Female supremacy: leading the whole family to change their family

In this era, common women could marry three husbands, but those who had achieved fame or were officials could marry not only three, but countless men.

It can be said that the status of scholars is very high, so this is why so many women want to study and want to pass the imperial examinations. After all, once they have achieved fame, they can really become the masters of their own destiny.

Ever since Gu's father heard that Gu Yao was willing to get married, he had already found a matchmaker to find a husband for Gu Yao.

Although the Gu family is too poor, at least she is an educated woman. Some men from poor families are still willing to marry her, but some men from well-off families are unwilling to do so because they don't want to suffer.

They also want to marry into a wealthy family. Although they may not be able to marry into a scholarly family, at least if they marry a businessman they will have money and live a rich life.

Even if she can't marry a rich man, she can still avoid getting humiliated if she marries someone of equal social status, so the matchmaker has a difficult job this time.

Father Gu was a little sad to hear the news, after all, their family was indeed poor.

She looked at the matchmaker and said, "Uncle Zhang, I really have to trouble you with my A-Yao's affairs. Don't worry, as long as the betrothal gift is not excessive, our Gu family is willing to pay. After all, you know that A-Yao will be sixteen soon and we can't wait any longer.

Although there were forced marriages in the government during this era, as long as you married a husband before the age of sixteen, there was no need to force a second or third marriage.

You just have to marry at least three. If it’s less than three, you have to pay a fine, so Father Gu is so anxious.

However, although no one was willing to marry into the Gu family, under the persuasion of the matchmaker, the second branch of the Lin family in the neighboring village was willing to do so.

After all, they had heard that the elders of the Gu family were not bad. Although they were a little poor, the daughter of the Gu family was a scholar after all. And they heard that the Gu family was much better now, and even the betrothal money was not bad. That meant that life was still okay.

Their son is already fifteen years old. If he doesn't get married, he will be forcibly assigned to a new place.

Although they also wanted to get more betrothal gifts, they were still treating their son well after all. They would not embezzle all of his betrothal gifts and would give him half of it to take away, so they were still willing to do so for the Gu family.

Father Gu was very happy to hear the news. He had an impression of the Lin family's children. They were all very hardworking. Although the second branch was a little poor, at least they were willing to marry his daughter.

I told Mother Gu the news, and she slapped her thigh when she heard it: "Since you are willing, let the matchmaker quickly decide it. Let's get married now while A Yao hasn't taken the imperial examination yet, so that we can have grandchildren."

Father Gu was also very happy, but frowned and said, "Master, what about A-Yao's second and third husbands? They haven't been found yet."

Mother Gu thought: "What's the big deal? As long as we marry the eldest doctor, we don't have to worry about not being able to marry the other two. We just need to marry the boy from the Lin family."

When Gu Yao had almost finished sorting the crabs, she heard her mother say that she had already found a fiancé and they would get married in the early spring of next year.

Gu Yao was speechless. She didn't expect her father to act so quickly. He had already found someone right after he agreed. But she had no choice but to accept it. Thinking that there would be one more person in the family after the wedding, she had to make money quickly so that the family would not be too small to accommodate her.

Her two younger brothers are already grown up and need their own rooms. Her father also has three husbands. If they don't build a house, the four of them will have to squeeze into one room. How embarrassing that would be.

Mother Gu looked at the crabs with some worry: "Ayao, you prepared so many crabs. What if they are not enough and no one buys them? It will be a waste of money."

"Don't worry, your daughter will definitely be able to sell it. It just so happens that I won't go to the private school until after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I'll sell it and try to make some money before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Gu's mother knew nothing about doing business, and she didn't dare to sell, so she had to help Gu Yao. They rode a ox cart to the town to set up a stall.

The people in the village didn't know what they were going to do and thought they were going to buy Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. They just thought that the Gu family didn't have much money. Although they knew that Gu Yao was working as a temporary accountant and had some money, it was impossible for him to become rich suddenly. At most, he could have enough food to eat and clothes to wear.

The reason why no one was willing to marry Gu Yao before was that they were afraid of suffering, and even Gu Yao's family had debts.

After setting up the stall, Gu Yao started to shout as she watched people coming and going. She also offered free food to passers-by.

"Selling crabs, selling crabs, fresh hairy crabs, eat them with good wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they are very delicious. Don't miss it if you pass by, you can also taste it for free, if it doesn't taste good, you don't have to buy it."

Gu's mother was a little embarrassed by Gu Yao's loud shouting, so she had to say that she was waiting for customers to come. She was still quite worried, after all, these hairy crabs cost a lot of oil, salt and seasonings, and it made her feel so distressed.

The passers-by's calls for Gu Yao were also quite attractive, not to mention that these were crabs, which only rich people would eat in restaurants.

Crabs are too expensive and they can't afford to eat them, but now some people are buying them on the street.

Passersby on the street are quite excited to see these crabs, not to mention that they can taste them for free.

Then an old lady passing by looked at the crabs and said, "It's really free to taste. If they don't taste good, can you just not buy them?"

Seeing that someone had finally come, Gu Yao smiled happily and said, "Of course, this is crab after all. If I force you to buy it without eating it properly, wouldn't it ruin my reputation? Come and taste it, my hairy crabs are pretty delicious."

Although the town is a little poor, at least they still want to taste the food. What's more, the old man is also a glutton and his family has a little money, so he is willing to taste the food.

After eating a small piece, the old woman's eyes lit up: "This crab is really delicious. I didn't expect you to have such cooking skills."

"I just did it blindly, thinking of making some money during the Mid-Autumn Festival. If customers like it, they can buy some for home and drink it with some wine. It's delicious. And I use real ingredients, not fake at all."

The old woman was also a picky eater, so she knew that this was the real deal and smiled, "Give me a few, how much is each?"

Gu Yao suppressed her excitement and smiled: "Guest, my crabs are naturally not as good as those in the restaurant, so they are twenty cents each. Today you are the first one to buy my crabs, you can buy more, and I will give you two more, how about that."

Twenty cents for crabs is really not expensive. After all, a hairy crab costs fifty cents in a restaurant, and if you go to a bigger city, a crab may even weigh one or two catties, so her twenty cents is already very cheap.

She also wants to make money and can’t give others food for free, so she is willing to be a profiteer in order to make money for herself.