[{"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-39":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},2103917,3398,"Chapter 39","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>With the future father-in-law speaking, Cao Cao Weiguo naturally accepted it gladly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marriage is a major life event for everyone. In traditional Chinese concepts, marriage is very particular about a sense of ritual: the orders of parents, the words of matchmakers, the three letters and six etiquettes, and wild geese as tokens of faith—nothing can be missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, wedding customs constantly change according to different material conditions and social environments, so wedding customs in each era have their own characteristics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this era was the early period of the founding of the country. For a long time, the country was in a state of internal and external troubles, not only facing a severe international environment but also dealing with a domestic situation waiting to be rebuilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People's marriages in the early days of the founding of the country were very simple. Because it was shortly after the war, everyone's thinking had not yet changed. Both men and women paid more attention to the cleanliness of the other's family background. Generally speaking, they were introduced by others, and after knowing each other's names and ages, they could get married after seeing each other from afar. ===== CHAPTER 71 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Sihe Academy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky gradually darkened, and the residents returning from work came home one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quiet courtyard gradually became lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, who hadn't returned to the Sihe Academy yet, didn't know that he had already become a news figure in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he left in the morning, the aunties who weren't working watched him all the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That cartload of good things made the aunties extremely envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news of Cao Cao Weiguo's blind date yesterday had already spread throughout the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Cao Cao Weiguo didn't go to work and pushed a cart of good things out; it was nine times out of ten that he went to get engaged to the blind date from yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aunties, who were extremely curious, soon found out the exact information from the First Aunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Shen and the First Master stayed for a long time yesterday, and naturally, they had told the First Master about the result of the blind date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that Cao Cao Weiguo went to get engaged, the courtyard became lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo went to his partner's house to propose today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Cao Cao Weiguo is really swift and decisive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Cao Cao Weiguo has a lot of depth; he did so many big things without making a sound!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think Cao Cao Weiguo is in a hurry for a wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw Cao Cao Weiguo's partner yesterday, a rustic country girl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How come I heard that the girl is very pretty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the use of being pretty? She's thin and small, she doesn't look like she's good at bearing children!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Cao Weiguo is suffering from having no elders at home and being young and ignorant, only looking at the girl's beauty and being fascinated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, it's a pity I was late. I was planning to introduce my niece to Cao Cao Weiguo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, why didn't we notice Cao Cao Weiguo before? In the blink of an eye, he's become successful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't see it, there were chickens and meat hanging on that bicycle, as well as cotton cloth and candy, at least ten Brother Yuan worth of things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humph, young people after all, once life gets better, they get carried away. This is the beginning of squandering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop being sour. Cao Cao Weiguo is now a deputy director, and there are few people in his family. With his salary, he couldn't spend it all even if he ate meat every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neighbors in the courtyard were discussing it, and the Third Master couldn't stop sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for Yu Yu Haitang not knowing a good thing, he should have had a share of so many good things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Third Aunt said: \"That sister of Yu Li doesn't have the fate to enjoy happiness; she couldn't even hold onto a good marriage delivered to her door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Third Master sighed: \"Don't mention Yu Yu Haitang's matter again, just pretend it never happened, so as not to make things unpleasant between relatives later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jia family's room, Qin Qin Huairu was pinching a corn bun in a low mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about when she married over, the Jia family only paid five Brother Yuan for the bride price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, they often complained that her family was greedy for money and looked down on her family for being from the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at Cao Cao Weiguo's partner, also a country woman, but the treatment is worlds apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also a woman, why is her life so bitter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi sat at the door: \"Cao Cao Weiguo, this black-hearted beast, he deserves to marry a country girl. Even if he marries a wife, he will be a dead end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu felt annoyed looking at her mother-in-law, who was full of evil words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing Shazhu is off work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Jia Jia Zhangshi's shout, Qin Qin Huairu hurriedly rushed out of the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing Shazhu, what good food did you bring?