[{"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-436":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},1543821,2006,"Chapter 436 - 436 446 Bought a person","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-436",436,"\u003Cp>436: Chapter 446 Bought a person 436: Chapter 446 Bought a person This does not matter, as she intended to build a factory, and it needed to be demolished and rebuilt anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the coercion and enticement of Yue Rujing, the neighboring household sold her an alleyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By breaking through the alley, they could directly access the factory from the rear courtyard of Jisheng Hall, which was extremely convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through the alley, Gu Youyou saw the completed factory for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just as she had envisioned, clean and tidy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The equipment for grinding medicine had also been installed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an assembly-line operation, with the other end of the conveyor belt designated for packaging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in ancient times were always particular about the distinction between men and women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To meet their standards of propriety, integrity, and morality, she initially divided a single workspace into two, separated by a wall in the middle of the conveyer belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible to stretch a hand through a hole in the wall for a handshake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was impossible in feudal society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Manager Gu, how do you feel?” Yue Rujing asked, proudly seeking credit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou did not skimp on her praise and gave a thumbs-up, “Very efficient, not bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, receiving praise from Manager Gu is not easy, even if it’s just a ‘not bad’.” Although these words sounded somewhat sour, the smile on Yue Rujing’s face was very genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clapped his hands, and over thirty men and women, heads bowed, followed an old matron out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doctor Gu, Young Master, everyone is here!” The old matron bowed cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou chuckled softly, “You even found an old matron to manage them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing replied in surprise, “Of course not, she’s a human trafficker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…?” Gu Youyou hated human traffickers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reluctantly returned the old matron’s greeting and pulled Yue Rujing to the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I tell you to find some honest, diligent, and trustworthy workers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We just pay them wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did you buy these people directly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a modern person, especially one who almost fell victim to human traffickers, she did not approve of this practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing rolled his eyes, “I know what you mean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was it you said last time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercy heart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou pushed him and said lightly, “You’re the one with a mercy heart, I just don’t like the buying and selling of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you know I almost got sold when I was in Lotus Village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What you don’t like are human traffickers, not them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it’s too late for regrets; I paid silver for them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing sighed and, resting his arm on Gu Youyou’s shoulder, spoke earnestly, “I can’t figure out what goes on in your head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s obvious that buying them is more cost-effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at these people, the good ones cost thirty or forty taels each, the less desirable just ten taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s certainly more economical than your…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Banxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard you’re paying her five taels a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How are we supposed to make silver if you do business like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you wanted to find some honest, diligent, and trustworthy workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m telling you, today you’re paying five taels, tomorrow someone offers six and they’re gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With our…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>technology, didn’t you say it was unique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if they leave and take your technology with them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone will then be able to produce medicine our way, and we’ll have competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s different with those we’ve purchased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Servitude Contracts are in our hands; the monk can run, but the temple can’t escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you think they are pitiable, just treat them a bit better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I promise you, they will be better off here than if they were sold to a large household to become servants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t understand the woes of pickling work in big households, but trust me, I’m not wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>",654,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6ee97e8e3ce384450f21569ad89f145f580d599c715d6dd3b455a78b4ba4fe6","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-437","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-435",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]