Chapter 2

Husband died young!

Beloved son died in a work accident!

Cursed grandson!

Fell into a cesspit!

Retribution!

Giving birth to piglets with a wild boar!

This made Jia Jia Zhangshi tremble all over with rage, hating him so much she gnashed her teeth.

She slapped her thigh hard and cursed at the top of her lungs:

"Cao Cao Weiguo, you little beast!"

"You wicked, smoke-belching bastard!"

"You fatherless, motherless lone star of ill omen!"

"You black-hearted son of a turtle!"

Cao Cao Weiguo turned abruptly and strode toward Jia Jia Zhangshi:

"Ouch!"

Before Jia Jia Zhangshi could react, he kicked her right in her fat, old face.

This kick sent Jia Jia Zhangshi straight to the ground.

She let out a hair-raising, shrill scream.

"He's hitting people!"

"Cao Cao Weiguo is hitting people!"

"Old Jia! Jia Dongxu!"

"Hurry back and take a look!"

"Cao Cao Weiguo is bullying people!"

"Everyone in this courtyard is blind!"

"They're watching Cao Cao Weiguo, this little beast, hit an old woman!"

Catching her breath, Jia Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground and unleashed the Jia family's ultimate technique: the Soul-Summoning Great Art.

With snot and tears, she slapped her thighs and wailed at the top of her voice.

The First Master walked over hurriedly and scolded:

"Cao Weiguo! What is going on with you!"

"How could you hit an old woman!"

"Our courtyard prides itself on respecting the old and loving the young!"

"Respecting one's own elders and extending that to others!"

"Respecting the elderly and caring for our seniors is something everyone should do!"

"Look at you!"

"How could you do such a heartless thing!"

"Hurry up and apologize to Zhang Zhang Dama!"

"She is such a pitiful and kind old woman!"

"How could you have the heart to bully and trample on her!"

"You should be like me, loving and caring for her!"

"Apologize now!"

"If you don't apologize, I won't let this go!"

Cao Cao Weiguo kept a straight face and sneered: "Apologize? I wouldn't even pour a bucket of manure on her because I'd be afraid of dirtying it!"

"You must have heard it just now!"

"How she was cursing me!"

"My father gave his life for the country!"

"She said it served me right to become an orphan?"

"Did you not hear that?"

"If you didn't hear it, or don't know what kind of behavior that is!"

"Then I'll have to go to the Neighborhood Office!"

"Let the comrades from the Neighborhood Office come and see!"

"Whether someone who insults a martyr and their family deserves to be hit!"

Cao Cao Weiguo was filled with righteous indignation, and his retort left Yi Yi Zhonghai's old face dark.

Yi Yi Zhonghai was unhappy and dissatisfied, but he knew who was right and who was wrong in this matter.

If this really went to the Neighborhood Office, the "kind-hearted" Jia Jia Zhangshi would not come out well.

"Cao Weiguo!"

"We are all neighbors who see each other every day!"

"As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor!"

"Your Zhang Zhang Dama just spoke without thinking!"

"She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart!"

"Who in the neighborhood doesn't know she's always kind to others!"

"She was just joking with you earlier!"

"Look at you, why are you so unable to take a joke!"

"Don't take it seriously, don't get angry!"

"A real man should have a broad mind!"

"You should be tolerant toward the elderly!"

"Look, you've cursed her and hit her, let's just leave it at that!"

"Jia Jia Zhangshi, stop your wailing!"

"Why haven't you apologized to Cao Cao Weiguo yet!"

"Do you really want to be taken away by the comrades from the Neighborhood Office!"

"The corn buns in the labor camp aren't easy to eat!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai changed his tune with a dark face and turned to fire at Jia Jia Zhangshi.

Jia Jia Zhangshi was still planning to use the opportunity to extort money.

Who would have thought her "pig teammate" Yi Yi Zhonghai would suddenly defect.

But upon hearing "Neighborhood Office" and "labor camp,"

Jia Jia Zhangshi, who had always run rampant in the Sihe Academy, was scared too.

She was a shrew, it was true, but she wasn't a fool.

A little thought told her she wasn't in the right.

