The Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Family Darling

One day, the ginseng spirit Xiaojiu was reborn, blessed with good fortune and transformed into the Ma family's treasured lucky child.

Her parents doted on her, and seven or eight older brothers and nephews had her back.

Xiaojiu thought that being human wasn't so bad after all.

The Ma family was poor, but with Xiaojiu around, their lives kept getting better.

She went up the mountain to gather herbs and found fleeceflower root.

She fed the chickens, and the hens all started laying eggs.

Even when she sat by the front door, wolves came right to her and ran into it, dying on the spot.

Xiaojiu cradled her little bowl and slowly drank her milk, keeping her achievements to herself.