[{"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-138":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},1543473,2006,"Chapter 138 - 138 137 What kind of wife do you want","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>138: Chapter 137 What kind of wife do you want?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>138: Chapter 137 What kind of wife do you want?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the fields, the other members of the Gu Family saw the matchmaker chattering away to Gu Feng from a distance, but they were too far away to hear anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Er asked Gu San, “What do you think Dad is talking about with the matchmaker?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve been at it for so long and still haven’t finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are we still supposed to work or what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu San replied irritably, “What else could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s about Dabao’s marriage, of course!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Gu Er objected, “How do you know it’s about my Dabao’s marriage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it’s about your Erya’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t your wife say just the other day that you should settle Erya’s marriage early, before the autumn harvest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard that, he sneered for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu San squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, “Second brother, how do you know what my wife tells me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Er was startled and looked away unnaturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he tell Gu San that he had been eavesdropping by the wall?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t really his fault; Gu San and his wife were such schemers, whispering to each other all day long in their room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eldest couple had passed away, Youyou was married off, and it was just the two brothers in the house now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to guard against him, didn’t he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our houses are separated by just a wall, and your wife has such a loud voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think I want to listen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having yelled at Gu San, Gu Er moved to the other side to work!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dabao looked at his dad, then at his uncle with a gloomy face, and finally picked up his tools and went over to his dad’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad, Mom said she wanted to find me a wife from the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Grandpa arranges someone from the village for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Er was taken aback, looked up at his eldest son, and chuckled, “So do you want to marry a girl from the town or one from the village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dabao thought for a moment and replied, “From the village!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Er looked at his son with some surprise and asked, “Don’t you want a pretty wife from the town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s so good about village girls, ugly and crude like your mother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blushing, Gu Dabao said, “But Grandpa says village folks are honest and can work in the fields!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you silly boy!” Gu Er lifted his hand in exasperation and smacked Gu Dabao on the head, muttering angrily, “Are you stupid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you marry a girl from the town, why would you have her work in the fields?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does our family lack fieldworkers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would bring a dowry, and we’ll give her light tasks to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once you have a wife, you’ll forget about your mother, no, your father, and won’t bear to make her work at all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dabao, with a head covered in mud, asked, “So should I listen to Grandpa or Mom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, you should…” Gu Er turned his head and saw that Gu Feng and the matchmaker seemed to be having a great time talking; the deal was undoubtedly going through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matchmaker always emphasized a suitable match, unless there were specific requests; if neither party had any, they would follow her lead, which likely meant the other party was from the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng, the head of the family, was in charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the mother made a fuss, it wouldn’t change anything if he had already agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed deeply and shook his head, “Just let it be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dabao: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a lot of persuasion, the matchmaker finally convinced Gu Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, due to unpleasant relations with the Lin Family, he had considered sending the children to private school, but the Gu family weren’t made for studying; the children were unwilling to continue after just a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering his family had been farmers generation after generation, maybe it was just their fate, so he never forced the issue.\u003C\u002Fp>",691,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","3c0e6879f2af550613b03b7abeb694c64058542c222e1f00bc48156c35edc0b9","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-139","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-137",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]