's mother's eldest son, Daqing, came out and said, "Wenhui, I still have two meat tickets here."

Erqing's mother's expression changed, and she secretly tugged at her son.

"Daqing, where did you get these hostages?"

"My colleague gave it to me." Daqing took out the meat coupon and handed it to He Wenhui, which made Erqing's mother very anxious.

He Wenhui didn't even notice Erqing's mother's expression and happily accepted the meat ticket.

"Daqing, thank you. I'll return the meat coupons to you when I get my salary."

"No need to be so polite, we're neighbors, it's nothing to thank me for such a small thing!" Daqing laughed heartily.

Erqing's mother almost rolled her eyes, speechless at her son's behavior, but with He Wenhui present, she couldn't very well reprimand him.

He Wenhui left satisfied with the meat ticket.

As soon as Erqing's mother closed the door, she twisted her son's ear.

"You little rascal, you have a sex ticket but don't know how to hand it over!"

"Mom, what are you doing!" Daqing said, annoyed. "I'm a grown man, why are you twisting my ear!"

"No matter how old you are, you're still my son." Erqing's mother put her hands on her hips and said with displeasure, "Didn't you see me giving you a meaningful look just now?"

Daqing said, "Mom, He Wenhui isn't an outsider. We've been neighbors for over ten years. It's just a few meat coupons. You can't bear to part with them!"

Erqing's mother sneered, "What do you know? With the He family in such a state, even without Liu Hongchang, who knows when the hostage will be returned."

Daqing shook his head in disapproval, saying, "It's just a few hostages, it's not that serious."

Erqing's mother rolled her eyes and said, "What do you know? Today He Wenhui and Liu Hongchang went to get their divorce certificate. Their family won't have an easy time from now on."

Upon hearing this, Daqing's eyes suddenly burned with fervor.

He Wenhui is divorced.

When Erqing's mother saw her son's expression, she knew what he was thinking.

"What does He Wenhui's divorce have to do with you? Let me tell you, I've almost finalized your marriage with the Li family girl. Don't cause me any trouble now!"

Daqing held his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I don't want to marry the Li family girl, I want to marry He Wenhui!"

Erqing's mother sneered, "Don't even think about it. He Wenhui is divorced, so this will be her second marriage!"

Daqing pleaded, "Mom, I don't like the Li family girl. I like He Wenhui. If it weren't for Liu Hongchang interfering, He Wenhui and I would have gotten together."

Besides, although He Wenhui was in her second marriage, she had never been touched by Liu Hongchang; she was still a virgin.

Erqing's mother looked coldly at her son, knowing that he had been captivated by He Wenhui's beauty.

"Son! You really can't marry He Wenhui. Her whole family is a handful!"

"But I just like He Wenhui, not the Li family girl."

"Son, you don't understand. Although the Li family girl isn't as pretty as He Wenhui, she comes from a good family!" Erqing's mother earnestly advised.
"You need to understand that you can't just look at a wife's appearance when choosing a wife. He Wenhui is pretty, but she's practically useless!"

Daqing said with dissatisfaction, "Mom, didn't you want to match me up with He Wenhui before? Why have you changed your mind now?"

Erqing's mother sighed, "Times have changed. I thought He Wenhui must be sensible to have gotten into university, but I never expected that she wasted her education. Look how badly she ruined Liu Hongchang's life."

You can't hold onto a woman like that!

Daqing ignored everyone and said, "Mom, I'm going to marry He Wenhui. I don't want any other women." "You child, why won't you listen to advice!" Erqing's mother said speechlessly, "He Wenhui has high standards and doesn't look down on ordinary men. She won't let Liu Hongchang touch her, so who knows if you won't let him touch her either."

Daqing scoffed, "That Liu Hongchang is a fool, I'm not him."

Erqing's mother frowned and said, "You want to use force?!"

Daqing sneered, "Once He Wenhui is married into the family, we won't be able to control her anymore."

Erqing's mother looked rather unpleasant. If it weren't for the fact that the person opposite her was her own son, she would have slapped him long ago.

"You're just after her body!"

Daqing held his mother's hand and pleaded, "Mom, please say yes!"

"No, there's no room for negotiation." Erqing's mother's attitude was very firm.

"Mom, please, please let me marry He Wenhui!"

"They might not even be interested in you."

"With you personally involved, even He Wenhui's blind mother will have to give you some face, and the marriage will definitely go through!"

Neither mother nor son was willing to back down until Erqing's father came home from work. Daqing finally persuaded his father, and the two of them worked together to convince Erqing's mother to relent and say that they would talk to Yu Qiuhua the next day to sound her out.

He Wenhui was unaware that someone was already eyeing her, even though she had just gotten divorced.

After borrowing the meat coupons, He Wenhui immediately bought half a pound of pork and went home to cook. However, when a plate of blackened braised pork with potatoes was served, no one had any appetite.

"Big sister, what did you make? It's all black." He Wenyuan asked, looking at the dish in front of him.

"I originally wanted to make stir-fried shredded potatoes and shredded pork," He Wenhui said, blushing.

"Shredded potatoes?" He Wentao picked up a piece of shredded potato that was thicker than his little finger and asked, "This is the first time I've ever seen shredded potatoes this thick."

He Wenhui blushed even more and said shyly, "I'll cut the potato shreds finer next time."

Yu Qiuhua sighed, "Alright, we're lucky to have anything to eat. Let's eat!"

He Wenyuan put down his chopsticks and said, "Mom, my eldest sister's food is burnt, it's all black, we can't eat it."

Yu Qiuhua refused to believe it and still ate a bite of shredded potato, then couldn't help but vomit.

"Uh, Wenhui, I'll cook next time!" Yu Qiuhua said to her eldest daughter after a moment of silence.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I'll learn to cook from now on," He Wenhui said apologetically.

"It's really hard on you. If I weren't blind, you wouldn't have to cook," Yu Qiuhua said, blaming herself.

He Wentao asked, "So what do we eat now?"

He Wenhui brought over a plate of steamed buns and said, "Let's eat the steamed buns first!"

He Wenyuan said speechlessly, "After all that, we're still eating steamed buns!"

He Wentao said sarcastically, "That's not all, we also owe Erqing's mother a sex ticket!"

He Wenda said, feeling wronged, "Big sister, are we out of meat?"

He Wenhui blushed and said, "I've used up all the hostages."

He Wenyuan slapped his forehead and said, "It's over, the hostage was borrowed for nothing!"

“It would be good if my brother-in-law were home,” He Wenda suddenly said.

"Shut up! If you call me brother-in-law again, I'll beat you up!" He Wenyuan yelled fiercely at his younger brother.

"Mom, I want my brother-in-law to come home." He Wenda was still young and only knew that there would be meat to eat when his brother-in-law was at home.

"He Wenda, I think you're asking for a beating." He Wenyuan stood up angrily, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to hit his younger brother.

"Alright! If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Go hungry!" Yu Qiuhua shouted angrily. (End of Chapter)