Jingting: "I once heard my master say that Daoism has five arts: immortality, medicine, destiny, divination, and physiognomy. It's already quite remarkable for an ordinary Daoist priest to master just one of them. If these young Daoist priests of our Qing generation could really learn all five arts..."
Following Jingting's train of thought, Yun Zhaozhao looked around and felt that the sky was bluer, the wind was gentler, and even her mood improved.
"The abbot of Cloud Peach Temple must be even more terrified."
Chapter 122
The Daoist priests of Clear Breeze Temple were practicing martial arts in a grand manner, which not only had a deterrent effect on other Daoist temples, but also on the villagers near Clear Breeze Temple.
Especially the middle-aged and elderly members of the employment team at the agricultural base who had previously complained about Yun Zhaozhao's management, no longer dared to criticize Yun Zhaozhao in private.
In fact, as early as when Yun Zhaozhao started building a new breeding farm at the agricultural base, some astute villagers had already realized that the winds of change were beginning to blow.
Since the new breeding farm at Clear Breeze Temple was built, Yun Zhaozhao has started refusing to hire middle-aged and elderly villagers at the agricultural base, and instead has begun to prefer hiring young people.
After all, the new farms have more advanced equipment and more comprehensive technology, and correspondingly, they need more young people who know computers and scientific farming to join them.
The villagers dared to cause trouble before because they felt that farm work was so hard that no young people except for the elderly were willing to do it, so they were a bit emboldened.
In fact, many Agricultural College students are willing to go to rural areas and grassroots communities after graduation. In particular, Yun Zhaozhao offers these newly graduated college students very high salaries, so it is foreseeable that more and more young people will appear in their team in the near future.
If they still have complaints then, they will undoubtedly be eliminated.
Despite their complaints about Yun Zhaozhao, they all knew in their hearts that the job at the agricultural base was excellent. After all, of the three advantages of "high pay, low workload, and close to home," the agricultural base at least had "high pay and close to home." As for the second advantage, given the high pay and close to home, it was practically negligible.
It was precisely because they understood the hurdles involved that a group of people who had previously voiced many opinions suddenly fell silent.
I go to work in silence every day, trying to minimize my presence.
It took Grandpa Lin a while to realize that the villagers seemed to have become more obedient.
He didn't know where this change came from, but farm work requires honest people. After all, opportunistic people are not suited for farm work.
Therefore, he was quite pleased with this change.
Grandpa Lin would go to Clear Breeze Temple almost every month to report to Yun Zhaozhao on the situation at the agricultural base that month.
His little notebook was already full, and now he's started a new one.
After discussing work, the two would also chat about other things. For example, this time, Grandpa Lin took the initiative to tell Yun Zhaozhao about the changes in the villagers at the agricultural base.
Yun Zhaozhao never believed that things could get better for no reason, just as she didn't believe that things could get worse for no reason.
So she immediately guessed that it might be related to the recent increase in the martial arts strength of Clear Breeze Temple.
But she didn't say much more.
Having some free time lately, she bought a batch of new books, many of which were management books. One of the management principles emphasized the use of both harsh measures and financial incentives.
She has the money, and now she has the big stick; so far, the results seem pretty good, so she's quite satisfied.
After discussing these matters, Yun Zhaozhao casually inquired about Grandpa Lin's house construction in his hometown.
When Grandpa Lin mentioned this, the wrinkles on his face smoothed out a bit with a smile, "The relevant building permits have all been approved, and we've also consulted with people we know in the village about how to build it. Now we're just waiting to pick an auspicious day so we can start construction."
When the topic of "auspicious days" came up, Grandpa Lin suddenly glanced at Yun Zhaozhao and said, "Why don't you, Abbot, help me choose one?"
Yun Zhaozhao immediately waved her hand. "My skills are not good enough, I dare not choose that. I'll ask the Daoist priests in the temple to pick an auspicious day for you!"
Grandpa Lin immediately thanked him, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Abbot."
Although Grandpa Lin had known Yun Zhaozhao for quite some time, he was always very polite to her. Yun Zhaozhao Yun Zhaozhao mentioned to him a few times that she could be more casual, but Grandpa Lin would agree on the surface, but then he would act the same way next time. Eventually, Yun Zhaozhao simply let him be.
After all, it's perfectly understandable for older people to have a little bit of their own stubbornness.
Moreover, Grandpa Lin's stubbornness was more like a gentlemanly demeanor, so Yun Zhaozhao didn't know what to say.
In fact, Yun Zhaozhao always felt that Grandpa Lin was a very gentlemanly person at heart. Because he was hardworking, kind, optimistic and positive, which perfectly matched Yun Zhaozhao's fantasies about her ancestors.
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Yun Zhaozhao later had the Daoist priests in the temple choose an auspicious day for Grandpa Lin Grandpa Lin, and gave him a week's leave so that he could go back to his hometown and wait for the villagers to finish laying the foundation before coming back.
