[{"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-194":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},1543579,2006,"Chapter 194 - 194 193 Find Doctor Zhou","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-194",194,"\u003Cp>194: Chapter 193: Find Doctor Zhou 194: Chapter 193: Find Doctor Zhou Dawn had just broken when Gu Youyou left the house, for she feared the strange visitor from last night would block her path early this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Qin Changlin, Doctor Zhou should have returned last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she had never met Doctor Zhou, Qin Changlin had already arranged for Gu Youyou to be placed under Doctor Zhou as a female disciple, which would provide her with an official status when she would eventually consult at Jisheng Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou’s medical skills may not have been inferior to Doctor Zhou’s, yet she was very willing to become his disciple because Doctor Zhou was a true man of medical ethics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his medical skills, he could have opened his own clinic in a much larger city by now, but he chose to stay in the small Qingshui Town to ensure that the local people had access to medical care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With time to spare, Gu Youyou first went to a breakfast shop selling wontons and had a bowl before heading over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Changlin had mentioned the day before that Doctor Zhou might return very late after several exhausting days and might not get up early, so she could come a bit later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Youyou still arrived too early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendant in the clinic had just opened the doors, and was wiping the clinic’s signboard at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy was merely in his early teens – employing child labor was indeed something only people from the ancient times would undertake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gu Youyou, the boy hurried over, “Sister Youyou is here early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Shixiong is currently washing up in the back hall, and will come out in a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she followed him in through the main door, Gu Youyou laughed, “Early to bed and early to rise makes for a healthy life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I’m not that early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I were in a farming household, I’d have to start working on the fields much earlier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendant repeatedly agreed, then added, “Indeed, indeed, it’s the busiest time of the year for farmers with the autumn harvest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the scorching sun during the day, they can only work from dawn to dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, they might suffer from heatstroke, fall ill, and have to spend money on medical treatment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou took a seat on a chair, raised her eyebrows, and asked, “You seem to understand quite a bit about the life of a farmer; are you from a village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the attendant froze, then started to fidget uncomfortably, prompting Gu Youyou to frown in wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s nothing shameful about being from a village, yet his mannerisms suggested that he felt his background was something to be hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Qin Changlin emerged from the backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the conversation, he shook his head with a smile, “Yuancheng, go back outside to wipe the signboard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relieved as if a huge burden were lifted, Yuancheng hurriedly scuttled away in a flurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was puzzled, and Qin Changlin offered an explanation with a smile, “This Yuancheng, originally a farmer from Shishu Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family was poor and, unfortunately, they had many children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just his parents alone had ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with the other four houses, it’s said they had over thirty children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a well-off household would struggle to support such a large number of children, let alone one as poor as his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later on, the daughters who were too young to work in the fields, those around three to five years old, were sold by the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sold several, but there were still too many children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, his parents began contacting human traffickers to sell their sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That year Yuancheng was only five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t do much work in the fields, and when a human trafficker came by, his parents sold him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you know what for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowering his voice on his last words, Qin Changlin teased with a suspenseful tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou rolled her eyes, “What else can a five-year-old boy be sold for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the palace to become a eunuch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Changlin gasped with pretended surprise, staring at Gu Youyou, “How did you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou: “…” How did I know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that how it’s always portrayed in TV dramas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an old cliché.\u003C\u002Fp>",717,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","ccdd2dedb5c272da450d7f3bc1ca62de73d718496b00d0baecc4d38e7106ff20","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-195","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-193",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]