Yun Zhaozhao was a law-abiding and good abbess. She deducted taxes from the money she received, and only what was left was what she could do with as she pleased.
Although there are now more people working at Clear Breeze Temple, there are also more people eating there. New sales channels have not yet been developed, and the main source of income still relies on the Clear Breeze Temple canteen, with a secondary source relying on the Clear Breeze Temple convenience store run by Xiaojiu. As for the backyard that Lin Banxia is in charge of and the farmland that Grandpa Lin is in charge of, they are currently mainly in the operation stage, and profitability is only a temporary phenomenon.
As for Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao, there's no need to even mention them. They have 10 little kids to feed, which are 10 mouths that only go out and never come in. So it's good enough if they don't lose money there, let alone make any.
However, this did not stump Yun Zhaozhao.
Yun Zhaozhao couldn't possibly target the ten junior Daoist priests, but she felt there was still some value to be extracted from the ten people True Yang Temple Yun Zhaozhao had recently sent to look after Daoist Chuli. After all, True Yang Temple couldn't just recruit them and have them solely responsible for caring for Daoist Chuli, could it?
It's important to understand that a major Daoist temple like True Yang Temple is extremely selective in its recruitment process, so these Daoist priests must have some merits; otherwise, they wouldn't have been chosen by True Yang Temple in the first place.
As expected, when Yun Zhaozhao privately gathered the people together and asked around, she discovered that everyone had their own area of expertise. Moreover, these Daoist priests were skilled in what traditional Daoist temples valued; for example, some were good at providing ritual services, offering blessings and performing rites of passage; others genuinely knew how to draw talismans—not the haphazard ones Jingting had drawn before, but real ones; and still others could tell fortunes...
In short, there are many different kinds.
Yun Zhaozhao felt she had struck gold, so she went to discuss with her Martial Uncle Chuli: "You see, you don't usually need so many people to serve you. As for the canteen, you only need them to help out for two hours at noon and two hours in the evening each day. Could I arrange for them to do something else during the rest of the time?"
Martial Uncle Chuli: "What are you going to arrange for them to do?"
Yun Zhaozhao: "Let's do something to make money. Once we've earned some, I'll buy you meat and wine."
Martial Uncle Chuli nodded immediately. "Sure. No problem. Use them as you please. If this batch is wasted, I'll ask True Yang Temple for 10 more."
Yun Zhaozhao: "Indeed, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure!"
True Yang Temple: "..." Your Clear Breeze Temple knows how to turn waste into treasure.
Chapter 80
Although Yun Zhaozhao rented houses for the new Daoist priests in the village, it was still quite inconvenient for so many priests to be crammed into the small Daoist temple every day.
Since Yun Zhaozhao has money again, she simply had the construction team hire more people and started rushing to meet the deadline.
The construction of the new Daoist temple is now in its final stages, and Yun Zhaozhao has asked them to start construction on the Prosperity Spring as well. After considering that the homonym of "Faquan" (发泉) is not very pleasant to hear, Yun Zhaozhao finally decided to name the spring " Prosperity Spring). And the newly built road along the spring from Prosperity Spring to Clear Breeze Temple will be called Prosperity Road).
It symbolizes continuous prosperity along the way.
It may be a bit vulgar, but sometimes the most vulgar is the most elegant. Anyway, no one can resist the slogan "Get rich along the way".
During this time, the school that Yun Zhaozhao had previously discussed cooperation with finally sent good news. They finally agreed to cooperate with Clear Breeze Temple's agricultural base, saying that they would order rice and wheat flour from Yun Zhaozhao's agricultural cooperative base in the future, and that the school would send a group of Agricultural College students to Clear Breeze Temple's agricultural base for internships every winter and summer vacation.
Yun Chaochao didn't know if other companies liked hiring interns, but because of her pleasant experience working with Xiao Yao and Zhang Lu's group of interns, Yun Chaochao really liked university interns.
After all, these are free, readily available laborers! And they're all highly qualified.
Moreover, the interns sent by the Agricultural College are not all majors related to agricultural planting. Sometimes they also include majors such as Chinese herbal medicine planting and flower planting and maintenance. For such majors, it is either very expensive to recruit suitable talents in society, or it is very difficult to recruit people. Now, the school regularly sends professional talents to Clear Breeze Temple every semester, so Lin Banxia's staffing problem will be solved in the future.
This is truly a win-win situation.
After receiving confirmation from the school, Yun Zhaozhao immediately shared the good news with Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia.
Grandpa Lin was alright, since it wasn't harvest season yet on his end, so even knowing that the school would be buying rice and wheat flour from his agricultural base didn't affect his daily life. After all, you have to eat one bite at a time, and rice has to grow slowly day by day.
