Wen Xu: "..."
Yun Zhaozhao couldn't stand it anymore. " Martial Uncle Chuli, this isn't right, you'll get beaten up!"
Martial Uncle Chuli was quite smug. "What do you think I'm good for, ending up alone? It's all thanks to my strength!"
Chapter 142
After the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Daoist priests of Clear Breeze Temple, who had been on holiday, gradually returned to their posts.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, even Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia returned.
Yun Zhaozhao actually gave Lin Banxia and Grandpa Lin about half a month of annual leave, but just like before, Grandpa Lin didn't even wait for the holiday to end before rushing back to Clear Breeze Temple.
After returning, he simply met up with Yun Zhaozhao, received a start-up bonus, and then plunged headfirst into the agricultural base.
--A new batch of chicks recently hatched at the agricultural base, and Grandpa Lin was worried that others wouldn't take good care of them, so he wanted to go back and watch over them himself to feel at ease.
Compared to Grandpa Lin, an elderly person who considers work his only hobby in life, Lin Banxia was clearly still caught up in the joyful atmosphere of her annual holiday.
So although she's back, her mind is still on other things. She doesn't want to go to work at all; she just wants to find someone to chat and eat sunflower seeds with.
The biggest gossip at Clear Breeze Temple lately has probably been the progress of Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu's relationship, especially the "strawberry incident." After Xiaojiu embellished the story, it reached Lin Banxia's ears. It wasn't as Wen Xu as Wen Xu handing Yun Zhaozhao a strawberry; it was that Wen Xu personally fed Yun Zhaozhao a strawberry.
Lin Banxia, her face full of gossip and excitement, asked, "How did you feed him? Mouth-to-mouth?"
Xiaojiu, standing to the side, was startled by Lin Banxia's boldness. "... What do you mean by feeding mouth-to-mouth? This is a sacred place, watch your words. Besides, Young President Wen talks about pure love; he simply fed Temple Master Yun a strawberry with his hand."
Lin Banxia pouted. "I always said Wen Xu looks tough, but he's actually a total coward. Do you believe that if our Sister Yun doesn't take the initiative, Wen Xu could drag this out forever?"
Xiaojiu had a completely different opinion from Lin Banxia: "You don't understand. Actually, after entering the workforce, I quite like Young President Wen's approach to relationships. Dating should be a slow and steady process. You don't know, those sleazy men out there these days, let alone dating, they practically want to take the girl to a hotel that very night after a blind date..."
Lin Banxia immediately grasped the key point. "... You went on a blind date during the Chinese New Year?"
Xiaojiu sighed, "Forget it, those are all sad things for me, let's not talk about them anymore. I've already given up on love, and all I want to do is work and make money."
Speaking of making money, Xiaojiu's eyes lit up again. "Let me tell you, I checked my savings from working all these years the other day, and now I have over five figures. I feel like it won't be long before I can save enough for a down payment on a small apartment. Then I can be like our Abbot and buy my own little apartment nearby."
Lin Banxia was quite happy for Xiaojiu when she heard her say that.
She didn't really have a concept of buying a house, since she definitely wouldn't leave her grandfather to live alone in City A. And her grandfather wasn't used to living in an apartment in the city, so even if she left Clear Breeze Temple in the future, she would only choose to go back to the village with her grandfather. Moreover, with Yun Zhaozhao's help, they had already renovated the old house in the village, and the living conditions in the village were now no worse than in the city, so she had even less need to buy a house in the city.
She had previously considered going back to school to properly study medicine. Now, being able to learn medicine from Daoist Qiuting Clear Breeze Temple, even that idea has begun to waver. After all, with her educational background, it would be very difficult to study a proper medical major back in school. Even if she did, the best she could hope for would be to open her own clinic. So why not just stay at Clear Breeze Temple and wait for Daoist Qiuting away, then inherit his Daoist medical clinic together with Daoist Qiuting Daoist Yiyezi?
Why go through the detour of going to school when you can study medicine anywhere?
Lin Banxia's plans here are going quite well, but Daoist Qiuting, who is far away at the Daoist Medical Hall, suddenly felt a chill and thought that this winter was inexplicably cold!
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Although Lin Banxia's life goals are not yet clear, Lin Banxia is quite satisfied with her current life. After all, she can do what she loves every day, and her relationship with Grandpa Lin is getting better and better.
Because she had talked about strawberries with Xiaojiu, Lin Banxia went to see the strawberries again later.
It turned out that when she went back, all the strawberries in the strawberry greenhouse had already been picked, and the ones that remained were mostly unripe.
Fortunately, Yun Zhaozhao still remembered her and specially left some ripe strawberries for her in the room.
While eating strawberries, Lin Banxia couldn't resist pressing her cheek against him and asking, " Sister Yun, these aren't the strawberries Brother Wen Xu saved for you, are they? Oh dear, will it be bad if I eat them?"
Yun Zhaozhao said ruthlessly, "Then don't eat it."
Lin Banxia immediately became obedient. "... I'll eat, I'll eat."
