[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji":3,"chapter-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-978":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Siheyuan: Food, Love, and Family in 1960s Beijing",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315028,4526,"Chapter 978","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-978",978,"\u003Cp>Just chat casually~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flies; the May Day holiday seems to have just passed, and now it’s already the end of the month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last month, thanks to the strong support of my dear brothers and sisters, the monthly vote ranking performed well and stabilized the recommendation impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not entirely the child’s birth to blame, but since this year, Lao Wu’s condition has been up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In January, I attended the Qidian annual meeting, and the child was born; in February, I handled all the child’s documents; in March, I attended the Lu Yuan training program…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, during Qidian’s live stream, I checked back and realized I’ve been updating over ten thousand characters daily for more than seven hundred and twenty consecutive days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over two years, more than eight million characters—I find it hard to believe even myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without your support, this book would never have achieved what it has; Lao Wu’s seven hundred plus days of persistence would mean nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever someone asks me about this book’s success or my current accomplishments, I always reflect with gratitude on my beloved readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you for accompanying and supporting me all along this journey—you are the best readers, the best friends, in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Wu’s physical condition, likely due to prolonged writing and obesity, has led to frequent minor ailments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To write better, Lao Wu is adjusting his schedule: sleeping before ten every night, waking at five to exercise and wash up, and starting writing at six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He guarantees ten thousand characters in the morning, ten thousand in the afternoon, and refines the plot in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, no explosive update plans—he’s actively saving drafts, organizing the story, and if he can save a full month’s worth, he’ll go to the hospital to fix his minor health issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including but not limited to: knee problems, lipomas on the calves, cardiac angiography, hemorrhoids, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you all, grateful for each of you; again, I apologize for the late May monthly vote bonus chapter, and please continue supporting me with monthly votes—let’s climb the rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Written at the end of May, to all of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wen nong mo.\u003C\u002Fp>",363,"2026-06-20T13:47:03.676Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d4f4ad09d153c6174d6769e6e662aa73255df0753470f24cb2a44c0e0e351bfa","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-979","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-977",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-cover.jpg"]