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

After the old lady left, Su Xiulan was afraid that she would bring people back, so she locked the courtyard gate, brought the pot into the house, and the family gathered around to eat meat.

Half a rabbit isn't much, but there's a good amount of oil in the soup.

Su Xiulan scooped out a bowl of soup, saying she would add some to the porridge tomorrow, and the taste would make even the neighbor's kids drool.

She first picked out the fattest rabbit leg and placed it in front of Nuannuan.

Nuannuan raised her little paws, but they were wrapped up too tightly to hold.

Su Xiulan tore the package open and fed the child first.

Da'an and Xiao'an can eat by themselves, but the children's father can only drink some soup.

A person who is unconscious cannot eat anything that is too hard.

The meat was very fragrant, and Nuannuan ate it with gusto, her mouth dripping with oil.

"Mom, eat. Nuannuan is full."

"My stomach is going to burst if I eat any more!"

I just ate a big meat bun, and my stomach is almost full.

Nuannuan hasn't eaten this much in a long time.

Su Xiulan then picked up a bone to gnaw on. Xiao An had also almost finished eating and finally had a chance to ask, "Little sister, that old crow was really amazing! Did it really listen to you?"

With a warm smile, her eyes crinkled, "Really?"

"Birds are Warm's best friends!"

"You're good friends with birds?"

Xiao An felt like her brain couldn't keep up; her sister's friends were really special, they were even from different species.

"Your sister's life was saved by crows, what's wrong with being friends with them?"

Su Xiulan didn't see anything wrong with it. "Nuannuan, where's that crow? Doesn't it eat meat?"

"Bird said it's going to find the ginseng baby."

Nuan Nuan was suddenly called out, and she casually betrayed her crow teammate.

"Ginseng? And a baby?"

They used to produce ginseng here, and it was quite old, but that was many years ago. Ginseng has long since disappeared in recent years, let alone human-shaped ginseng.

"Yes, save Dad!"

The little girl sat on the stool, swinging her short legs, her face full of seriousness. "Bird said that baby ginseng can save Daddy!"

Su Xiulan had a sudden thought: Is it possible?

Maybe?

She forgot all about gnawing on the bone, wiped herself clean, and scooped up Nuannuan's small body in her arms. "Nuannuan, what else did the crow say to you?"

Nuannuan tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment, "I want it to be gold!"

Su Xiulan's heart sank. Golden ginseng—she'd never even heard of it. Could such a thing even grow in the mountains?

However, my daughter is a lucky star. She even ran into two rabbits that bumped into trees on her trip. Maybe she'll find a golden ginseng in the future?

She turned to look at the kang (a heated brick bed). In the past, her husband would always shoulder the burden when something happened, so she never felt tired.

She said she was really tired after the past six months and was almost at her breaking point.

There was less than half a duck, so each of the four people received very little. After finishing their meal, Su Xiulan put the pot away. The water on the stove was already scalding hot, but adding some cold water would make it usable.

The room was warm and cozy, so I washed my warm hair first.

Nuannuan was overjoyed when she heard that she was going to have her hair washed.

The little girl hadn't washed her hair in ages; it was all matted and impossible to wash.

"Nuan Nuan, how about Mommy cuts your hair a little shorter? Wear a pretty hat, and by next spring, when you take off the hat, your hair will have grown long."

My hair is so dirty, I don't know how long it's been since I washed it, I just can't separate it.

"Mommy, can I still wear my hair in a little bun?"

"Their little pigtails are so cute."

"Yes, Mom will definitely give you the injection."

"Okay, as long as it can be tied into a small bun."

Su Xiulan moved with extreme care, not daring to use much force.

It took more than half an hour to finally finish washing her. Her two sons were already asleep, so Su Xiulan simply fetched some more hot water and wiped Nuannuan's body down.

I'll wash all the clothes tomorrow, and Nuannuan will be a fragrant baby.

……

After Grandma Gu returned home in a disheveled state, Jinbao was still crying uncontrollably.

It's so cold outside, my pants are frozen solid.

Seeing her son crying like this, Zhang Aidi's face fell. "Mother, what's wrong with Jinbao?"

"Ugh, stop talking. It's all that bitch Su's fault. She picked up a rabbit but doesn't even know how to be filial to me."

Grandma Gu embellished her story and recounted what happened that day. Of course, she was not wrong; everyone else was.

"This is too much! They have delicious food and they just close the door and sneak it to eat."

Upon hearing about rabbit meat, Zhang Aidi's mouth watered. After her third brother's family's life became difficult, her own family's standard of living also plummeted.

My mother-in-law used to live with my third son's family, and she would often steal things from here.

But now they're so poor there they can't even afford to eat, so there's no way they could help their own family.

Her family hasn't eaten meat in a long time either.

Jinbao was crying her heart out when she heard about rabbit meat, and she felt even more aggrieved.

"The rabbit meat isn't mine!"

"Those despicable people don't deserve to eat!"

"Ugh..."

She was crying and talking, and probably because she was too emotional, she actually fainted.

The old lady and Zhang Aidi were terrified. They hurriedly carried the child to the warm kang (a heated brick bed) inside the house and tried to calm him down by pinching his philtrum and pressing his chest. After a while, the son still hadn't recovered.

Seeing that this was not working, Zhang Aidi became even more anxious. "Mom, Jinbao has become ill from being upset. We have to take him to the clinic right away."

It's nearly five miles from here to the clinic. Now, with heavy snow blocking the mountain passes, oxcarts simply can't go any further.

"How do we get there?"

The old lady was in a dilemma. Zhang Aidi's eyes hardened. "It was you who took Jinbao out and made him so angry that he had a relapse. You carry him on your back."

"But I'm so old..."

The old lady's brows were furrowed with worry. "I can't carry it either!"

She herself can't walk properly; what if she trips and drops her grandson?

"Then let's go find Su Xiulan!"

The old woman shook her head frightenedly, "No, I'm not going. There's a very ominous crow in her house. Look what they caught for me..."

The old woman stretched out her hand, revealing bloody scratches on her arm, which were still oozing blood.

A piece of my ear was torn off, and it's burning with pain now.

"Aidi, why don't you send Jinbao there? The child can't be delayed like this."

In the end, they found a handcart, and the two of them took turns pushing it, stumbling and falling, to the health center.

As soon as I arrived at the hospital, I saw an old woman kneeling on the ground kowtowing to the doctor.

"Doctor, please, please save my three sons!"

The old woman looked to be in her sixties, with most of her hair turned white. She was accompanied by two other women, who were prostrate on the ground, crying with snot and tears streaming down their faces.

"Sigh, it's no use begging me. Our little clinic can't treat the injuries of those three."

"I suggest you go to a higher-level hospital."

Zhang Aidi rushed in carrying her child, "Doctor, please help me, what's wrong with my child? He suddenly convulsed and I can't wake him up no matter what I do."

The doctor rushed over to help and carried him directly to the examination room.

Zhang Aidi and Grandma Gu wanted to go in, but were stopped at the door.

"Don't cause any trouble! Your son needs immediate first aid."

Not far away, the women who were crying and pleading for mercy had not yet gotten up.

"That old lady is really pitiful! All three of her children were involved in an accident!"

"Whose fault is it? If they hadn't gone out in the middle of the night to steal trees and damage collective property, how could they have ended up like this?"

"If you ask me, it's because their feng shui is bad. They just lost one son not long ago, and now the remaining three..."

"The old lady always says it's her little granddaughter who's bringing bad luck to her!"

"Bullshit! Her granddaughter went missing too, didn't she? A jinx, my foot! What kind of family gets even worse off after getting rid of their jinx?"