[{"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-80":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Courtyard House: A Salted Fish's Good 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},2104093,3398,"Chapter 80","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said: “Brother Chen, tell me about the situation of those calligraphy and paintings first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin introduced: “Master Master Baishi’s ‘Duck and Shrimp Picture’, Mr. Beihong’s ‘Horse Stepping on the River Picture’, Mr. Shuji’s ‘Pine and Cloud Double Cranes’…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Chen, you’ve really done me a big favor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said in surprise: “These paintings will definitely make that leader love them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin said: “Don’t be happy too soon, the asking price for these paintings is not low.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo asked: “How much for the Duck and Shrimp and the Horse Stepping on the River Picture?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin said: “The Duck and Shrimp Picture asks for 80 Brother Yuan, and the Horse Stepping on the River asks for 100 Brother Yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the contemporary era, these prices are not low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many workers’ monthly wages are only twenty or thirty Brother Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo considered it slightly, then whispered to Chen Bin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can accept this price, but I want to see if they are authentic first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin thought for a while and said: “I’ll take you there in a while, you can trade face-to-face.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said cautiously: “You can’t reveal my name and identity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin said: “Don’t worry! I’m not that stupid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the study, Cao Cao Weiguo accompanied Master to chat for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the two went out of the large courtyard together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossing several streets, they arrived at a relatively remote and dilapidated Sihe Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Bin took Cao Cao Weiguo to find that friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle, middle-aged man with a thin face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin man asked in surprise: “You can accept the price I offered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo nodded: “As long as they are authentic, I’ll pay the price without bargaining.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin man took out two rectangular wooden boxes from the wardrobe with reluctance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take a look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo opened the two wooden boxes and carefully checked the two paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The form of the shrimp is lively, agile, and full of vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The form of the horse is high-spirited, unrestrained, vigorous, and full of visual impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both paintings are indeed authentic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said happily: “I want these two paintings, wait for me for a while, I’ll go home and get the money immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half an hour later, Cao Cao Weiguo handed a bulging file bag to the thin man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin man took the file bag with complex emotions and counted the money one by one in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing so much money for the first time, Chen Bin’s heart suffered a huge impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was said and what was seen with one’s own eyes were completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin man handed the paintings to Cao Cao Weiguo and sighed with reluctance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know if I’ll be able to see them again in my lifetime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sihe Academy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, accompanied by fiery red clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-side of pork ribs carried on the back seat of Cao Cao Weiguo’s bicycle brought quite an impact to the Sihe Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although pork ribs are not as expensive as meat, they are still meat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these pork ribs taste better and more fragrant when cooked well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the pork ribs, people couldn’t stop swallowing their saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Third Uncle, who ran over with green eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cao Weiguo, where did the pork ribs come from? This is a rare item.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo laughed: “I went out to cook a wedding banquet today, and when I was leaving, they insisted on giving me some leftover pork ribs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Uncle said with envy: “That family is really generous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Aunt praised: “That’s because Cao Weiguo has ability, it must be that the wedding banquet he cooked made them happy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Li, who was washing vegetables, stared at the pork ribs from far away and swallowed her saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t remember how long it had been since she had eaten pork ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years or three years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yan Jiecheng swallowed his saliva: “Is being a chef so popular?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Li felt indignant in her heart: “Look at Cao Cao Weiguo, then look at you, when will I be able to eat meat every day like Song Song Yulan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yan Jiecheng said with a smirk: “Your expectations are too high, look around the street, how many can compare to Cao Cao Weiguo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residents were all envious of Cao Cao Weiguo, and the praise didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Uncle, who was taking a walk, felt very uncomfortable in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day Bang Geng stole the chicken, he had lost all his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been respected in the Sihe Academy, when had he ever been scolded like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, people in the courtyard still held “prejudice” against him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu looked at the glorious Cao Cao Weiguo, feeling both jealous and unconvinced in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo’s culinary skills are far inferior to his, how did he end up doing so well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people are all blind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not inviting him, the master chef, but instead inviting Cao Cao Weiguo, that second-rate guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was cooking at the steel rolling mill, Cao Cao Weiguo wasn’t even an apprentice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Cao Cao Weiguo, this villain, become a hot commodity in just a few years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi looked at the half-side of pork ribs, her triangular eyes glowing green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is a typical lazy and greedy person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the pork ribs full of meat, she wished she could pounce on them and take a few bites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“God really doesn’t open his eyes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such delicious things are just for a beast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eat, eat! Sooner or later you’ll choke to death, you beast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Zhangshi didn’t dare to go up and ask, cursing fiercely in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu carried a basket of green vegetables, staring at the half-side of pork ribs with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why couldn’t this Cao Cao Weiguo support her like Seeing Shazhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, these pork ribs would be her family’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Qin, why did you buy so few green vegetables.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Qin Qin Huairu was stunned, Seeing Shazhu came over with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu said pitifully: “These few green vegetables were bought with borrowed money, sister’s life is hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu said with guilt: “Hey, it’s because I’m useless, being driven out of the kitchen by others, otherwise I could have brought back some leftovers to help you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu’s beautiful eyes flashed: “Sha Zhuzi, your culinary skills are so good, why don’t you go out and help people cook like Cao Cao Weiguo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu said with difficulty: “I’ve thought about it, but no one is looking for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu thought for a moment and whispered: “Go find Cao Cao Weiguo, he knows many people, let him bridge the gap for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shazhu said indignantly: “Even if I starve to death, I won’t go to him for help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he was suspended for reflection, if Cao Cao Weiguo hadn’t been meddling in secret, he wouldn’t believe it even if he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being driven home by someone, and then going to their door to beg them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, Seeing Shazhu, is also a person who wants face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu wiped her tears with a pained face: “Sha Zhuzi, I know you have backbone, but you also have to consider your livelihood. Without wages, what will you eat, what will you drink, what if you starve your body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Qin! I!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Qin Qin Huairu’s appearance of wiping tears for his pain, Seeing Shazhu was moved to the point of being unable to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>",1284,"2026-06-16T06:49:19.248Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c0c08d515c7af3fe019f2e518f2435cd5bbb28c7d9b4bae87267ee3e2c4b5c9f","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-81","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-79",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-cover.jpg"]