[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life":3,"chapter-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-120":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Courtyard House: A Salted Fish's Good Life",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2104133,3398,"Chapter 120","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>\"Stop all this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master shouted with authority: \"Fighting is not the way to solve problems. Do you want to go to jail?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Second Master put on his official airs: \"This matter is very serious. I suggest you go to the police station for a judgment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu and Xu Xu Damao said in unison: \"No! We’ll settle it privately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One made trouble behind the scenes!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One hit and injured someone!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Neither would fare well at the police station!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo pushed his bicycle and stood in the distance, quietly watching the excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Song Song Yulan walked to his side: \"Do these two have a grudge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo laughed: \"A pair of enemies, fighting from childhood to adulthood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao endured the pain and said: \"Sha Zhu, you really misunderstood this matter. I didn't say anything bad about you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He didn't say anything bad about Sha Zhu; he just talked about the intimate relationship between Sha Zhu and the Widow Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about lending money!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about delivering vegetables!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about washing dirty clothes!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about tidying up the room and doing chores!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about delivering peanuts late at night!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about being as close as family!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just this one thing kicked Sha Zhu into a cesspit, so smelly it couldn't be washed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not many women are willing to marry someone who is unclear with a widow.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu’s eyes were red: \"You don't need to argue! If you don't kowtow and apologize to me today, this matter isn't over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao glared: \"In your dreams! You beat me until I’m covered in injuries; I should be asking you to pay for my medical treatment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You deserve to be hit! If you don't kowtow and apologize, I’ll beat you every day from now on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You dare? Try touching me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing the two about to start again, the First Master shouted angrily: \"Shut up! If you can't settle it privately, go to the neighborhood office right now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We can settle it privately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu looked at Xu Xu Damao’s miserable state and felt he had vented some anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No kowtowing, but you must admit your mistake and apologize to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao said indignantly: \"Then you pay for my medical treatment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu said fiercely: \"Do you want to keep fighting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao retreated in fear: \"Sha Zhu, you’re ruthless! I admit defeat this time, just you wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu: \"Admit your mistake and apologize!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao: \"I was wrong! I shouldn't have talked to your partner! I apologize to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master waved his hand with a straight face: \"Alright! The matter ends here! Everyone disperse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The farce ended, and people couldn't help but laugh as they returned to their homes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu and Xu Xu Damao are truly a pair of enemies!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao was helped back by Lou Xiao'e: \"Letting you flirt around! Are you comfortable now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao shouted impatiently: \"What are you talking about! I’ve been beaten like this, and you’re still gloating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lou Xiao'e said with a cold face: \"You did wicked things yourself, and you have the nerve to yell at me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xu Xu Damao shouted angrily: \"Ungrateful thing! Get out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Do you think I want to stay here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lou Xiao'e slammed the door and left, angrily returning to her maiden home.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She couldn't stand Xu Xu Damao at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Morally corrupt!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lustful and selfish!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>How could she have been blind enough to marry such a person!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He Family\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu was being consoled by the First Master and Qin Qin Huairu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about how there are plenty of fish in the sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about how marriages are destined by heaven!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All about how what is meant to be will be!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu’s blind date failing made both of them inexplicably happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If Sha Zhu got married, it wouldn't be a good thing for either of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master worried that if Sha Zhu got married and had children, he wouldn't be able to provide for his old age in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, once you have a wife and children, who has the heart to take care of an outsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Everything for food and clothing would have to be prioritized for one’s own family!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then all the effort he had put in for so many years would go down the drain!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It wasn't that Sha Zhu couldn't get married, but his wife had to be filial to him as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had already started thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He wanted to choose a wife for Sha Zhu who was kind and filial to the elderly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu’s thoughts were much the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She also didn't want Sha Zhu to \"lose control!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without Sha Zhu’s support, what would her whole family eat and drink?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She had to keep Sha Zhu firmly in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Let Sha Zhu help her raise her children.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Comforted by the dual care of the First Master and Qin Qin Huairu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu’s mood gradually calmed down; after all, this wasn't the first or second time a blind date had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After many times, people get used to it, and the heart becomes numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just a pity about the young and beautiful city girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This Xu Xu Damao is truly deserving of death!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This matter isn't over!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the future, he must take revenge ten times, a hundred times over!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dongli Village\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The village is adjacent to the Ba River, with a beautiful environment, but the villagers live in poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under the introduction of Chu Mingyuan, Cao Cao Weiguo had come to this village to purchase twice and bought quite a few wild chickens and ducks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because the village is near the river, every time Cao Cao Weiguo came, he could bring hundreds of pounds of fish to the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made the workers at the rolling mill applaud and wish they could present Cao Cao Weiguo with a banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although fish isn't as good as pork or chicken, it’s still meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Plus, Cao Cao Weiguo’s cooking skills were excellent, making the fish delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hundreds of pounds of fish sounds like a lot, but it couldn't satisfy thousands of people at the rolling mill.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they ate freely, they could finish hundreds of pounds of fish in one meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The braised fish with pickled vegetables was snatched up by workers as soon as it was served, tasting even better than in restaurants.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Many workers couldn't bear to eat it and packed it in lunchboxes to take home to improve their family’s meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the weather got warmer, many young women and wives sat in the shade by the river to rest and chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo rode his bicycle past, immediately attracting their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Having only been to Dongli Village twice, Cao Cao Weiguo had become a hot commodity in the eyes of many.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Young and promising, handsome and upright, such conditions couldn't be found in any village for miles around.\u003C\u002Fp>",1173,"2026-06-16T06:49:19.248Z","2026-06-17T08:52:03.356Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b8444313e6afe68f29d7c1fab07d41009ab60c7c2ad699803051bc1d5cafd780","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-121","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-119",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-cover.jpg"]