Gu Xingzhao practically rushed into the TV, flying to ancient times at the fastest speed, afraid that her golden locket would be gone. After all, the current price of gold is over 700 yuan!

She shouted, “I’m here, I’m here!”

She had never heard the ancestor sound so excited. Looking down at the ring and the golden locket in his hand, Lu Qing thought to himself, it seems that the ancestor really likes these things.

Gu Xingzhao unhesitatingly accepted the consultation fee—the heavy golden locket, which made her happy just looking at it.

She sized up Du Hangwu but couldn’t see anything wrong with him. He looked healthy, with a good complexion and spirits. Could it be that he wanted her to treat some male-related issue?

It’s hard for ancient people to talk about such private matters, but no worries—she had the system! Nothing was beyond her reach.

Gu Xingzhao immediately had the system conduct a full-body scan on Du Hangwu.

[Initiating medical scan…]

[Patient: Du Hangwu. Normal body temperature, no visible external injuries. Performing a deeper scan.]

[Diagnosis: The patient has suffered from chronic constipation for years, accompanied by bleeding and severe hemorrhoids.]

[Treatment suggestion: Warm water sitz baths and applying ointment to the affected area to reduce swelling and pain.]

Gu Xingzhao looked at Du Hangwu with sympathy. It turned out he had hemorrhoids. This must have been tough to treat in ancient times. It seems even ancient people couldn’t escape the curse of “nine out of ten men have hemorrhoids.”

She immediately spent money in the system mall to exchange for the ointment and handed it to Lu Qing. “Tell him to unscrew this and apply it to the affected area every morning and evening. One tube per use. This box should last him half a month. We’ll check the situation again after that.”

Lu Qing, listening to all this, didn’t quite understand what kind of illness Du Hangwu had, but he passed on the message verbatim: “Unscrew this and apply it to the affected area every morning and evening. One tube per use. This box should last you half a month. We’ll check the situation again after that.”

Du Hangwu was stunned. He hadn’t even mentioned what he needed treatment for, and the Lu family’s deity had already prepared the medicine?!

Could there have been some misunderstanding?

He took the ointment, unscrewed the cap, and found an ointment inside, in a tube he’d never seen before, with a sharp tip.

Du Hangwu suddenly realized what Lu Qing meant by “apply to the affected area.” His face flushed red with embarrassment, and he quickly put the cap back on. “Thank you, Elder Lu!”

Seeing Du Hangwu’s strange reaction, Lu Qing was curious and couldn’t help but ask the ancestor, “Ancestor, what illness does Du Hangwu have?”

Gu Xingzhao coughed twice, weighed the golden locket in her hand, and decided to give Du Hangwu some privacy. “It’s nothing serious, just something uncomfortable.”

She hoped the hemorrhoid ointment from the system mall would help Du Hangwu.

Lu Qing was puzzled. The ancestor’s vague answer seemed to indicate that Du Hangwu’s issue wasn’t something to be openly discussed.

He didn’t press further.

Gu Xingzhao took the opportunity to ask Lu Qing, “Lu Qing, is there a grand nighttime event coming up? Something lively?”

Lu Qing thought for a moment and replied, “Ancestor, are you referring to the Lantern Festival?”

In the capital, every Lantern Festival, there would be lantern shows, street performances, and parades by various merchant guilds, each competing to have the most splendid float and be named the top guild. It was a very lively event.

Gu Xingzhao’s eyes lit up. This was perfect—fireworks for the Lantern Festival! Plus, with the merchants competing, it was the perfect time to introduce fireworks.

However, since she couldn’t physically be there in ancient times, she needed someone to help her reach out to these merchants and sell the fireworks to earn some gold and silver that didn’t require any offerings to repair the system.

After thinking for a while, she set her sights on Liu Xiangbo’s wife. Maybe she could give it a try.

With this in mind, she returned to the modern world, printed out images of various fireworks, and quickly headed to the Liu residence.

In the courtyard, a little girl was playing while Mra. Liu was inside doing some needlework.

The money from her family had long been spent on her daughter’s medical treatments, and to make ends meet, she could only pick herbs for sale and do some needlework to sell.

Gu Xingzhao pulled out pen and paper but then realized that communicating through letters would be too complicated. She frowned and asked, “System, is there any way I can talk to her directly?”

[To answer the host, you can exchange for a voice transmitter.]

The system mall displayed the voice transmitter, which looked like two disposable cups connected by a string, priced at 99 offering points or 19,999 yuan in modern currency.

Gu Xingzhao naturally chose to pay with modern currency. Right now, offering points were what she lacked the most.

With a wave of her hand, she bought the voice transmitter and sent it to the table in front of Mrs Liu.

Speaking into the transmitter, she called out, “Mrs Liu.”

Suddenly hearing someone call her, Mrs Liu looked around, but there was no one in the courtyard. Was she hearing things?

It was then that she noticed an unfamiliar object on the table, something that looked like a cup. She leaned in to take a closer look, just about to ask her daughter where it came from, when the voice spoke again.

“Liu Furen, can you hear me?”

Startled, Mrs Liu jumped back and fell off her chair, thinking the house was haunted!

Gu Xingzhao hadn’t expected to scare her like this and felt a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat and said, “Don’t be afraid. I am the Lu family deity. Do you remember?”

Initially terrified, Mra Liu calmed down when she heard the voice identify as the Lu family deity. Her expression became respectful. “Forgive me, divine one. I, He Zhen, was disrespectful.”

Gu Xingzhao got straight to the point. “He Zhen, I have something I wish to entrust to you for sale. If successful, you could earn a substantial amount, enough to provide for your husband and daughter. Would you be willing to give it a try?”

He Zhen hesitated for a moment. Selling something for the deity? She couldn’t refuse, but she couldn’t help but wonder how much money this could bring in—enough to reunite her family?

Carefully, she asked, “May I ask, divine one, how much can be earned?”

Gu Xingzhao stroked her chin. She wasn’t sure exactly, but she had a hunch it would be significant if it succeeded.

“It should be quite a bit.”

He Zhen didn’t hesitate for long. She immediately knelt down and agreed, “I am willing to try and serve the divine one!”

Pleased, Gu Xingzhao sent her the prepared images. “This item is called fireworks. You can ignite it at night, and it will light up the sky beautifully.”

Looking at the pictures of fireworks, with colorful blooms lighting up the night sky, He Zhen couldn’t take her eyes off them. Could there really be such large, glowing flowers in the night sky?

She had her doubts, but the deity’s words couldn’t be false. “May I ask where the divine one wishes to sell these and at what price?”

Although He Zhen had some ideas, she felt it was not her place to speculate before the deity.

Gu Xingzhao smiled and said, “I’ve heard that during the Lantern Festival, merchant guilds in the capital parade with floats, competing for the title of the top guild. These fireworks are spectacular and could help them win. You should approach a guild and offer to provide the fireworks for free. See if any of them are willing to set them off during the festival.”

“Since the fireworks are loud and will light up half the sky, they must not be set off before the Lantern Festival. Do you understand?”

The plan to make money begins!