[{"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-138":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},2104275,3398,"Chapter 138","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>Song Song Yulan, who was washing vegetables, wanted to speak but stopped; Cao Cao Weiguo looked at Seeing Shazhu with disgust:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Seeing Shazhu, this dish is to entertain guests; there is no extra.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You are the old lady's grandson; showing filial piety to the elderly is your business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"If the old lady is craving it, you, as her grandson, should go buy a chicken and stew a pot for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Don't come here and make a fool of yourself; you look exactly like a beggar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This barrage of cold sarcasm made Seeing Shazhu's old face turn red:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo, can't you show some filial piety to the old lady? Why so much nonsense just for scooping a bowl of chicken?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Get out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"If you look for trouble with me again, don't blame my kitchen knife for being blind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo glared at Seeing Shazhu with cold, sharp eyes, scaring Seeing Shazhu into retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Song Song Yulan stood up and said: \"Brother He, we don't have any extra dishes at home; you should go look elsewhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu glared at Cao Cao Weiguo hatefully and turned away angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Returning to the Deaf Old Lady's room, he complained, making the old lady poke the ground hard with her cane.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo doesn't know how to show filial piety to the elderly; one day he will face retribution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After finishing the last dish, Cao Cao Weiguo called the Liu Guangtian brothers to his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The two brothers looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but swallow their saliva as they smelled the fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chicken stewed with mushrooms, dried bean curd stir-fried with cured meat, sour and spicy shredded potatoes, twice-cooked pork, dry-fried green beans, century eggs with cucumber...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Song Song Yulan brought a steamer of white flour steamed buns from the kitchen: \"Sit down quickly; today was hard work for Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo greeted the two brothers to sit down and took out a bottle of Fenjiu to pour a cup for Liu Guangtian.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Liu Guangfu hasn't come of age yet, so I won't pour you any wine; eat more dishes, don't be polite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Brother Cao Weiguo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The two brothers, who hadn't eaten meat for more than half a year, sat down and didn't care about etiquette, grabbing buns and wolfing down the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just as the two were enjoying themselves, Second Master Liu Haizhong walked in carrying a bottle of wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Cao Cao Weiguo didn't have a good impression of the Second Master, he still had to give face to the Liu brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Second Master, is something the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Haizhong smiled and lifted the wine bottle: \"I'm here to bring you wine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Guangtian swallowed a piece of cured meat: \"Dad, Brother Cao Weiguo has wine here; don't worry about it, hurry home and eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing his own son's words, a fierce light flashed in Liu Haizhong's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If this weren't at Cao Cao Weiguo's house, he probably would have slapped him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo stood up and laughed: \"Second Master, please sit down; let's have a drink together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Haizhong turned from cloudy to sunny: \"Alright, let's have a drink.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo took another bottle of Fenjiu from the cabinet and enthusiastically entertained the Liu father and son.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After the meal, Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangtian were dead drunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Second Mistress and Liu Guangtian each helped one of them home.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The next day\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo introduced Liu Shan to Xu Xu Damao, and then Xu Xu Damao introduced him to the private manager of the Yang Family Restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The private manager of the Yang Family Restaurant was named Yang Tao, who inherited the restaurant from his father 3 years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But in this day and age, supplies are scarce, and the quota allocated to the Yang Family Restaurant after the public-private partnership was limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The allocated ingredients were often used up in a few days, and without ingredients, they could only watch the customers drift away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When Liu Shan arrived at the Yang Family Restaurant, both sides were like dry wood meeting a raging fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yang Tao bought a batch of smoked meat and vegetables from Liu Shan at a high price, and they were transported into the kitchen as soon as it got dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made Yang Tao look at Liu Shan with new eyes, and they formally established a supply relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Yang Tao dared to import goods from Liu Shan for a reason, because the public manager was his brother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without this layer of relationship, Yang Tao wouldn't have had the guts to do so even if he had ten thousand lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, Yang Tao solved the problem of ingredient shortage, Liu Shan got a big customer, and Xu Xu Damao, the middleman, also got a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All three parties were happy and had a wonderful drink at the Yang Family Restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Returning to the Sihe Academy in the evening, Xu Xu Damao, who had made a small fortune, was the first to find Cao Cao Weiguo to express his gratitude:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, you helped me a lot this time, allowing me to earn enough face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I won't say anything empty; come to my house for a drink tomorrow, and I'll have your sister-in-law wrap mutton dumplings for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo laughed: \"Alright, I'll definitely be there tomorrow night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Second Master Liu Haizhong stood at the door, looking at Cao Cao Weiguo and Xu Xu Damao with burning eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ever since Cao Cao Weiguo became a deputy director, he had been full of envy and jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He dreamed of being an official; whether day or night, he was pondering how to become one.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Cao Cao Weiguo's life becoming more and more glorious, his desire to become an official became more and more urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just that he couldn't bring himself to flatter Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Xu Xu Damao left, Liu Haizhong turned and returned to his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Who was outside just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as Liu Haizhong returned to the room, the Second Mistress asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Xu Xu Damao and Cao Cao Weiguo, whispering about something, I don't know what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Haizhong said with a cold face, full of depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Second Mistress said unhappily: \"Hmph, what else could it be? Xu Xu Damao is just rushing to flatter Cao Cao Weiguo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Living in the same courtyard, the Second Mistress never had a good impression of Xu Xu Damao.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Selfish, cunning, greedy, accustomed to flattery, and opportunistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He never associated with Cao Cao Weiguo before, but now that Cao Cao Weiguo has succeeded, he's rushing to flatter him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, thinking of Cao Cao Weiguo's glorious and wealthy life, the Second Mistress and Liu Haizhong felt sour in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>How did such an orphan with no one to rely on get such good luck?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only did he become an official, but his life was also becoming more and more prosperous.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Take yesterday's meal, for example: five out of eight dishes had meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their family couldn't eat such food even during the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It wasn't that they couldn't afford to eat it, but they couldn't bear to.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And it would also attract jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just as they were talking, the Second Mistress suddenly pointed outside: \"Master, look, someone else is going to flatter Cao Cao Weiguo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Haizhong turned his head and saw Chi Ping'an walking into the Cao house carrying two bottles of wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made Liu Haizhong even more envious and jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Liu Haizhong said with red eyes: \"It's good to have power and influence; people are rushing to send gifts while sitting at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Inside the Cao house, Cao Cao Weiguo accepted the two bottles of Fenjiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Song Song Yulan made tea for Chi Ping'an, she returned to the inner room to continue making clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chi Ping'an came this time to look for work; since getting married, the expenses at home have been increasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Relying solely on Chi's mother's salary, they couldn't maintain their life at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Especially the new bride, Sun Sun Meiqin, who spent money lavishly and wanted the best food and clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This increased Chi Ping'an's life pressure, and he had to find a way to make money to support his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before getting married, Chi Ping'an hung out on the streets, which could be said to be carefree.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After getting married, the pressure of life pressed down like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His old fox friends couldn't be relied upon, and temporary jobs had low income and were tiring, which Chi Ping'an looked down upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without any connections, he could only pin his hopes on Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Among the people he knew, Cao Cao Weiguo was undoubtedly the most capable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo felt that Chi Ping'an was a good person and was willing to help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just that selling goods at the pigeon market was ultimately something that couldn't see the light of day in this era.\u003C\u002Fp>",1508,"2026-06-16T06:52:23.012Z","2026-06-17T08:52:03.356Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e1c7f1b808833dffcec5182c2b9add358afef8495c7328a1c0e067a560f80fe6","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-139","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-137",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-cover.jpg"]