The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

Gu Huaiyi saw his daughter's confused look and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Yin glanced at him, not sure whether what she thought was true, so she called Zhenzhu to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote the four famous quotes on the prepared paper.

At first, Gu Huaiyi wondered what his daughter was up to. However, when he saw her write those words word by word with his own eyes, he suddenly felt a current spreading from the top of his head, his scalp went numb, and a majestic aura filled his chest.

“This, this…” Gu Huaiyi stuttered and couldn’t find his own voice.

Gu Chenjun leaned over and read the words on it: "Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the lost knowledge of the past sages, and bring peace to the world for all eternity."

"What does this mean?" Gu Chenjun looked at his father, then at his sister, scratching his head in confusion.

Gu Huaiyi's passion was instantly washed away by half. He slapped his head in frustration and muttered, "What do you mean? What do you mean? How dare you ask what it means?"

"You can't even understand such a broad-minded sentence. I think you read so many books that you don't understand at all!"

Gu Chenjun weakly defended himself, "You've already talked about the big picture, so it's normal for a kid like me not to understand, right?"

Gu Huaiyi was too lazy to pay attention to him, but turned to look at his daughter, his voice full of caution, "Yin'er, did you write this?"

"Dad, you overestimate your daughter. How can I reach such a high level?" Gu Yin shook her head and explained, "This was written by a great scholar named Zhang Zai, known as the 'Four Sentences'."

"Zhang Zai... the four-for sentence... such a sentence with the world in mind, why have I never heard of it?"

If such a sentence existed in the world, it would definitely cause an uproar.

Gu Yin couldn't say that she learned it in the future, so she just wanted to gloss over it, "Ah, I don't know why I know this, Daddy, please don't worry about it. Do you think this 'Four Sentences' can bring Gongsun Sheng out of seclusion?"

"It should be fine. I'll send someone to deliver it!" Gu Huaiyi finally paid attention to the words themselves. "This calligraphy..."

"Hahaha, Dad, my calligraphy is pretty good, right? It's very quick!" Gu Yin has been practicing calligraphy, from the sloppy handwriting in the beginning to the neat and tidy one now, and she is very satisfied with it.

Gu Huaiyi immediately swallowed the rest of his words. Never mind. As long as the content was good enough, calligraphy was not that important.

When Gongsun Sheng, who was far away in the villa, received the envelope handed over by his followers, he waved his hands helplessly and said, "Leave it there."

"Won't you take a look, Master?"

"I received so many letters, and they were all similar. They were all for their families, for the people, for the court, for fame and for money."

It’s not that these goals are bad, but these are not the answers he wants to see.

He didn't know what specific answer he wanted, but it was precisely because of this sudden confusion that he expressed such emotion at the beginning, and also led to him receiving letters from scholars from all over the world later.

The attendant remembered what the concierge had specifically told him, so he said something extra, "I heard that this was sent by the magistrate of Ning County."

Gongsun Sheng remained indifferent, so his followers had to put the letter on the table and tactfully stopped disturbing him.

Gongsun Sheng read the book for a while, and when he felt tired, he went to the reservoir to fish.

The letter remained forgotten on the table until three days later when Gongsun Sheng accidentally saw it and remembered it.

He opened the envelope calmly, as he had done this hundreds of times.

However, just as he casually glanced at the contents of the letter, he suddenly paused and read it again word by word in disbelief.

It took Gongsun Sheng a long while to come back to his senses from the shock. He quickly picked up the envelope to check if there was any other paper inside. However, there was nothing. Apart from the signature on the cover of the envelope, no other information could be seen.

"Acheng, come in quickly!" Gongsun Sheng called to his followers with full energy.

"Master, what's the matter?" Ah Cheng asked respectfully.

Gongsun Sheng pointed at the envelope and asked, "Did the person who sent this letter say anything?"

"This letter was sent by the magistrate of Ning County, saying that they want to invite you to come out of retirement and serve as the dean of their college." Acheng said.

"Ning County Magistrate?" Gongsun Sheng took a look at the cover and the words on the content and asked, "Can anyone tell me who wrote this?"

Ah Cheng shook his head, "No."

"Let's prepare the things to go to Ning County." Gongsun Sheng never drags his feet when doing things.

"Okay! Do we need to write a letter to inform the county magistrate?"

"No need! Let's go take a look first." After saying that, Gongsun Sheng looked at the calligraphy with disdain. He really couldn't understand how a person who could write such grand and ambitious sentences could have such childish calligraphy!

The instigator of all this was thinking about her iron plate tofu and was looking for the blacksmith Niu Dachui to discuss making the iron plate.

"County Princess, did I hear you right? You really want to make a square shallow pot?" Niu Dachui still couldn't believe it. He had made many round pots of different sizes, but this was the first time he heard of a square one.

Gu Yin nodded firmly, "You've asked this three times. I heard it right. You want a square frying pan."

"Or if you want to challenge yourself and increase the strength, you can make it into a round frying pan. But if that's the case, I won't want just one or two," Gu Yin added.

"Then it's better to have a square one!" Niu Dachui said quickly.

The square one just has an iron plate underneath and is surrounded by it. It is much simpler than the round one. He is busy now and doesn't want to add too much burden to himself.

"That's fine." Having achieved her goal, Gu Yin said happily, "Remember what I said, the thickness of the iron plate below must be uniform, and also, try to make it thinner."

Niu Dachui nodded and agreed one by one, but finally couldn't help but asked curiously, "County Master, why are you making such a strange pot?"

"A pot! Of course it's for frying things."

"A pot that is two feet long and one foot wide... used to cook?" Niu Dachui expressed his confusion.

"This is for a special purpose. It won't be this big for ordinary household use." Gu Yin explained, and then urged earnestly, "You really don't want to consider making a round frying pan?"

Gu Yin gestured as she spoke, "It doesn't have to be too big, just over twenty inches will do. Leave a pointed iron rod at the end, and then embed it into the solid wood to make a handle."

"It's so convenient to use a frying pan like this for frying things."

Niu Dachui stopped refutation and thought carefully for a while before saying, "What the county lady said makes sense. Maybe I can give it a try after I finish the work at hand."

"Okay! When you finish it, be sure to inform me as soon as possible!" Gu Yin said happily.

"Don't worry, County Lord!"

Gu Yin left the blacksmith shop contentedly. After thinking for a while, she felt that there seemed to be nothing urgent for her to do, so she planned to go to the school where the children were temporarily studying.

Unexpectedly, I saw an unexpected person as soon as I entered the school.