Yun Zhaozhao: "You don't understand. In the beginning, Clear Breeze Temple was a place where one person could do the work of an entire team. That's what we call staying true to our original aspirations."
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Despite the cold weather and heavy snowfall, Clear Breeze Temple became much quieter. However, Temple Master Yun, who remained true to his original aspirations, continued to do very well.
She even unexpectedly received an invitation from a local TV station in City A to talk about young people starting their own businesses.
Yun Zhaozhao's first reaction was, "Why did they ask me to be on this show? This isn't really a legitimate startup project. I think they should ask Wen Xu..."
But then she thought again and couldn't help but argue with herself, "... No, you should definitely come to me instead of Wen Xu. After all, if you want to start a business Wen Xu, you have to be born into a better family, but if you want to start a business like me, all you have to do is go into debt."
The Clear Breeze Temple, standing to the side, exclaimed, "... You can start a business successfully while in debt? I'm not well-educated, Master, don't try to fool me."
Although she was very interested in appearing on television programs, Yun Zhaozhao ultimately declined the program team's offer.
It can only be said that the production team came at the wrong time. If this had happened a few years earlier, Yun Zhaozhao would definitely have gone. After all, Clear Breeze Temple had nothing back then, and even if Yun Zhaozhao wanted to pay off her debts as soon as possible, she would have tried to appear on the show to increase Clear Breeze Temple's popularity.
But things are different now. Clear Breeze Temple is now enjoying both fame and fortune, and Yun Zhaozhao feels that going on TV shows now might just give netizens more to talk about. So she'd rather spend her time at Clear Breeze Temple, cooking up some delicious food with Daoist Chang Kong.
When it's cold, people crave something hot, and that's when all sorts of iron pot stews come in handy.
Yun Zhaozhao never felt there was a more suitable place to cook iron pot stew than Clear Breeze Temple.
The more people eating a dish like stew in an iron pot, the more lively and appetizing it becomes.
Every time Daoist Chang Kong stews something in a large iron pot, whether it's chicken, duck, goose, or fish, the aroma is truly irresistible.
Wen Xu would visit Clear Breeze Temple more often as the weather got colder, all in pursuit of Yun Zhaozhao. And it was precisely because he visited so often that he was always able to enjoy a good meal whenever Daoist Chang Kong cooked meat in a large iron pot.
He came so many times that Yun Zhaozhao herself couldn't help but wonder if Wen Xu was really pursuing her or just trying to satisfy her appetite.
Wen Xu: "Of course it's to pursue you; eating is just a side thing. But you know what, I used to think that communal cooking was no good, and only delicate stir-fries had soul. But now, after eating so much of Daoist Chang Kong's cooking, I think stewed in an iron pot is the best thing in the world."
Yun Zhaozhao added, "It was the iron pot stew made by Daoist Chang Kong."
Wen Xu: "With Daoist Chang Kong's skills, you should be quite suitable for hosting banquets, right?"
Daoist Chang Kong was very accommodating. "No problem, I can throw a big feast for your wedding."
Wen Xu, biting into a chicken leg, joked with him, "And then you made 100,000 yuan from me with tears in your eyes?"
Before Daoist Chang Kong could speak, Yun Zhaozhao interrupted, "You're kidding! For such a joyous occasion as your Young President Wen's wedding, earning only 100,000 yuan with tears in your eyes isn't enough. You'd need to add at least another zero."
Wen Xu: "..."
Wen Xu: "Have you forgotten who I only plan to marry?"
Yun Zhaozhao: "..."
Sorry, I got so excited about making money that I forgot Wen Xu's current object of affection is herself.
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There were quite a few happy events that winter. In addition to Wen Xu moving to a new house, Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia's new house in their hometown was also completed.
In the first year after the new house was completed, the two of them definitely wanted to go back and have a good time to celebrate. So Yun Zhaozhao generously gave the grandfather and grandson an extra-long annual leave.
Of course, the reason she was so generous in giving Grandpa Lin a vacation was because there was now a successor personally trained by Grandpa Lin at the agricultural base.
Grandpa Lin had mentioned it to Yun Zhaozhao a few times before, and had also privately investigated him for more than half a year. In any case, he was quite satisfied with him in all aspects. It was a good opportunity to give him some experience.
When it comes to recognizing and employing talent, Yun Zhaozhao has a lot of confidence in Grandpa Lin. After all, the old man has lived for so many years and has seen all kinds of people. He knows very well who can be used and who cannot.
However, just to be on the safe side, before taking Lin Banxia back for the New Year, Grandpa Lin still had Yun Zhaozhao send two more Daoist priests to the agricultural base.
The main reason is that in case of any emergencies, there will be someone familiar with Yun Zhaozhao Yun Zhaozhao can personally report the situation to her.
Grandpa Lin was looking forward to returning to his hometown for the New Year, but Lin Banxia was even more reluctant to Clear Breeze Temple, especially to part with Daoist Qiuting and Daoist Yiyezi.
