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

Su Xiulan's eyes were red, her heart was breaking, and her voice trembled.

Da'an wiped away his tears and accused through gritted teeth, "It wasn't Second Uncle... it was Grandma and Dayong and Xiaoyong!"

"They rushed in and tried to take the things from the cabinet. Those were life-saving rations that the forestry workers had sent to our family! When I refused, they beat me."

"When Dad heard it, he panicked and tried to get off the kang (a heated brick bed), but... he fell down..." Da'an choked back tears, his fists clenched tightly. "Da Yong even said that Dad was a useless person and eating him would be a waste of food, so we should give him the food! They even pulled Dad's hair and kicked his head..."

"Later... they snatched all the malted milk powder, canned food, and even that half-bag of flour! They didn't even leave Xiao An with half a cornbread!"

Xiao An was gasping for breath in pain, but still sensibly tugged at Su Xiulan's sleeve: "Mother, I'm alright, please save Father... Father is bleeding so much..."

As Su Xiulan listened to Da'an's sobs and looked at the mess in the room and her husband, whose life was uncertain, in her arms, she trembled all over.

It's not that I'm afraid.

It's anger.

Ok.

That's really great!

The second brother's family had barely left when his wolf cubs came to ransack their house!

Is it because they see that no one from their third branch of the family is here?

Do they think that now that Gu Jianguo has fallen, they, as orphans and widows, are easy to bully?

Stealing things is one thing, but those are just material possessions.

But what they shouldn't have done was lay a hand on a patient who was paralyzed on a bed!

They shouldn't have beaten her child to death!

Gu Jianguo fell because of the forest farm; he was a hero, not a dog to be trampled on!

"They...they've gone too far!"

Su Xiulan bit her lip until it bled, and clenched her fists tightly.

She carefully put the man in her arms down, then jumped up and grabbed a kitchen knife from the stove!

Da'an and Xiao'an were so scared they didn't dare to move. Their mother's expression was terrifying.

Nuannuan quickly plucked a whisker from Xiaojin, gathered it up, and stuffed it directly into Gu Jianguo's mouth.

That's golden ginseng; even a tiny root costs a fortune.

While unconscious, Gu Jianguo felt a surge of warmth. He struggled to open his eyes and saw his wife carrying a kitchen knife, about to leave.

"I'm going to fight them to the death! Today it's either them or us all go down together!"

"Put the knife down... Xiulan! Do you want the child to visit you in prison in the future?" Gu Jianguo had just opened his eyes when he saw his usually gentle and mild-mannered wife holding a knife and about to kill someone. He was so frightened that he almost fainted again.

"I don't want to live anymore! We've been bullied like this, what's the point of keeping my life? I'm going to kill those two wolf cubs!"

The cleaver in Su Xiulan's hand was still dripping wet, whether from the vegetable leaves or the cold sweat on her palms, it was hard to tell. Her eyes were frighteningly red, and her chest was heaving; she was driven to desperation and only wanted to fight to the death.

Gu Jianguo, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), was panting heavily. Blood from his forehead flowed into his eye sockets, and half of his face was numb, but he didn't blink once.

"Foolish!"

"What will happen to me and my children if I get myself involved for the sake of unrelated people?"

Su Xiulan turned around, her eyes bloodshot and her face contorted in a ferocious grimace. "You've all been beaten to death! Jianguo, you...you're awake?"

She belatedly realized that her husband had already woken up.

Gu Jianguo gritted his teeth, telling himself not to faint.

"Xiulan, it was Nuannuan who fed me my medicine!"

Su Xiulan remembered the golden ginseng doll, and the knife in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter. She quickly ran over, "How are you feeling now? Do you have any strength in your hands and feet?"

Gu Jianguo smiled weakly, "Not yet! But I feel all warm!"

"Xiulan, they really went too far this time, but even if you went to fight them with a knife, could you possibly defeat so many of them?"

"We'll be the ones who suffer in the end!"

"We can't take a direct approach to this; we have to use strategy!"

Nuannuan's eyes lit up when she heard this. The little girl found a piece of cloth from somewhere and stretched out her little hand to press it on Gu Jianguo's forehead to stop the bleeding.

