[{"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-137":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},1543472,2006,"Chapter 137 - 137 136 Experience the Matchmaker's Mouth","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>137: Chapter 136, Experience the Matchmaker’s Mouth 137: Chapter 136, Experience the Matchmaker’s Mouth Matchmaker Zhang loved to powder her face, and ordinarily the fluttering of her handkerchief wouldn’t have been an issue, but as she waved it, a pungent scent was released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng deeply frowned, sneezed, and stepped aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Matchmaker Zhang, please don’t stand too close, my old nose can’t handle those strange scents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matchmaker Zhang’s face stiffened, and her complexion darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously pleasant atmosphere regarding the marriage proposal had been disrupted just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately not wanting to quarrel over money, Matchmaker Zhang quickly recovered her powdered chrysanthemum face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further ado, she got to the point, “It’s like this, over in the east at Anqing Town, a Scholar passed away three years ago, and his family has a daughter, quite a looker and literate too, and not to mention knowledgeable and well-mannered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was about to be proposed for marriage three years ago, but then the Scholar died, and things got delayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By our customs, if there’s a mourning period, one must observe three years of filial piety, and she has completed these three years by now, she’s eighteen this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her age has held her back, making it harder to find a match in the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, her mother came to me and asked to find a well-off farming household, and amongst all the farming families I know, yours, the Gu Family, is the most prosperous, and it just so happens that Dabao is seeking a match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell me, isn’t this fate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Scholar’s Family’s daughter?” Gu Feng was taken aback, then said, “But she’s a full three years older than our Dabao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, we farmers want wives who can work, what’s the use for one that can read?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s where you’re wrong!” Matchmaker Zhang said somewhat excitedly: “Old man Gu, it’s not that I mean to criticize you, you’re good in every other aspect, but you are a bit too old-fashioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who decreed that farmers must till the land generation after generation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell me, with the wealth of the Gu Family, would it be difficult to support a scholar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just lack the connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, despite your family’s wealth, all the dozens in your household, not one is literate—your wealth alone won’t earn respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, scholars are ranked above farmers, you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matchmaker Zhang, ceaselessly chattering and causing Gu Feng a headache, was cut off as he sternly said, “Are you here to arrange a match for Dabao or to criticize that not a single person in my family is literate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matchmaker Zhang stiffened, then slapped her thigh, laughing, “Oh my, look at me, once I start talking, I just can’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, yes, of course, I am here to arrange a marriage for Dabao, precisely with the girl I mentioned, who just happens to be three years older than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a saying, ‘A woman three years older is like a piece of gold,’ these three years are truly no issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for her literacy and whether she can work, those are even less of a concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she can’t do farm work, she can learn—she’s managed to learn to read, haven’t she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you worried she can’t learn to farm your crops?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being literate, well, that’s only a good thing for your family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, if there’s ever a need to read some government decree or calculate some taxes, won’t you have someone who can do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just that, if anyone else in your family ever wants to attend a private school, you’ll have that connection, won’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse comes to worst, she can even start to teach the children at home early on, and I’ve heard that the earlier a child begins learning, the smarter they become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other families might not have this opportunity, but if your family marries a literate granddaughter-in-law, you’ll have it, and your great-grandchildren will surely be ahead of others…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matchmaker Zhang was famously known as a master matchmaker for ten miles around, her smooth tongue was no trifle, and once she started talking, it flowed like water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On and on she went, not stopping until you nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>",707,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","692760557fbfd4269d817566224030726ab0c10929f87cdfe956d0ca6ea4fd83","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-138","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-136",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]