[{"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-340":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},1543725,2006,"Chapter 340 - 340 340 An Unexpected Encounter","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-340",340,"\u003Cp>340: Chapter 340: An Unexpected Encounter 340: Chapter 340: An Unexpected Encounter Gu Youyou quickly donned her clothes, then heard Xiaotao’s crisp voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madam Jin, breakfast is ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you like to eat now or wait for Young Master Jin to return?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou glanced through the window at the sky, finding it a bit improper to be eating breakfast at this hour; it was almost time for lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled and asked, “Where is Zijin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where did he go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao replied, “Young Master Jin went out early this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instructed that you eat some breakfast after you wake up, and he’d take you out for lunch at midday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did he say when he’ll be back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao shook her head and said, “No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou pondered what Jin Zijin’s plans could imply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had no understanding of the ancient ways of hospitality, especially of great ancient clans, and thus even after much thought, she couldn’t figure it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, she might as well just do as he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had fled here to escape misfortune; what was there to fuss about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Xiaotao brought her breakfast, still warm from the stove even though it was already late in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madam Jin, would you like to take a walk in the courtyard after breakfast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young ladies are all there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked up at the young maid, who appeared honest and straightforward at the age of fourteen or fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the fleeting look of evasion in her eyes when she met Gu Youyou’s gaze, she would have seemed like a very innocent and trustworthy little maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou smiled and continued to eat her breakfast without showing much concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was someone else’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have a maid serve you was unlikely to be of good intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just hoped that Jin Zijin’s house wasn’t too dilapidated and could be made habitable with some minor fixing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she put down her chopsticks and was wiping her mouth, Gu Youyou heard some rather unpleasant voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if she doesn’t come out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shall we go in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Great Grandmother said that visitors should be treated as guests and that we shouldn’t go looking for trouble with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she comes out on her own, that’s fine, but if we go in and stir up trouble, we’ll be at fault no matter who is right or wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Ruxue raised her voice, discontent, “How could we be at fault?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my home, I can go wherever I want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin, but Great Grandmother has told us not to go in and provoke her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why should I listen to that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my home, and she even took over Brother Zijin’s affections.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Brother Zijin said she is his wife.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t care, I must go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to see what she is capable of, to see if she is better than us sisters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, Second Sister…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the voices, the second young lady seemed determined to barge in and find trouble with Gu Youyou, who arched an eyebrow and stood up to walk outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few girls in their teens—she was not afraid of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard, she met several young ladies, experiencing an unexpected encounter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou’s face showed a brief expression of surprise ​as she made a modest curtsy as a polite gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Ladies, where are you headed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody would expect that Gu Youyou, with her sharp hearing, had come out after hearing their conversation; they all thought it was just a coincidental meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Ruxue curled her lips into a scornful smile and said, “Oh, we heard you just woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you had breakfast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s almost time for lunch; where are you off to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou also chuckled lightly and honestly answered, “I heard the young ladies wanted me to go out for a walk, so here I am.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao, who had followed Gu Youyou out, looked stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not what she meant at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I know what the young ladies want with me?” Gu Youyou asked, her expression unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She caught Yue Ruxue glaring fiercely at Xiaotao behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>",693,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.695Z",1,"novelbin.me","5f9116bcf1ca096aae8e7a8eaac4ed14293d272ea4bc24931696b60b1fc433a1","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-341","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-339",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]