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

Wang Laizi?

The villagers watching were secretly astonished and couldn't help but shout angrily.

"Grandma Gu and Wang Aidi are sending this young girl to her death!"

"That's right! How many women has that Wang Laizi ruined to death? The little girl he gave himself to last time was only 10 years old, and she died in less than a month!"

"How ruthless!"

"Of course! How could I feel sorry for a child that isn't my own?"

Su Xiulan was so angry that her lips turned white. She raised her hand, grabbed a stick, and was about to hit someone.

But seeing the two people being attacked by crows, she still held back her anger.

"That Aunt Li is no good either! She just stood by and watched such a good child being pushed into a fire pit!"

Nuannuan clenched her little fists and waved to the group.

"Bird, teach that fat guy a lesson too!"

The little girl's voice wasn't loud, but the lead crow seemed to understand, and it flew straight towards Aunt Li.

Of course, Grandma Gu is still the main person we take care of.

Two crows, one on the left and one on the right, specifically targeted her cane and the back of her hand.

"Ouch! Help! This hairy beast has gone mad!" Old Mrs. Gu waved her arms to try to shoo it away, but she slipped and fell headfirst into a pile of rotten vegetable leaves in front of Su Xiulan's house.

He looked incredibly disheveled.

[Great! That's it! Peck that fat woman's butt! Yes, yes, right there!]

Ginseng is also giving it a huge shout-out; if it had hands, it would probably have slapped them to pieces by now.

Nuan Nuan covered her mouth and chuckled, her big eyes curving into crescent moons.

"I knew it, bad people will get their comeuppance."

The surrounding villagers stared in disbelief, then burst into laughter.

"Thank goodness! It's truly a blessing from heaven!"

"This old hag Gu usually acts like a tyrant, even the heavens couldn't stand it anymore, so they sent these divine birds to teach her a lesson!"

"Who will dare to bully the third brother's family again? They'll be in for a world of trouble!"

……

Grandma Gu was dragged away by Zhang Aidi and Aunt Li. The villagers who had been watching also dispersed, and the courtyard was a mess.

Su Xiulan let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if all her strength had been drained away.

Seeing Nuannuan excitedly waving her fist and her youngest son looking at her with doting eyes, she couldn't help but step forward and hug the two children tightly.

"It's okay..."

Su Xiulan's nose stung, and her voice choked with emotion, "Mom will never let anyone take you away!"

These words sound like they're comforting a child, but more like they're trying to convince oneself.

Nuannuan nestled obediently in her arms, and even patted Su Xiulan's shoulder like a little adult, "Mommy, don't be afraid, the birds and grass will protect us."

Su Xiulan smiled bitterly. She was really ashamed to admit that she had to rely on Nuannuan's friend to protect her, even though she was an adult.

It seems I need to become stronger in the future to protect my children.

"Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law, are you home?"

There was a rapid knocking at the door. Su Xiulan was afraid that Old Madam Gu had sent someone over again. She cautiously took a stick and looked through the crack in the door. She saw a man wearing a military overcoat with a weathered face.

"The Tie Zhu brothers?"

Su Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly opened the door.

This man is named Wang Tiezhu. He was Gu Jianguo's colleague at the forest farm, and they were very close. It was Wang Tiezhu who carried Gu Jianguo back on his back the day he had the accident.

Wang Tiezhu, carrying a bulging snakeskin bag, put it down on the ground as soon as he entered the door, rubbing his frozen red hands, and said, "Sister-in-law, I just heard that old woman... cough, the old lady came to cause trouble? Did she hurt you?"

"No, we just had a few words in a argument." Su Xiulan didn't want outsiders to worry, so she forced a smile. "Brother Tiezhu, what brings you here on such a cold day?"

"Isn't this the New Year's supplies that the forest farm just distributed? I was thinking about how Jianguo is bedridden and can't move, and how hard it must be for you and your widowed mother and children, so I brought it over," Wang Tiezhu said, opening the snakeskin bag.

