Of course, Mama Zhu couldn't agree. After all, Zhu Ruiming was about to enter his senior year of high school, and she had enrolled Zhu Ruiming in a bunch of tutoring classes this summer, leaving him with only this week of free time.
But this time, Zhu Ruiming was incredibly stubborn, refusing to go back with his mother even at the cost of his life. Whenever his Mama Zhu tried to persuade him to go back, he threatened to cut his wrists. In the end, his Mama Zhu had no choice but to call Zhu Ruiming's father over.
The father and son hid to the side and talked about something, but in the end... Papa Zhu actually agreed.
Yes, Papa Zhu actually agreed!!!
Now it was Yun Zhaozhao's turn to disagree. "This responsibility is too great. Our Clear Breeze Temple cannot afford to bear any consequences."
Papa Zhu: "You don't need to take responsibility. I can provide a liability waiver. And if you're still worried, I can send someone to follow him."
Looks like he really is a young master!
But Yun Zhaozhao was still unwilling. "Our Clear Breeze Temple has no precedent for taking in minors, and we don't have enough room there..."
Papa Zhu: "Just give him a place to live, otherwise, if he and his mother continue to live under the same roof, I think my family will break up soon..."
Yun Zhaozhao: "This..."
Papa Zhu: "I can give you money, just name your price."
Presumably fearing that Yun Zhaozhao would disagree, Papa Zhu ultimately gave Yun Zhaozhao a huge sum of 100,000 yuan under the guise of a donation.
Yun Zhaozhao: "..." Is this what they call a windfall?
Because Zhu Ruiming's father agreed, and Papa Zhu also sent people to ensure Zhu Ruiming's safety, Yun Zhaozhao ultimately chose to keep Zhu Ruiming.
However, there was a condition: he could only stay for one summer vacation. And since there was really no place to stay at Clear Breeze Temple, Zhu Ruiming stayed with Zhang Lu and the others in the school's teachers' dormitory during this period, since there were plenty of empty rooms there.
Fan Youcai was happiest that Zhu Ruiming was able to stay. After all, the two had only just become friends today.
Secondly, Teacher Liu was happy.
Because Teacher Liu had taught too many students who couldn't even score 100 points in all three subjects combined, when she asked about Zhu Ruiming's scores at school, she discovered that he was actually a top student who had been in the grade for over a hundred years. Teacher Liu's heart was immediately filled with appreciation for his talent.
Teacher Liu: "Good, good, good boy. You should teach Fan Youcai more, so he can learn from you and strive to become a top student like you."
Zhu Ruiming chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I'm hardly a top student now. My mom even said I'm the worst student in the whole world."
Before Teacher Liu could speak, Fan Youcai blurted out, "Then you really should have your mom come to our school more often, let her see what real academic failure looks like. I only got 100 points in all three subjects combined on the final exam."
Teacher Liu: "..." Can you please not announce your score with such arrogance? Don't you, as a teacher, have any dignity?
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The money donated by Zhu Ruiming's father to Yun Zhaozhao allowed Yun Zhaozhao to put the goal of expanding Clear Breeze Temple on the agenda ahead of schedule.
Previously, Yun Zhaozhao had ideas but lacked the strength. Now that she has money, although she still lacks soft Yun Zhaozhao, she at least has hard power.
So Yun Zhaozhao immediately went to the Taoist Association and the construction department to start processing the procedures for the expansion of the Daoist temple. At the same time, she also completed the relevant procedures for the orchard in the backyard.
The expansion of the Daoist temple had requirements for architectural style, building materials, and spatial layout, so Yun Zhaozhao specially hired a professional architect to be in charge of the design.
While handling the formalities, Yun Zhaozhao also made a special trip to contact Lawyer Wang after a long time, and then told Lawyer Wang about the expansion of Clear Breeze Temple.
Lawyer Wang's initial goal for Yun Zhaozhao was to expand and strengthen Clear Breeze Temple, and Yun Zhaozhao felt that expanding the temple also aligned with this goal. After all, expanding the scale literally means growing bigger!
Lawyer Wang readily agreed this time and quickly sent the corresponding task bonus to Yun Zhaozhao. However, when issuing the bonus, he also gave Yun Zhaozhao a new task. "If you expand the scale of the Daoist temple, will your staff be able to keep up? Your temple currently only seems to have two Daoist priests, right?"
Yun Zhaozhao thought for a moment and said, "Originally, I wouldn't have been able to keep up, but Daoist Qingxin is coming to our Daoist temple soon for an exchange and study. Also, I've done some research, and there's a Daoist academy not far from here. Graduation season is coming up soon, and I'm planning to have Daoist Qingxin accompany me there to do some campus recruitment. Maybe those graduates will come to our Clear Breeze Temple because of Daoist Qingxin's reputation and the generous benefits offered by Clear Breeze Temple."
The expansion of the Daoist temple required the use of land in Qingfeng Park. Fortunately, there was a lawn next to Qingfeng Park, and the park itself was not very popular, so the procedures were completed quickly.
However, building a temple takes time, so it cannot be completed overnight.
The Clear Breeze Temple in the past, although it had halls for worship and sacrifice, quiet rooms for meditation and chanting, and even altars and houses, all the buildings were mixed together, making life very inconvenient.