After Yun Zhaozhao had settled the accounts, she prepared New Year's red envelopes for everyone at Clear Breeze Temple. Since Lin Banxia wouldn't be there on New Year's Day, Yun Zhaozhao waited until now to give Lin Banxia Lin Banxia her share.
Holding the thick wad of money, Lin Banxia felt the strawberries in her mouth taste even sweeter.
The year passed uneventfully. After the New Year, Yun Zhaozhao went to the Taoist Association to pay her respects and then to True Yang Temple to pay her respects. After that, the festive atmosphere completely faded, and everything returned to how it was before the New Year.
Before the New Year, Yun Zhaozhao went through the accounts with Wen Xu and found that the Clear Breeze Temple and the agricultural base were quite profitable, but the core business of the Daoist temple homestay had not been fully developed.
Although the Taoist Association and relevant government agencies help organize some religious activities, such activities cannot be normalized. Therefore, Yun Zhaozhao's most urgent task is to find a way to make the daily operation of the guesthouse more attractive.
After pondering for two days, Yun Zhaozhao decided to have Tang Li contact several tourism agencies in City A. Her plan was to directly find professionals in City A to create a high-quality "cultural tourism route."
Typical tourist routes offer a one-stop service for eating, drinking, and having fun. Yun Zhaozhao's boutique "cultural tourism route" also includes these services, but that's not enough. The key point of Yun Zhaozhao's "cultural tourism route" is to highlight the word "culture".
For example, she added a day for tourists to visit universities. Although City A doesn't have many tourist resources, it does have quite a few universities. Apart from the Agricultural College that collaborates with Yun Zhaozhao's Clear Breeze Temple, there are several other pretty good universities.
Yun Zhaozhao's agricultural base has a partnership with the Agricultural College, and in the past two years, it has also helped some college graduates solve their employment problems, so it has some contact with the relevant universities.
We can communicate with the universities and secure group tour slots for weekends and holidays without any problem.
In addition, Yun Zhaozhao also needed to highlight the unique characteristics of Daoist culture. So she discussed it with Daoist Jingyang of True Yang Temple and decided to add a day for a "Daoist sightseeing tour".
Tourists can then join a tour group to visit True Yang Temple and Clear Breeze Temple, experiencing the contrast between the traditional Daoist temple and the trendy Daoist temple, and then stay overnight in a Daoist guesthouse at Clear Breeze Temple.
This cultural tourism route is available in two-day, one-night and three-day, two-night options, allowing tourists to choose according to their preferences.
Tang Li took Yun Zhaozhao's boutique travel plan to several nearby travel agencies for communication and negotiation. Unfortunately, the agencies either weren't very optimistic about the travel plan or wanted to take too much commission. So after several days of negotiations, the results were not particularly optimistic.
In the end, only one small, newly established travel company decided to give it a try with Yun Zhaozhao.
Coincidentally, this newly established travel company also has some connection with Clear Breeze Temple, because the person in charge of the travel company and the guesthouse manager here in Yun Zhaozhao are actually high school classmates.
These two high school classmates, one studied tourism management in college, and the other studied hotel management.
Yun Zhaozhao herself couldn't help but marvel at this twist of fate. "If these two weren't of the same sex, they might really have become a couple!"
Tang Li, standing to the side, said, "What era are we living in? Open your mind a bit! Even if they're of the same sex, they might actually become a couple!"
Yun Zhaozhao: "??" You're not normal, kid!
The person in charge of the small travel company was surnamed Ma, so Yun Zhaozhao privately called him Brother Xiao Ma. As for the handsome housekeeper at Yun Zhaozhao's Daoist temple guesthouse, his surname was Li, so Yun Zhaozhao called him Brother Li.
In any case, this cultural tourism route needed to achieve a perfect logical loop between these two people, and since they were classmates, Yun Zhaozhao simply invited the two people in charge to meet together, and then everyone discussed how to implement this tourism plan perfectly.
Brother Xiao Ma was the first to raise the question, "We need to promote this tourism plan first."
Yun Zhaozhao: "Promotion is no problem. Clear Breeze Temple has its own live streaming room, as well as its own sharp-tongued live streamers and sales-promoting live streamers."
The sharp-tongued news anchor, Jingting: "..."
Livestreaming host Wen Xu: "6!"
Brother Xiao Ma: "... After we gather all the tourists, we need to determine whether this cultural tourism tour is a pure cultural tour or a shopping tour. The former is more expensive, and the latter is cheaper."
Yun Zhaozhao: "Whether or not to shop is fine; you can let the tourists choose for themselves. Anyway, if the tourists want to shop, Clear Breeze Temple has its own homegrown fruits, various preserved products made from its own chickens, ducks, and geese, and all sorts of Daoist temple souvenirs. If the tourists don't want to shop and choose to just enjoy the sightseeing, Clear Breeze Temple has its own canteen. As you know, Clear Breeze Temple's canteen is famous throughout City A for its delicious food; most people can't even get a table!"