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

The shouts grew closer, and the man hurriedly stuffed the money and tickets he had just taken out into his pocket. "Sister, hurry up and run! We'll talk about it another day!"

Without waiting for Su Xiulan's reply, the man ran faster than a rabbit, bent down and disappeared into the alley next door.

Su Xiulan quickly picked up Nuannuan and ran towards the place where the man had disappeared.

But she was carrying a baby in her arms, and the roads were slippery due to the snow, so she couldn't go very fast.

"Hey you over there! What are you holding? Stop right there!"

A woman with a red armband pointed at Su Xiulan and shouted, then rushed over with two other people.

Su Xiulan was so frightened that her legs went weak; how could she possibly outrun these big men?

But if they don't run away, they'll be caught red-handed. Not only will they have to hand over the radio, but they'll also be paraded through the streets, and their whole family will be ruined.

"Warm and cozy..."

Now, we can only rely on Nuannuan.

However, it was too late. She had only uttered two words when those people rushed over, their eyes fixed on the package in her arms.

If something were to disappear into thin air at this point, wouldn't that be even more inexplicable? They might even be mistaken for a monster, captured, and burned!

At the critical moment, Nuannuan suddenly burst into tears.

"Waaaah... Mommy, I need to pee! I can't hold it anymore, I'm going to wet my pants!"

The little girl's shout was so loud that it stunned the people who rushed over.

Taking advantage of this moment of distraction, Nuannuan suddenly squatted down on the ground, her two little hands tightly clutching Su Xiulan's bundle, her little body trembling like a leaf.

"Young man, no... don't come any closer, the child's scared and wet himself!"

Su Xiulan reacted quickly, squatting down to block the people's view with her body.

The once hard radio vanished instantly, replaced by a soft, wet mass.

"What are you doing? Are you bullying an orphan and a widow?" Su Xiulan shook the wet thing out, and a strong smell of urine instantly filled the air.

That was a diaper that had been prepared long ago.

Several people wearing red armbands covered their noses in disgust and took two steps back.

"What bad luck! What terrible luck!"

"What's in your basket? What are you doing here?"

Those people aren't easily fooled.

Su Xiulan was so nervous that she couldn't think of what to say for a moment.

"uncle……"

Nuannuan blushed, looking extremely shy. "It's Nuannuan's fault. Mommy was taking Nuannuan to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy fabric to make clothes. Nuannuan wanted to pee, so she came here, but there's no one here."

Red armbands...

"Open the basket, we need to inspect it!"

Su Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, there wasn't much in the basket.

There was a layer of soft, dry straw underneath, and tattered clothes on top.

"Comrade, the child is still young, and our home is far from here. So I put some things underneath and carried the child on my back."

The woman with the red armband checked several times to make sure there was nothing there, and her expression turned even worse.

The leader glared at Su Xiulan. "Get out of here! Don't get in the way!"

Su Xiulan quickly stuffed the diaper back into her bundle, picked up Nuannuan who was still pretending to cry, and left the alley with profuse thanks.

After running for two miles and making sure no one was chasing her, Su Xiulan plopped down on the snow, panting heavily, her back soaked with cold sweat.

"Oh my god...that scared me to death..."

Nuannuan peeked out from Su Xiulan's arms, her little face now completely dry of tears, and with a grin, she pulled a White Rabbit milk candy from her pocket and stuffed it into Su Xiulan's mouth.

"Mommy eats candy, and Sweetie won't be scared anymore!"

As Su Xiulan chewed on the sweet milk candy, looking at her daughter's innocent and carefree smile, she couldn't help but hug her child tightly.

"You little rascal! If we'd been caught, we'd both be in jail!"

"No way!"

Nuannuan blinked. "Xiao Lü already told me that the bad uncle ran that way. We're safe here!"

Su Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the sale didn't go through, at least the items were saved and the people were safe.

"Come on, let's go find your Aunt Hongxia, let's go home!"

We can't stay in this black market today.

Just as the two were about to leave, they suddenly saw a familiar figure. Wasn't that the man in leather shoes from before?

The man also saw Su Xiulan and rushed over, "Sister, are you alright? Do you still have your things?"

Su Xiulan wasn't angry. After all, it was their first meeting and the deal hadn't gone through. It was normal for the other person to run away on their own if there was any danger.

"It's still there," Su Xiulan said softly.

The two found a secluded corner, and Nuannuan took out the radio again and played some music.

The man took out the money and bills with satisfaction, checked them briefly, put them in his cotton-padded coat pocket, and hurried away.

It's even more unsafe outside, so it's better to leave sooner rather than later.

"Warm and cozy, we've struck it rich again!"

One hundred and thirty dollars plus ten feet of cloth coupons—that's no small sum.

Nuannuan's eyes were also sparkling; it felt so good to have money.

Su Xiulan hurried to the agreed place. Just as she arrived at the entrance of the state-run restaurant, she saw Sister Hongxia peeking in.

"Xiulan! Over here!"

Sister-in-law Hongxia ran over anxiously, "Where did you two go? I heard they arrested people over there. Are you alright? You scared me to death!"

"It's okay. Nuannuan and I were lucky. We just left and then we heard that they were arresting people over there."

Hongxia was relieved to see that they were alright, and asked in a low voice, "Have the things been changed?"

Su Xiulan muttered mysteriously, "It's been changed."

"What did you get in exchange?"

"Sister-in-law Hongxia, didn't my Da'an get his radio fixed a few days ago?"

Hongxia's eyes lit up. "You don't have any at home either, how can you bear to give them away?"

"Another one of my Da'an apartments has been repaired."

Hongxia was so shocked she couldn't speak.

"Sister-in-law, do you know how much money we exchanged?"

"One hundred and thirty yuan. And ten feet of cloth coupons too. By the way, Sister Hongxia, did you manage to snag any scraps of cloth?"

Hongxia finally came to her senses and, seeing her best friend's concerned eyes, didn't know what to say for a moment.

One hundred and thirty yuan, plus ten feet of cloth ration coupons, how much is that?

And the ginseng skin from last time...

In the past, Su Xiulan's family was so poor that they didn't even have cornmeal. The whole family went hungry and couldn't even get enough to eat with thin porridge.

But now I know that they already have more than 300 yuan, and a lot of cloth coupons.

It's only been a few days, could it really be because of Nuannuan?

I remember the first time I met this little girl, she was such a pitiful little bundle.

She had advised against adopting the child back then, but now... Hongxia felt like her face had been slapped.

"Sister-in-law? Are you alright?"

Su Xiulan looked at Hongxia with concern, having not heard her speak for a while.

"No, it's nothing... Xiulan, I didn't expect your Da'an to be so amazing. I'll see who dares to call him a fool in the future."

When talking about her eldest son, Su Xiulan couldn't help but straighten her back.

"I told you long ago, my Da'an isn't stupid, he just likes things differently from us."

Hongxia smiled genuinely, "Isn't that right? Da'an is so capable, we'll have to trouble him to fix anything in our house in the future."

"What's the trouble? Just let him know. I wonder what else he can fix. By the way, did you manage to get the fabric scraps?"

Hongxia's face darkened. "Ugh, stop talking, you almost made me furious."