[{"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-21":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},2103864,3398,"Chapter 21","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>\"Peel the potatoes, wash them, and cut them into thin slices, then cut them into fine shreds...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wash the wok and heat it up, turn to low heat... put the dried chili segments into the oil and stir-fry until they change color.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn to high heat, pour in the potato shreds and stir-fry quickly... pour in the aromatic vinegar and continue to stir-fry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo gave pointers from the side, and Liu Liu Limin was sweating profusely, working with extreme seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although cooking was very tiring, Liu Liu Limin was happy in his heart and felt grateful to Cao Cao Weiguo, this master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his life was really good, meeting a good master and learning real skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kitchen was smoky and fiery, but people's moods were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu looked at Cao Cao Weiguo's back, his eyes full of disdain and jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should Cao Cao Weiguo, a mere greenhorn, be on equal footing with him and even ride a bicycle that he didn't have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, he was so jealous that he wanted to report Cao Cao Weiguo for speculation and profiteering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was afraid that what Cao Cao Weiguo said was true; if the report failed, he might go to jail for false accusation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the urge to report, Sha Zhu went to find Deputy Factory Director Li as soon as he arrived in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought that if Deputy Factory Director Li denied it, he would immediately go and report Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reality was extremely cruel: Deputy Factory Director Li admitted it and also criticized him additionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu said indignantly, \"Cao Cao Weiguo, you villain, just wait, sooner or later I'll let you know how powerful I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At lunchtime, workers lined up in long queues to get food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo and Sha Zhu were each serving food at their windows, but the difference in the length of the queues was quite obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were hundreds of people queuing at Cao Cao Weiguo's window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only a dozen or so people at Sha Zhu's window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not because of the difference in the quality of the food, but because of the quantity and the person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu was accustomed to using the spoon-flipping skill when serving food; when he met widows and people he had good relations with, he gave a full spoonful, when he met others, he flipped away half, and when he met people he didn't have good relations with, there was only soup and water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Cao Cao Weiguo serving food, everyone got the full amount, a full spoonful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was blind or stupid, so naturally, they knew which side to stand on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This obvious difference made Sha Zhu's face look extremely ugly, and his hatred for Cao Cao Weiguo grew greater and greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping wasn't entirely because of his mood; the main reason was for \"leftovers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn't flip the spoon, how could he keep \"leftovers\"? Without \"leftovers,\" what would he bring back to help Qin Qin Huairu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo served the \"leftovers\" that should have been brought home by him to the workers all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu felt as if his heart was filled with fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang, who came to the cafeteria to get food, saw the queues of different lengths and said to the fellow workers with a serious face, \"Why don't you go queue over there? Why are you squeezing in this queue? Isn't this a waste of time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fellow worker said without fear, \"We can't get full eating at Sha Zhu's window, but we can get full at Cao Cao Weiguo's window.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, the working class is the master of the house, and workers have high status and are confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang said, \"It's the same food, how can you not get full?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fellow worker sneered, \"You would definitely get full at Sha Zhu's window, but if we go, we can only eat soup and water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang said angrily, \"Nonsense, you and I are both builders of the motherland; would I engage in privilege in the factory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other fellow workers said, \"Factory Director, you don't engage in privilege, but Sha Zhu engages in differential treatment, giving widows two spoonfuls and us half a spoonful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Sha Zhu's spoon flip, we can only drink soup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We would rather queue in a long line than go hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Factory Director, you should go find Sha Zhu for this problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who in the factory doesn't know that Sha Zhu has a good relationship with the Factory Director?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, let's just queue honestly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fortunate that the cafeteria has Cao Cao Weiguo, otherwise we would have to keep going hungry.