Female supremacy: leading the whole family to change their family

When the wife of the family heard that a scholar from another place was coming to stay and was even offered so much money, she of course welcomed him.

They, the common people, have almost no way to make money. They all do odd jobs or hunt in the mountains and sell to restaurants and hotels in the town.

However, there are not many hunters in their village, and they don't have any special skills. They can only earn one or two taels a year at most.

These villagers were relatively wealthy. The family where Gu Yao stayed was relatively poor. After all, the head of the family did not know how to hunt and could only farm or find some work in the town or county.

Gu Yao saw that although this family was a little poor, the house was very clean.

Moreover, the head of the family had a righteous look and a clear gaze, which made her feel at ease.

As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. She doesn't look down on poor people, but she just wants to be more vigilant when going out.

I have read some vernacular novels or heard some stories before, in which there are many cases where businessmen or scholars were cheated by ordinary villagers, so we must be vigilant.

The food this family cooks is quite delicious. Although the dishes are a little bland, Gu Yao knows that these are the best they can do just by looking at them.

Afterwards, Gu Yao chatted with the wife of the family about the usual harvest and some interesting things that happened in the village.

"I didn't expect that my wife is actually a juren. There are no educated people in our village. The most promising one is the daughter of the village chief. She works as a waitress in a restaurant in the county town. She also studied for two days, so she found this job."

The wife of this family envied those who could read, but unfortunately her family didn't have much money and she had no talent, so she thought about finding some work to do and sending her daughter to school.

Gu Yao looked at the children at the door, waved to call them over, and gave each of them a few candies.

"Take it and eat it. It will sweeten your mouth."

The wife immediately refused: "My dear, this is not possible. This candy is very expensive. It is better not to give it to them."

Gu Yao shook her head and smiled: "This is a gift for them, and I still have a lot of candy, give them some."

Looking at the nervous look in her eyes, you can tell that she is very frightened.

But it is true that sugar is very expensive. One or two ounces of sugar cost several hundred yuan, so many families can hardly afford sugar.

The wife was really moved when she saw Gu Yao like this.

This is candy, and her child has never eaten it since birth.

She didn't have any either, but she didn't expect that the wife of the scholar would be so generous and give two pills to each of her children, enough to eat for several days.

Then she asked her husband to kill an old hen and make some chicken soup for the wife of the scholar.

After all, they gave a lot of money when they first came, and even gave her child a candy, so killing an old hen was reasonable.

Gu Yao and her friends stayed in this village for two nights. After all, they had eaten up their food bit by bit and needed to replenish their food.

She bought all these things in this village. The village chief was very happy and excited when he heard that she was willing to buy their village's specialties.

These villagers cannot sell their goods on normal days, and most of them can only earn a little money for their households during the New Year and other festivals.

But it wasn't much, and being able to earn a few cents was already very good. A good big customer finally came, and the village chief was organizing the villagers to sell all the unwanted things in their homes to this lady of a scholar.

What's more, the price Gu Yao offered was very fair, even a little more. The pocket money earned could allow the villagers to have a good New Year.

After buying all the things, Gu Yao and her companions left. The villagers came to see her off, especially the village chief, who hoped that they would come more often.

The village chief had a chat with Gu Yao before and knew that this lady from the imperial examination would not come again. She was just studying abroad and would probably go home soon, which was a pity.

Gu Yao and her group were walking on the road and it was quite safe.

There were no bandits along the way. When he arrived at the next city, Gu Yao even went to the city’s provincial school to study for half a month.

As time goes by, they have to go back. After all, they have been studying outside for three months. If they still don’t go back, their family members will probably urge them.

Fortunately, she would write letters to her family along the way, and even send some local specialties to let her family know that she was safe.

By the end of May, Gu Yao planned to go back.

After all, she has already visited two or three cities and has accumulated some experience.

After returning, she planned to sort out what she had seen and heard along the way.

The South is indeed much better than their Meicheng. Not only is it prosperous, but its literary style is also one of the best.

Her achievements as a juren are not good enough in southern cities.

Fortunately, she had stayed in a provincial school for some time before.

It also made her foundation more solid.

If she were to take the imperial examination now, her ranking would probably improve.

This also made her a little more confident about the spring examination three years later, and she thought that she must do well in this spring examination.

At least she could make the list, which would not be a waste of her efforts to pass the exams one after another.

Along the way, she also received letters from Wang Yang and others. She did pass the exam, but ranked among the last few. Qian Xiumin passed, ranking over 100th, while Huang Xiaoyan failed, which was really a pity.

I also learned from Wang Yang that Huang Xiaoyan was so cold in the middle of the exam that she couldn't stand the cold and fainted. She will have to wait three years before taking the exam again.

Huang Xiaoyan is well educated and she ranked well in the imperial examination last year. Unexpectedly, she had such bad luck in the spring examination and failed.

She knew that Qian Xiumin and Wang Yang were very surprised after they passed the exam, and she even bought Jin Qiao's gifts and sent them to Wang Yang and the others.

They should be considered as Jinshi. During the palace examination, they became Tongjinshi. Qian Xiumin ranked fifteenth in the second class, which can be regarded as a young talent.

Later, Wang Yang wrote her another letter saying that she planned to become a county magistrate.

After all, even if a fellow Jinshi entered the imperial court, he would not become a high-ranking official.

It would be better for him to become a county magistrate, where he could make some political achievements and then slowly climb up the ladder.

A fellow Jinshi like a wife is not respected in the court. Unless you have made outstanding achievements in the local area, you can climb up. Even if you climb up, others will look down on you because of your status as a fellow Jinshi.

Fortunately, in the imperial court, being a Jinshi was nothing, but for ordinary people like them, it was out of reach.

Gu Xiaoshu looked at her happy expression and said with a smile: "Madam, why are you so happy? Is it because we are going back soon?"

"On the one hand, it's because I'm going home, and on the other hand, Sister Wang and her friends passed the imperial examination and are now serving as officials. I'm happy just thinking about it."

But unfortunately, even if Wang Yang becomes an official, he can only serve in other places and it is impossible for him to return to his hometown. This is also to restrict him from doing whatever he wants in his hometown.