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Gu Lanxi had a deep affection for this tree.

During the years when her mother and the mistress were fighting the most, the mistress would often make her son call her grandparents. After the child greeted them and left, she would burst into tears and complain.

She said the child was bullied terribly at school because his birth wasn't legitimate; he used to be cheerful, but now he's silent every day. She said the older sister was too fierce, hoarding money, and that she and her son couldn't even afford clothes; the child's clothes were all too short, and he was always shivering from the cold. She said the child had grown a lot taller recently and was always hungry; she, as the mother, was useless and couldn't even afford to buy the child a bowl of braised pork...

The mistress, relying on her son, calls her "Mom" and "Big Sister," acting as if she's willing to be a concubine, but in reality, she's only thinking about forcing her way into the position of power.

The elderly couple didn't care about her, but they cared deeply about their beloved grandson.

So if her precious daughter wasn't doing well at school, her grandmother wouldn't let her have a good time either; if her precious daughter didn't have new clothes, she wouldn't have any either.

That's bad enough, but every time she finishes a phone call with the mistress, she doesn't get to eat.

The elderly couple always finished their meal early and then fed the leftovers to the dog.

Even if the big yellow dog at home is so full that its eyes are glazed over, it won't leave her a single bite.

Children who have no one to care for them know that crying and fussing are useless, so they never wrong themselves.

If her family didn't give her any food, she would sneak into the ancestral hall, climb onto the offering table, and eat whatever she wanted.

If you scavenge for food outside, you might encounter malicious people who poison cats or dogs. But with offerings in the ancestral hall, you don't have to worry about that.

The Gu family has a strong sense of cohesion and pays special attention to clan ancestral worship.

Throughout the year, in addition to the three major festivals of Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Winter Solstice, there are also four traditional festivals: Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Ghost Festival. In addition, the Gu family will also hold grand ceremonies to worship those who have made significant contributions to the development of the family.

For example, Gu Lanxi had seen countless celebrations like "the XXth anniversary of Gu XX's birth" and "the XXth anniversary of Gu XX's death" since she was a child, and those who took the lead were basically their direct descendants.

This is probably why most people in the tribe prefer sons to daughters.

Only with a son can there be a legacy.

Only if incense is burned continuously can they receive offerings from their descendants after their death.

Regardless of whether gods and ghosts truly exist, even if they do, how can a person who cannot even treat the girl with his own bloodline with kindness respect his wife and mother? What great deeds could such a person possibly accomplish that would be remembered for generations?

Do mediocre people deserve to enjoy the blessings of their ancestors for generations to come?

It would be better to end their lineage sooner rather than later.

In addition to the above, the clan members also hold ancestral worship ceremonies for occasions such as weddings, births, children entering school, moving to a new house, successful business ventures, ancestral hall renovations, and genealogy revisions, but the scale is relatively smaller.

To maintain the family's dignity, each household would regularly allocate funds to maintain the ancestral hall.

For the Gu clan, the tributes from their ancestors were never poisoned, because they valued sincerity and freshness; everything had to be the best and freshest.

Besides signifying "bringing in wealth and treasures," the classic combination of "tangerines, apples, and bananas," along with common Cantonese dim sum such as white sugar cake and steamed sponge cake, also includes various items that change with the seasons.

For example, roast pig for the Spring Festival, roast goose and mugwort cakes for Qingming Festival, zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival, vegetarian buns for the Ghost Festival, mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and chrysanthemum wine for the Double Ninth Festival...

Among them, her favorite was the whole fried mud carp, which symbolized "abundance year after year," during the Winter Solstice Festival.

She loves eating fish; she's loved it since she was little.

At that time, she was lacking in oil and fat, so the fragrant fried mud carp was very appealing to her.

If you do this kind of thing too often, you'll eventually slip up.

The area around the ancestral hall is full of Gu family members, so catching her would be quite easy.

Many times, she managed to slip away thanks to her agility. But one year, she secretly drank chrysanthemum wine, got drunk, tore off a curtain to cover herself, and slept directly under the offering table.

The next morning, the elder in charge of offering incense and cleaning the house entered the door and saw a pair of exposed feet. He screamed in fright, attracting a group of people.

She sat up abruptly, slamming her head against the altar, tears streaming down her face from the pain.

When she was surrounded by people, she could only sob and say that her great-grandfather saw her suffering from hunger and felt sorry for her, so he appeared in her dream and asked her to come and have a bite to eat.

She was only ten years old at the time, and everyone was furious but couldn't do anything about it, so they could only vent their anger on her grandparents.