Lin Banxia, upon hearing the news, was quite excited. "Hurry up and get these interns here! Once they arrive, someone will help take care of these flowers and fruit trees, and I can concentrate on my Chinese herbal medicine. Besides, I've recently started researching the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner qualification exam. For someone like me, a non-medical professional, to obtain a TCM practitioner's license, I need five years of experience practicing TCM, then I need to take the TCM Specialty Certificate exam, and after one year, I can apply for the TCM Assistant Physician exam. After five years of assistant registration, I can apply for the TCM Physician license exam..."
Although Yun Zhaozhao only vaguely understood what she was hearing, she was a very good abbess at grasping the key points. She remembered that it would take many, many years to obtain a traditional Chinese medicine license, so wouldn't Lin Banxia have to stay at Clear Breeze Temple until then?
It wasn't that she simply wanted to keep people around to work; it was purely because people develop feelings for each other after spending a lot of time together.
So if possible, she would certainly like everyone to spend more time together.
Moreover, when Lin Banxia first arrived, she was punished by Grandpa Lin to reflect on her mistakes at Clear Breeze Temple. At that time Yun Zhaozhao Chaochao did not consider paying Lin Banxia a salary; providing food and lodging was already more than enough. However, later Lin Banxia began to take charge in the backyard, and her mosquito-repellent bracelet became one of Clear Breeze Temple's star products. Therefore, Yun Zhaozhao later started paying Lin Banxia a salary, just like Xiaojiu.
Moreover, Lin Banxia has two salaries: one is for taking care of the flowers and plants in the backyard, and the other is the sales commission from the mosquito repellent bracelet she developed.
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Before Lin Banxia came to Clear Breeze Temple Clear Breeze Temple, she never thought she could settle down there, let alone that she would not only settle Clear Breeze Temple but also have a well-paying job.
Most importantly, she is now doing what she loves.
Even taking care of that sick little kitten was something she did willingly.
Speaking of which, the stray kitten has recovered almost completely under Lin Banxia's careful care. And it has been given a very nice name, Lemon.
It'll keep Yun Zhaozhao company, just like the rooster she brought with her.
When Yun Zhaozhao adopted Lemon, she planned to send it to Grandpa Lin to keep him company after Lin Banxia cured the cat. But Grandpa Lin doesn't need any companions now, because since his group of middle-aged and elderly people expanded, he has also raised ducks and geese in the yard. In addition to the chickens he had before, Grandpa Lin's yard now feels a thousand times more lively than a vegetable market.
In addition, the young Daoist priests at Clear Breeze Temple, especially Sansan, were particularly fond of Lemon. Lin Banxia had also developed feelings for Lemon after spending so much time with her. So, after consulting Lin Banxia's opinion, Yun Zhaozhao finally agreed to let the little stray cat stay at Clear Breeze Temple.
It turns out that Clear Breeze Temple not only doesn't want idle people, it doesn't even keep idle cats.
Ever since that stray kitten named Lemon appeared in the photos with Sansan, many netizens have asked about the kitten whenever they see Sansan Sansan, and vice versa.
While Jingting the live stream, it was impossible to search the entire Daoist temple for Sansan and the little stray cat, so she simply told Tang Li about it.
Tang Li had been managing Clear Breeze Temple's official website and Weibo recently, so he knew immediately what kind of content netizens liked to see.
So, whenever he had free time, he would carry a camera and take pictures of Sansan interacting with stray cats at Clear Breeze Temple.
Warm
Occasionally, Martial Uncle Chuli will also be captured on camera.
Speaking of which, Martial Uncle Chuli's report was later posted on Clear Breeze Temple's official website by Tang Li after the Sansan.
However, the report about Martial Uncle Chuli was not as captivating as the report about Sansan.
It's clear that these days, cute kids and pets are still the most popular with netizens.
However, although Martial Uncle Chuli's popularity online is significantly lower than that of Sansan, Martial Uncle Chuli is much more popular within Clear Breeze Temple.
Almost every elderly person who enters Clear Breeze Temple seeking health and longevity can't help but take a second look at Martial Uncle Chuli, or even go up to chat with him.
Anyway, Tang Li would shoot all sorts of footage whenever he had free time, and then post it on Clear Breeze Temple's official Weibo every now and then. In this way, netizens who care about Sansan and Lemon could not only see the scenes they wanted to see, but also pay attention to some other things along the way.
For example, many netizens only learned now that Clear Breeze Temple actually has its own agricultural planting base and agricultural breeding base.
Tang Li, mimicking Yun Zhaozhao's grand promises to netizens, said, "[Having agricultural planting and breeding bases is no big deal. Our Clear Breeze Temple might even have its own hotel, school, welfare institutions, and so on. The bigger your ambition, the bigger your stage.]"
One netizen commented sarcastically under Tang Li's Weibo: "[... With such a powerful whirlwind, you shouldn't be called Clear Breeze Temple, you should be renamed Tornado Temple.]"
Tang Li: [...] This generation of netizens knows how to be sarcastic and sarcastic.
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Tang Li spent his time taking photos and searching for materials around Clear Breeze Temple, and he actually discovered quite a few pleasant surprises.