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu looked helplessly at the lunch box that was snatched away: \"Hey, Qin sister, this was specially left for He Yushui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu said pitifully: \"Sha Zhuzi, He Yushui doesn't lack food, Bang Geng has been so hungry lately that he's skin and bones, have some pity on the child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu sighed: \"Fine, fine, fine, I must have owed your family in my last life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu took the lunch box and said: \"Sha Zhuzi, do you know what Cao Cao Weiguo did today when he didn't go to work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu said disdainfully: \"Isn't it just going to propose! Found a country girl, what's so great about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Cao Cao Weiguo doing better and better, Seeing Shazhu felt very unhappy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is a petty person both an official and getting a wife, while he is unsuccessful in everything and still single at nearly thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just wait, he must find a better wife and must get ahead of Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu said unhappily: \"What? You look down on people from the countryside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu suddenly remembered that Qin Qin Huairu was also from the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu hurriedly slapped his mouth: \"Hey, look at my stinking mouth, isn't this just talking without thinking? I have never looked down on people from the countryside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu snorted coldly: \"I was planning to introduce my cousin from my hometown to you, but now it seems I won't ask for trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu hurriedly shouted: \"Don't, my good sister, your brother is going crazy wanting a wife, you must help your brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qin Qin Huairu, why aren't you cooking yet? Do you want to starve us to death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi shouted viciously, making Qin Qin Huairu's face turn blue with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu explained: \"Zhang Zhang Dama, Qin sister said she would introduce me to a partner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi smiled: \"My family is introducing you to a partner, shouldn't you show some appreciation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu said generously: \"Zhang Zhang Dama, am I the kind of person who lacks things? If this partner works out, I'll treat your whole family to a restaurant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the back courtyard, the Second Aunt was also chatting with the Second Master about Cao Cao Weiguo going to propose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master said jealously: \"This Cao Cao Weiguo really had dog-shit luck, both an official and getting a wife, why do all the good things fall on him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master looked at Liu Guangtian, who was burying his head in eating corn buns, and said angrily: \"Eat, eat, eat, only know how to eat. Cao Cao Weiguo is about the same age as you, look at him, then look at you, a complete waste of space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guangtian said indignantly: \"His father was a martyr.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastard! Are you cursing me to die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master was furious on the spot, picked up a stool, and chased Liu Guangtian to beat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the Liu family was in chaos, with things crashing and people running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yi family\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master and the First Aunt were eating dinner; there was only a plate of stir-fried potatoes and a few corn buns on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the First Master had the highest salary in the Sihe Academy, he lived very frugally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his salary as an eight-level fitter, it would be no problem to eat meat every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he insisted on living frugally, saving money to prepare for his old age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Aunt sighed: \"Cao Cao Weiguo is a person who lives a down-to-earth life, unlike Sha Zhuzi, who has high expectations but low ability and no heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu's conditions were definitely outstanding in the Sihe Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chef at the steel rolling mill, a good job, high salary, no worries about food and drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two rooms at home, only one younger sister, and no burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these conditions, finding a wife would definitely not be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was just too picky, couldn't reach high or low, and liked to help widows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that no matchmaker was willing to come to the door, and he was still single.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master sighed: \"Sigh, I misjudged. Why didn't I notice Cao Cao Weiguo before? If he were to provide for our old age, how good that would be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Aunt shook her head and said: \"Don't think too much about this. Our family didn't help Cao Cao Weiguo before, so don't trouble him in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Aunt was kind-hearted. After Cao Cao Weiguo's parents passed away, she mentioned it to the First Master several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take some food from home to help Cao Cao Weiguo, but the First Master never nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know what he was thinking, preferring to take cornmeal to help the Jia family rather than help someone in greater need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending charcoal in the snow is not as good as adding flowers to brocade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not helping when in difficulty, now that people are successful, naturally they won't care about you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really don't know what's on his mind. ===== CHAPTER 72 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1723,"2026-06-16T06:42:12.639Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","84838e9864c94d1d7f3b02704e5dbd9a6530c410363133423da7d1e1b70a378d","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-40","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-38",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-cover.gif"]