Raising a Daughter and Preparing Her for the Imperial Exams After Going into Business

My next two upcoming stories are I Can't Believe I Became a Tong Jinshi and I'm the Bandit Stronghold's Boss. I hope you'll add them to your favorites and show your support. Story description: Dual female leads. Zhao Xi accidentally transmigrates into the body of a rural widow. Looking at her hungry, crying daughter, she could only weep in despair. Her husband had just died, and already her in-laws were exploiting and cursing her. Enough was enough! She had to get away from those awful people. After escaping them, Zhao Xi stood on the shoulders of giants, opened shops and went into business, becoming a famous wealthy woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty. What? Her daughter has a photographic memory and is a genius? Then she absolutely can't let this genius go to waste! Years later, Zhao Xi looked at the women's academy, the vocational academies, the businesses spread throughout the Great Zhou, and her daughter, a top-ranking scholar, smiling as she called her Mother. She nodded. "Not bad." A little scene: Zhao Jiachen seemed like a star of literature incarnate, coming in first in every exam she took. The students at the academy had all accepted without expression that the new girl would be top of the class. Onlooker 1: Sister Zhao is amazing. She's a role model for us all. Onlooker 2: This is how a great woman should be. Villainous onlooker 3: Did she cheat or something? (Crawls in a twisted fashion.) Villainous onlooker 4: Heh******* (Suddenly goes berserk) **** (screams) He Yi: My idol is so cool. Content warnings: 1. The mother has no romance, while the daughter does. The daughter's love interest is He Yi. She has the upper hand in all their interactions. He Yi is a young marquis, but he deeply admires and looks up to her. In the end, he will marry into her family. Their pairing: a bright star with the whole world in her heart x a man with a bright star in his heart. 2. The daughter and her love interest are both each other's first and only partners. 3. Place names, culture, systems, and so on in the story are all made up to serve the plot. Please don't scrutinize them for accuracy. Entry for the coming-of-age and comeback writing contest, "Swim Against the Current, Leap Over the Dragon Gate": Through their own efforts, the two female leads go from rural backgrounds to business and the imperial examinations, becoming a famous merchant and the Great Zhou Dynasty's first female top-ranking scholar. One brings prosperity to her region through business, while the other protects the people of the world as an official. [NEXT] [STORY] [COMING] [SOON] [PLEASE] [ADD] [IT] [TO] [YOUR] [FAVORITES] I Can't Believe I Became a Tong Jinshi (Current progress: The outline is complete, and the full story is being written in advance. It will be published once the whole thing is finished. As always, there will be no breaks or missed updates. Please add it to your favorites to encourage the author!) Characters: Lou Shu, an optimistic and cheerful Tong Jinshi x an easily upset, sensitive child abandoned by a powerful family (female lead's perspective; male lead has a supporting role) Description: Beyond the mountains lives a woman named Lou Shu. She studied hard from childhood, determined to become the Great Zhou Dynasty's second great chancellor. After more than ten years of studying by the cold lamp, she gets... "What? I became a Tong Jinshi?" She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. It's fine. This place is full of talented people... Your Honor, please uphold justice for us! It's fine. This place is blessed by nature... Oh, it looks like there'll be another drought this year. "Someone come quickly! County Magistrate Lou has fainted," a kind soul says. A little scene: "Little Shu Lou, go pray for rain tomorrow," Grandma Zhao says, full of worry. Her granddaughter had finally managed to become a county magistrate, only to run into a drought. What was she supposed to do? Lou Shu furrows her brow. "It's not like I can make it rain just by praying for it." Madam Mi takes Lou Shu's hand. "Why don't we resign and go home? Then the whole family can stay together." Being an official means living in constant fear and anxiety. Content warnings: 1. One-on-one romance, both are each other's first and only partners. The male lead appears very late. 2. The female lead isn't particularly powerful and basically has no golden finger. 3. The story is roughly divided into two parts: the imperial examinations in the first half, and government service in the second. 4. Place names, culture, systems, and so on in the story are all made up to serve the plot. Please don't scrutinize them for accuracy. Theme: Even in another world, we should help each other and grow together