Chen Hong sat under the pear tree, gazing at the courtyard at the foot of the mountain where smoke was rising from the chimney, her eyes fixed on the children playing inside. Based on her 20 years of experience as a bookworm, she was certain she had been reborn, reborn on a Sunday before her divorce.

Having cleared her mind and stopped daydreaming, she picked up her basket, loaded it with heavy pears, and carefully and quickly descended the hillside. Back at the foot of the hill where she had left her cart, she placed the basket full of pears on the cart, carefully tied it securely with a rope, and pushed the cart home.

The gate opened, and her six-year-old son walked towards his mother, raising his arms to rush into her embrace. "Mommy, Mommy, you're back! Baby's hungry, I want to eat!" Chen Hong pushed the car into the yard, took her son's hand, and said, "Okay, baby, Mommy will go cook right away. Were you good at home this morning? Where's your grandpa?" "Mommy, grandpa went to pick up daddy, and daddy's coming back soon."

Yes, today is the day Yu Hai is coming back. The night before, her father-in-law said the pears were ripe and asked Chen Hong to pick some. Yu Hai was coming back from Jinan in the next few days and was going to take 200 jin of pears to Jinan as a gift. The pears at home were planted by Chen Hong and Yu Hai after they got married.

After getting married, Yu Hai worked in Jinan, only returning home once every one or two months, and staying for a maximum of two or three days before going back again. Their Yu Family Village is a coastal village, surrounded by the sea on two sides and mountains on one side. It is one of the twelve villages under the jurisdiction of Liyuan Town, Rongcheng City.

The climate here is pleasant, there is no heavy industry, and the arable land per capita is very limited. Due to overfishing, fishery resources are also scarce. In recent years, the country has implemented a fishing ban, and there is little work to be done in the village, so most of the young and middle-aged people have gone to work in other places.

Before Chen Hong married into the family, Yu Hai lost his mother at a young age, leaving only him and his elderly father. They were allocated five acres of mountain land, where his father grew peanuts and corn. The land was not fertile, so they couldn't grow wheat and had to buy rice and flour to eat.

When Yu's father was young, he went to sea, but he had severe arthritis and rheumatism and could not go out to fish. The family had a small sampan, which Yu's second uncle would occasionally borrow to catch a few fish not far from the village, which the two families would share.

Because they couldn't go far and didn't catch any valuable fish to sell for money, Yu Hai, after graduating from junior high school, went to work in Jinan with his uncle, the village chief, since his family didn't have any other ways to make money. Chen Hong and Yu Hai met while working in Jinan, and through a friend's introduction, they got married and moved to Rongcheng.

Six months after getting married, Chen Hong became pregnant and stayed in her hometown to take care of her elderly father, while Yu Hai went to work in Jinan alone. He had planned that once Yu Hai made something of himself, he would bring his father, Chen Hong, and their child to Jinan to buy a house. He thought that once the child grew up and Chen Hong could go back to work, the two of them could earn money and the pressure would be less.

It's fair to say that ideals are lofty, but reality is harsh. Yu Hai earns 2,000 yuan a month, and after deducting rent and living expenses, he sends 1,000 yuan home each month. After seven years of marriage, they've only saved 30,000 yuan, making buying a house in Jinan a distant dream.

After getting married, Chen Hong not only had to take care of the elderly and children, but also the mountain land for her family of four, which covered ten acres. Chen Hong became the main laborer in this area.

It was too hard for a woman to take care of an elderly person and a child while tending to the mountain land. So after giving birth, Chen Hong asked a relative of the village chief to help her buy 50 three-year-old Laiyang pear saplings from the Laiyang City breeding base for 1,000 yuan and planted them around the terraced fields.

After careful cultivation, 45 trees survived. Now, more than five years later, each tree can yield 200 jin (100 catties) of pears, while the least yields more than 100 jin (50 kg). Every year, we can harvest 7,000 to 8,000 jin (3,500-4,000 kg) of pears. In recent years, the price has been relatively stable, remaining at around two yuan per jin. The pears bring in more than 10,000 yuan a year, making us a relatively wealthy family in the village.

Having been reborn, Chen Hong knew that Yu Hai's return home would shatter their seven years of peaceful life. Yu Hai had been having an affair in Jinan, having been in a flirtatious relationship with a woman for over a year. The woman couldn't wait any longer and strongly demanded that Yu Hai divorce his wife and marry her.

Yu Hai's return this time is for a divorce. His carefree days of having a wife at home and mistresses on the side are about to come to an end.

Chen Hong's father-in-law knew that his son was having an affair, but Chen Hong had always treated the old man very well after getting married. Yu Hai's father kept pressuring Yu Hai and preventing him from getting a divorce, especially since Chen Hong had given birth to a son after marriage.

The old man is still quite traditional. His closest relative is his son, and he is biased towards his son. However, he is also afraid that if his son divorces and remarries, he will not be able to have a son, and his eldest grandson will become estranged from him.

Yu Hai's mistress worked as a supervisor at a hotel. She was alluring and wouldn't allow Yu Hai to have children. She was five years younger than him and wanted her own child, not wanting to be a stepmother. Yu Hai was infatuated with the woman and didn't want to return to Rongcheng. He wanted to stay in Jinan with her and work hard there until they settled down.

After graduating from junior high school, Yu Hai worked in Jinan and all his connections were there. His family lived in Yujia Village, a small clan with only five households bearing the surname Yu. Apart from one uncle, the others were all beyond the fifth degree of kinship. Since he was away from home most of the time, he wasn't very close to them and didn't have a strong attachment to his hometown.

Jinan offers convenient food, accommodation, and transportation. He has grown accustomed to the life of a big city and is unwilling to return to this small fishing village. This time, he has made up his mind to get a divorce.

Chen Hong quickly washed herself and went into the kitchen. It was 11:30, and the children were hungry. She still had to pick pears in the afternoon, so she needed to cook quickly to feed the children and allow her to eat early, rest with the children, and take a nap.

As for Yu Hai and his son, Chen Hong had come to terms with it. After more than ten years of trials in her previous life, she had come to regard Yu Hai and his son as familiar strangers. This time, she wanted to calmly negotiate with Yu Hai, fight for the best interests of herself and her child.

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