During the time Grandpa Lin was away, Yun Zhaozhao stayed at the agricultural base by herself.
If this had happened before, she really wouldn't have dared to let Grandpa Lin go back.
But things are different now. The people at the agricultural base treat her very politely. When they ask her questions, they address her sincerely as " Temple Master Yun." So Yun Zhaozhao can take this opportunity to observe whether there are any suitable candidates for promotion.
If there really isn't a suitable one, Yun Zhaozhao plans to do what the guesthouse did and hire someone from outside to manage it.
However, on the other hand, it was Yun Zhaozhao who first thought about buying food, which led to the later matter of giving Grandpa Lin extra money to buy a house plot. As a result, Yun Zhaozhao's new house is still nowhere to be found, while Grandpa Lin's house has already started laying its foundation.
Indeed, the efficiency of human actions cannot be compared.
Yun Zhaozhao used to pride herself on being a person of action, but when it comes to buying a house, she feels that she might have to take off that label.
She later thought, "I'll wait until Grandpa Lin comes back this weekend. Then I'll hand over the agricultural base matters to Grandpa Lin again, and I'll definitely go to the sales office to reserve the apartment I had my eye on before."
Before she could even book a house by the weekend, Wen Xu had already bought one on a whim.
Wen Xu bought a fully furnished apartment, the kind you can basically move into right away. And coincidentally, it's not far from the neighborhood that Yun Zhaozhao liked, they're practically neighbors.
Yun Zhaozhao wasn't too surprised that the two of them would choose a neighboring area. What surprised her was how casually Wen Xu bought a house.
He had never mentioned buying a house before, so how did he manage to buy one so quietly?
Wen Xu: "Otherwise, why make such a big fuss? It's not like we have that much money."
Yun Zhaozhao felt a little envious for some reason. Sure enough, when it came to spending money, rich kids like Wen Xu were much more relaxed than her.
Fortunately, Wen Xu spurred her on, and by the weekend, Yun Zhaozhao actually placed an order for the house she had previously set her sights on.
As Yun Zhaozhao walked out of the sales office with the contract in hand, she happily thought: Now she's a homeowner too!
Yun Zhaozhao's house wasn't big, only about 80 square meters, with two rooms.
She had already planned it out: she would live in one room by herself, and she would tidy up the other room and turn it into a study.
After hearing her renovation plans, Lin Banxia was very envious. "That's great. You don't even have to think about getting married and having children when you buy a house, unlike my grandfather, whose house is huge. He's already prepared a room for my wedding and children's room, and I bet he's already reserved a room for my grandchildren's room."
Yun Zhaozhao: "That's great, it solves everything in one go, so you won't have to worry about housing if you ever want to get married someday."
Lin Banxia: "Then why didn't you consider buying a house the first time?"
Yun Zhaozhao: "I want to achieve everything at once. I'm afraid it will put pressure on my future partner. Think about it, I'm already so outstanding, shouldn't I leave some room for him to improve?"
Lin Banxia: "..."
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While the Daoist priests in the front courtyard of Clear Breeze Temple were enthusiastically learning martial arts, the Daoist priests in the back courtyard of Clear Breeze Temple were also busy during this time.
Recently, Lin Banxia organized the Daoist priests in the backyard to buy a new batch of medicinal herbs, and then began to replant the new herbs in the backyard of Clear Breeze Temple.
Since the opening of the guesthouse at Clear Breeze Temple, and the subsequent media coverage of Daoist medicine at the guesthouse, Clear Breeze Temple's "Daoist Medicine Clinic" has transformed from a niche clinic into a mainstream one.
Many local residents of City A, after visiting Clear Breeze Temple to worship the gods, will also make a detour to the Daoist Medicine Clinic to check it out. Sometimes, it's not for any other reason than simply wanting to experience the treatment methods of Daoist medicine.
After all, Daoist Qiuting's registration fee is very cheap, only 2 yuan, and it's the same price for everyone, young and old.
These days, what can you do with 2 yuan? But you can actually meet a mysterious Daoist doctor face-to-face.
For a while, the line outside the Daoist medical clinic was longer than the line outside the Clear Breeze Temple.
If you didn't know better, you'd think the Daoist medical clinic was the main entrance to Clear Breeze Temple!
Later, Daoist Yiyezi came up with a solution: she would conduct a preliminary consultation first. If someone was just there for a Daoist medicine experience, she could simply send them away without needing Daoist Qiuting to come.
She would only refer patients to Daoist Qiuting if they were truly ill or if Daoist Yiyezi.
Even so, the Daoist medical clinic was still packed with people.
So, besides helping with planting and harvesting herbs in the backyard, Lin Banxia also spent most of her time helping out at the Daoist medical clinic.