[{"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-437":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},1543822,2006,"Chapter 437 - 437 447 Knocking","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-437",437,"\u003Cp>437: Chapter 447 Knocking 437: Chapter 447 Knocking Gu Youyou turned her head to look at those people, the human trafficker standing in front of them even stretched her neck to look this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she noticed Gu Youyou looking over, she quickly drew back and shifted her gaze elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those purchased by Yue Rujing, they stood there meekly, heads bowed, and even without seeing their faces, one could still feel each of those resigned and desperate hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were at most in their twenties, and the youngest around ten, or even younger if Gu Youyou hadn’t instructed to exclude the very young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, “Alright, you’re right, by using them, we save them, and it’s also to our advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it’s a mutually beneficial trade, why not do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing smiled and said, “That’s more like it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking forward, Yue Rujing tossed a silver tael to the human trafficker, who broke into a broad smile, thanked them profusely, and before leaving, even mentioned that if they were satisfied, they should give her more business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at this group of ‘purchased people,’ Gu Youyou didn’t know what to say for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was Yue Rujing who was more familiar with the business, seeing Gu Youyou remained silent for a long time, she had to raise her voice and command, “All of you, lift your heads and let Doctor Gu have a good look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words, they all lifted their heads together and called out ‘Doctor Gu,’ which surprised Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she felt their obedience was heart-wrenchingly endearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must have been something Yue Rujing had the human trafficker train them to do in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, from left to right, each of you report your name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They obediently reported their names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing then said, “Those who can read and write, step forward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, a man and a woman stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked somewhat surprised at the woman, who appeared to be fifteen or sixteen years old with delicate features and a pure face—beauty in a simple style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was known that girls from both wealthy and modest households were not allowed to learn to read and write, whereas it was possible for male attendants alongside young masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rare for men who could read and write to be sold, and even rarer for women, which stirred Gu Youyou’s curiosity about her past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou first asked the man, “Why do you know how to read?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man answered respectfully, “Doctor Gu, I was previously a servant to the young master of the Yin Family in Shunchang Prefecture, but after the young master drowned, I was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sold off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he spoke calmly and simply, it wasn’t hard to imagine what must have transpired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drowning of the young master, and as the attendant to the young master, he was lucky that the Yin Family hadn’t beaten him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you?” Gu Youyou then asked the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman slightly lifted her head and bent her knees a bit, her behavior proper and modest, evidently someone brought up in a well-educated household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, “In response to Doctor Gu, my family was once well-off and my parents hired a female scholar to teach me reading and painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after our family fell into hard times, I had no choice but to sell myself into servitude.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out she had once been a young lady of a rich family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, she spoke very calmly, as simply as if having an everyday conversation, but the sadness within was known only to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some brief questioning, Gu Youyou took them on a tour of this special compound, simultaneously applying both soft and hard approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t need to see yourselves as servants or slaves; what I’ve bought are not servants or slaves, but medicine attendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, you don’t need to feel inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll dispense silver taels to you like any regular household would to its maids and servants, and once you’ve saved enough to buy your freedom, you can also look to this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Yue to redeem yourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>",697,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","4ff3881cc68697993c544851453195d353400de7875768f1872e2b8aab9db234","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-438","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-436",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]