[{"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-541":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},1543926,2006,"Chapter 541 - 541 551 Raising Snakes Insects Rats and Ants","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-541",541,"\u003Cp>541: Chapter 551: Raising Snakes, Insects, Rats, and Ants 541: Chapter 551: Raising Snakes, Insects, Rats, and Ants “Three hours and more?” Yue Rujing was astonished and quickly looked towards the back hall before asking, “Haven’t they come out yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, they haven’t.” Lin Qianqing bit her lip, her face full of worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could something be wrong with my cousin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should we go in and check?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, we cannot go to see.” Yue Rujing decisively refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced outside, noting that it was getting late, and it was not proper for Lin Qianqing, a young lady, to remain there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, “I’ll take you back first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t worry about your cousin for now, she is weak and getting treatment is crucial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just explain it to your family like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s all right for her to stay here for the night!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing felt that this might not be appropriate, but Yue Rujing was right, saving a life was more urgent than any concerns of propriety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded and replied, “All right then, I’ll go back first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was necessary for one of them to return first to offer an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Sanqing Temple, the butler had been waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Lin Qianqing come out, he hurriedly approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that one had emerged and another had not, the butler anxiously asked, “What about Miss Cousin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing hurried to provide an explanation on her behalf: “Your Miss Cousin suffered an attack of her illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s quite strange, as if she was struck by witchery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My senior brother is performing a ritual to remove evil spirits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struck by witchery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing looked at Yue Rujing, who was calmly spouting nonsense without changing his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her grandmother might believe that her cousin had an old ailment flare-up, but witchery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was something her grandmother never believed in, so she’d be surprised if that excuse was accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know if her grandmother would believe it or not, but it seemed the butler did, as he bowed and expressed his gratitude: “Thank you, Princely Heir Yue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We will leave our Miss Cousin in your care.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a joke, as if Gu Youyou, who was brought there by the butler himself, had anything he didn’t know about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing breathed a sigh of relief, thankful it was the butler who had come since he was a wise man who would likely be able to smooth things over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until daybreak that Gu Youyou slowly regained consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved slightly, and Jin Zijin sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How are you feeling now?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou rubbed her forehead and said, “Feels like I’ve regressed to before my ‘liberation,’ completely weak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This physical state was as if she had indeed regressed to the time before her ‘liberation’; she hadn’t expected the poison to be so potent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they had already drained the venom from the fangs of the snake, otherwise her life would have been in serious jeopardy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou took out a small medicine bottle from her clothing pocket and consumed two medicine pills she found inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had made these herself, after much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this remedy, she would recover quickly and not have to lie in bed all day like before her ‘liberation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her gradually getting better, Jin Zijin finally let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ajing told me before that you’ve been keeping some snakes, insects, mice, and ants, but I didn’t pay much mind to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never imagined the snake you raised would be an Ice Snake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked at Jin Zijin, realizing something was off with his seemingly casual demeanor; he was clearly angered by her dangerous actions, so she thought to smooth things over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not at all,” Gu Youyou said with a nonchalant smile, “I’ve kept a few snakes and quite a few mice, but I have not kept insects or ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather is cold now, and these creatures are hard to raise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m planning to raise some centipedes and the like when it warms up a bit more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you raising these creatures to formulate antidotes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather had long since been not that cold, and the room, with its floor heating, was very warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou sat up and said to Jin Zijin seriously, “Yes, to work on antidotes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve just begun to see some progress, and I won’t give up no matter what you say.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the conversation had reached this point, she treated it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>",745,"2026-06-06T06:54:57.040Z",1,"novelbin.me","52e7c5016e950f1cb52805d1acff4457999333071de0b7d32707e381cc17df8a","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-542","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-540",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]