[{"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-7":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},2103850,3398,"Chapter 7","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>Jia Family\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu was worrying about food, and Jia Jia Zhangshi was sitting on the kang rubbing her legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought she could live a good life after marrying into the city, but who would have thought she would become a widow a few years after marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she replaced her husband's seniority, she only had twenty-something Brother Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an elderly mother-in-law above and a son and two daughters below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi was treacherous, lazy, and capable of causing trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did she eat for two people,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but she also had to take painkillers every month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, and Huai Hua were still young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A family of five relied on her alone, and life was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for Sha Zhu's help and her searching everywhere in the steel mill, this family would have collapsed long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Geng sat up from the kang, holding his stomach and shouting: \"Mom, my stomach hurts from hunger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu worked alone, and the family's food was only that little ration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were barely getting by, not knowing if they would have the next meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, Bang Geng drank two bowls of cornmeal porridge alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi's half bowl of porridge was also given to Bang Geng, but even so, it couldn't fill Bang Geng's stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly a half-grown boy, eating his father to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi hugged Bang Geng with heartache: \"Sigh, my poor big grandson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endure it, your mom will go to exchange grain tomorrow, and then you can eat a few more steamed buns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu looked miserable: \"Mom, our family has no food stamps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi stared: \"If there's no grain, go borrow it or buy it; no matter what, you can't let my big grandson go hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu said helplessly: \"At the end of this month, who would have surplus grain, and who would be willing to lend it to our family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an era of eating grain and drinking soup with tickets; city people's grain was supplied in fixed quantities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the period of extreme material scarcity, most families' grain bags (grain books, grain stamps) were empty by the end of the month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi said as a matter of course: \"Go find Sha Zhu, First Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that Cao Cao Weiguo, they have fewer people and eat less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They definitely have surplus grain in their hands, let them help our family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're all neighbors in the same courtyard, how can they have the heart to see us die without helping?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If no one helps you, just bump into someone's door frame and die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll hold a grand funeral for you then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let everyone see the faces of those beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Family\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon was dark and the wind was high; the night was deep and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, sleeping soundly, vaguely heard someone calling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock, knock, knock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, it's me, Qin Qin Huairu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock, knock, knock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the door, Qin Qin Huairu not only called out this time, but the force of her knocking was getting louder and louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, awakened from his sleep, was holding back his anger, his mood inexplicably irritable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not sleeping in the middle of the night!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can't be said tomorrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu looked around outside the door, fearing being discovered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, open the door, I have something very important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said impatiently: \"If you have something to say, say it; if you have a fart, let it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu had never brought anything good when she came to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was either borrowing grain or borrowing money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, just a few words, open the door, can I eat you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu, who had been given the cold shoulder, was not anxious or impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that she was full of patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This concerned the stomachs of the whole family, and she absolutely could not return empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo! Cao Weiguo! Open the door!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Qin Qin Huairu's shouting, Cao Cao Weiguo felt helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu didn't want face, but he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Face is useless sometimes, and useful sometimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's better to have it than not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If rumors spread, he wouldn't look good either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't want to be alone for the rest of his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop shouting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo wrapped himself in a quilt and walked over to open the door with an irritable face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he let Qin Qin Huairu keep shouting, his reputation would stink through the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were asleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the door opened, Qin Qin Huairu drilled into the room like a loach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you come in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qin Qin Huairu enter the room, Cao Cao Weiguo felt a panic in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lonely man and a widow in the same room!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were discovered by the Neighborhood Office, they would definitely be hung with signs and stripped naked to parade through the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and leave quickly when you're done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu looked miserable: \"Cao Weiguo, there's not a grain of rice left at home, please save your sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo frowned: \"You just got paid today, take the money and buy some!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu: \"The grain stamps are used up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said irritably: \"If there are no grain stamps, go to the Pigeon Market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pigeon Market is a private trading market that cannot be seen in the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can buy things without tickets, but the price is much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu's salary was tight and not enough to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she be willing to go to the Pigeon Market to buy grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears swirled in her eyes: \"Don't you know my sister's situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where would my family have the money to go to the Pigeon Market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo! Help your sister, and I will remember your kindness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo sneered: \"Forget it, you'd better remember someone else's kindness, I can't afford to climb high.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how much he had helped Qin Qin Huairu in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for that 10 Brother Yuan, everything else was like a meat bun hitting a dog; it never came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of things were gone, but he hadn't gained a single benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo didn't want to continue being a sucker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu grabbed Cao Cao Weiguo's arm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Weiguo, sister won't let you help in vain, I'll wash your clothes and clean your room in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo shook his head hurriedly: \"Absolutely not, I can clean it myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Qin Qin Huairu washed his clothes and cleaned his room, if this spread, he would be a brother-in-law with Jia Jia Dongxu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if nothing happened, it would be rumored that something did!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu is a clear example!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu was also anxious: \"Then tell me, what will it take for you to help sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already knocked on Sha Zhu's door, but Sha Zhu didn't have any surplus grain either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master had the First Mistress at home, and she was embarrassed to knock on the door late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back and forth, the only one in the courtyard who could help her was Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she had more and further thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo's work was promoted, and life would definitely get better and better in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once is a stranger, twice is an acquaintance!\u003C\u002Fp>",1267,"2026-06-16T06:41:09.589Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ed771fb9c13af944cdf37260b2f28fd06189714cfc405879ebf3aa0f69fe64c9","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-8","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-6",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-cover.gif"]