The newly built Daoist temple is mainly symmetrical in structure, with more distinct functional areas, and is primarily used for worship, sacrifices, cultivation, and chanting of scriptures.
As for the existing Clear Breeze Temple, it will primarily be used to solve their living and food needs. After all, if the number of Daoist priests at Clear Breeze Temple grows significantly, there will definitely be a place for them to live. They can't continue living at the school like Xiao Yao and Zhang Lu did...
Daoist Qingxin had promised Jingting that he would come to Clear Breeze Temple Clear Breeze Temple exchange and learning, and that he would lead everyone in cultivation and chanting. However, he did not expect that upon his arrival, he would be given a new task: to conduct campus recruitment.
To be honest, Daoist Qingxin Daoist Qingxin doesn't need to personally recruit people in his own Daoist temple, so campus recruitment is truly a first for him.
Yun Zhaozhao comforted him, "Everything takes practice. I didn't know anything before either, but now I manage Clear Breeze Temple very well!"
Daoist Qingxin: "Why don't you just have Jingting go with you? Why do you want me to go with you?"
Yun Zhaozhao: "I suspect that the reason our Clear Breeze Temple hasn't been able to recruit a single proper Daoist priest so far is because they think we only need a Daoist priest like Jingting. I brought you here this time to show everyone that someone like Jingting is just an accident, and someone like you is the true love!"
Jingting: "..."
Chapter 55
Yun Zhaozhao was joking when she said that Qingxin was true love and Jingting was an accident, but she was serious about recruiting some Daoist priests to help the temple with its daily tasks during the summer vacation.
Previously, this matter wasn't urgent, so Yun Zhaozhao would delay as much as possible. But now, the new office address for Clear Breeze Temple is already going through the approval process. Once the new temple is built, it will definitely be impossible for Yun Zhaozhao and her few companions to manage it alone.
Moreover, although the vast majority of tourists who have come to Clear Breeze Temple Clear Breeze Temple far are there for the food, the surrounding area, or even because of the popularity of Daoist Priest Jingting's live streams, there are still some tourists who genuinely want to come to the temple to worship. Yun Zhaozhao herself does not know how to chant sutras and pray for blessings, but Clear Breeze Temple cannot be without anyone who knows how to chant sutras and pray for blessings.
Having made up her mind to "recruit soldiers and buy horses," Yun Zhaozhao decided to make this task the most important task of this summer vacation. She had previously tried online recruitment and recruitment at ordinary universities, but now she decided to focus on various offline recruitment fairs and the campus recruitment fairs of the Daoist Academy that she had mentioned to Daoist Qingxin.
To be honest, it's already a bit late to start offline recruitment at this point, because normally recruitment starts at the beginning of the year. But that's okay, the best time to recruit is at the beginning of the year, and the second best time is now.
Yun Zhaozhao first had Daoist Chang Kong prepare a beautiful and eye-catching recruitment notice, then asked Daoist Qingxin about the recruitment conditions and benefits of their Daoist temple, and finally prepared some food and drinks to eat at the recruitment fair. After that, she took Daoist Qingxin to the Daoist Academy.
Yun Zhaozhao had previously returned to her alma mater to participate in graduate employment guidance. At that time, she represented Clear Breeze Temple and said that they were recruiting people. The graduates' reactions were incomprehension, rejection, and a desire to avoid getting involved.
However, Daoist academies are very different from ordinary colleges. Daoist academies recruit Daoist priests, and those who graduate will definitely work in various Daoist temples. Therefore, after Yun Zhaozhao explained her purpose to the relevant school officials, the school warmly welcomed her and even offered to provide a venue for Yun Zhaozhao to hold a campus presentation.
The school not only provided the venue but also helped recruit students. Furthermore, the employment rate of the school's graduates is very important to the school, as it affects the enrollment results for the next year.
Through the efforts of many parties, the Daoist Academy's lectures managed to recruit two Daoist priests for Yun Zhaozhao Yun Zhaozhao —corresponding to the fat and thin figures of Daoist Chang Kong and Jingting, these two new Daoist priests were one tall and one short. The tall one was called Daoist Mao, and the short one was called Daoist Cen.
When Yun Zhaozhao was recruiting, she asked them carefully. They learned that what they studied at the Daoist Academy was the daily recitation of Daoist classics, such as the * Tao Te Ching *, the * Nanhua Jing *, and the * Ten Precepts of the Taoist Gate. Besides daily scripture recitation, they also learned meditation and qigong, specifically Tai Chi Chuan and the Baduanjin...
Anyway, while they might not have mastered it perfectly, it was more than enough to handle the daily affairs of Daoism. Moreover, Daoist Qingxin would be staying at Clear Breeze Temple during this time, so the two students could ask him for guidance on any Daoist Daoist Qingxin they didn't understand. Yun Zhaozhao thought to herself with delight: Indeed, everything is the best arrangement.
Seeing how much effort she put into organizing a recruitment fair, only to find she'd only hired two people, yet still looked so pleased with herself, Daoist Qingxin couldn't help but think with a mix of admiration and disbelief, "Truly worthy of being the woman in charge of Clear Breeze Temple. Just this mindset alone is enough for me to learn from for years." After all, if Daoist Qingxin herself had been recruiting on behalf of her own temple, and only managed to hire two people, she probably wouldn't even have the face to go back and face anyone, let alone feel pleased with herself.