[{"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-348":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},1543733,2006,"Chapter 348 - 348 348 Recruiting an Attendant","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-348",348,"\u003Cp>348: Chapter 348: Recruiting an Attendant 348: Chapter 348: Recruiting an Attendant They were all locals from Lingnan, familiar with the area, and upon seeing that they had engaged in conversation with her, Gu Youyou asked, “In a few days, my Jisheng Hall will open, and I need to recruit an apprentice and an attendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if any of the masters here have suitable candidates to recommend?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it would have been more reliable to ask Yue Rujing for help, Gu Youyou did not get along well with him; she would rather work alone than seek his assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Gu Youyou made her request, one of the craftsmen spoke up, “I do have a niece who’s from next door who might try working as an attendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s from the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both her grandfather and father know some Medical Skills, and the villagers always turn to them for any headaches or fevers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there’s a rule in their family; they only pass on the knowledge to males, not females, so she doesn’t know how to treat illnesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, growing up in such a family, she surely knows more than the average person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She can read a few characters and recognize the medicinal herbs on the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their family also often goes up the mountain to gather medicinal plants to sell, it’s just…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the craftsman seemed to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was listening with interest; she thought such a person would be very suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed someone to help care for patients and dispense medicines, and girls tended to be more meticulous than boys in their work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the society’s preference for boys over girls, finding a girl who could read a bit and recognize medicinal herbs was not easy at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Lu, I am earnestly looking for two people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have anything to say, please speak frankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t hold back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Doctor Gu said is true.” The craftsman continued, “This child has a hard life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s eighteen this year and still living with her parents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those days, it was rare to see a village girl who was still unmarried at eighteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that there was some secret?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her family had arranged a marriage for her a few years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The groom was a reliable man from a neighboring village, about her age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the day of the wedding, there was a heavy rain, the road was slippery, and he fell into a river and drowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of all the people attending the wedding, it happened to be the bridegroom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, she was sent straight back to her family afterward and has been ‘watching the gate’ as a widow ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone says her fate is harsh, that she’s a jinx, even those looking for a second wife are afraid to marry her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was speechless for a moment; while the young woman truly had dreadful luck, to say she was a harsh fate and a jinx was too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was the ignorance of ancient people that ruined the young woman’s entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doctor Gu, with her being a ‘jinx’…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m worried she might bring misfortune to your medical hall!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was taken aback, then smiled again, saying, “No, I want her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, Master Lu, talk to her and see if she would be willing to join me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…?” The craftsman was both shocked and pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had mentioned it just to try his luck and didn’t expect Doctor Gu to agree to take her in right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Gu, are you sure you don’t need to think it over?” He was still somewhat uneasy, as a woman who had caused the death of her husband on their wedding day was no ordinary jinx.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou laughed, “There’s no need to think it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our establishment is a medical hall, so hard fate is actually good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many patients have an excess of yin energy, and it takes someone with a strong fate to drive away the filth and evil spirits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was such a theory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The craftsman looked quite bemused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, since Doctor Gu has said so, I’ll go ask her after finishing work this afternoon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, Jin Zijin brought back the completed signboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked at it; it was a black lacquer signboard with blue inlay and gold lettering embossed in relief, surrounded by lifelike carvings of flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weighing her finances, Gu Youyou had chosen an ordinary Manchurian ash wood for the sign.\u003C\u002Fp>",757,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.695Z",1,"novelbin.me","b83f2ea2dbb7cdc70baf4b5e75d555bcb1d0f6a910b7042bb54d612ba90819fc","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-349","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-347",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]