The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 281 Stabilizing the Soul with Needles

Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Stabilizing the Soul with Needles

Suddenly, a roll of greyish-white cotton thread and a fine, long needle appeared.

The Gu Family thought Gu Youyou needed to mend a tear in the old lady’s clothes because they had noticed a rip, and no one said anything.

Only Gu Er, who was standing close by, saw her push the needle into the old lady’s skin. He was so frightened that he immediately grabbed Gu Youyou, shouting, "What are you doing? Grandma is dead, and you’re still sticking a needle into her? What are you thinking?"

What? Sticking a needle into the old lady? Wasn’t she just sewing the old lady’s clothes?

Everyone was greatly alarmed by Gu Er’s voice.

"Youyou, what are you doing?" Gu Feng wasn’t calm either, trembling as he rose from his chair.

At the same time, Jin Zijin looked at Gu Youyou with confusion.

Huang Xiangwen, who always thrived in chaos, led Sanya over. When she heard that Gu Youyou was sticking a needle into the old lady, she burst into tears and screamed, "Oh, the misfortune of our family! How could the Gu Family give birth to such a heartless daughter? Your grandma is dead, and you still want to stick needles in her? Are you trying to pin down her soul so she can’t reincarnate?"

Facing this group of people who were so easily startled, Gu Youyou was lost for words.

But she could understand them, so she didn’t get angry. Instead, she patiently explained, "I wasn’t sticking needles into grandma. I just wanted her to leave with dignity."

With dignity?

One by one, the bewildered people looked at Gu Youyou.

Gu Youyou thought about it; she couldn’t just say that Grandma’s face looked too hideous, and she was doing her beautification routine.

Beautifying a corpse, such a taboo act, would scare and would be unacceptable to them.

So, after a moment of thought, she chose a more palatable explanation.

"Have you ever seen someone born with a large scar-like mark on their face? The kind where one half is black and the other white, that they’re born with?"

The people from the Gu Family pondered for a while, and Gu Xiaoqing spoke timidly, "Sister, are you talking about those black birthmarks?"

"Yes, birthmarks, the kind on the face," Gu Youyou said.

It turns out they knew those were birthmarks.

They nodded, indicating they understood.

Meng Qiuju whispered, "There’s a girl in my mother’s village born with such a mark, half of her face black, half white. They say it’s a Yin-Yang face, it’s terrifying."

Gu Youyou chuckled internally. That was the right idea.

She asked, "Do you know how it’s formed?"

How it’s formed? The people from the Gu Family were confused.

"That kind of birthmark, do you know where it comes from?"

Birthmarks are something you’re born with, what else?

They indicated they didn’t understand.

Jin Zijin, however, had already cracked a faint smile, guessing what Gu Youyou was up to.

She was truly clever. Sometimes, a lie isn’t necessarily harmful—there’s a kind of falsehood known as a white lie.

Gu Youyou began to narrate the origin of birthmarks in her lively, clear voice. (She was making it up on the spot.)

"Skin and hair are inherited from our parents; they should not be injured, not discarded. So, if someone’s face is disfigured in life, and they don’t get it fixed before burial, the underworld emissaries, fearing the disfigured might scare others in their next life, will place a black cloth over their face before they reincarnate. That black cloth is what we call a birthmark."

The people of the Gu Family exhibited different expressions upon hearing her theory, but all were equally shocked and felt a chill at her explanation.

She turned her head, quite satisfied with their reactions, and decided to continue with her

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