[{"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-281":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},1543366,2006,"Chapter 281 - 281 281 Stabilizing the Soul with Needles","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-281",281,"\u003Cp>281: Chapter 281 Stabilizing the Soul with Needles 281: Chapter 281 Stabilizing the Soul with Needles Suddenly, a roll of greyish-white cotton thread and a fine, long needle appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu Family thought Gu Youyou needed to mend a tear in the old lady’s clothes because they had noticed a rip, and no one said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Gu Er, who was standing close by, saw her push the needle into the old lady’s skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so frightened that he immediately grabbed Gu Youyou, shouting, “What are you doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma is dead, and you’re still sticking a needle into her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are you thinking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sticking a needle into the old lady?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t she just sewing the old lady’s clothes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was greatly alarmed by Gu Er’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Youyou, what are you doing?” Gu Feng wasn’t calm either, trembling as he rose from his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Jin Zijin looked at Gu Youyou with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen, who always thrived in chaos, led Sanya over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she heard that Gu Youyou was sticking a needle into the old lady, she burst into tears and screamed, “Oh, the misfortune of our family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the Gu Family give birth to such a heartless daughter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your grandma is dead, and you still want to stick needles in her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you trying to pin down her soul so she can’t reincarnate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this group of people who were so easily startled, Gu Youyou was lost for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could understand them, so she didn’t get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she patiently explained, “I wasn’t sticking needles into grandma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just wanted her to leave with dignity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With dignity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the bewildered people looked at Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou thought about it; she couldn’t just say that Grandma’s face looked too hideous, and she was doing her beautification routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautifying a corpse, such a taboo act, would scare and would be unacceptable to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after a moment of thought, she chose a more palatable explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever seen someone born with a large scar-like mark on their face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind where one half is black and the other white, that they’re born with?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Gu Family pondered for a while, and Gu Xiaoqing spoke timidly, “Sister, are you talking about those black birthmarks?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, birthmarks, the kind on the face,” Gu Youyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turns out they knew those were birthmarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They nodded, indicating they understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Qiuju whispered, “There’s a girl in my mother’s village born with such a mark, half of her face black, half white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say it’s a Yin-Yang face, it’s terrifying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou chuckled internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the right idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked, “Do you know how it’s formed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How it’s formed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Gu Family were confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That kind of birthmark, do you know where it comes from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Birthmarks are something you’re born with, what else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They indicated they didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin, however, had already cracked a faint smile, guessing what Gu Youyou was up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was truly clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, a lie isn’t necessarily harmful—there’s a kind of falsehood known as a white lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou began to narrate the origin of birthmarks in her lively, clear voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(She was making it up on the spot.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Skin and hair are inherited from our parents; they should not be injured, not discarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if someone’s face is disfigured in life, and they don’t get it fixed before burial, the underworld emissaries, fearing the disfigured might scare others in their next life, will place a black cloth over their face before they reincarnate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That black cloth is what we call a birthmark.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the Gu Family exhibited different expressions upon hearing her theory, but all were equally shocked and felt a chill at her explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head, quite satisfied with their reactions, and decided to continue with her storytelling.\u003C\u002Fp>",654,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","51c0a8a385c1aa0fe0c616215965b04eb693db0dd5c04476258d99b061085cf8","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-282","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-280",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]