Yun Zhaozhao thought for a moment and said, "Summer vacation is coming soon. Will the school still allow you to stay at the dorms during your summer vacation?"
Xiao Yao: "They should be allowed to stay. I've seen many upperclassmen stay on campus to live before."
Yun Zhaozhao: "It's just a bit too far, and it's inconvenient to travel back and forth. You have classes now, so it's not a problem running back and forth, but it will be too troublesome when you're on vacation. How about this, I'll see if I can rent a courtyard for you girls nearby, just like Grandpa Lin's courtyard. You and your classmates can live there together, and I won't charge you rent."
Xiao Yao was deeply moved. "Master, you are so kind to us. Don't worry, I will work even harder to make sure you get your money's worth."
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Young people are always so direct and honest in expressing their feelings, but since Yun Zhaozhao has already made her intentions clear, the matter of renting a house naturally needs to be put on the agenda.
At this point, the advantage of Clear Breeze Temple Temple's remote location became apparent. Precisely because of its remoteness, the rent for houses was very cheap. For example, the courtyard that Grandpa Lin rented before cost less than 5,000 yuan a year, which works out to only four or five hundred yuan a month.
Moreover, having had previous experience renting a place, Yun Zhaozhao directly contacted the village committee this time.
The village chief certainly recognized Yun Zhaozhao. After all, they had dealt with each other several times before, when Yun Zhaozhao rented farmland in the village and delivered pastries to the left-behind children and the elderly. So the village chief was quite polite to Yun Zhaozhao Yun Zhaozhao, he still addressed her with respect.
I heard that Yun Zhaozhao came here to rent houses for several college students, and the village chief took Yun Zhaozhao directly to the only primary school in the village.
Yun Zhaozhao was initially curious as to why the village chief had brought her to the primary school, but once she arrived, she understood. The primary school building was probably the best-built structure in the entire village.
The entire school consists of a single building with four floors. According to the principal, the original plan was to use the third and fourth floors as teaching buildings, and the first and second floors as dormitories for students and teachers.
As a result, because there were so few students in the school and only one teacher, the school building was completely useless and was practically abandoned.
The principal was also saddened when he mentioned this. "When we built this new school building, I pulled a lot of strings and went to many places. Many people in the village even pooled their money! Look at the basketball court and ping-pong tables on the playground, they're all new. But now, although there are many left-behind children, very few value education. Any parents who do value it have already found a way to take their children away. So, the children left behind are either completely neglected by their parents, or their parents want to care for them but can't because they're not around... In addition, the conditions in the village are poor, so good teachers don't want to come. Even if they do come, they basically don't stay. So, the student body is poor, the teachers are poor, and it's a vicious cycle. To be honest, our village hasn't produced a single college student for many, many years."
Yun Zhaozhao listened and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. But to be honest, she didn't have a better solution, because this situation wasn't unique to this place; many rural schools were in the same predicament.
Fortunately, the village chief realized his mistake as he spoke, "Oh, why am I telling you all this? I just wanted to say that the dormitories here are all brand new. Anyway, it's summer vacation and the students aren't here. You could let the college students stay in our teachers' dormitories, so they can keep our Teacher Liu company."
Yun Zhaozhao: "About the rent..."
Village chief. "Just give me a little, or none at all."
Yun Zhaozhao certainly couldn't take advantage of this, so the two of them finally agreed to charge per person, 200 yuan per person per month, and the exact price would be calculated based on the total number of college students who came to visit.
As for whether the rooms will be single, double, or multi-person rooms, that can be arranged flexibly. After all, there are so many rooms in the teachers' dormitory, so it doesn't matter how they are arranged.
Having solved the problem of renting a place, Yun Zhaozhao even made a special trip to Grandpa Lin's place.
I checked the growth of the rice, wheat, and tea plants.
The wheat hadn't been harvested yet, so it didn't look much different from before. But the rice looked much better than when Yun Zhaozhao last visited. The rice stalks were full and plump, almost bending the stalks under their weight.
Looking at these rice ears, Yun Zhaozhao felt as if she were seeing gold, not golden rice ears.
She didn't come empty-handed this time; she brought some small gifts for Grandpa Lin —various Chinese herbal medicines that Lin Banxia herself had grown for cooling and mosquito repelling.
Last time, Lin Banxia placed several pots of Chinese herbal medicine in Clear Breeze Temple, and the mosquito-repelling effect was particularly good. Ever since those mosquito-repelling herbs were placed in Clear Breeze Temple, Yun Zhaozhao felt that her sleep quality had improved by more than one level.
So this time, she brought some for Grandpa Lin when she came from Clear Breeze Temple. She also specifically told Grandpa Lin that Lin Banxia had asked her to bring them.
Grandpa Lin knew very well that Lin Banxia wouldn't be so meticulous; it was probably all Yun Zhaozhao's idea. However, he didn't expose Yun Zhaozhao, but simply asked a couple of questions about Lin Banxia's situation at Clear Breeze Temple.
Yun Zhaozhao: "It's going well. Lately, I've been diligently taking care of the fruits and herbs, and even in my spare time, I still study her medical books. Actually, I think if a child truly enjoys something, then..."
