[{"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-109":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},1543444,2006,"Chapter 109 - 109 109 The Best Relatives Come Knocking","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>109: Chapter 109 The Best Relatives Come Knocking 109: Chapter 109 The Best Relatives Come Knocking Jin Zijin was such a killjoy, sleeping with her as if nothing had happened; after all, it had occurred both times without her knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this kiss—she was entirely lucid for it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you trying to deceive me, or yourself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was about pretending, nobody could probably beat Jin Zijin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he returned, he really didn’t say anything and just honestly went to cook!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire evening passed without a word between them, and even when it came to sleep at night, they turned in opposite directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou sorted the herbs that could survive planting, with the majority being Atractylodes and Rehmannia; both of these herbs bloomed with small purple flowers, which would look very pretty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing their medicinal properties might conflict, Gu Youyou allocated two separate plots to plant them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had fewer of the other herbs and was too lazy to plant them, so she processed them all, waiting to sell them in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jin Zijin came back in the evening, Gu Youyou discussed with him whether they should make a few bamboo winnowing baskets, which could be useful for drying mushrooms, herbs, and making pickled vegetables!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin agreed readily, and the next day, he didn’t go into the mountains but fetched Shunzi instead; the two went to cut some bamboo and also a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin left the task of making winnowing baskets to Shunzi, while he himself crafted a drying rack out of wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou watched in amazement—could it be that he was also skilled in carpentry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could there be such a man in the world, with all life skills leveled up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just didn’t know whether he could embroider!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As evening approached, the sound of footsteps and hushed voices traveled up from the foot of the mountain, and Gu Youyou’s cheerful mood from the day instantly soured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Grandma Huangshi leading her Huang Family’s second aunt here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two unbearable relatives hadn’t bothered her in quite a while, and she wondered why they were here again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever they came, it was never with good intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shun was weaving the fourth winnowing basket when he saw the Huang women arriving—one old and one young—busily he smiled and greeted them, “Gu Family’s Grandma, Gu’s second aunt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you come to visit Brother Jin’s home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shun was rather naive, always greeting everyone with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, his warm greeting met with a cold response!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Huangshi glanced at him coldly and then huffed at Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin, “Even an outsider knows how to greet people, yet you two say nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, with your mother dying early and no one teaching you, is it that you’re waiting for this old lady to teach you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, who had been collecting the dried mushrooms, heard Grandma Huangshi scold her for having no manners, and her face fell instantly as she retorted with a sneer, “Right, everyone in the village knows my mother died early, so I can only learn from Grandma here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do you think of how I’m doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, you’ve come spouting sarcasm and insults, so I might as well learn right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Huangshi’s face fell in shock, and behind her, Huang Xiangwen, eager to show off, scolded Gu Youyou, “Youyou, how can you speak to your grandma like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this how you talk?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So disrespectful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your grandma is teaching you, you must greet people when you see them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou responded with a faint smile, “Alright then, Huang Xiangwen, what brings you here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how can you call me by my name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen was so agitated that she stamped her foot; she had never expected Gu Youyou to address her by her full name directly, and she looked at her in surprise and anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others hadn’t anticipated Gu Youyou addressing Huang Xiangwen by her name either and were equally taken aback for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin merely glanced at Gu Youyou indifferently before lowering his head once more, continuing to thump away at the wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shun put down his work, hesitating to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon receiving a meaningful look from Jin Zijin, he bowed his head in complexity and continued weaving the winnowing basket!\u003C\u002Fp>",722,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","5b81591f4289d41203bc07ac5dc9178d380b291a9a32f45b9119e189bd243138","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-110","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-108",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]