She didn't care and before slipping away, she didn't forget to grab two big bananas.

Grandpa and Grandma were so angry that they slapped their thighs, cursing their family for being unfortunate and that their mother was inherently evil. They swore they would skin her alive.

She didn't go home for the next few days.

I didn't go to school either.

There were plenty of empty rooms in the ancestral hall, and it wasn't cold back then; on the hottest days, it could even reach around 28 degrees Celsius. She would find a bookstore to curl up in and read during the day, and when she got tired, she would sneak back to the ancestral hall.

If you can't catch him, so be it; but if you do catch him, immediately hug his great-grandfather's memorial tablet and cry.

By then, she wasn't a little baby anymore, and people knew she was hard to control, so they gradually stopped refusing to feed her.

When her mother's incident happened, she faced the prospect of dropping out of school.

She used the same trick back then. Every night, she would take a loudspeaker and come to the ancestral hall to cry for her ancestors and great-grandfather.

Whenever she caused a scene, her tuition fees would be placed on the offering table the next day.

She's a person who believes in rules, but she only follows her own rules.

Whenever someone wrongs her, no matter how much the whole world tells her what she should do, she remains deaf to it and continues to rebel.

In order to live a good life, she doesn't even observe filial piety towards her own mother, let alone these ancestors who have been dead for who knows how many years.

She cares more about practical benefits than those abstract things.

In her view, the reason she was hungry, had no food or clothing, and couldn't afford tuition was because her ancestors hadn't properly raised their children, and her children hadn't taught the next generation well, which ultimately led to her miserable life.

It doesn't matter if her grandparents don't treat her well; it's not unreasonable to share a bite of the offerings from her great-grandparents.

She even understood that they had passed away long ago and couldn't deliver food to her, so she came to pick it up herself.

Honestly, if she had a choice before being reincarnated, she would never have chosen such a family for herself, even if it meant death.

It's not like she insisted on being born, yet she has the nerve to blame her in the end.

Many people often tell her, "I wish you were a boy."

That really upset her.

The ancestral hall is surrounded by very high walls. Inside, apart from the ancestral tablets, there is nothing of value. On ordinary days, apart from the clansmen responsible for managing the ancestral hall who come to sweep, clean, and burn incense to ensure that the incense is kept burning continuously, almost no one else comes.

She climbed up the phoenix tree like a monkey.

This tree was planted with great care; its location was carefully chosen to align with feng shui principles.

Climb up, follow the horizontal branches, and with a light jump, you can reach the wall. Walk along the wall for a while, and you'll find yourself on another wall.

There is a certain distance between the house and the wall. By bracing your hands and feet against the walls on both sides, you can land smoothly.

Although I hadn't done this for several years, I picked it up again and it was still as smooth as ever.

Gu Lanxi quickly entered the ancestral hall.

During the day, others might not have heard clearly, but she had been practicing martial arts for many years and was naturally sharp-witted and had a good memory. She remembered her scumbag father's voice and guessed that he was also in the ancestral hall during the day.

The scumbag father didn't even care when his own parents passed away. He left for many years and lived a good life for several years with his mistress and her two children, spending the money her mother earned. If she hadn't gone bankrupt later and become a movie star, he probably wouldn't have remembered her.

Two years ago, Gu Weihao actually approached her twice. Each time, she would invite him to a teahouse that Mrs. Lu had invested in with a smile, and then beat him up as soon as he entered.

Every punch landed squarely, the pain was unbearable, but when I went to get my injuries checked, they couldn't find anything wrong.

Forget about getting money to make a comeback, he didn't even get a penny for medical expenses.

He did want to record the conversation to threaten her, but Gu Lanxi was incredibly meticulous in her thinking.

After beating someone up, they would strip off his clothes and shoes and take them away, leaving him alone in his shorts, snot streaming down his face.

Even the cell phones were lost after several attempts to contact Gu Lanxi.

After taking it out, I pried the card out, broke it into pieces, and threw it into the trash can.

Now that she's getting married, she's come back. You can probably guess why she's doing this just by moving your toes.

The betrothal gifts and dowry alone are worth hundreds of millions; it would be strange if they didn't want a share.

She was adopted by her family after filing a lawsuit against Gu Weihao for abandoning her. Although he was her biological father, she had only seen him a few times since she was a child. Her child support was paid from her mother's card on time. Legally speaking, she had no obligation to support Gu Weihao.

Getting money from her is absolutely impossible!

Normally, Gu Lanxi would have pretended not to know, but with her wedding fast approaching, she couldn't tolerate even the slightest mishap and had to see him to resolve the matter properly. (End of Chapter)