[{"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-75":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},1543510,2006,"Chapter 75 - 75 75 Forgot What the Flowers Looked Like","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>75: Chapter 75: Forgot What the Flowers Looked Like 75: Chapter 75: Forgot What the Flowers Looked Like Gu Feng said irritably, “No, how could it get better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll have to be careful for the rest of my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Gu Feng say this, they suddenly lost interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though farming families also wanted to find a wife with good looks, having good health was key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good health meant the ability to work, and good health meant the ability to bear sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were sickly all their life, what if the son born was also sickly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a fine noon, Gu Youyou saw from afar a pink and white patch in a hollow behind the hill that looked just like a haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist drifting in the hollow formed a hazy veil that gently concealed the beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Family’s aunt approached Gu Youyou’s house, she saw from afar Gu Youyou staring blankly at a spot in the hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting closer, she said softly with a laugh, “Youyou, you fell ill at seven and were confined indoors to recuperate until recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you forgotten what flowers look like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou paused slightly, turned her head to look at Wang Family’s aunt, and her eyes became somewhat unfocused, like the mist in that hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to hear Wang Family’s aunt continue with a laugh, “Youyou, that’s a Plum Blossom Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looks close, but it actually takes half a day’s walk to get there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain path is treacherous, and one must climb down the cliff to reach it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went there once when I had just married Shunzi’s father, and it was so beautiful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Family’s aunt’s eyes, fixed on the hollow,sparkled with longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her son was about to start a family, and in a farming household, she was not young, a middle-aged woman indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, in her eyes, Gu Youyou saw the gleam that only young women possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This longing and craving for beautiful things, tinged with faint memories and a sense of loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed and said, “Youyou, don’t think about those plum blossoms; with your health, you can’t get there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better wait and see, this peach tree here is also budding, and its blossoms will be very pretty too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou followed where her finger pointed and only then did she notice that the dead tree branch by Jin Zijin’s yard was a peach tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled at Wang Family’s aunt and said softly, “Thank you!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if remembering something, Wang Family’s aunt hurriedly pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, puzzled, asked, “Auntie Wang, what is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Family’s aunt replied, “This is a handkerchief I sewed at your home a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the others sold, but this less perfect one didn’t, so I’m giving it to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just don’t dislike it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked at the handkerchief in her hand, where was this faulty and unsellable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly the best piece she had made, different from the other handkerchiefs, featuring a branch of delicate pink plum blossoms, vivid and lifelike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must have said it purposely, fearing I wouldn’t accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Gu Youyou’s mouth split into a slight smile, and she asked, “Auntie Wang, what’s this flower?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she was determined that she couldn’t remember what flowers looked like, she might as well ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excitement flickered in Wang Family’s aunt’s eyes as she smiled and said, “This is the plum blossom I told you about, the way I remember it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t it look nice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou nodded vigorously and said, “It’s beautiful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the moon set behind the western hills, Jin Zijin returned with his hunting gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early spring, the animals gradually woke from their hibernation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry after a winter, they were not plump, but fortunately easy to hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t scarce for miles around, and he indeed returned with a full load today.\u003C\u002Fp>",660,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.693Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f908296c4aaf476f5032f52725be8eca185cbc92067d75308fab37780baaf20","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-76","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-74",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]