Era: After foreseeing the future, I changed my fate using spatial abilities.

Chapter 94 Asking for help
Time flies by like a white horse galloping past a crack in the wall; it seems like more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Suning had a very fulfilling twenty-odd days. During the day, he would go to work at the factory or go to the nearby county to complete procurement tasks. When he returned home at night, he would immerse himself in learning carving.

After ruining all the fabric left by his mother, he took out a lot more from the mahogany box in the cave.

Nowadays, I can easily handle anything beyond simple flowers and plants. Even the more complex zodiac animals, though not quite lifelike, are still quite presentable, avoiding the awkwardness of the original red peanut.

Zhang Ze and Mao Qianjin have already completed their onboarding procedures, and Zhang Ze accompanies them to and from get off work every day, so there's no need to worry about their safety anymore.

With the help of Qin Dafeng, Mao Qianjin, the leader of Team One of Hongqi Commune, managed to gain a foothold for the first time.

Mao Qianjin had no worries about his mother living with the Zhang family. Not only did she have someone to help her, but she also had someone to chat and keep her company.

He Yue, who made a brief appearance last time but hasn't shown up since, is probably brewing some big surprise.

……

Sitting in the courtyard watching the rain that had been falling for a week or so, Su Ning pulled her wandering thoughts back.

She glanced down at the jade pendants, each individually packaged in a small box; these were Mid-Autumn Festival gifts she had prepared for her closest relatives and friends.

After so many days of experimentation and deliberation, or by chance, I have finally figured out the effects of all the different kinds of jadeite at the bottom of the spring.

Blue jadeite is used to remove scars, purple jadeite is considered lucky, and black jadeite represents warding off evil and ensuring peace.

Green is good for beauty and health, yellow is calming and soothing, red symbolizes romance, and the most unexpected thing about the last one, cyan jade, is... giving birth.

Fortunately, once removed from the nourishment of spring water, some of the special properties of jade become 'one-time use'. Unless it is soaked in spring water again, it will just be a pretty ordinary jadeite after use.

For example, black jade can only avoid misfortune three times, purple jade is lucky for only seventy-two hours, and green jade can definitely give birth once, after which it will either shatter or become an ordinary jade.

Therefore, based on the different effects of jadeite, she selects jadeite that can be given as gifts and carves them according to each person's needs.

Grandpa Fu, Yingying and her brother, as well as Brother Zhang and Brother Mao, are all naturally capable of avoiding disaster and ensuring safety.

Aunt Lotus always regretted that she only gave birth to Yingying and Tingzi before her health deteriorated, so she gave the couple a pair of mandarin duck jade pendants carved from the same type of blue jade.

This time, the grapefruit-red jade is a genuine grape bracelet.

Both Fu Jiaming and Yan Bei have yellow jade pendants that promote tranquility and peace of mind; one is carved into a clivia and the other into a bamboo.

As for the Luo family, Yan family, Qin family, Qu family, and Zhang family in Shanghai, as well as Zhang Ge and Mao Ge's relatives living in the compound, she only prepared other festival gifts and had no intention of sending jade.

"Woof woof woof~"

Hmm? Someone's coming?

Just as I finished packing and storing the small boxes that were supposed to be delivered to the Fu family in Beijing into my spatial storage, I heard Little Circle calling from behind the gate.

He stuffed the rest of what he could deliver in person into a canvas bag, quickly stood up, grabbed an umbrella from under the eaves, and jogged over.

Sure enough, the sound of knocking was completely drowned out by the heavy rain, and it would have been hard to hear if Little Circle hadn't been shouting loudly.

He praised the little guy, then opened the tightly closed door with one hand holding the umbrella.

Outside the door, a boy stood shivering uncontrollably, his head covered only by a tattered feed bag for shelter from the wind, his clothes soaked by the heavy rain.

Seeing the door finally open and the figure from her memory, Gu Zi's eyes turned red in an instant, and she knelt down heavily in the rain with a thud.

"Sister Ning, please, please save Little Pumpkin, please save my sister... please..."

"Gu Zi, what are you doing? Get up! What happened to Little Pumpkin?"

He grabbed the man and pulled him up. In that brief moment of contact, Su Ning understood why this somewhat stubborn boy was acting this way.

Thinking of that innocent and adorable little pumpkin that night, lying silently in the glimpse of the future, never to open her eyes again, a dull ache pierced her heart.

"My sister is sick, very sick, I... I don't know what to do, Sister Ning..."

