[{"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-271":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},1543356,2006,"Chapter 271 - 271 271 She Came to Deal with It","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-271",271,"\u003Cp>271: Chapter 271 She Came to Deal with It 271: Chapter 271 She Came to Deal with It Neighbors who were helping whispered amongst themselves, “Ai!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life is so unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought that the Gu Family matriarch would pass away before the Gu Family patriarch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, the Gu Family matriarch was always so robust, with more strength and volume in her voice than the average young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for this accident, she could have easily lived another ten or eight years without any issues.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alas, everyone has their own fate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come, Youyou, come inside with auntie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou was led into a side room by an older woman, who handed her two sets of white mourning clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou put on one of them and gave the other to Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zijin nodded and without another word, put it on as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neighbors looked on with surprise at Youyou, and also…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at the distinguished stranger behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou understood what they were surprised about and explained, “He is Jin Zijin, the hunter from the north end of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s given up hunting and shaved his beard, so he looks like this now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can shaving a beard and giving up hunting lead to such a big change?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren’t similar in build, you might think they were two different people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face is completely different, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes you wonder what your own husband would look like without a beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou didn’t elaborate any further and pulled Zijin into the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zijin didn’t need to stay until evening; he just had to wear the mourning clothes and bow a few times before he could leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he ended up kneeling and paying respects with Youyou for nearly an hour, until Youyou grew impatient and urged him with her eyes to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wouldn’t be able to return to town today, they would have to sleep in the old house that hadn’t been lived in for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have to tidy it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole day was very quiet, no one spoke, everyone just did as the funeral master instructed, carrying out their respective duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking would have been disrespectful to the deceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those kneeling in the room were the departed’s closest kin, who of course wouldn’t show disrespect to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By evening, the day’s funeral rites were complete, and the burial could take place the following morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young people could hardly bear such toil for one day, let alone Grandfather, who was of advanced years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After standing up, Youyou quickly went to support him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather, please have a seat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever Youyou visited in the past, Gu Feng was always delighted, but today, as it was the funeral for the old lady, he couldn’t muster any joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just sighed deeply and nodded to Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the usual bickering between Grandfather and Grandmother, Youyou knew that their decades of marriage bore deep affection—for instance, the sky-is-falling expression on Grandmother’s face when Grandfather was ill couldn’t be faked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She comforted him, “Grandmother has passed on, but Grandfather, you mustn’t harm your health with sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmother would be worried, and so would we.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng nodded and said to Youyou, “Youyou, your health isn’t good either, and you’ve tired yourself out today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should rest too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather, my health has improved a lot, I’m not tired,” said Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Lao San and Gu Lao Er exchanged glances, Gu Lao San picked up on the cue and nodded, moving forward to support Gu Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, better you go back to bed and rest a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomorrow morning before dawn we have to lay Mother to rest,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng was indeed exhausted, both physically and emotionally, so he did not decline; he cast a worried glance at Youyou and then went to rest in the inner room with the support of Gu Lao San.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Gu Feng left, the atmosphere in the room changed; those harboring animosity towards Youyou no longer hid their feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou sneered, thinking that it was finally happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was for the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most inscrutable and sullen uncle had taken Grandfather away to ensure his stability, leaving the rest behind to confront her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, for her to confront.\u003C\u002Fp>",711,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","a9756aa7f35e3478a80d3e1b52bfa34c291cc348d857e1531c8a97cd041fc166","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-272","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-270",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]