[{"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-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Siheyuan: The Salted Fish's Beautiful 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},2103845,3398,"Chapter 2","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Husband died young!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beloved son died in a work accident!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cursed grandson!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fell into a cesspit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retribution!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving birth to piglets with a wild boar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Jia Jia Zhangshi tremble all over with rage, hating him so much she gnashed her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slapped her thigh hard and cursed at the top of her lungs:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo, you little beast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wicked, smoke-belching bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You fatherless, motherless lone star of ill omen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You black-hearted son of a turtle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo turned abruptly and strode toward Jia Jia Zhangshi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Jia Jia Zhangshi could react, he kicked her right in her fat, old face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kick sent Jia Jia Zhangshi straight to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a hair-raising, shrill scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's hitting people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo is hitting people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Jia! Jia Dongxu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry back and take a look!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo is bullying people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone in this courtyard is blind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're watching Cao Cao Weiguo, this little beast, hit an old woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching her breath, Jia Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground and unleashed the Jia family's ultimate technique: the Soul-Summoning Great Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With snot and tears, she slapped her thighs and wailed at the top of her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master walked over hurriedly and scolded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo! What is going on with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you hit an old woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our courtyard prides itself on respecting the old and loving the young!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Respecting one's own elders and extending that to others!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Respecting the elderly and caring for our seniors is something everyone should do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you do such a heartless thing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry up and apologize to Zhang Zhang Dama!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is such a pitiful and kind old woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you have the heart to bully and trample on her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should be like me, loving and caring for her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apologize now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't apologize, I won't let this go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must have heard it just now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How she was cursing me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My father gave his life for the country!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She said it served me right to become an orphan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you not hear that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you didn't hear it, or don't know what kind of behavior that is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'll have to go to the Neighborhood Office!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let the comrades from the Neighborhood Office come and see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether someone who insults a martyr and their family deserves to be hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo was filled with righteous indignation, and his retort left Yi Yi Zhonghai's old face dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Yi Zhonghai was unhappy and dissatisfied, but he knew who was right and who was wrong in this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this really went to the Neighborhood Office, the \"kind-hearted\" Jia Jia Zhangshi would not come out well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all neighbors who see each other every day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Zhang Zhang Dama just spoke without thinking!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who in the neighborhood doesn't know she's always kind to others!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She was just joking with you earlier!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at you, why are you so unable to take a joke!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't take it seriously, don't get angry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A real man should have a broad mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should be tolerant toward the elderly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, you've cursed her and hit her, let's just leave it at that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jia Jia Zhangshi, stop your wailing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why haven't you apologized to Cao Cao Weiguo yet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really want to be taken away by the comrades from the Neighborhood Office!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The corn buns in the labor camp aren't easy to eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Yi Zhonghai changed his tune with a dark face and turned to fire at Jia Jia Zhangshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi was still planning to use the opportunity to extort money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought her \"pig teammate\" Yi Yi Zhonghai would suddenly defect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon hearing \"Neighborhood Office\" and \"labor camp,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi, who had always run rampant in the Sihe Academy, was scared too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a shrew, it was true, but she wasn't a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little thought told her she wasn't in the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, insulting a martyr or their family was no small matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi gnashed her teeth and glared at Cao Cao Weiguo:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said the wrong thing today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I apologize to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't dare to do it again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please forgive this old hag who spews manure from her mouth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I curse you again, I'll fall into a cesspit and drown!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I curse you again, my Bang Geng will be a eunuch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember what you said!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep your stinking mouth shut from now on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a look of disgust at Jia Jia Zhangshi, Cao Cao Weiguo left with a gloomy face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Jia Jia Zhangshi sitting on the ground, cursing under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Yi Yi Zhonghai standing there with a dark face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Qin Qin Huairu and the other neighbors stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo must have eaten gunpowder today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi deserved it too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking for trouble where there was none!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cao family had three rooms in the Sihe Academy, belonging to the rear-row houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rear-row houses were the innermost courtyard, located near the boundary of the compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were usually occupied by female family members and faced the same direction as the main rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting north and facing south, their status was lower than the main rooms and side rooms, and their scale and quality were slightly inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The total area of the Cao family's three rear-row rooms was nearly 80 square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing open the door and entering the clean, bright room, Cao Cao Weiguo closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the cornmeal into the kitchen, he began to cook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dinner was very simple: cornmeal porridge, corn buns, and pickled vegetables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock, knock, knock...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Cao Weiguo home?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo walked out of the kitchen holding a corn bun, opened the door, and asked with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Master, is something the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master rubbed his hands and said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, I heard from Sha Zhu that you're now an eighth-grade cook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That means your monthly salary will be thirty-five Brother Yuan and five jiao!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a rare and happy occasion!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you set up a few tables and cook some good dishes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's neighbors celebrate together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone can share in the good fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the penny-pinching Third Master, Cao Cao Weiguo gave a bitter, troubled smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Master, look at my room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's practically bare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even a thief would want to leave me two Brother Yuan if they came in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at my dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cold corn buns with leftover pickled vegetables.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could I have the money to set up tables!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly glancing at the corn buns and pickles on the table,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master was full of disbelief: \"You're pretending to be poor with me, aren't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've been working for almost two years, and you live alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You live so frugally, how could you not have the money to set up a few tables?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Third Master was right in his calculations; Cao Cao Weiguo was indeed not short of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what did that money have to do with these neighbors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said seriously: \"Third Master, I do have some savings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that is all money I've saved penny by penny for my future wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to eat a banquet, that's no problem. When I get married, I'll definitely invite everyone to a good meal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master was unhappy when he heard this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been calculating for a long time, just wanting to take the opportunity to improve his family's diet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come out in person; how could he return empty-handed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master said with a smile: \"Cao Weiguo, setting up a few tables doesn't cost much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you invite everyone to a meal, everyone can help introduce you to a partner later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said impatiently: \"Third Master, don't say any more, I'm going to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should go back and rest early too, you have to work tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Third Master could finish his sentence, Cao Cao Weiguo closed the door firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brat, being so stingy, what girl would ever take a fancy to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Master left, holding in a breath of frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ten thousand percent dissatisfied with the stubborn Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone called him \"Yan the Miser,\" but this Cao Cao Weiguo was even stingier than him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly earning a high salary, he ate corn buns and pickles alone every day, saving money instead of helping his neighbors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly an iron rooster that wouldn't pluck a single feather!\u003C\u002Fp>",1490,"2026-06-16T06:41:09.589Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d3b728be63c0b0ac3fe503501df3e271206164ef46b8a32e981fa039ce0c98bd","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-3","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-1",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-cover.gif"]