Gu Jianguo quickly stopped her, "Nuan Nuan, wait!"

"Honey, I just can't swallow this. Look at our house, anyone who didn't know better would think it's been ransacked!"

"Everything in the house is gone. The life-saving food that Brother Tiezhu brought last time was meant to help you and the kids recover. I didn't even want to eat it, but those two brats stole it all!"

Su Xiulan was worried. In the dead of winter, there was nothing in the house. How was she going to get through it?

Gu Jianguo closed his eyes and then opened them again. The honest and simple look on his face was gone, replaced by a chilling coldness.

"Xiulan, listen to me!"

Su Xiulan brought over a washbasin and towel, wanting to help Gu Jianguo wipe his face.

"Don't move!"

"Don't bother cleaning it up!"

"Don't tidy up anything in the house, Da'an and Xiao'an, and don't bother cleaning their injuries. Just leave it as it is!"

"Going to settle scores with them now won't do any good. Listen to me, go find the village head and the village leaders, the more the better!"

"Let's make a scene today and let the whole village know how the Gu family treats us!"

Su Xiulan wasn't stupid to begin with; she was just confused by anger.

All she could think of was grabbing a kitchen knife and fighting to the death, but when her husband said that, she immediately understood.

The wind howled in from outside, the fire in the stove had long since gone out, and the room was very cold.

Da'an and Xiao'an hugged each other, and Nuannuan raised her little hand to touch Gu Jian'an's face, "Daddy, it doesn't hurt! Nuannuan will blow on it for you, and it won't hurt anymore!"

"Mommy and I found the Golden Doll! He said he'll definitely heal you, and then you can run and jump, and even lift Nuannuan up high!"

We really found it? My wife was right, Nuannuan is a lucky star.

Those things are legendary, and Nikki actually managed to find them!

"good!"

Gu Jianguo's voice softened as he looked at his daughter's innocent and concerned face. He suddenly realized that he had been living a muddled life all these years.

This injury also made him see many things more clearly.

Now that her daughter has found the golden ginseng, she has hope of survival and the confidence to stand up and protect her wife and children.

He gripped his daughter's little hand tightly, squeezing it gently, his expression more serious than ever before: "Nuan Nuan, be good. This is our family secret, don't tell anyone. Daddy trusts you, Nuan Nuan. Once you get better, I'll lift you up high every day, okay?"

After comforting his daughter, Gu Jianguo turned to Su Xiulan and said ruthlessly, "Go! Make your hair even messier, don't wear your coat, just this light clothing. When you get to the brigade headquarters, don't explain anything to anyone, just kowtow, kowtow like crazy. Let the brigade leader, the Party secretary, and the whole village see if our family can still survive!"

Su Xiulan nodded vigorously, her face no longer showing any weakness. She stood up, roughly ruffled her hair, and smeared soot from the bottom of a pot on her face, looking utterly disheveled.

"Keep an eye on your father and sister." Su Xiulan turned back and gave Da'an and Xiao'an a hoarse instruction, then turned and opened the broken door, plunging into the cold wind outside.

It was dinnertime, and the lights were on in the brigade headquarters. The village party secretary was smoking a pipe, discussing the distribution of meat at the end of the year with the women's director, while the brigade leader, Gu Chengye, wearing an old military overcoat, looked down at his work point book.

The door was suddenly flung open, and a gust of cold wind, carrying snowflakes, rushed in. Before anyone inside could be seen, the figure who entered knelt stiffly on the concrete floor.

Then came the muffled thuds of her head being kowtowed, one after another, sending chills down one's spine. In no time, Su Xiulan's forehead was bruised and bleeding.

"Oh dear! Isn't this Jianguo's wife? What happened to her?" The women's director, who had scattered sunflower seeds all over the ground, was so frightened that she rushed over to help her up.

Su Xiulan remained lying on the ground, refusing to get up, her voice hoarse: "Captain... please... go and collect our family's bodies..."

That shout seemed to have roused half the soul from the heads of the cadres in the room.