[{"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-188":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},1543573,2006,"Chapter 188 - 188 187 Moving to a New Home","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-188",188,"\u003Cp>188: Chapter 187 Moving to a New Home 188: Chapter 187 Moving to a New Home The man in black huffed with a hint of anger and said, “That old Taoist is not to be trusted; he wants to turn you into someone like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you really can’t hold on anymore, you can only go to him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin remained silent for a while before he said with a faint smile, “I would rather live a plain life in the Taoist temple like him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black seemed to hear the biggest joke of his life, sizing Jin Zijin up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he incredulously snorted and said, “But your birthright means you cannot be ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t strive for it, others will force you into the fray.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I think too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou moved to a new home and spent lavishly on furniture and bedding during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stayed busy the next day too, and finally, she got the house into a state that was somewhat to her satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the small courtyard she had put together with thirty taels of silver, Qin Changlin secretly clicked his tongue, gulping down his saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty taels of silver, enough to pay for nearly four years’ rent of this courtyard, was a fortune to an ordinary farmer’s family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou’s concept of spending completely overturned his previous notions of a village girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are all the village girls nowadays so lavish, or is it just his naive and adorable Sister Youyou who is so extravagant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou had always been a big spender because the one thing she had never lacked since childhood was money; she had always bought whatever caught her eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The things in this courtyard were the result of her careful calculations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Qin Changlin knew this thought in her mind, he would probably die of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She counted on her fingers and then turned to ask Qin Changlin, “Help me see what’s missing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…?” Qin Changlin was not lightly frightened, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a dry chuckle, “No…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nothing’s missing, Sister Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty taels of silver is quite a lot, you know, we’re still apprentices, we need to save up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His reminder made Gu Youyou remember that she had already spent quite a bit, and that she was still a pauper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, let’s leave it at that for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changlin, come over and help me set up the doghouse,” Gu Youyou said, tossing a bamboo basket to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dog…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a doghouse?” Qin Changlin looked in surprise at Abao, who was staring at him with big eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those days when people could hardly make a living, why keep a dog?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t one of those wealthy merchants from the town, flushed with silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this dog called Abao looked a bit too unusual; if it weren’t for Gu Youyou’s insistence that it was a dog, he would have thought it was a wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do dogs really…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>need a separate place for a lair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just let it squat by the gate and guard the house for you,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou gave him a disdainful glance and said, “My dog is precious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Changlin: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou hadn’t used modern standards for Abao’s lair; she had simply prepared a bamboo basket and lined it with thick straw to make a simple nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Qin Changlin would have again been shocked to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been two days since she left home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first day felt exceptionally liberating, as if she had been reborn, and she slept sweetly through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason, on the second night, she thought of Jin Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because they had been husband and wife…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or roommates, for almost a year?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had left a letter and walked away, and he didn’t have any reaction at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, human nature is indifferent; used and discarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily she was sensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how embarrassing would it have been if he had issued a divorce letter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, Gu Youyou then heard someone entering the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>",695,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","b11ba42b62ef1538a831d86e58ac6fb2136892f3a283448cdfb250696d246a61","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-189","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-187",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]