\" ===== CHAPTER 38 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Steel Rolling Factory\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The queuing workers said one thing after another, and the more they talked, the livelier it became, making Factory Director Yang's face look extremely ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These workers had long been dissatisfied with Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping, but they were afraid of Sha Zhu's retaliation and had been enduring it without erupting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they had Cao Cao Weiguo to break Sha Zhu's one-man rule, these workers didn't indulge Sha Zhu anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Factory Director Yang, it was just a case of the city gate catching fire and the fish in the moat suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who told Sha Zhu to tell everyone he met that the Factory Director often asked him to cook and that the Factory Director had a good relationship with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Factory Director Li was very happy to see this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Factory Director Yang were superior and subordinate, and he was always suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been holding back his energy to bring down Factory Director Yang and then take the position himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria director, who rushed over after hearing the commotion, was overjoyed in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu, relying on his culinary skills and his relationship with Factory Director Yang, had never taken him seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping had aroused public anger, he had finally seized the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria director walked to the window angrily, pointed at Sha Zhu's nose, and cursed: \"Sha Zhu, what's going on with you? You actually dare to deduct the food of our vast number of worker brothers, making them work on empty stomachs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always known about Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping, but he had pretended not to see it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang walked over, his face ugly, and said, \"He He Yuzhu, is what the fellow workers said true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu argued with a pounding heart, \"Isn't it normal to have more or less when serving food with a spoon? Otherwise, let's use a scale to weigh the portions in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria director said angrily, \"Your behavior has already damaged the interests of the worker brothers and affected the factory's production, and you are still here quibbling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu shouted with his neck stiff, \"Hey, how am I quibbling? I'm stating facts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria director didn't waste words with Sha Zhu and turned directly to Factory Director Yang: \"Factory Director, He He Yuzhu's behavior is extremely vile. I suggest dealing with He He Yuzhu seriously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang hesitated and said, \"It's not good to make a decision without an investigation, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu had good culinary skills, and his cooking was delicious, which had earned him a lot of face in front of leaders of brother units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was somewhat reluctant to deal with Sha Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A worker with a fiery temper couldn't help but shout, \"Before, Sha Zhu said he had a good relationship with the Factory Director, and I didn't believe it, but now it seems Sha Zhu wasn't bragging.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, the Factory Director likes Sha Zhu so much, let's just endure it. If we have to queue longer, we'll queue longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder Sha Zhu is so arrogant; it turns out he really has a big Factory Director as a backer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo shook his head speechlessly as he watched Factory Director Yang being squeezed by the workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Factory Director Yang went to clean toilets after the domestic situation changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For his own interests and safety, Cao Cao Weiguo chose to watch coldly from the sidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to hug a thigh, you have to hug the more promising Deputy Factory Director Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the workers' emotions, in order to avoid arousing public anger, Factory Director Yang decisively abandoned Sha Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Workers, don't misunderstand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang said righteously, \"Workers, I am absolutely not favoring He He Yuzhu; I just don't want to wrong any worker brother. Given He He Yuzhu's insufficient work ability, which affects the dining of the vast number of worker brothers, I have decided to transfer He He Yuzhu away from the cafeteria to the workshop for labor reform.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's how it should be!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should have taught Sha Zhu a lesson long ago! Let him know the hardship of workshop workers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is fair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, reform what? A degenerate like Sha Zhu should be fired!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, Sha Zhu's character is not good, but his cooking is still okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang announced that Sha Zhu would be sent to the workshop for labor reform, and the workers' emotions finally calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at He He Yuzhu, who looked like he had lost his parents, the cafeteria director suddenly felt a sense of relief in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Hua, Fatty, and others were dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Sha Zhu just defeated like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Dong, Ma Liang, and Liu Liu Limin were overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo's expression was calm, and he felt very refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Sha Zhu was driven out of the cafeteria by the cafeteria director, and Liu Lan took over from Sha Zhu to serve food to the workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu and the First Master watched with pounding hearts, feeling very worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu was worried that Sha Zhu would be transferred away from the cafeteria, and there would be no more lunchboxes of leftovers in the future. ===== CHAPTER 39 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1686,"2026-06-16T06:41:09.589Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","1f26d53068a3662e07daddaf69a055f9ff0ff119de935515b19bf2c6a7845c1f","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-22","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-20",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-cover.gif"]