Good heavens, it contains ten pounds of flour, a large piece of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, and even two cans of malted milk powder!

In an era of scarcity, this was an enormous sum of money!

"This...this is too much! Brother Tiezhu, how can you accept this!" Su Xiulan hurriedly declined, "This is all money you earned with your lives, I can't accept it!"

"Sister-in-law, you're being too polite!" Wang Tiezhu glared. "If it weren't for Brother Jianguo pulling me out back then, I would have been smashed into a pulp by that big log! This little thing is nothing! Besides, this is the farm manager's idea. Brother Jianguo was injured for the public good; we can't let a hero bleed and weep!"

Upon hearing Gu Jianguo's name, Su Xiulan's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

"Alright, sister-in-law, don't be so polite with me. This malted milk powder is for Jianguo to help him recover, and this little bit of meat is for the children to have a treat. If you need anything or anything, just let me know. As long as I'm at the forest farm, I won't let you go hungry!"

As Wang Tiezhu spoke, he walked into the inner room, saying, "I want to see Brother Jianguo!"

Gu Jianguo was still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), close to one side, his face and body were very clean.

Wang Tiezhu's eyes were red and his voice was choked with sobs, "Brother Jianguo, you have to wake up soon. It's not easy for your wife to raise two children alone."

"Daddy will definitely wake up!"

Nuannuan followed us in at some point, her eyes sparkling.

Only then did Wang Tiezhu notice that there was a little girl in his house, and she was quite pretty.

"Sister-in-law, is this the doll you just found?"

He had also heard about Su Xiulan taking in a child. Although he didn't quite approve, it was his sister-in-law's decision.

"She's a pitiful person. It's fate that we found her. She'll be my daughter from now on."

When talking about her daughter, Su Xiulan's voice softened.

Wang Tiezhu smiled and stroked Nuannuan's short hair. "This child is beautiful. Brother Jianguo will definitely adore her when he sees her. Hasn't he always wanted a daughter?"

"Sister-in-law, I'll be going now."

Wang Tiezhu hasn't gone home yet. His current job is as a forest ranger, and a trip into the mountains takes him 10 to 15 days.

"Oh, by the way, things haven't been peaceful in town lately. I heard a gang of kidnappers came and they specifically target pretty children. That matchmaker Li from earlier didn't seem like a good person either. You'd better keep a close eye on the three children."

Su Xiuran's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly nodded, "I understand, thank you, Brother Tiezhu."

After seeing Wang Tiezhu off, Su Xiulan couldn't help but shed tears. Tiezhu said that the large bag of supplies was given to her by the forest farm, but most of it was probably collected by him and his brothers.

These days, everyone's life is tough, but they still remember the founding of the nation. There are still many good people in the world.

Even a stranger cares so much about Jianguo, so why does his biological mother wish he were dead?

The old lady always complained that her husband was hogging the job without doing anything, and that she resented him for not giving up his work for their second son, but...

If they really give in, what will happen to their whole family? Gu Jianguo will die if he doesn't take his medicine.

I absolutely refuse to give up this job!

"Don't cry, Mommy, you'll get some meat!"

Nuannuan ran over with her short legs, tiptoeing to wipe her mother's tears.

Seeing her daughter's sensible expression, Su Xiulan smiled through her tears.

"Okay, we're having meat today! Mom will make dumplings for you!"

Xiao An also ran over and said she wanted to eat radish filling, but Nuan Nuan loved cabbage filling, and potato filling would also be fine.

The family was enjoying themselves, and no one noticed that the ginseng that Nuannuan had placed on the kang (a heated brick bed) had its leaves fall onto Gu Jianguo's face.

[Your daughter's about to be sold? Aren't you going to wake up yet?]

The ginseng flung its thick leaves, slapping them against the man's sallow face. The unconscious man's eyelashes trembled...