She wanted to buy some New Year's gifts for the children at Clear Breeze Temple.
--After all, other Daoist priests can at least have a home to return to during the New Year, but those young Daoist priests at Clear Breeze Temple are all poor, homeless people.
Everyone says that you should wear new clothes, set off fireworks, receive lucky money, and get New Year's gifts during the Lunar New Year. Yun Zhaozhao felt that her child should have everything that other children had.
So Yun Zhaozhao spent a long time wandering around the wholesale market, and then arranged all of these things.
Yun Zhaozhao didn't take any of these things off the bus when she got off, because she wanted to give the children a surprise. However, she did take some other things with her and then went straight to the Daoist Medical Clinic.
Yun Zhaozhao doesn't usually go to the Daoist medical clinic very often, because the clinic is usually very busy, and Daoist Qiuting doesn't really like being disturbed, so Yun Zhaozhao rarely comes unless she has something to do.
However, the Heavenly Dao Medical Clinic was unusually quiet this time. So when Daoist Qiuting saw Yun Zhaozhao arrive, he specially invited Yun Zhaozhao to have a cup of tea and sit down.
Yun Zhaozhao readily agreed.
I drank two cups of tea at the Daoist medical clinic, sat for a while, and then got up to say goodbye and leave.
After Yun Zhaozhao left, Daoist Yiyezi tidied up the tea room and discovered that Yun Zhaozhao had left behind a bag of things.
Without much thought, Daoist Yiyezi called Yun Zhaozhao directly. Yun Zhaozhao told her on the phone that this was a New Year's gift she had prepared for Daoist Yiyezi and Daoist Qiuting.
Before coming to Clear Breeze Temple, Daoist Qiuting had lost count of how many years it had been since she had received a gift. At her age, with no relatives or friends, no parents, she was considered an unfortunate person, so no one would care about her.
But after arriving at Clear Breeze Temple, he often received gifts. Sometimes it was a leaf that the children had found, sometimes it was delicious food made by Daoist Chang Kong, and sometimes it was fresh fruit that Lin Banxia had picked and brought over...
It's even better now; we've even started receiving New Year's gifts.
Daoist Qiuting slowly opened the package left by Yun Zhaozhao and found two sets of close-fitting pure cotton loungewear inside. The colors were very simple and elegant, obviously specially selected according to her style. There were also two safety buckles on the outside of the loungewear.
Daoist Qiuting held the peace amulet in his hand and slowly said, " Temple Master Yun is truly thoughtful."
Chapter 103
Although Daoist Qiuting couldn't help but praise Yun Zhaozhao's Yun Zhaozhao in private, he didn't dare to say a word of thanks to her in front of her. That's just her personality; she's not the kind of person who likes to say nice things. However, she will silently remember the kindness others show her and will try her best to repay them when the opportunity arises.
Fortunately Yun Zhaozhao didn't need her thanks at all, because the reason Yun Zhaozhao prepared New Year's gifts for Daoist Qiuting and Daoist Yiyezi was simply because she wanted to do so.
In addition to preparing New Year's gifts for Daoist Qiuting and Daoist Yiyezi, she also specially prepared gifts for Daoist Chang Kong and Jingting.
Even the Daoist priests who stayed behind to keep watch were given New Year's red envelopes by Yun Zhaozhao in private, with the main idea being to distribute them equally.
Unlike Daoist Qiuting's reserved and introverted nature, Daoist Yiyezi showed off her New Year's gift to everyone she received from Yun Zhaozhao. She even went to show Lin Banxia her peace amulet.
Lin Banxia was very accommodating, speaking sweetly and eloquently, "Wow, this safety amulet suits you so well, little master. It feels like your name is engraved on it."
Although Daoist Yiyezi never officially recognized Lin Banxia as his disciple, the title "Little Master" became so familiar that not only Lin Banxia got used to it, but Daoist Yiyezi also started to use it quite naturally.
Yiyezi: "Aren't you staying at the Daoist temple for the New Year?"
Lin Banxia: "I'm going to the farm to spend the New Year with my grandpa. By the way, Little Master, do you want to come with me? It's just me and my grandpa at the farm anyway."
Daoist Yiyezi shook his head. "I'm not going. Wherever my master is, that's where I'll be."
Before coming to Clear Breeze Temple, Lin Banxia always felt that her background was quite tragic. After all, her parents divorced and remarried when she was young, and neither of them wanted her. Although she had her grandfather to rely on, compared to the happy children around her who had both parents by their side, Lin Banxia always felt that she was very miserable.
However, after arriving at Clear Breeze Temple, Lin Banxia suddenly felt at peace with her past. At least she had her grandfather by her side who never abandoned her, unlike many of the Daoist priests at Clear Breeze Temple who truly had no relatives by their side.
Yun Zhaozhao may have taken this into consideration, so during the New Year, although she didn't have the Daoist temple decorated in a festive manner, she still tried her best to decorate the rooms of the 10 junior Daoist priests of the Qing generation.
She even hung festive red lanterns in the children's rooms.
Everyone else at Clear Breeze Temple was fine, but Yun Zhaozhao was a little unsure how to handle Martial Uncle Chuli. According to Yun Zhaozhao's initial plan, she thought that since it was the New Year, Martial Uncle Chuli might want to go back to True Yang Temple for a couple of days. Moreover, at the end of the year, Daoist Jingyang had specially sent someone to deliver a letter to ask Yun Zhaozhao's opinion.
