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

Nuannuan tilted her head and honestly confessed, "It will hurt a lot. Xiao Lü said it will expel the bad stuff from Second Brother's body, and it will hurt like worms drilling into his bones. But Second Brother won't be afraid of fighting anymore!"

Insects burrowing into bones?

Gu Jianguo's heart clenched. "Then let's not..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao An opened her mouth wide and stuffed the spinach into her mouth in a few bites without chewing much.

With a "gulp," it went down.

"I can tolerate it!" Xiao An wiped her mouth and smiled at Gu Jianguo.

In that instant, the room was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard.

One second, two seconds.

Suddenly, Xiao An's expression changed.

His pale face turned purple in an instant. He clutched his stomach and collapsed straight to the ground.

"Xiao An!" Su Xiulan was so frightened that she almost jumped out of her skin and rushed over to hug her son.

"ah--!"

A scream that sounded inhuman escaped from Xiao An's throat, more like that of a wounded wild animal.

He rolled around on the ground frantically, digging his hands into the mud so hard that his fingernails tore off instantly, leaving him a bloody mess.

"It hurts! It hurts so much! Dad! Help me!" Xiao An roared, his veins bulging and jumping under his skin.

"What...what happened?!" Gu Jianguo panicked, leaning on his crutches to get down. "Nuannuan, what's going on?"

Nuannuan was also startled by the commotion, her face turning pale, but she remembered Xiaolü's words. She opened her little hands and firmly stopped Da'an, who wanted to help Xiao'an.

"Big brother, don't touch him! Don't touch him!" Nuannuan was almost crying. "Second brother is growing stronger! If you touch him now, his strength will dissipate! Then all the love and care he's given me will be for nothing!"

Su Xiulan's heart ached watching from the side. Her youngest son was already thin and small, and now he was rolling around on the cold ground, his sweat was black and he smelled fishy.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt!" Even though her lips were almost bitten raw, Xiao An still comforted her family.

Nuannuan felt sorry for her too, but Xiaolü kept saying that as long as they could get through this, everything would be alright.

Xiao An's screams were so loud they sent chills down your spine; anyone who didn't know better would think he was being tortured.

The whole family watched nervously. Nuannuan's eyes darted around, "Mom, cook!"

As the little girl spoke, she took out a piece of meat, which weighed five or six pounds.

"Second brother will be eating soon! Make plenty!"

There are still more than ten kilograms of grain left.

"We need to boil water! Second brother will be taking a bath soon!"

Su Xiulan nodded, seeing her son in so much pain and covered in black sweat, she knew he had really exhausted himself and would need to take a bath soon.

She hurried to start a fire, while the others continued to suffer. After an unknown amount of time, Xiao An finally stopped, collapsing to the ground like a lump of mud, the room reeking of a foul stench.

"Xiao An?"

Gu Jianguo shouted in a trembling voice, and the person on the ground slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were dark and bright, with a chilling light.

"I made it through?" Xiao An's voice was hoarse as she tried to sit down, instinctively grabbing the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

But then a sharp cracking sound was heard, and everyone in the room stared wide-eyed, as if they had seen a ghost.

You should know that the edge of the kang (heated brick bed) was made of thick clay. Normally, even hitting it with an axe wouldn't leave a crack. But just now, Xiao An only grabbed it with his hand, and it actually broke.

The edge of that kang (heated brick bed) has collapsed!

Xiao An raised her hand blankly, still feeling like she was dreaming.

He turned to look at the collapsed edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), slowly pointing to his own nose, "Did I do this?"

Gu Jianguo and Da'an both nodded, their expressions blank.

"Did I just break the edge of the kang (heated brick bed) with one hand?"

"Really?"

Gu Jianguo...

Da'an...

They also felt it wasn't true, but...

This kid is really stupid.

Nuan Nuan covered her mouth and chuckled to herself. A tuft of hair on her head bobbed up and down with her laughter, making her look exceptionally cute.

"Second brother, you're now an invincible strongman!"

Xiao An...

Looking at his still frail body, how did he become a strongman? It feels so surreal!

Gu Jianguo swallowed hard. He had thought about it when his daughter mentioned it, but seeing it with his own eyes still made him very nervous.

This is the sturdiest edge of the kang (heated brick bed).

Hearing this, Su Xiulan, who was still cooking in the outer room, couldn't help but burst into tears of joy. She hugged her son, who was covered in sweat, without any disgust, saying, "Silly child, you scared your mother to death just now!"

Nuannuan clapped her hands and jumped up and down excitedly, "Wow! Second brother has become a superhero! He'll be super, super powerful from now on!"

Da'an stepped forward, patted Xiao'an on the shoulder, and said, "You're not bad, kid! Want to go out and give it a try?"

They are currently in Beishan, and their courtyard is full of stones.

Xiao An licked her lips, feeling a little itchy. "Big brother, shall I give it a try?"

He had no idea how much strength he had suddenly gained.

The two brothers left one after the other, with Nuannuan following behind with her short legs.

Her eyes were bright and sparkling, eager to see her second brother perform.

There were many stones of various sizes in the yard, some of which were frozen to the ground. Xiao An picked up the largest one, grabbed it with both hands, and was about to use force, but before he could even exert any effort, he easily lifted the stone, barely feeling its weight.

Xiao An threw the stone aside, and with a bang, it created a large crater in the ground.

Gu Jianguo and Su Xiulan, who had just reached the door, were stunned.

"son!"

After a long while, Su Xiulan cautiously reminded him, "You need to be more careful with your strength in the future!"

Gu Jianguo nodded. "Let's move all these stones in the yard to the wall first! It'll be a good opportunity for us to learn to control our strength, so we don't cause any trouble later!"

"We can't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of trouble either. If we're in the right, we'll do it without worry, but we can't let anyone die!"

Xiao An instantly understood what her parents meant: now that she was stronger, she needed to be careful when she got into conflicts with others.

If someone is maimed or killed, that would be a real problem!

Strong as an ox?

Xiao An smiled, it seemed he would have to find a chance to visit the forest farm.

Gu Xiaoyong might try to get a temporary job at the forest farm with his timber-moving skills, but that depends on whether his fists will allow it!