Golden Wedding, Inseparable

Jiang A Fen and Lin Chang Sheng had been together for many years without any children. Sun Gui Hua, Jiang A Fen's mother-in-law, threatened to take her own life to force the two to divorce. Lin Chang Sheng had no choice but to obey his mother and divorce Jiang A Fen. Soon after, Jiang A Fen was driven out of the Lin family by Sun Gui Hua and her sister-in-law Zhao Li. Lin Chang Sheng made a promise to Jiang A Fen, telling her to live outside for the time being and that he would take her back once he had mollified his mother. When Jiang A Fen left, she had no money with her. It was Lin Ze Ping, her brother-in-law (Jiang A Fen's brother-in-law), who gave her money, allowing her to have some funds to get by. Jiang A Fen's nemesis, Niu Jian Ping (who often fought with Jiang A Fen over scrap in the neighborhood and was actually a retired senior official), saw her situation and offered to let her stay at his place temporarily. Jiang A Fen was reluctant to accept for fear of gossip. Niu Jian Ping then suggested that Jiang A Fen rent the small courtyard next to his, so that they could live without disturbing each other. With nowhere else to go, Jiang A Fen had to agree. Thus, the two began a love-hate cohabitation (in the same courtyard but not in the same house). On the other hand, Jiang A Fen's ex-husband, under his mother's coercion, took his mistress Zhong Yan into the house. To support herself, Jiang A Fen had to go out to set up a stall and look for work. Little did she know that the market she went to was managed by her first love, Ye Hai Yang. Ye Hai Yang had never forgotten Jiang A Fen and had even returned from abroad specifically to find her. The two met and recognized each other, and Niu Jian Ping and Ye Hai Yang started to compete for Jiang A Fen's attention, feeling jealous of each other. Jiang A Fen's stall did very well, which aroused the envy of Zhao Li (her sister-in-law). Zhao Li deliberately humiliated Jiang A Fen, called people to wreck her stall, and e