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Learning medicine would be a good idea.
Grandpa Lin sighed, "Her father passed away from illness. The family didn't have much money at the time, but they managed to scrape together enough for surgery. However, his condition worsened after the surgery, and he died in less than six months. Since then, she has been quite resistant to Western medicine and has been trying to learn traditional Chinese medicine on her own."
Yun Zhaozhao had never heard Lin Banxia mention these things before, nor did she know about their origins. Now, hearing Grandpa Lin talk about it, she suddenly understood why Lin Banxia was so eager to treat her illness with traditional Chinese medicine. However, traditional Chinese medicine is profound and complex, and learning it is not an easy task.
Yun Zhaozhao Grandpa Lin, "It's alright, it's never too late to learn as long as you're willing to. I've already made an appointment with Lin Banxia, and we'll learn together after we sell the fruit trees."
She made money from Chinese herbal medicine, and if she wanted to study traditional Chinese medicine, she could. Once she's mastered it, Clear Breeze Temple would welcome her back anytime.
Grandpa Lin: "It's good, but I don't know if I'll be able to live to see that day."
Yun Zhaozhao immediately interrupted him, "Yes, yes, yes, definitely!"
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Two people were chatting about Lin Banxia in the fields. Meanwhile, inside Clear Breeze Temple, people were also discussing Lin Banxia's mosquito-repellent plants.
Lin Ya is an art student at University A. This is her third day sketching at Clear Breeze Temple. A few days ago, when she came to sketch, in addition to carrying various food and drinks, as well as drawing boards and paper, she also carried various mosquito repellents and floral water in her backpack. However, the mosquito repellent effect was still not obvious. Every day after finishing her painting and returning to her dormitory, her arms and legs were covered with mosquito bites.
But there were noticeably fewer mosquitoes that day.
Lin Ya observed carefully and found that it wasn't that there were fewer mosquitoes around her, but rather that there seemed to be fewer mosquitoes throughout the entire Clear Breeze Temple.
Clear Breeze Temple has a pond, rose bushes, ginkgo trees, and even a small bamboo grove. Any one of these places would be teeming with mosquitoes. But surprisingly, the number of mosquitoes has indeed decreased.
Not only Lin Ya noticed this, but her classmates who were sketching with her also noticed it. After studying it for a long time, they finally discovered that there were some potted plants in Clear Breeze Temple that they hadn't seen when they first arrived. Those potted plants smelled of Chinese medicine, so Lin Ya couldn't help but suspect that it was these potted plants that were responsible for the effect.
Lin Ya has suffered from mosquitoes since childhood, and has tried countless mosquito repellent products over the years, but she has rarely seen one this effective. Most importantly, these potted plants look just like ordinary potted plants, and are even quite pretty. If she put them in her dorm room, or made them into mosquito-repellent bracelets to wear...
After thinking about it, Lin Ya couldn't help but go and ask Xiaojiu for information. The reason she went to Xiaojiu was because Xiaojiu sold things in the small shop next to her, making it the most convenient place to find out.
Lin Ya: "Hello, I'd like to ask if these potted plants in your Clear Breeze Temple can repel mosquitoes?"
Xiaojiu didn't really understand either, but she vaguely remembered that Yun Zhaozhao had mentioned putting some mosquito repellent in the temple, so she replied ambiguously, "I think so. What's wrong?"
Lin Ya: "I'd like to buy some to take home, but I don't know if they sell them?"
Xiaojiu was familiar with this question, so she answered decisively, "Sell! Of course we sell! In Clear Breeze Temple, there's never anything we don't sell, only the price we don't set for sale."
Lin Ya: "..."
Chapter 52
It has to be said that salespeople are truly gifted at understanding people's hearts. Xiaojiu not only saw that Lin Ya genuinely wanted to buy, but also predicted in advance that Yun Zhaozhao would definitely sell.
So she didn't even wait for Yun Zhaozhao to return. After discussing it with Lin Banxia, she made the decision to sell the mosquito-repellent plants, and she did so for a very good price—50 yuan per pot. You have to understand that even Daoist Chang Kong's talisman blind boxes only cost 20 yuan each. Xiaojiu actually sold a mere pot of plants for 50 yuan. Most importantly, Lin Ya didn't even hesitate once before taking 10 pots.
When Yun Zhaozhao returned, Xiaojiu told Yun Zhaozhao the price, and Yun Zhaozhao was quite shocked. "... Isn't this a bit too expensive?"
Xiaojiu: "Selling things is all about mutual consent! If a customer thinks it's too expensive, they don't have to buy it. Since they're willing to buy, it means the price is acceptable to them. I'm already being kind by not selling it to her for 100 yuan a pot."
Yun Zhaozhao: "..."That makes some sense.
Actually, Yun Zhaozhao didn't simply think the price was expensive; it's just that she always felt the Daoist temple wasn't purely a profit-driven structure, but rather had a charitable aspect. So, in her mind, she would set the prices of many things a little lower than normal. But as Xiaojiu said, selling things is about mutual consent, and the items at Clear Breeze Temple are inherently very good, so they actually deserve to be sold at a higher price.