Recaps

Su Qiao comforted Gao Jinghui about being framed and neglected, then discovered that gold remained in the river. She grabbed his hand and hurried him onward to find more, while Gao Jinghui shook her off and immediately regretted it.

• Su Qiao criticized Gao Jinghui for giving up on school and failing to seek revenge after being framed.
• Su Qiao told Gao Jinghui that nobody was indispensable and that she was happy with her loving adoptive parents.
• Gao Jinghui realized Su Qiao’s apparent indifference came from having already suffered deeply, and felt his own troubles were less severe.
• Su Qiao learned that gold dust had been found in the river and asked for a larger piece.
• Su Qiao grabbed Gao Jinghui’s hand and ran ahead, saying she would take him to make money; he shook her off, then regretted it.

Su Qiao led Gao Jinghui into the river, saying she would show him how to make money, and followed Little Four’s directions to search the riverbed. Gao Jinghui saw a large Gold Bean in her hand and was stunned.

• Su Qiao hurried Gao Jinghui toward the river and promised to help him make money.
• Su Qiao stepped into the shallow river, and Gao Jinghui followed to keep her safe.
• Gao Jinghui watched Su Qiao and became flustered before snapping back to attention.
• Little Four directed Su Qiao to feel through the river sand with her right hand.
• Su Qiao picked up a glittering Gold Bean, and Gao Jinghui stared at its size in shock.

Su Qiao found several large pieces of gold in the river with Little Four’s help and sent Gao Jinghui to fetch her father and sacks. Xiao Aimin arrived and was stunned when Su Qiao showed him a handful of gold, then hurried to collect it.

• Su Qiao picked up several large pieces of crimson gold and gave them to Gao Jinghui to hide.
• Su Qiao told Gao Jinghui to fetch Xiao Aimin and bring fine-mesh sacks while she searched for more gold.
• Gao Jinghui returned alone, told Tian Guihua that Su Qiao was catching fish, and later brought Xiao Aimin to the river.
• Su Qiao showed Xiao Aimin a handful of Gold Nuggets she had found in the river.
• Xiao Aimin and Gao Jinghui hurried to put the gold in a sack before anyone else could take a share.

Su Qiao, Xiao Aimin, and Gao Jinghui gathered sacks of gold dust and nuggets from the river and carried them home. On the way, Xiao Aimin showed off a gold nugget to Third Brother Liu, then promised Su Qiao he would protect their family from anyone who tried to steal the gold.

• Su Qiao directed Xiao Aimin and Gao Jinghui to gather the remaining gold dust and mud from the river.
• The three climbed ashore with four sacks of gold dust and nuggets packed into their back baskets.
• Third Brother Liu questioned Xiao Aimin about carrying sand, and Xiao Aimin showed him a gold nugget and bragged about the gold dust.
• Xiao Aimin told Su Qiao and Gao Jinghui they would go home to learn how to wash the gold.
• Su Qiao asked Xiao Aimin why Gao Jinghui had returned the larger nuggets to him.

Su Qiao reassured Gao Jinghui that she had brought him along to make money, and he decided to trust her claims about finding riches. Back home, she gave Tian Guihua medicine to help her conceive, and the family agreed to try for another child after Su Qiao said she wanted a little brother.

• Su Qiao told Gao Jinghui she had taken him along to make a fortune, and he asked if she had a special ability.
• Su Qiao claimed she could smell gold, and Gao Jinghui said he believed her.
• Tian Guihua praised Su Qiao after they returned home, and Su Qiao reminded her of the old master's prediction that she would bring prosperity and help her conceive.
• Su Qiao gave Tian Guihua a packet of medicine and said it would help her have a child.
• Tian Guihua and Xiao Aimin worried that another child might make Su Qiao feel unwanted, but Su Qiao said she wanted a little brother.
• Xiao Aimin agreed that the family could try for another child so Su Qiao would have siblings to rely on later.

Su Qiao told Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua she had studied ahead and asked to skip junior high, and they promised to try to get her into senior high. She also revealed that she could smell gold, leaving Xiao Aimin thrilled at the prospect of finding more.