But Yun Zhaozhao privately asked her Martial Uncle Chuli, and he said that he himself did not want to go back.
So Yun Zhaozhao had no choice but to decline Daoist Jingyang. Fearing that Daoist Jingyang might misunderstand, Yun Zhaozhao added a special explanation, "It's not that I'm holding him back; it's just that he himself doesn't want to go back."
Daoist Jingyang: "I understand. With his temper, who can restrain him? Since our senior uncle himself is unwilling, then so be it. However, the proper etiquette from True Yang Temple will certainly not be lacking."
At first, Yun Zhaozhao didn't know what Daoist Jingyang meant by etiquette. However, after Daoist Jingyang sent people to deliver piles of gifts and various New Year's red envelopes, Yun Zhaozhao truly sighed and said, "Indeed, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure."
After all, the red envelopes Yun Zhaozhao prepared for the Clear Breeze Temple were all small red envelopes worth 100 yuan, but the red envelopes prepared for Martial Uncle Chuli by True Yang Temple were completely different. The amount was basically no less than 1,000 yuan, and the thickest one was even tens of thousands of yuan.
Yun Zhaozhao hadn't intended to take anything from her Martial Uncle Chuli, but Martial Uncle Chuli insisted on giving it to Yun Zhaozhao. His reasoning was that he was currently living and eating at the Daoist temple and never went out, so he had no money to spend. Besides, his money belonged to Clear Breeze Temple, and if Yun Zhaozhao didn't accept it, it would be disrespectful to him.
Yun Zhaozhao couldn't refuse him, so she hesitated and said, "... Then I'll keep it for you first? You can ask me for it if you need it later?"
Martial Uncle Chuli waved his hand dismissively. "I'm not keeping it for me. What's given to you is yours, so feel free to take it and use it. Just take good care of me in my old age."
Yun Zhaozhao: "Don't worry about that. Even if you don't give me money, I'll definitely take good care of you."
Martial Uncle Chuli: "That's why I say you're more humane than that brat Jingyang. I like you more, but I don't like him."
After hearing this, Yun Zhaozhao couldn't help but silently mourn for Daoist Jingyang for three seconds. It has to be said, there's really no reasoning with which child the old man favors.
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Yun Zhaozhao started giving the Daoist priests of Clear Breeze Temple holidays one week before the Lunar New Year, so as soon as Lunar New Year's Eve was over, the Daoist priests returned to work early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
At this time of year, the Daoist temple is at its busiest with worshippers, so Yun Zhaozhao didn't have time to catch up with everyone and immediately threw herself into the busy work of receiving them.
Previously, the first incense offering and Daoist ceremony at Clear Breeze Temple were always handled by Daoist Chang Kong, but now with Martial Uncle Chuli present, and Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao grown significantly in the past year, things have changed.
So Daoist Chang Kong stepped down to the sidelines and handed over these tasks to more suitable people.
He himself began preparing for today's New Year's feast.
When Zhao An interned at Farmer Wang Dafu's house, he said he would definitely win a pig for Yun Zhaozhao if he had the chance. At that time, Yun Zhaozhao and Zhao An set a goal together to win a piglet, preferably a sow, so that they could raise chickens like Grandpa Lin did, gradually growing from one to countless, and eventually owning a pig farm.
As it turned out, Zhao An didn't bring back the piglets, but he did bring over half a pig for Yun Zhaozhao early on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Together with Wang Dafu, he carried half a pig from the back gate of the Daoist temple to Daoist Chang Kong's canteen, so Daoist Chang Kong spent most of his morning processing the half pig.
Pig ears need to be braised to make braised pig ears; spare ribs need to be stewed with corn and yam, and then braised to make sweet and sour spare ribs; in addition, there are various lean and fatty meats to be stir-fried...
Ever since Daoist Chang Kong entered the kitchen in the backyard, the aroma of food from Clear Breeze Temple's backyard has never stopped. The aroma is so strong that even the continuous fragrance from the incense burner in Clear Breeze Temple cannot dispel it.
The new canteen at Clear Breeze Temple has been open for about half a year now. Although business is not bad, it is still not quite as popular as the old canteen at Daoist Chang Kong Temple, where it is hard to find a seat.
Although Yun Zhaozhao expressed her understanding, she still hoped that the two canteens could flourish and each have their own unique charm.
So this time, taking advantage of the new year and the new atmosphere, Yun Zhaozhao also specially discussed with the Daoist priest in charge of the Xin Guan canteen to prepare a brand new reform - that is, the Daoist Chang Kong can cook meat dishes or vegetarian dishes as he pleases, but the Xin Guan canteen will set up a special vegetarian canteen.
In recent years, vegetarianism has become increasingly popular, and many people do not have a deep understanding of Daoism, and have the stereotype that Daoism should be like Buddhism, which is vegetarian. Therefore, vegetarianism should have a greater market at Clear Breeze Temple.
Moreover, Clear Breeze Temple has unique advantages for vegetarian cuisine, as they grow their own grains and cereals, making multigrain porridge; they have medicinal herbs in their backyard, allowing them to prepare medicinal dishes; and there are also various vegetables grown by nearby villagers...
Anyway, after discussing it with Xin Guan, Yun Zhaozhao decided to implement it starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year.