In this era, insulting a martyr or their family was no small matter.

Jia Jia Zhangshi gnashed her teeth and glared at Cao Cao Weiguo:

"I said the wrong thing today!"

"I apologize to you!"

"I won't dare to do it again!"

"Please forgive this old hag who spews manure from her mouth!"

"If I curse you again, I'll fall into a cesspit and drown!"

"If I curse you again, my Bang Geng will be a eunuch!"

"Remember what you said!"

"Keep your stinking mouth shut from now on!"

With a look of disgust at Jia Jia Zhangshi, Cao Cao Weiguo left with a gloomy face.

Leaving Jia Jia Zhangshi sitting on the ground, cursing under her breath.

Leaving Yi Yi Zhonghai standing there with a dark face.

Leaving Qin Qin Huairu and the other neighbors stunned.

Cao Cao Weiguo must have eaten gunpowder today!

Jia Jia Zhangshi deserved it too!

Looking for trouble where there was none!

The Cao family had three rooms in the Sihe Academy, belonging to the rear-row houses.

The rear-row houses were the innermost courtyard, located near the boundary of the compound.

They were usually occupied by female family members and faced the same direction as the main rooms.

Sitting north and facing south, their status was lower than the main rooms and side rooms, and their scale and quality were slightly inferior.

The total area of the Cao family's three rear-row rooms was nearly 80 square meters.

Pushing open the door and entering the clean, bright room, Cao Cao Weiguo closed the door.

Carrying the cornmeal into the kitchen, he began to cook.

His dinner was very simple: cornmeal porridge, corn buns, and pickled vegetables.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

"Is Cao Weiguo home?"

Cao Cao Weiguo walked out of the kitchen holding a corn bun, opened the door, and asked with a smile:

"Third Master, is something the matter?"

Third Master rubbed his hands and said with a smile:

"Cao Weiguo, I heard from Sha Zhu that you're now an eighth-grade cook."

"That means your monthly salary will be thirty-five Brother Yuan and five jiao!"

"This is a rare and happy occasion!"

"Why don't you set up a few tables and cook some good dishes?"

"Let's neighbors celebrate together."

"Everyone can share in the good fortune."

Facing the penny-pinching Third Master, Cao Cao Weiguo gave a bitter, troubled smile:

"Third Master, look at my room."

"It's practically bare."

"Even a thief would want to leave me two Brother Yuan if they came in!"

"Look at my dinner."

"Cold corn buns with leftover pickled vegetables."

"How could I have the money to set up tables!"

Quickly glancing at the corn buns and pickles on the table,

Third Master was full of disbelief: "You're pretending to be poor with me, aren't you?"

"You've been working for almost two years, and you live alone."

"You live so frugally, how could you not have the money to set up a few tables?"

This Third Master was right in his calculations; Cao Cao Weiguo was indeed not short of money.

But what did that money have to do with these neighbors?

Cao Cao Weiguo said seriously: "Third Master, I do have some savings."

"But that is all money I've saved penny by penny for my future wife."

"If you want to eat a banquet, that's no problem. When I get married, I'll definitely invite everyone to a good meal."

Third Master was unhappy when he heard this.

He had been calculating for a long time, just wanting to take the opportunity to improve his family's diet.

He had come out in person; how could he return empty-handed!

Third Master said with a smile: "Cao Weiguo, setting up a few tables doesn't cost much."

"If you invite everyone to a meal, everyone can help introduce you to a partner later."

Cao Cao Weiguo said impatiently: "Third Master, don't say any more, I'm going to eat."

"You should go back and rest early too, you have to work tomorrow."

"You..."

"Bang!"

Before Third Master could finish his sentence, Cao Cao Weiguo closed the door firmly.

"You brat, being so stingy, what girl would ever take a fancy to you."

Third Master left, holding in a breath of frustration.

He was ten thousand percent dissatisfied with the stubborn Cao Cao Weiguo.

Everyone called him "Yan the Miser," but this Cao Cao Weiguo was even stingier than him!

Clearly earning a high salary, he ate corn buns and pickles alone every day, saving money instead of helping his neighbors.

Truly an iron rooster that wouldn't pluck a single feather!