It must be said that during her time at the Daoist medical clinic, Lin Banxia developed a very deep friendship with Daoist Yiyezi.
The thought of not seeing Daoist Yiyezi for at least a month already made Lin Banxia miss her.
Daoist Yiyezi wasn't the clingy type. Although she felt a slight pang of reluctance at the separation, she still thought, "Is it really necessary? It's only a little over a month apart. Besides, what if you get married in the future? We'll only be apart for even longer."
Lin Banxia: "Who said I was going to get married? I've already decided to dedicate my life to my beloved medical career, and I might never get married."
Daoist Yiyezi, "Getting married won't stop you from dedicating yourself to the medical field. In fact, your new husband might even be a help to you! For example, if you want to give someone acupuncture, you won't have to wait until dawn. You can just get him out of bed in the middle of the night to give him the acupuncture."
Lin Banxia's eyes lit up. "... That's right!"
Grandpa Lin, standing to the side, was almost moved to tears. " Daoist Yiyezi, you are truly a celestial being reincarnated! I've been trying to persuade Banxia for so many years, but I couldn't convince her to agree to get married. You just casually said it today, and you actually managed to persuade her! You have truly done immeasurable good deeds!"
Yun Zhaozhao: "..." You're willing now? Did you ask your future brother-in-law, Lin, if he was willing?
Chapter 138
In previous years, Yun Zhaozhao would stay at the Daoist temple and spend the Lunar New Year with the Daoist priests of Clear Breeze Temple.
This year is no exception.
However, before the Chinese New Year this year, Yun Zhaozhao took some time to go back to her hometown, which she hadn't visited for several years.
Her hometown isn't actually that far from City A, but she doesn't have many relatives there anymore.
After all, her parents had divorced when she was very young and had long since moved to different cities to start new families. They rarely contacted Yun Zhaozhao, and Yun Zhaozhao never took the initiative to contact them either. Fortunately Yun Zhaozhao had never lived with her parents since childhood, so she didn't actually have a very deep relationship with them. Otherwise, when she was almost desperate after graduating from university, she wouldn't have abandoned her biological parents to seek refuge with a distant relative like her grandmother.
As for Yun Zhaozhao's maternal grandmother, who raised her from a young age, she had already passed away before she went to university.
So when Yun Zhaozhao said she was going back to her hometown to visit, she really just went back to take a look.
After returning home, Yun Zhaozhao only visited her grandmother's grave to pay her respects before returning to Clear Breeze Temple.
The round trip, including travel time, only took half a day, so much so that Daoist Chang Kong and Jingting were stunned to see her suddenly return.
Daoist Chang Kong: "You finally got to go back, why didn't you stay a few more days before coming back? I thought you were planning to go back to your hometown for the New Year!"
Yun Zhaozhao put down her luggage and said casually, "There's hardly anyone at home, and besides, I don't have anything to do back there, so I just came over after a short while. Has anything unusual happened at Clear Breeze Temple while I was gone?"
Jingting, "It's only been half a day, what could possibly happen? But I received a package for you today, it's huge, and Senior Brother Changkong and I have been curious about it for ages. Go and open it to see what it is."
Yun Zhaozhao honestly couldn't recall ordering anything recently. But she couldn't be sure, since she occasionally went online to buy things for her new house, sometimes having them delivered there, and sometimes to Clear Breeze Temple. Maybe she bought something but forgot about it.
The package was delivered to Yun Zhaozhao's room ahead of schedule by Jingting.
Yun Zhaozhao went over to take a look and found that Jingting was not lying; it was indeed very big.
She circled the package once, and then saw Jingting follow her in with scissors for opening packages.
"Quickly, open it and take a look."
Jingting handed the scissors to Yun Zhaozhao, even more excited than Yun Zhaozhao herself.
Yun Zhaozhao originally wanted to take a look at the sender's information, but now that Jingting repeatedly, she didn't care anymore and simply opened the package.
To my surprise, the room was filled with all sorts of hand-knitted winter warming gear: fluffy woolen hats, sweaters, scarves, gloves, and even hand-knitted shoes...
Looking at the winter gear scattered all over the ground, Yun Zhaozhao felt a little dazed.
Then Jingting next to her said, "It seems to have been sent from Wen Xu Xu's hometown. Is it a New Year's gift that Young President Wen prepared for you?"
Yun Zhaozhao snapped out of her daze and, following Jingting's reminder, checked the address on the package and discovered that it really was sent from Wen Xu's hometown.
However, considering that Wen Xu himself might still be at the factory in City A and hadn't returned yet, Yun Zhaozhao felt that these things might not have been Wen Xu's doing, but rather the work of someone else.
Sure enough, when she sent the photos to Wen Xu, Wen Xu quickly explained where the items came from, "My mom sent these to you. She asked me before if it was cold in City A, and I thought she was going to buy you some winter gear. Turns out, she actually knitted them for you herself! You know, I've never worn a sweater knitted by her before!"
Not to mention Wen Xu, Yun Zhaozhao hasn't worn anything hand-knitted by someone else for many years either.