The house leaks because it rains all night, and the ship comes late and meets the headwind. Interpretation from Feng Menglong's Awakening the World: The house leaks when it rains all night. The ship was late, but it caught up with the headwind.
Awakening the World is a collection of vernacular short stories compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. Through these stories and characters, the social life and people's wishes at that time were reflected from different angles and to different degrees. Its content is rich, some reflect love and marriage, some suppress feudal officials and expose bureaucratic darkness; Some people praise heroic deeds and condemn ingratitude. The story is bizarre and tortuous, the characters are distinctive and interesting.