[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1004":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"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},1544239,2006,"Chapter 1004 - 1004 999 Youyou Comes Looking","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1004",1004,"\u003Cp>1004: Chapter 999: Youyou Comes Looking 1004: Chapter 999: Youyou Comes Looking After the flood subsided, the villagers hastily left the mountaintop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu Family, having buried Gu Wen, still followed the old custom of mourning on the mountaintop, a practice that everyone found ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years had passed among the folks of the village, and no one knew if there would be another chance in this lifetime to be neighbors again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the current circumstances, with life and death uncertain, no one could afford to look after anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Huang Xiangwen might have contracted the illness, and people are selfish; they naturally did not wish to take the Gu Family members with them in their escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erya insisted on staying behind, waiting until the funeral rites were done before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shunzi, a man of kindness and loyalty, naturally wanted to stay as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shunzi’s parents were loath to part with their eldest son but could not persuade the Wang Family to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with everyone looking out for themselves and the limited amount of food they could carry, who would want to feed extra mouths?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, under normal circumstances, the Wang Family would certainly not wish for them to leave—they still needed to work after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they eagerly wished for them to go; fewer mouths to feed meant more chance of survival for the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Wang Family’s eldest daughter-in-law incited the old lady to take the meager leftover food and leave first; as for the second branch, whoever wanted to follow could do so on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the Gu Family’s group now had a few more people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shunzi’s parents, along with a younger brother and sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen was grieving and couldn’t be bothered with these matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin found them, they were on the mountain wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cries were pitiful and loud, which carried especially far in this silence where even the sound of birds was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Gu Youyou’s hearing was more sensitive than most, so she had heard Huang Xiangwen’s voice from several mountains away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin exchanged a glance and hurried toward the mountain from where the sounds came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With limited items they had brought, they took one of the white linen clothes they wore, tore it up, and tied it around their heads—albeit a crude attempt by the younger generation to demonstrate mourning and filial piety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou paused, then stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sanya, her eyes red, was the first to see Gu Youyou, as if she couldn’t believe her own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t big sister in Beijing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How come she’s here?”“Big sister?” she called out, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who, who has died?” Gu Youyou asked, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Changlin turned around and explained to Gu Youyou, “Sister Youyou, it’s your second uncle who has passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had tuberculosis.”Qin Changlin had sent a message to Gu Youyou, but by then the flood had already started, so Gu Youyou had not received his letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuberculosis, or consumption in ancient times, was incurable due to the lack of medical equipment, people’s limited understanding of medicine, and the absence of antibiotics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Youyou had already started researching antibiotics and other medicine, so just because others couldn’t cure it didn’t mean she couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the person was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said nothing, simply bowing her head a few times in front of the newly formed grave mound, like any ordinary younger relative might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no one left around here; come with me,” Gu Youyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When facing Huang Xiangwen, Gu Youyou really didn’t know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, Huang Xiangwen seemed not to have much to say to Gu Youyou either, making the scene rather awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned their gaze to Jin Zijin, who stood behind Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long thought, Huang Xiangwen asked, “Is it for real this time?”Jin Zijin’s identity had been announced to the whole country, including the matter of him selecting a consort and choosing Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, it’s for real,” Gu Youyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>",676,"2026-06-06T06:55:03.124Z",1,"novelbin.me","2f13affde153f8e18d170ecdd68e26f551fab8926b8a5e3a635bd959106dd333","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1005","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1003",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]