A jinx, me? But I bring good fortune to my whole family!

Everyone in the room laughed when Nuannuan said that.

Gu Jianguo laughed heartily, reached out and hugged his daughter, gently tickling her little face with his stubble.

"Hahaha! My sweetheart, what did you say? Buy a mountain?"

"That hillside behind the village is completely bare, just rocks and weeds. What are you going to do with it? Plant those rocks and make money?"

The whole family thought it was just a child's joke and no one took it seriously.

Nuannuan giggled as her father's stubble tickled her, squirming in his arms while looking up at him earnestly.

"No way! Shanshan knows how to make money!"

She held up her little finger and counted carefully, "There are lots of delicious mushrooms and sweet wild fruits on the mountain! We can also raise lots of chicks and ducklings there! They lay eggs, and we can sell the eggs for money!"

The little girl spoke with a look of longing.

Su Xiulan's heart stirred as she looked at her daughter's earnest expression.

In the past, she would have taken it as childish talk, but things are different now. Da'an can turn junk into money, and no matter how outrageous her daughter's words were, they were never wrong.

"Jianguo, how about..." Su Xiulan looked at her husband, "I'll go to the brigade and ask?"

Gu Jianguo was still smiling, but when he saw his wife and daughter looking at him so seriously, he stopped smiling.

"Okay, go ask around. Our family is doing better now, so we need to have our own place." He patted Nuannuan in his arms. "Even if we can't buy the mountain, buying the yard would be good too."

After receiving her husband's words, Su Xiulan went to see the brigade leader the next day.

When the brigade leader heard Xiulan mention wanting to buy a yard, he took a puff of his pipe and nodded.

"Buying the courtyard is easy. This courtyard has been abandoned for several years and has been unclaimed. I'll report it to the commune for you; it shouldn't be a problem."

Su Xiulan was secretly delighted, but then cautiously added, "Could we buy the barren hill behind the yard as well?"

*Pfft—* The captain, unable to finish his cigarette, choked and coughed. "What did you say? Buy the mountain?"

He stared at Su Xiulan with wide eyes, his expression strange.

"Jianguo's wife, you're not kidding me, are you? That mountain is collective property; how can you just sell it like that? Besides, what would we do with that barren mountain? It'd be a huge hassle to even clear it!"

"I was just asking..." Su Xiulan felt a little embarrassed by his gaze.

"I can't make that decision myself; it has to be reported to the commune and decided by the leaders. I'll ask around for you first, but don't get your hopes up too high. I haven't heard of anyone buying the mountain in decades."

There's no definite answer yet, but Gu Jia's life is getting better every day.

Nuannuan felt heartbroken watching her father hobble around the yard every day with his cane.

Dad's leg needs to get better soon.

When no one was looking, she ran to a corner and called out to them in her heart.

"Little Jin, Little Jin, come out here."

"What! I'm sleeping! Don't make a sound!" The ginseng spirit Xiao Jin's voice was full of morning grumpiness.

"Xiao Jin, can you give Nuan Nuan another whisker?" Nuan Nuan coaxed softly, "Just one, the smallest one! Daddy's legs hurt, he walks so slowly, Nuan Nuan feels sorry for him..."

"You pulled my beard again! You little brat, do you think my beard is a cabbage? You just pull it like that!" Xiao Jin yelled angrily, but she couldn't win against Nuan Nuan.

"Sigh, fine! Who told me to owe you that! Just one, that's all!"

When you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head. What else can you do on someone else's turf?

A golden light flashed, and a golden root appeared in Nuannuan's palm.

Nuannuan carefully hid the ginseng rootlets and secretly threw them into the medicine pot while Su Xiulan was brewing medicine for Gu Jianguo.

The roots dissolved upon contact with water, making the medicinal soup a little darker in color and giving it a stronger, more refreshing aroma.

When Gu Jianguo drank the medicine, he felt that it wasn't as bitter today. After drinking it, he felt warm all over, and a warm current flowed to his limbs, gathering in his injured leg.

It feels tingly and itchy, but it's also very comfortable.

He didn't notice, and after taking a nap, Gu Jianguo woke up and habitually reached for his cane by the bedside.

But as soon as he sat up, he felt something was wrong.

My leg... doesn't hurt anymore?

He moved his injured leg, and the previous soreness and stiffness disappeared.

Gu Jianguo was stunned. He tentatively put his feet on the ground and then slowly stood up.

He stood there without holding onto anything.

Then, he took the first step.

Although he was still a little limping and moved a bit slowly, he started walking!

"Xiulan! Xiulan! Look! Look at my legs!" Gu Jianguo's voice trembled with excitement, and his eyes were red.

Su Xiulan, who was sweeping snow in the yard, heard the shout, turned around, and dropped the broom on the ground with a thud.

She saw her husband, the man who had been unable to leave his crutches just a few days ago, throw away his crutches and walk towards her step by step!

"dad!"

"Dad stood up!"

Da'an and Xiao'an rushed out of the house and were speechless with shock at the scene before them.

Only Nuannuan clapped her little hands happily and jumped around in place.

"Daddy's so awesome! Daddy can walk by himself now!"

Gu Jianguo walked a few steps to his wife and hugged her tightly. This man, who never uttered a sound when bleeding on the battlefield, burst into tears at this moment.

"I can walk again... I can walk again..."

The family hugged each other, crying and laughing at the same time.

In the afternoon, Gu Xiaoan returned from work at the forest farm, her face beaming with excitement.

"Dad! Mom! The factory manager approved it!" He rushed into the house, pulling out a form stamped with a red seal from his pocket. "My application for permanent employment has been approved! The factory manager said that once I finish my work this month, he'll process the official construction site paperwork for me!"

"Really?" Su Xiulan took the order, looked at it again and again, and couldn't stop smiling.

"That's great! That's really great! Our Xiao An has a secure job now!"

Looking at his promising second son, Gu Jianguo was filled with pride and patted him hard on the shoulder.

"Great news! This is all great news!" Su Xiulan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "We must celebrate properly today! I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative right now to buy fish and meat! We'll have a good meal tonight!"

The series of good things happening in the family filled Su Xiulan with energy.

She tucked the money into her pocket, picked up her basket, and went out the door with light steps.

All of this was observed by a pair of eyes not far away.

Old Mrs. Gu hid in the corner, watching Su Xiulan's back, so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.

The three-day deadline given to her by the man in black is today.

Wang Guixiang, that idiot, ate herself into a deep sleep; she's useless, and Zhang Aidi was at a loss.

Money! That fifty yuan was suffocating her.

The third son's family is doing better and better now, and they even want to buy a yard. Gu Jianguo's leg has also recovered.

Why should I?!

Why should they be able to live a good life while I have to be forced to pay off debts?

Grandma Gu scanned the Gu family's courtyard and finally spotted a figure in a corner, engrossed in fiddling with scrap metal.

It's Gu Da'an.

He squatted there alone, absorbed in his own world, oblivious to everything around him.

A fool...

A smile slowly appeared on Grandma Gu's face.

If we can't catch that little brat, catching a fool shouldn't be too hard, right?

Once we get our hands on this idiot, why would we be afraid that Gu Jianguo and Su Xiulan wouldn't offer him in exchange?

After all, this is their own child, that brat Nuannuan, she's just...

I found it.