• Xiao Aimin told Su Qiao he planned to send her to junior high and buy her a bicycle after summer vacation, but Su Qiao said she had already studied the junior high textbooks.
• Xiao Aimin agreed to try to get Su Qiao into the first year of senior high, and she thanked him.
• Xiao Aimin offered to split the gold with Gao Jinghui, who initially refused, but Su Qiao urged him to accept his share.
• Su Qiao told Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua she could smell gold nearby and had used that ability to find the thousand yuan and the gold.
• Xiao Aimin celebrated Su Qiao's supposed golden nose.

Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua made Gao Jinghui promise to keep Su Qiao’s secret, and he swore he would protect her. Xiao Aimin then took Su Qiao and Gao Jinghui to the woodshed to teach them how to wash gold, while Gao Jinghui privately tried to deny that he had praised Su Qiao.

• Xiao Aimin worried that Gao Jinghui might reveal Su Qiao’s secret, but Gao Jinghui promised to keep it and thanked Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua for trusting him.
• Gao Jinghui told Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua that Su Qiao had been kind to him, and Xiao Aimin accepted his promise.
• Xiao Aimin led Su Qiao and Gao Jinghui to the backyard woodshed to teach them how to wash gold.
• Gao Jinghui reflected that his father had excluded him from the family mine because he favored another woman and her children.
• Gao Jinghui quietly claimed he had praised Su Qiao only to reassure her parents, and Su Qiao teased him about pledging his loyalty to her.

Su Qiao teased Gao Jinghui into admitting he had praised her and pledged to listen to her, then told him to follow her to dig for gold. After news spread that she had found Gold Beans in the river, villagers rushed to pan for more, and Liu Hong urged the Su family to join them.

• Su Qiao threatened to tell Xiao Aimin that Gao Jinghui had been fooling him, so Gao Jinghui admitted his praise and pledge of loyalty.
• Su Qiao declared that Gao Jinghui would have to listen to her and follow her to dig for gold and make a fortune.
• Word spread through Banyan Tree Village that Su Qiao had found Gold Beans by the river, and villagers hurried there with tools.
• Liu Hong rushed home and told the Su family that gold had appeared in the river again and everyone was going to pan for it.

After Liu Hong reported that Su Qiao had found gold in the river, the Su Family hurried out to search for more. Meanwhile, news spread that Song Gui had beaten Li Xiaohua after taking their daughter to the hospital.

• Liu Hong told Su Guofu and the others that Su Qiao had found a handful of gold, prompting them to gather tools and sacks for the river.
• Su Baozhu asked Xiao Aizhen whether the gold Su Qiao found belonged to their family, but Xiao Aizhen did not know.
• Su Qiao watched Xiao Aimin wash the gold while hearing that most villagers, including the Su Family, were panning the river.
• Song Gui took his two-year-old daughter to the hospital, returned in a fury, and beat Li Xiaohua until neighbors restrained him and fetched the village chief.

After the Su Family found no gold, they pinned their hopes on Su Baozhu’s supposed luck, but she also came up empty and drew the family’s anger. Su Baozhu blamed Su Qiao for her humiliation and grew to hate her younger sister even more.

• The Village Committee members escorted Li Xiaohua to the Police Station after learning what had happened.
• Gao Jinghui reported that most people, including the Su Family, had found no gold in the river.
• Old Lady Su persuaded the family to bring Su Baozhu along the next day, believing her luck would help them find gold.
• After searching for hours without finding anything, Liu Hong complained that Su Baozhu had worse luck than Erya and refused to go back that afternoon.
• Su Baozhu felt humiliated by the villagers’ disdain and blamed Su Qiao for her predicament.

Su Qiao and Gao Jinghui proposed opening a mine to help the Xiao family repay its debts, and explained how they could obtain equipment, mining expertise, and a permit. The chapter left Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua learning that Su Qiao had secretly taught herself medicine and regretting how she had been treated.

• Su Qiao asked Xiao Aimin to stop hauling sandbags and find a mine, but he warned that mining required permits, costly equipment, expertise, and could leave them in debt.
• Gao Jinghui offered to help obtain mining equipment and use cyanide technology, explaining that he had secretly researched mining.
• Su Qiao said the Liu Family would help secure a Mining Permit because she had healed Liu Weiye’s leg and earned their gratitude.
• When Xiao Aimin asked how she had learned medicine, Su Qiao claimed that an old man in the cowshed had taught her.
• Su Qiao said she had later tested herbs on herself because her relatives had refused to get her medical care, and Tian Guihua regretted not knowing sooner.

