My spirit appeared on the road to exile, and I was treated as an ancestor.

Chapter 126 I Don't Dislike You for Being Fat

Seeing his wife's thin appearance and then looking at his own increasingly obese body, Liu Xiangbai took it to heart, even though his wife didn't say anything.

The wife worked hard for the family, which is why she became thin.

Although I can't do anything for this family right now, I should at least maintain the way my wife likes me.

That's right, I can't get any fatter.

Even if the food sent by the Lu family deities was delicious, he couldn't eat too much. He was already five years older than his wife, and when he finally met her again, she would still be beautiful, while he would have become a poor, fat man.
Seeing her husband's preoccupied state, He Zhen immediately guessed that he must be overthinking things.

She reached out and took her husband's hand, leading him into the house. "I don't mind that you're fat. You don't know how worried I am every day at home about how you're suffering. When I hear people talking about how many people died on the road to exile, I get really anxious."

As He Zhen spoke, she almost burst into tears, her eyes reddening. "I was worried that you wouldn't have enough to eat or wear, and that you would get hurt. Now that I see you're all well, I feel very relieved, and at least I'm not so worried anymore."

Unexpectedly hearing his wife's heartfelt words, Liu Xiangbai held her hand tightly, saying, "My wife, it is my incompetence that has caused you to suffer."

At this moment, Gu Xingzhao was nestled on the sofa, watching the two meet in their dreams. He originally wanted to see He Zhen's reaction after discovering that her husband had gained weight, but he didn't expect to see such a touching scene.

She suddenly started to believe in love again.

Gu Xingzhao watched the two gaze deeply into each other's eyes, their faces drawing closer and closer, feeling as if she were watching a melodramatic soap opera. Just as they were about to kiss, she also became excited.

Just then, a mosaic suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking their view.

Gu Xingzhao: "???" What the heck?
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Gu Xingzhao's temple twitched as he watched with great interest. "Seriously? I'm already in my mid-twenties, and you're doing this to me?"

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Gu Xingzhao: "." Well, he's just playing dead and repeating himself like a broken record.

No way, what decent family would censor kisses with mosaics? At least other families prohibit anything below the neck, but you censor kisses with a knife, is that really necessary?
The key issue is that the mosaic effect is so perfunctory; it only covers the area where their mouths are touching.

Looking at the mosaic, as if he were looking at something inappropriate for children, Gu Xingzhao immediately lost interest and got up to go back to his bedroom to sleep.

The next day, Gu Xingzhao got up early, contacted Yang Hui, and had the batch of fireworks he had recently purchased transported back, along with an extra batch of sparklers.

He Zhen priced the fireworks not cheaply, and ordinary families certainly couldn't afford large fireworks, but things like sparklers, which can be held in the hand and lit, would be loved by children or girls, and were priced cheaply, so ordinary families could afford them.

Although it's about making money from wealthy people, it's also a good thing that the market caters to a wider range of people, making it affordable for ordinary families as well.

Thinking that the children would like them, she specially took a few and brought them to Lu Youtang and the others.

When Lu Xingyao saw the sparkler, he paused for a moment, stared at it for a while, and then, as if he had thought of something, his expression showed obvious excitement.

Seeing Gu Xingzhao's excited expression, a thought struck me: "Hmm! Could it be that he has figured out what this thing is?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Xingyao knew what this thing was and what it was used for just by looking at it.

Lu Xingyao, holding a fairy wand, ran towards Lu Qing, exclaiming, "Grandfather! Our ancestors have come to offer incense!"

Gu Xingzhao: "?"

"." It turns out they mistook it for incense sticks.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qing quickly took the item from Lu Xingyao's hand and couldn't help but wonder if the ancestors were displeased that they had not made offerings to her, and thus sent incense as a hint.

Lu Zhou, standing to the side, didn't think so much, but Madam Song was anxious. "Father, are our ancestors blaming us?"

It's not that they don't want to worship their ancestors, but their circumstances leave them with nothing to offer. If they only have incense sticks and no other offerings, it would be too meager.

Lu Qing held the items, feeling conflicted and unsure how to broach the subject with questions about his ancestors.

Lu Xingyan said slowly, "Father, I've heard that we should be able to reach Ji County in the next couple of days. Why don't we discuss with the officials and spend some money to send someone to buy some things?"

If we are truly going to make offerings to our ancestors, we cannot be perfunctory in this regard.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qing thought it was feasible. His family's ancestors had manifested their power several times, which Du Hangwu and others had witnessed. They thought they wouldn't mind and it should be negotiable.

As for the money, we can use some of what You Xian gave us earlier.

Gu Xingzhao was overjoyed. Although it was a big misunderstanding, the fact that the Lu family was going to offer him tribute meant that he could receive a lot of tribute value.
This is a good thing!

"Lu Qing, I brought over some fun toys for the kids. They can hold them in their hands and light them with fire; the sparks are quite beautiful and they won't hurt anyone. You can try them at night."

Lu Qing paused for a moment, then looked down at the thing in his hand. Could this be what the ancestors were talking about?

But isn't this incense sticks?
"What was the ancients referring to?"

Gu Xingzhao laughed: "It's that thing in your hand."

Lu Qing: "."

At this moment, the two brothers, Lu Zhou and Lu Yang, were still arguing about what to buy to honor their ancestors when they arrived in Ji County.

Lu Zhou: "Buy some food and offerings. This is how people in the mortal world make offerings. It shows sincerity."

Lu Yang didn't take it seriously. "The food may be good, but others have never seen a real god. Ours is the real one. We can't just give them any food. Jewels would be even better!"

Their ancestors helped the Lu family a lot, so it would be too stingy to offer them food as a sacrifice.

Gu Xingzhao squinted at Lu Yang, thinking, "This second son of the Lu family is still the one I like the most."

Madam Xu also felt that her husband's words made sense. If they were still in the capital, she would definitely go to her maternal family's treasure pavilion to carefully select a few items to offer to their ancestors.

Her family's Treasure Pavilion was the best in the entire capital, with all sorts of rare and exotic items. Whatever the palace had, her Xu family had; whatever the palace didn't have, her Xu family also had.

Pity.

Lu Qing coughed lightly and stuffed the items back into his grandson's hands. "They're just toys. You can play with them with your younger siblings later. Just take this side and light one end with fire."

"Huh?" Lu Xingyao was stunned.

He stared at the object in his hand, his mind filled with questions: ???

Isn't this incense stick?

"Shall we still make offerings in a couple of days?" Lu Xingyao asked his grandfather.

Gu Xingzhao immediately perked up his ears to listen. He was overjoyed when he heard that the Lu family was going to make offerings. Surely the offerings he was about to receive wouldn't slip away again?

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