Chapter 40: Making Rice Cakes1 A widow's door is often the center of gossip2. The fact that Widow He, such a small and thin woman, could raise her child alone was due to her fierce personality as much as the help from the villagers. Back then, anyone who thought a widow and her orphan son were easy targets was chased out by Widow He wielding a broom. However, as He Shuiqing grew into a man, Widow He worried about him finding a wife. Fearing that no girl would want a mother-in-law who was too…