Su Qiao persuaded Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua to search abandoned mine tunnels for a large gold deposit so the family could pay off its debts. As Gao Jinghui left, he realized that his hatred for his stepmother and younger brother had begun to fade.

• Xiao Aimin apologized for not caring for Su Qiao enough, and she reassured him that he had already treated her well.
• Su Qiao said she could smell gold and proposed searching ownerless, abandoned mine tunnels for a rich deposit and applying for a Mining Permit.
• Xiao Aimin, Tian Guihua, and Gao Jinghui supported Su Qiao’s plan, and Xiao Aimin said they would investigate tunnels after the early rice harvest.
• Su Qiao assured Gao Jinghui she was confident and promised that following her would help him outshine his stepmother and younger brother.
• Gao Jinghui realized he no longer felt the same hatred toward his stepmother and younger brother and thought his former desire for revenge had been foolish.

Su Qiao encouraged Gao Jinghui to focus on making money rather than proving himself to people who looked down on his mother. The next morning, she confronted Su Guoqiang and Xiao Aizhen when they tried to call her back to their home, insisting their severance agreement had ended their relationship.

• Gao Jinghui told Su Qiao he wanted to make money so others would stop looking down on his mother.
• Su Qiao reassured Gao Jinghui that he did not need to compete with the people who mocked them, and he agreed before returning home.
• Su Qiao set out to pick vegetables the next morning and met Su Guoqiang and Xiao Aizhen at a fork in the road.
• Xiao Aizhen asked Su Qiao to come home, but Su Qiao pointed out that her home was now with the Xiao Family.
• Su Qiao reminded the couple that the severance agreement and the 800 yuan had ended their ties, and she said her years of labor had repaid any debt she owed them.

Su Qiao rejected Xiao Aizhen’s attempt to take her back to the Su Family, and Tian Guihua and Gao Jinghui protected her. Tian Guihua insisted that Su Qiao belonged to her family now and drove Xiao Aizhen and Su Guoqiang away with a fierce rebuke.

• Su Qiao mocked Xiao Aizhen for seeking gold and refused to go back to the Su Family.
• Xiao Aizhen tried to grab Su Qiao, but Su Qiao called for Tian Guihua and said she had a family to protect her.
• Gao Jinghui rushed over and pulled Su Qiao behind him while Tian Guihua stood up to the Su Family couple.
• Tian Guihua told Xiao Aizhen that Su Qiao had been adopted and registered in their household, so Xiao Aizhen had no right to discipline her.
• Tian Guihua reminded Xiao Aizhen that she could discipline Su Baozhu instead and condemned her for mistreating her own daughter.

Su Qiao rejected the Su Family and returned home with Tian Guihua and Gao Jinghui, while the Su Family argued over the gold she had found. They regretted signing the separation agreement and realized they could not claim her money.

• Tian Guihua mocked the Su Family, took Su Qiao home, and invited Gao Jinghui to celebrate the gold she had found.
• Su Guofu learned that Su Qiao refused to return and complained that she had called Tian Guihua Mom.
• Xiao Aizhen cried over Su Qiao’s closeness with Tian Guihua, while Old Lady Su blamed her for failing to bring Su Qiao back.
• Liu Hong suggested taking the matter to the Village Committee, but Old Lady Su warned that the signed separation agreement would work against them.
• Liu Hong estimated that Su Qiao’s kilogram of gold could be worth 15,000 to 25,000 yuan, leaving Su Guofu and Liu Hong lamenting the money they had lost.

The Su family argued over Su Qiao’s adoption and the gold, while Su Baozhu offered to give up housework and school to coax her back. Xiao Aimin returned with the exchanged money, and Tian Guihua told him that Su Qiao’s birth parents had tried to confront her.

