Chapter 3

Cao Weiguo must have eaten gunpowder today!

Jia Zhangshi also deserved it!

Looking for trouble for no reason!

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

The back-row houses are in the innermost courtyard, close to the boundary of the courtyard.

Usually occupied by female family members, facing the same direction as the main house.

Facing south, their status is lower than the main house and the side rooms, and their scale and quality are slightly worse.

The total area of these three rooms of the Cao family is nearly 80 square meters.

Pushing the door and walking into the clean and bright room, Cao Weiguo closes the door.

Carrying the cornmeal, he walks into the kitchen to start cooking.

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

"Knock, knock, knock..."

"Weiguo, are you home?"

Cao Weiguo walks out of the kitchen with a corn bun, opens the door, and asks with a smile:

"Eldest Uncle, is something the matter?"

The Third Uncle rubs his hands and says with a smile:

"Weiguo, I heard from Shazhu that you are now an 8th-grade cook."

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

"This is a rare and great happy event!"

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

"Let us neighbors celebrate together."

"Let everyone share in the joy."

Facing the Third Uncle, who loves to take advantage, Cao Weiguo gives a bitter smile of embarrassment:

"Third Uncle, look at my room."

"It's almost like having nothing but four bare walls."

"Even a thief would want to leave me two yuan if they came!"

"Look at my dinner again."

"Cold corn buns with leftover pickled vegetables."

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

Quickly scanning the corn buns and pickled vegetables on the table.

The Third Uncle is full of disbelief: "You're pretending to be poor with me, right?"

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

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

This Third Uncle's calculations are correct; Cao Weiguo is indeed not short of money.

But what does this money have to do with these neighbors?

Cao Weiguo says seriously: "Third Uncle, I do have some savings."

"But those are all the savings for a wife that I've scraped together penny by penny."

"If you want to eat, that's no problem. When I get married one day, I will definitely invite everyone to eat something good."

The Third Uncle is unhappy when he hears this.

He calculated for a long time just to take the opportunity to improve his family's food.

He has already come out in person; how can he return empty-handed!

The Third Uncle says with a smile: "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 in the future."

Cao Weiguo says impatiently: "Third Uncle, stop talking, I'm going to eat."

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

"You..."

"Bang!"

Before the Third Uncle can finish his sentence, Cao Weiguo closes the door forcefully.

"You kid is so stingy, what girl could take a fancy to you."

The Third Uncle leaves, suppressing his anger.

He feels ten thousand points of dissatisfaction with the stubborn Cao Weiguo.

Everyone calls him Yan the Miser, but this Cao Weiguo is even stingier than him!

Clearly earning a high salary, he eats corn buns and pickled vegetables alone every day, saving money without helping neighbors.

Truly a stingy iron rooster who won't pull out a single hair! ===== CHAPTER 5 =====