Dad Keeps Hustling, and Even the Goose Gets a Noble Title

Synopsis: When Tang Li was eight years old, she awakened memories of her previous life and discovered that her entire family was destined to be cannon fodder in a novel. Her second uncle, Tang Zheng, was the male protagonist of an imperial-examination story. Diligent, studious, and extraordinarily intelligent, he would become the youngest person in the Great Jin dynasty to achieve the coveted distinction of placing first in all three stages of the examinations, four years from now. He would marry a commandery princess and rise to unparalleled prominence, even earning a page of his own in the family genealogy. Her father, Tang Xun, on the other hand, was his second uncle’s foil: lazy, gluttonous, and utterly unmotivated. All his intelligence went into figuring out how to wheedle spending money out of Grandma. In the end, he would squander the family fortune, and the entire family would be driven from their home and reduced to begging in the streets, watching as Second Uncle returned home in glory with his princess wife. Then, out of nowhere, Tang Li received the Virtuous Empress Development System. The system told her that if she wanted to change her family’s fate, she had to improve herself and become the most accomplished girl for miles around—a perfect young lady worthy of being chosen by the imperial family as empress. Once she became empress, she could lead her branch of the family to wealth and glory. A perfect virtuous empress had to possess talent no lesser than that of the top scholar, with knowledge ranging from astronomy above to geography below. She also needed extraordinary culinary skills, enough to win over anyone’s heart through food. She had to master medicine, capable of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bare bones. And so on… Tang Li stared at the system’s daily study schedule—eight shichen of lessons every single day—and shuddered. Why work herself to death when she could make her parents do it instead? With a flick of her hand, Tang Li bound the system to her father. To avoid being struck by lightning, the formerly lazy and pleasure-loving Tang Xun was forced to crawl out of bed before dawn every day. He studied, learned to cook, learned medicine, and worked himself to the bone. And so, when her second uncle became a provincial graduate, Tang Li’s father used his culinary skills to win over a grassland delegation, resolving a century-old grudge between the two countries and earning himself the title of earl. When her second uncle became the top scholar, Tang Li’s father had already risen to become a prefect, leading the people under his administration in developing mulberry-dyke fish ponds and growing rich together. When her second uncle married the commandery princess, Tang Li’s father had cured the princess’s father of a chronic illness that had plagued him for years, becoming sworn brothers with him in the process. When her second uncle was painstakingly compiling books, Tang Li’s father had already made a name for himself throughout the empire by improving the spinning wheel and inventing bamboo paper. Tang Li lived in a grand four-courtyard residence and wore the beautiful dresses her father made for her. Looking around at her blissful life, she sighed with satisfaction. “As long as my parents work hard enough, they can make sure I win at the starting line.” — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Dad Keeps Hustling, and Even the Goose Gets a Noble Title — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