[{"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-54":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},1543489,2006,"Chapter 54 - 54 54 Confrontation","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>54: Chapter 54: Confrontation 54: Chapter 54: Confrontation “Youyou, you really are muddled, those were all left for you by your mother, and here you are squandering them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you living up to your mother’s memory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Meng Qiuju was also getting involved, with everyone chiming in one after another, Gu Youyou felt like she might as well find a crack to hide in to save face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was at a loss for words and said, “Grandma, what are you talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I certainly haven’t given them away to strangers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you still dare to talk back.” Huang Xiangwen stomped her foot in anger and scolded, “Look how upset you’ve made your grandma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you living up to her memory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up to the memory of your…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>your deceased mother, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t you hear what your third aunt just said?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what your mother left for you, but look at you—too stingy to give to your own family and yet you’ve given them to outsiders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked at her coldly and said indifferently, “Second aunt, which of your eyes saw me give everything away to outsiders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen said with a smug smile, “Old Lady Liu from the west end of the village saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t believe me, I can have her come here and confront you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said with a faint smile, “All right then, bring her over!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you think I wouldn’t dare?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou just smiled without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gu Youyou so stubborn, Huang Xiangwen said coldly, “Fine, I’ll go get Old Lady Liu right now, and we’ll see if you have anything to say then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Liu, after speaking out of turn, found herself unwillingly dragged into the Gu Family’s muddy affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had known it would cause so much trouble, she would have kept her mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whichever way it went, she wasn’t going to benefit, so why bother with the hassle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blabbermouth, Old Lady Liu, was exactly who Gu Youyou wanted to discomfit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Lady Liu, tell us, did you or did you not see Wang Chenshi taking her bridal dowry from our Youyou’s place?” Wang Chenshi was that Auntie Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Huangshi, having cried enough, grabbed hold of Old Lady Liu and wouldn’t let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Old Lady Liu’s story matched up with Youyou’s, Grandma Huangshi intended to take her two daughters-in-law to the Wang Family to claim back those things; their Gu Family’s property couldn’t just benefit strangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Liu shook off Grandma Huangshi’s hand with force, saying, “Oh, I never said such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t go making things up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I look like someone who spreads baseless gossip?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You, you didn’t see it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Huangshi and the two aunts were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not anticipated Old Lady Liu would outright deny the statement there and then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou smiled faintly and tightened the blanket around her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let them sort out their confrontation first, and then she would have her say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Liu patted her sleeve and raised her voice, “Huangshi, don’t go spreading lies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clearly said I saw that daughter-in-law from the Wang Family bringing some fabric back from your Youyou’s home, but I never said it was Youyou’s dowry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Taking fabric from Youyou’s home, if that’s not her dowry, what is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Jin Zijin, that poor hunter, could actually buy the fabric himself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Liu became irritated with Grandma Huangshi and said sharply, “Did I say that the fabric belonged to Youyou’s family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also saw that person carrying a fabric bundle to Youyou’s place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that fabric was her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That daughter-in-law from the Wang Family is good at making clothes, and she even brought cloth to my house last year to sew garments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those weren’t from my family either!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three daughters-in-law from the Gu Family stood dumbfounded, and Gu Youyou let out a snort of laughter, saying, “Grandma, please get your facts straight before talking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…” Grandma Huangshi glanced at the empty chests and regained her confidence, saying, “It can’t possibly be her own fabric; how could she have so much good material herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look, the three big chests of dowry we prepared for Youyou are all empty.”\u003C\u002Fp>",713,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.693Z",1,"novelbin.me","6802ee02f16dd21b9b6b254806505204eac75a6561699fa4c07e3ee987a154eb","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-55","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-53",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]