• Liu Hong blamed Su Baozhu for the family losing the gold, while Su Old Lady insisted Su Qiao’s parents were entitled to reclaim it.
• Su Baozhu urged her parents to speak to Su Qiao and offered to take on all the housework and give up school.
• Liu Hong returned to her room, doubting that Su Qiao would come back or surrender the gold.
• Xiao Aimin came home with thirty-eight thousand exchanged and deposited in two portions at the People's Bank.
• Tian Guihua told Xiao Aimin that Su Qiao’s birth parents had blocked her at a fork in the road and nearly slapped her.

Xiao Aimin angrily defended Su Qiao against the Su family and considered ending contact with his sister after recalling how the family had repaid his help. Later, Su Qiao washed vegetables by the irrigation canal, where Gao Jingsheng joined her and carried her basket as they headed home.

• Xiao Aimin and Tian Guihua discussed the Su family's attempt to trouble Su Qiao and demand money from her.
• Xiao Aimin recalled helping the Su family, including securing jobs and schooling, only for them to blame Su Qiao when Su Guofu lost his job.
• Xiao Aimin said he would stop associating with his sister if she no longer wanted her maternal family's support.
• As the rice harvest approached, Su Qiao washed vegetables at the irrigation canal while waiting for the Su family's turn to irrigate.
• Gao Jingsheng came to help Su Qiao, then took her basket when she stood up to leave.

The Su Family's woodshed and woodpile burned while Su Baozhu was inside, leaving her badly injured. Su Qiao realized Gao Jinghui had secretly started the fire, while Su Guangzong returned home and accused the family of staging a grand welcome for him and his brother.

• Women washing mops spotted smoke rising from the western end of the village and suspected the Su Family's home was on fire.
• Su Qiao questioned Gao Jinghui, who denied setting the fire and claimed he had gone to check on the people panning for gold.
• Tian Guihua told Su Qiao that the Su Family's woodshed and woodpile had burned and Su Baozhu had been injured by smoke and a branch.
• 444 revealed that Su Baozhu had smashed things in the woodshed after failing to find gold, and that Gao Jinghui had set fire to the woodpile.
• Liu Hong lamented the loss of the firewood, while Su Guangzong arrived home and sarcastically accused the family of staging a grand welcome.

After Su Baozhu burned the woodshed and backyard, Su Guangzong blamed her for driving Su Qiao away and losing the family’s chance to claim the gold, while Old Lady Su defended her. At the county hospital, Liu Weiye refused to give up his plan to marry Su Baozhu, vowing to insist on it despite her neglect.

• Su Guangzong accused Su Baozhu of causing the fire and blamed her for Su Qiao’s departure and the lost gold.
• Old Lady Su defended Su Baozhu, but favored her grandsons and sent her back to her room.
• Su Yaozu silently took interest when he heard Su Qiao had been adopted and found gold.
• Liu Ahua suggested ending Liu Weiye’s marriage arrangement with Su Baozhu because she had not visited him.
• Liu Weiye refused to let go of Su Baozhu and said he would insist on marrying her.

Liu Weiye asked his parents to hide that his legs had healed so he could see whether Su Baozhu would visit, and admitted he still intended to marry her. Su Qiao reunited with her kind younger cousin Su Yaozu, then set out with Gao Jinghui, who distrusted the boy.

• Liu Weiye told Liu Ahua and his father to keep his healed legs secret and said he wanted to test whether Su Baozhu would come see him.
• Liu Weiye told Liu Ahua that he still wanted to marry Su Baozhu, even though he no longer believed in love.
• Su Qiao met Su Yaozu, who apologized for not knowing about her troubles and gave her a warm egg.
• Su Qiao ate the egg to reassure Su Yaozu, who promised to visit again the next day.
• Gao Jinghui handed Su Qiao a military canteen and warned her not to associate with Su Yaozu.

Su Qiao secretly tampered with Su Baozhu’s medicine packet and disinfectant at the Su family home. The next day, the Su family’s rice crop was found full of empty husks, and the village chief and Captain Yu questioned whether the family had used enough fertilizer.