After so many days of heavy rain, their house was leaking everywhere, and there wasn't even a clean place to sleep.

He was constantly worried that his younger siblings would catch a cold and get sick from the rain. Even though he secretly borrowed some things from other people's houses to cover them up, the youngest, Little Pumpkin, still fell ill.

At first, I only felt dizzy and weak, but later I developed a persistent high fever and even started having shivering.

"Where is Little Pumpkin now? Has it been taken to the hospital?"

Wiping away what appeared to be tears or raindrops from his face, Yu Gu nodded and quickly replied, "At the hospital, I had Donggua and Hulu stay there to watch over her..."

But penniless, they couldn't afford medical treatment. Without the team's acceptance certificate or urban household registration, they couldn't even get the doctor's kind suggestion to pay for their medical bills.

Desperate, he remembered what Su Ning had said that morning and could only cling to the faintest hope in this person he had only met once. "Gu Zi, wait for me!"

Without saying anything more, Su Ning quickly turned back into the courtyard, picked up the canvas bag, and then took out spare banknotes from the iron box in the bedroom and stuffed them into the bag.

Only then did he push his bicycle out of the yard, reassure the little circle to stay home and guard the house, lock the gate, and take the millet with him, braving the heavy rain to head straight to the hospital.

When the two arrived at the hospital, Winter Melon was helplessly hugging Little Pumpkin and crying bitterly.

Ignoring her soaked clothes, she bent down and rubbed her hands vigorously before picking up the little girl who was already unconscious and trembling from time to time.

"Doctor! Doctor! Help!"

……

Not long after the fever-reducing injection, Little Pumpkin's high fever finally subsided, but because it had been delayed for too long, it developed into pneumonia and required several days of hospitalization for intravenous fluids and medication.

After paying the fee, Su Ning let out a long sigh of relief and glanced at the person beside her who was clenching his fists, seemingly lost in thought. "Gu Zi?"

"Ah, Sister Ning..."

"I've already paid some in advance, so please keep the form safe."

As he spoke, he took out another ten yuan and a few grain coupons from his bag. "Take these too. Pumpkin has been seriously ill and needs to eat nutritious food to recover. You three brothers should also take this opportunity to nourish yourselves."

"Sister Ning... I'll pay you back... I'll try my best..."

Su Ning raised her hand and gently patted the boy's thin shoulder, her smile clean and warm. "I believe in you. Now take good care of your younger siblings and yourself."

Her carefully constructed composure and strength crumbled instantly after hearing those words.

He had to force himself to grow up quickly for the sake of his younger siblings. He also felt confused, scared, and overwhelmed by the burdens of life, feeling like he couldn't go on living.

But what can we do?

Without his parents who treated him like a child, he was left with only the identity of an older brother.

Gu Zi, who was crying so hard she could hardly breathe, was letting herself go and venting her emotions for the first time since her parents left one after another.

Su Ning knew that he didn't need words of comfort at this time; just being there for him silently was enough.

……

After crying enough and regaining her senses, Yu Gu couldn't help but cover her face when she thought about the scene of herself with tears and snot streaming down her face.

He sniffed hard, but thankfully his dark skin made it difficult to see the blush of embarrassment on his face.

After this cathartic release, both body and mind finally relaxed.

Having regained his composure, Yu Gu bowed deeply to her, saying, "Thank you, Sister Ning."

"As long as you don't kneel before me again, I'll accept your gratitude."

"Haha~"

Scratching his head sheepishly, Yu Gu silently made a mental note of it.

"By the way, Gu Zi, how old are you this year?"

"The fifteenth, after the Mid-Autumn Festival it will be the sixteenth."

Fifteen or sixteen years old is neither too young nor too old. Su Ning nodded and continued to ask, "Have you ever been to school?"

"I attended school and went up to the first year of junior high."

Yu's parents were both educated people, so they naturally placed great importance on their first child's education.

As a child, Yu Gu lived up to his parents' expectations. He was smart and studious, starting school earlier than his peers and even skipping a grade, successfully enrolling in their best middle school.

If it weren't for the accident that happened to my parents, and the presence of such hostile relatives...

“Gu Zi, I still have a job quota. Since you're still a junior high school student, there's even less of a problem.”

Once Yu Gu has a job placement unit, he can go to the subdistrict office to get a replacement certificate, and with the certificate, he can register himself and his siblings' household registration.

This is something he has always wanted to do, but has never been able to!

(End of this chapter)