"Mom, what can I do in the future?" Faced with a confusing problem, Xiao Ling finally turned to her mother for help.

But she avoided her brother and younger brother, and also avoided Xiao Wu.

Looking at her daughter who had grown taller, Qian Chunhua held her on her knees. "Are you feeling confused about the future?"

Xiao Ling nodded and told her mother about her confusion. "Master Guo said that we cannot take the imperial examination."

"Has Master Guo ever told you the significance of going to school and studying?"

"Master Guo said that reading can enable us to acquire knowledge, broaden our horizons, understand the world, and thus increase our insights and improve our own quality and wisdom."

Qian Chunhua nodded and added, "Yes, reading also gives you the ability to think independently, so that you can distinguish right from wrong and not follow the crowd."

"But mom, what can I do in the future?" Zhao Xiaoling was still very confused.

I can't just study hard and then wait to get married and become a good wife and mother.

Qian Chunhua thought for a moment, "You can open your own workshop like mother and make the things you like; you can also be a doctor like sister Lu Hua and treat illnesses and save lives; you can also open your own shop and do business like aunt Nianmei. You can even write novels."

Xiao Ling was puzzled, "Why can't I be an official?"

Qian Chunhua smiled and asked, "Do you want to be an official?"

"I don't want to, I just feel uncomfortable. Why can't women be officials?" Xiao Ling was depressed for the whole day because of this.

"In fact, we don't have any female generals in the Min Dynasty, but Xiao Wu wants to be a general, so she can fight for it. Maybe she can succeed?"

Qian Chunhua encouraged her daughter to break free from the shackles of her thinking. Although this path is difficult, it is better than complaining about everything and achieving nothing.

"Yes, mother, you reminded me." Xiao Ling's eyes widened in surprise, "When Uncle Tai becomes the emperor in the future, we can give him some advice and ask him to select officials regardless of gender."

"Okay, we'll give him some advice."

Qian Chunhua has always had this idea in her mind. The population of the Min Dynasty was small from the beginning, and all the women were confined at home, which greatly reduced the effective productivity.

In the past, women were not as strong as men, so they should do more jobs that require skills and brains, and should not just stay at home to take care of children or do farm work.

The workshop in Taoyuan Township hired a lot of female workers, which broke the tradition that women could not work. Qian Chunhua planned to use the precedent of Taoyuan Township to let the prince break the tradition and make a decree that women and men could get equal pay for equal work.

The idea is very good, but Qian Chunhua knows that this road is difficult. No matter how difficult it is, he will make his own way.

"Mom, I'm going to read some books. I also want to take the imperial examination. I'm sure I'll do better than Qingfeng." Xiao Ling jumped off her mother's lap.

She just couldn't believe it. She was so smart and worked very hard, but she couldn't score lower than Qingfeng, her brother who was just studying carelessly.

"Okay, go ahead. After reading for a while, remember to rest your eyes and go to bed early." Qian Chunhua couldn't help but start nagging again.

The children's eyes were what she was most concerned about. She was afraid that they would become nearsighted before they could finish their studies.

In the Weiguo Mansion, Li Qingyun also learned the news that Zhao Yongwen passed the imperial examination from Zhao Xiaojuan.

Although Zhao Xiaojuan no longer goes to Taoyuan Township, when she saw her grandmother and aunt on the street that day, she guessed that her uncle must have taken part in the provincial examination, which was why they came to the capital.

So when the results were announced, she deliberately went to look at the list.

Although Zhao Xiaojuan was illiterate, she kept listening to the people around her reading the name. When she heard the three words "Zhao Yongwen", she confirmed it repeatedly before telling her brother the good news.