• Su Qiao told Gao Jinghui that the man he had been jealous of was her uncle’s second son, and teased Gao Jinghui for making empty threats.
• That night, Su Qiao used 444 to find Su Baozhu’s medicine packet and added powder to the disinfectant and herb roots to the packet.
• The next day, Old Lady Su accused someone of sabotaging the family’s rice and demanded that the village chief send the culprit to the police station.
• Captain Yu pointed out that only the Su family’s rice had failed and argued that the shriveled grains looked like the result of poor cultivation, not sabotage.
• The village chief asked whether the Su family had fertilized its fields, and Liu Hong claimed they had used thirty jin.
• Captain Yu challenged the claim, noting that thirty jin was insufficient for the family’s one mu and six fen of land, while Old Lady Su glared at Liu Hong.

Su Baozhu grew angry as villagers said the Su family’s misfortunes began after Su Qiao left. Meanwhile, Xiao Aimin took Gao Jinghui and Su Qiao to his old mine tunnel, where Su Qiao found evidence that he had dug in the wrong direction and that gold lay inside.

• Villagers mocked Su Baozhu and said Su Qiao’s good fortune had once held back the Su family’s misfortune.
• Su Baozhu stormed off, resentful that Su Qiao had found gold and wishing she could slap her.
• After harvesting the rice, Xiao Aimin took Gao Jinghui and Su Qiao up the mountain to his old tunnel.
• Su Qiao told Xiao Aimin that gold lay in the tunnel, and explained that he had dug in the wrong direction.
• Xiao Aimin grew excited as he realized his years of digging and the debt he had taken on had not been in vain.

Su Qiao went with Liu Tiezhu to the county hospital to check on Liu Weiye and discuss applying for a Mining Permit. After examining Liu Weiye, she reassured him that his leg was healing well and said his male function could be treated after his leg recovered.

• Su Qiao, Gao Jinghui, and Xiao Aimin arrived at the county hospital, where Liu Tiezhu agreed to help them obtain a Mining Permit.
• Liu Tiezhu asked Su Qiao to check on Liu Weiye's recovery, and she agreed while Xiao Aimin and Gao Jinghui waited outside the ward.
• Liu Weiye asked to speak privately with Su Qiao, so his mother left and Su Qiao entered the ward alone.
• Su Qiao examined Liu Weiye and told him his leg should heal enough for him to walk in about two months, with a rehabilitation plan to follow.
• Su Qiao said she could treat Liu Weiye's male function with acupuncture after his leg healed, then invited him to ask whatever he wanted.

Su Qiao insisted that Liu Weiye marry Su Baozhu for at least five years, and he agreed despite his disillusionment with her. Meanwhile, Su Qiao and her companions began work on a newly permitted mining tunnel, prompting gossip and suspicion among the Su family.

• Su Qiao told Liu Weiye that he owed her the marriage to Su Baozhu from a previous life and required them to stay married for five years.
• Liu Weiye recalled that Su Baozhu had not visited him after his injury and agreed to marry her.
• With the Liu family's help, Su Qiao and her companions obtained a Mining Permit, bought equipment, and began work on the tunnel at Golden Hollow.
• Liu Hong told Xiao Aizhen and the Su family that Xiao Aimin had opened another tunnel at Golden Hollow.
• Su Baozhu suspected Xiao Aimin had kept the money from exchanging the gold instead of using it to repay the debt, and Old Lady Su agreed he had deceived her.

The Su family debated whether to invest in Xiao Aimin’s tunnel, but Old Lady Su and Liu Hong dismissed the idea despite Su Guofu’s suspicions that Su Qiao might help them find something. Outside, Xiao Aizhen questioned Su Qiao about the tunnel and was surprised to learn she would be going to school.

• Su Guofu suggested that the family take a share in Xiao Aimin’s tunnel, but Old Lady Su and Liu Hong argued that it was too risky.
• Su Guofu said Erya’s presence could make the tunnel worth pursuing, while Su Baozhu noted that finding an ore vein was difficult.
• Su Guofu dropped the idea because he had no money to invest.
• Xiao Aizhen left the house and asked Su Qiao why she had not tried to stop Xiao Aimin from digging again.
• Su Qiao told Xiao Aizhen that her father had his own plans and said her mother was making her new clothes and a schoolbag.
• Xiao Aizhen was surprised when Su Qiao said she was going to school.