The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law

Gu Youyou looked in the direction the voice had come from; by now, there was no sound at all—perhaps the person had already left.

She took a breath and, without changing her expression, said, "Catching cicadas!"

"Catching cicadas at night?" Jin Zijin asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow.

Gu Youyou responded earnestly, "Yes, at night. I can’t climb trees, so I can’t catch them during the day."

"If you can’t climb trees, you’ll catch even fewer at night."

"Then I’ll collect cicada shells!"

"What do you want those for? They’re disgustingly creepy," Jin Zijin said with a grimace.

"It’s an ingredient for medicine, a good remedy for sickness," Gu Youyou explained.