[{"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-131":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},2104268,3398,"Chapter 131","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-131",131,"\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu bowed repeatedly in gratitude and followed the First Master to get the money with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi followed vigilantly, fearing that the two would engage in some shady transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Handing five large-denomination bills to Qin Qin Huairu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master’s heart was bleeding uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was his pension money!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sihe Academy\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Late at night, the First Master lay on the bed, his chest tight with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Today he had suffered a major loss!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was all Cao Cao Weiguo’s fault for putting him on the fire to roast, exposing his family savings in a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This time the Jia family borrowed money from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From now on, residents would come to him one after another to borrow money.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once he didn't lend it, his reputation as a \"moral model\" would vanish into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made him feel stifled, but he had to lend it!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without a good reputation, how could he be the respected First Master?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Old Yi, what’s wrong with you? Your face looks so bad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Mother noticed the First Master’s face and poured a bowl of hot water with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master sat up and took a sip of hot water, feeling his chest blocked and uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Sigh! Cao Cao Weiguo’s heart is too vicious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Selfish, petty, heartless, cold-blooded, treacherous, disrespectful to elders...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Listening to the First Master’s complaints, the First Mother shook her head and smiled bitterly:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Old Yi, it’s not worth getting angry. Let’s just not pay attention to Cao Cao Weiguo from now on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master roared irritably: \"Why should I!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Mother retreated in fear: \"Why are you roaring?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The First Master realized he had lost his composure and sighed with a lonely expression:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I am the First Master of the courtyard, the elder of the courtyard; why should I tolerate him, Cao Cao Weiguo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at her stubborn old partner, the First Mother could only sigh silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After returning home, Song Song Yulan was a bit worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Will the First Master hold a grudge against you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said disdainfully: \"We don't interfere with each other. If he doesn't provoke me, I won't pay attention to him. But if he insists on making things unpleasant, I won't be soft-handed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Doesn't the First Master like to use moral kidnapping?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then he will let him know that using moral kidnapping also comes with a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A good reputation cannot be maintained by just empty words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Isn't the First Master high-minded and helpful?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then push the Jia family onto him and let him go all out to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps Bang Geng will be grateful and support him in his old age.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Jia family can also have a solid reliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu can also save herself from searching everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Song Song Yulan mixed a basin of hot water and gently and considerately washed Cao Cao Weiguo’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo read stories to Song Song Yulan from a picture book.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Life was lived comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi sat cross-legged on the kang, counting the money, her old face full of smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The donations from the residents plus the money borrowed from the First Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adding up the big and small amounts, it was fifty-eight Brother Yuan and three dimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu was also full of joy looking at the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was equal to two months of her salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi smiled and said: \"This First Master is really rich. If he helped our family like Seeing Shazhu, wouldn't our family eat meat every meal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Recalling Cao Cao Weiguo’s words, calculating the First Master’s salary, seniority, and daily expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That First Master is definitely the richest person in the Sihe Academy!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu said calmly: \"Mom, don't you know the First Master’s character? He is very shrewd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi said: \"So what if he’s shrewd? As long as he has a weakness, he can be manipulated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What is the First Master’s weakness?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is vanity and valuing his good reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi smiled and said: \"From now on, take the children to the First Master’s house more often.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Diligently help the First Mother clean up, and help promote the First Master’s good reputation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Over time, can the First Master and his wife not be close to our family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Can they not help our family from time to time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Besides, the First Master and his wife have no children.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"They can't spend all that money they’ve saved, so it’s better to help our family more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In the future, the three children, Bang Geng, can also remember their kindness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu felt that what Jia Jia Zhangshi said made sense: \"Fine, I’ll listen to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi took three Brother Yuan from the stack of money and handed it to Qin Qin Huairu:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Take this money to let Bang Geng see a doctor, and buy some meat to supplement my eldest grandson’s body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Sigh, speaking of this, it’s all Cao Cao Weiguo’s fault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"If he hadn't dangled fish to make people crave it, Bang Geng wouldn't have gone to catch fish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"If he hadn't gone to catch fish, he wouldn't have suffered this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo is a black-hearted beast, a wicked jinx.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu looked at the sleeping Bang Geng, and she also had complaints about Cao Cao Weiguo in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You can give fish to the Third Master, why can't you give it to her?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Is she not as good as the Third Master?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yan Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Third Master felt both heartache and joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Heartache because he donated one Brother Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Joy because the First Master had lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Third Mother sighed: \"How come I didn't notice before that Yi Yi Zhonghai was so rich.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Third Master said: \"He is too good at pretending, always pretending to be poor, so naturally no one noticed him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If Cao Cao Weiguo hadn't exposed it in public this time, he wouldn't have noticed Yi Yi Zhonghai’s family savings.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking that this Yi Yi Zhonghai organizes donations from time to time, he felt unhappy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You say you are so rich, if you want to do good deeds, do them yourself!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Why do you have to drag the whole courtyard into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once a meeting is held for donations, he, the Third Master, has to set an example to maintain his reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With this example, a few pounds of cornmeal are gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Third Mother said: \"This Old Yi hides too deep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo and his wife were eating when two little girls, one tall and one short, arrived at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They stood outside without coming in, but their eyes were fixed on the steaming table.\u003C\u002Fp>",1146,"2026-06-16T06:52:23.012Z","2026-06-17T08:52:03.356Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","37f25a62ce282d7437c1c3834ccf27b2d4904b50baa0f1afcd7b58b187f2fb1e","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-132","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-130",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-cover.jpg"]