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

The family stood ready, as darkness fell.

The wind outside grew stronger, making the paper windows rattle loudly.

In the middle of the night, there was a noise outside the courtyard wall, as if someone was climbing over it, followed by two muffled thuds as they landed in the courtyard.

"Be quiet, don't wake that cripple." Er Laizi's voice drifted in the wind.

"What's there to be afraid of? One's a cripple, one's a woman, and the rest are just kids." Another voice said nonchalantly, "Hurry up and get the money and get out of here."

The two men groped their way toward the entrance of the main house in the dark, carrying two wooden sticks in their hands.

The latch was slowly pried open by the blade, making a soft click.

The door had barely opened a crack when Erlaizi stepped inside with one foot when a large iron shovel came crashing down on him.

"Ouch!" Caught off guard, Er Laizi was hit squarely. The force of the shovel was extraordinary, sending him flying two meters away, crashing into a jujube tree in the yard. He couldn't get up for a long time.

His accomplice was stunned and hadn't reacted when Xiao An rushed out and punched him in the stomach.

The punch nearly bulged the man's eyes out. He clutched his stomach, knelt on the ground, and dry heaved, unable to even scream.

Gu Jianguo sat in a chair guarding the door, his hand tightly gripping the scissors. He was completely dumbfounded as he watched his two sons unleash their power.

That's incredible.

Su Xiulan stood beside the man, holding a kitchen knife, her face also filled with shock.

Only Nuannuan stood behind the threshold, with Xiao Hei perched on her shoulder, smiling and revealing her white teeth.

[Well done! Kill these petty thieves!] Little Green shouted in the space.

Erlaizi rolled on the ground, covering his face, and mumbled incoherently, "Murder... the paralyzed man's family murdered someone..."

"Say it again and I'll cut your tongue out." Da'an walked over with a shovel in hand, his eyes as fierce as a little wolf cub.

Just as his accomplice was about to run away, Xiao An grabbed him by the back of his collar, pulled him back like a chick, and threw him to the ground, leaving him dazed and confused.

Gu Jianguo then came to his senses and said with a stern face, "Tie these two up and send them to the brigade tomorrow morning."

Su Xiulan quickly found some hemp rope and tied the two unlucky guys up tightly, then threw them in the corner like two dead pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

That night, apart from Nuannuan sleeping soundly, no one in the Gu family slept well.

The next morning, the captain was summoned.

The brigade leader's face darkened when he saw Er Laizi and his companion, who were bruised and swollen and tied up like dumplings.

"Well, you've stolen from our own village! Aren't you ashamed?" The brigade leader kicked Er Laizi. "Take him away and send him to the commune!"

With Gu Jianguo regaining feeling in his legs, two more strong men appearing in the family, and the bad guys being dealt with, the dark cloud hanging over the Gu family finally dissipated.

Su Xiulan made a bowl of white noodle soup with finely chopped minced meat, and the family enjoyed it warmly around the kang table.

Nuannuan held her bowl, her little feet dangling under the table. Looking at her parents' and brothers' smiling faces, she finally felt relieved.

From now on, this will be her home, and no one can disturb it.

After finishing breakfast, Su Xiulan went to the few broken iron pots.

This is a treasure that Nuannuan found at the junkyard. Not only is it full of rust, but the several large holes on it are so big that even a pot mender couldn't fix it.

"You get what you pay for. Looks like I'll have to buy a new pot that costs 28 yuan next time!"

Now that our family is better off, with money and food in hand, we can't just live on thin porridge and mush.

She even promised to make braised pork for Nuannuan with the meat she bought last time.

This can't be made in an earthenware pot; it's better to make it in a big iron pot. It'll be glistening with oil and looks delicious.

Su Xiulan squatted down and measured the holes; they were bigger than her fist.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Nuannuan ran out of the house, wearing a bright red floral cotton-padded jacket. She looked chubby and even cuter.

The little girl hugged Su Xiulan's neck and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

The little girl's eyes lit up when she saw the pot.

"Mom, the iron pot is sick. Nuannuan will put some medicine on it and it will be fine."

Hearing her daughter's innocent words, Su Xiulan was amused. She playfully pinched her daughter's nose and said, "Silly girl, this is an iron pot, not a person. How can you put medicine on it? This pot is completely ruined. You can keep it to grow vegetables. We'll buy a new one next time we go to town."

Nuan Nuan pouted in dissatisfaction, "No, he's just sick. Nuan Nuan will cure him."

The little girl looked serious and squatted down in front of the iron pot, touching it earnestly.

While Su Xiulan was fetching water, the little girl quickly asked Xiao Lü for a solution.

【My darling, you're truly living in a treasure trove without even realizing it!】

The pictures in your space are different now. Just add some mud here, slowly lift them up, and once the mud falls off, they'll be even shinier than a brand new pot.

Nuannuan was surprised that it was so simple and grinned, revealing a row of small white teeth.

The little girl found an open space, grabbed a shovel, and started digging a hole. Xiao An saw this and quickly came over to help, "Little sister, what are you doing?"

"Second brother, I want to heal these iron pots; they're sick."

Xiao An stood there stunned. "What?"

Was he hallucinating? How could an iron pot get sick?

However, if his younger sister said she was sick, then she was sick. Xiao An listened to his sister's every word, even more so than his parents.

"You watch from the side, your brother will dig."

Xiao An is a big kid after all, and having taken the Power Spinach, he's incredibly strong now.

In no time, they had dug a hole the size of a washbasin. This was only because the ground outside was frozen and the soil was too compact, making the digging slower; otherwise, it would have been much faster.

With a wave of her little hand, Nuannuan added more soil to the pit, then released some water and began to mix the mud.

Xiao An definitely didn't want his sister to do it, so Nuan Nuan told him what to do and he did it.

Nuannuan put the two iron pots together, and they were just enough to plug the hole.

The brother and sister started smearing mud on it; it was too cold outside, so they had to hurry.

When Su Xiulan came out carrying a bucket of water, she saw the two little ones playing in the mud.

"Oh dear, you two little ones, go inside and play. It's so cold outside."

"Mommy, Nuannuan is helping Guoguo get better. Once he's better, they'll be the new Guoguo."

Although Su Xiulan found it hard to believe, she was glad her daughter was happy.

But these two little ones were actually doing a pretty good job of wiping it. Especially Nuannuan, her little movements looked quite familiar, she even plugged up all the holes in the pot.

"Then you two should go inside early. Oh, and don't forget to wash your hands, and your little faces. Look how dirty you are, like little kittens!"

Nuannuan playfully stuck out her tongue at Su Xiulan and even meowed.

Xiao An couldn't help but burst into laughter. His little sister had several mud stains on her face, which looked really cute.

"Little sister, can we really cure Guoguo?"