Female supremacy: leading the whole family to change their family

Chapter 223: Busy at Work

Since Tang Qiu came, the Gu family has become much more enthusiastic. After all, there is one more person, and Tang Qiu is very honest. He spends every day in the school or in the yard.

Moreover, she gets along well with the Gu family, and the ladies from the Lin and Han families also have a good impression of her.

Although some people think that she is just a girl from the countryside and her uncle is just a servant, how can she be qualified to study in the Gu family.

Tang Qiu could answer the teacher's questions fluently, and those people put aside their prejudice against her.

In the imperial examination, it is still based on strength. If you don't have strength, no matter how good your family background is, others will look down on you.

Tang Qiu lived a good life in the Gu family, and the Gu family took good care of her. Moreover, her knowledge improved by leaps and bounds under Gu Tingzhe's guidance, allowing her to understand things that she did not understand before.

Tang Qiu is quite confident about the imperial examination next spring, so she is studying almost day and night, hoping to pass the examination and become a Jinshi next year.

She knew that she was the hope of the family. Their Tang family was really poor in the past, and she had also lived a hard life. If it weren't for her two uncles, she probably wouldn't even be able to afford to go to school.

Therefore, she particularly hoped to pass the imperial examination and then support her two uncles.

Gu Yao didn't take care of the affairs at home. The Ministry of Industry was still very busy. Although she had her colleagues left from before, there were some things that she could only do by herself.

She is now a fourth-rank official, and is planning to be promoted to the next level. After all, she already has a granddaughter. If she doesn't get promoted to the next level, she will always be at the fourth-rank.

Moreover, she has made many contributions to the Ministry of Public Works, especially her contribution to the renovation of the late empress dowager's mausoleum.

Although she became a little lonely later because of mourning, fortunately, Minister Song still valued her very much.

She thought that food was the most important thing for people, and in ancient times land was the most important thing, otherwise why would there be scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.

She wants to make more good tools for the local people, so that not only will she benefit but the people can also live more easily.

She planned to make a thresher. After all, threshers are useful both in ancient times and in modern times, and at least they can free her hands.

The people have been suffering enough, if a thresher were invented it would give them some time to relax.

In this way, they can open up more wasteland. After all, the more wasteland they open up, the more food they will have. As for the common people, they will rarely go hungry in the future.

Since then, Gu Yao has been staying in the Ministry of Industry and almost never goes home until dark. She has become thinner in just these few months.

When Lin Wulang saw Gu Yao coming back, he was very worried: "My dear wife, you have been back too late recently, and you have lost weight. Are you too busy with the affairs of the court? Why don't you take a rest?"

Gu Yao waved her hands and said weakly: "I am planning to make this matter go smoothly, and then see if I can get promoted. After all, I have been in this fourth rank for several years, and it is indeed time to get promoted. In this way, the reputation of our Gu family will also rise."

When Lin Wulang heard this, he was delighted. He didn't expect that his wife was so ambitious.

Just thinking of how tired she was recently, he added: "No matter how much you want to be promoted, you have to take care of your health. You are the pillar of our family. Look how much you have lost weight. Fortunately, I asked the kitchen to stew some soup. You can drink a few more bowls later. You must be hungry too. The food has been prepared."

Lin Wulang pulled Gu Yao to the dining area and sat down. He served her a bowl of rice and added some vegetables.

He had seen Gu Yao always come back very late, and he would ask the kitchen to prepare meals for her.

Gu Yao sighed while eating the hot meal, "It's still better to be at home. Although the food at the Ministry of Industry is also good, sometimes I am too busy and forget to eat. By the time I eat, the food is already cold."

Lin Wulang felt distressed: "I don't know when I will be done with my work. After that, you can eat on time. It was better in the past. It was more leisurely and people were not in a hurry."

"It can't be helped. There are a lot of things to do in the Ministry of Industry right now, so I'm always busy. But it won't be busy after a while."

Lin Wulang didn't understand the affairs of the court, but he knew that this was a big deal, and he could only take good care of her in life.

Lin Wulang took very good care of her, so even though Gu Yao was tired, she was back to her former health.

What's more, he even sent servants to bring food to Gu Yao, and the amount was quite large.

After all, he thought that there were so many people around Gu Yao, and it would be inappropriate to send food only to her, so sometimes he would also send some cakes or pastries, or some soups, so that Gu Yao could give the food she couldn't finish to her colleagues.

These colleagues treated Gu Yao better and better as they ate her food, and several of them even had better and better relationships with him.

Although she had worked in the Ministry of Industry for several years and had a few friends, she was in mourning for three years.

Therefore, many new people came to the Ministry of Works. Some of the old employees were demoted or dismissed because of their previous mistakes.

Gu Yao didn't care about this situation. After all, she was working and she still wanted to have some people she could talk to.

Working in the court was different from working now. If you are not careful at work here, or don’t make a few friends, when you are in trouble, few people will be willing to listen to you.

What's more, there are so many children in her family who are about to get married, and she doesn't want her children to be unable to find a partner to marry.

"Master Gu, are you going to stay up so late today? You'd better go back early, or your body won't be able to bear it when the time comes."

Gu Yao looked at her colleague Lord Jiang and said, "I'm almost done with this, and I'll have some free time by then. If I don't do it now, it will accumulate later."

Lord Jiang sighed: "You are really dedicated to your work. Fortunately, you have so many people under you. Please finish it quickly. I don't know why there are so many things to do in the Ministry of Works recently. I haven't been on duty for several days like before. My husband always complains that I don't have time to accompany him."

Lord Jiang is an official from Jiangnan, and she has also stayed in the capital for a long time. Although she looks older, she has actually stayed in the Ministry of Works for a long time.

However, they are on the same level, and she and Gu Yao can talk to each other. They live next door to each other, so Gu Yao sometimes talks to her.

Lord Jiang used to think that Gu Yao was very proud, after all, she could be quite aloof sometimes.

But after being together for a long time, I felt that she was a pretty good colleague. Sometimes I would help her with small things during holidays, so they became familiar with each other after a few interactions.

When she is not busy, Gu Yao will go out with her to have a drink and listen to music. This is also why so many people want to be officials in the capital. After all, it is quite comfortable.

Now that Gu Yao has been an official in the capital for a long time, she doesn't want to be sent away.

After all, she has stayed in Shicheng for so many years and has long since had enough. Fortunately, she has now established a firm foothold in the Ministry of Industry. Even if she wants to be transferred out, Minister Song probably won't be willing to let her go.