Qing'er, I see that the Taoist temple is too big, and the only two people in the Taoist temple, Yuan Daozhang and Xiao Mo, are the masters and apprentices. It's also very deserted. Do you want to recruit more Taoist priests from outside?

While cleaning the incense ashes from the copper stove together, Yang Huazhong couldn't help but discuss this with Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing smiled: Dad, what you are saying is just for a layman. People like Taoist priest Yuan who devote themselves to cultivating Taoism will not pay attention to whether it is deserted or lively. However,

She raised her head and looked around, and then said: However, this Taoist temple is indeed very big. From the front yard to the back yard, there are three main halls, six or seven side rooms, and about ten wing rooms, kitchens, dining halls, and classrooms.

Taking care of the rooms, warehouses, and latrines every day is indeed a heavy task. Master Yuan Daozhang and Xiao Mo alone are really unable to cope with it, and it also delays their cultivation.

Yang Huazhong said: This is easy to handle. How about asking two people to come over and help take care of the Taoist temple? One will sweep and the other will cook.

Yang Ruoqing nodded: Dad's idea is good, but those who sweep and cook must be men, between forty and fifty-five years old.

I am too young and impetuous to tolerate the purity in Taoist temples.

Those under forty are the strong labor force of a family and are unlikely to come here, while those above fifty-five should spend their old age at home and are not suitable to come to Taoist temples to do manual labor.

Therefore, it is best to be between forty and fifty-five years old, and you must be in good health, have children to take over the farm work at home, and you can also go out and do something to help out.

Qing'er, I will go to the village to find two such people for you later. Yang Huazhong said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded. As for wages, just tell them that if you work in a Taoist temple, you have to rest here for at least 25 days out of a 30-day month. Three meals a day are included in the Taoist temple. The wages are settled at the end of each month. There will be one when you first come.

The probation period is 400 cents per month, and the salary after the probation period is 800 cents per month.

Yang Huazhong grinned: The treatment is so good, I want to come. I guess a lot of people in the village want to come.

Yang Ruoqing also laughed: So there are age limits, good health, no infectious diseases, good conduct, clean hands and feet, and we have to carefully select those who serve before the gods.

Yang Huazhong thought for a moment and said: Well, then I will post a notice in the village, write down these conditions, and ask everyone who agrees to these conditions to come to my place to sign up, and then I will give you the list.

It's up to you to decide which two to use.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, done!

After cleaning up the Taoist temple, Yang Ruoqing went to Sanqing Hall to say goodbye to Taoist Priest Yuan.

Taoist Yuan, today's consecration ceremony was very successful. Taoist priest, you are tired. Yang Ruoqing sincerely thanks you.

Taoist priest Yuan smiled faintly and said: Madam Luo, thanks to Madam Luo's kindness, Pindao and his disciples can have this place to live. Pindao is deeply grateful and tries his best to hold today's Dharma gathering. It is Pindao's duty.

No need to thank you.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded, without saying any unnecessary polite words. She told Taoist Yuan that she wanted to invite two people to come to the Taoist temple to cook and cook. She also got Taoist Yuan's approval. She just left the Taoist temple with Yang Huazhong and the others and went down the mountain to return to the village.

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Dinner was served in the Luo family, and four women, Sun, Wang Cuilian, Guihua and Bao Suyun, took the spoons.

In the evening, we invited people from the old Yang family, the Sun family, the Wang family, the cattle dealer and his son, people with whom we had friends in the village, and a few highly respected village elders.

There were three tables full of banquets, and the four women managed them very calmly.

In the past, Mrs. Sun would come to help on occasions like this, but now Xiaojie and her mother-in-law are at Sun's house, so Mrs. Sun can't spare time, so Mrs. Sun went to invite Osmanthus to come and help.

By the time Yang Ruoqing and the others returned home, dinner had already been cooked.

Mom, you are so nimble! Yang Ruoqing came to the kitchen to express condolences to the four women who were struggling at the rear.

Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "We can't cook vegetarian dishes as well as Chef Zhou. It's easy for us to cook big fish and meat."

Yang Ruoqing nodded. A truly great chef is not one who cooks delicacies so deliciously, but one who cooks ordinary ingredients to make them taste like delicacies, making people salivate on the tongue and leave them with endless aftertaste.

No matter what, it is very difficult for everyone to prepare these several tables of meals. Yang Ruoqing would like to thank everyone again.

The women all smiled modestly, and Wang Cuilian said: Qing'er, go and see if everyone is here in the front yard? It's almost time to put the dishes and chopsticks.

Yang Ruoqing hurriedly went to the front yard to make arrangements.

Over at the Xiang family, the cattle dealer and Xiang Shengnan were both there, but neither Xiang's father nor Xiang's mother came over.

Yang Ruoqing didn't find it strange at all. She said everything she needed to say clearly. The Xiang family was separated, that's it.

All of this was the decision made by Xiang's father and Xiang's mother at the beginning. No one can blame them for being estranged now.

While the meal was being served, Ms. Sun pulled Yang Ruoqing aside, "Qing'er, I told your aunt earlier that she shouldn't make a fire at night, and we'll bring food to her and Xiaojie later."

Yang Ruoqing said: Okay, I'll do it.

I've already finished it and put it in the food box. Feng'er has to go to the toilet and I have to go with him. You can help me send it to your aunt!

Uh-huh! Yang Ruoqing picked up the food box and hurried out of the yard.

Compared with the lively drinking scene in the Luo family yard, the Sun family is much quieter.

Because Lao Suntou and Xiaojie's father went to Luo's house to have a drink, there was only the elder Sun, Xiaojie and their little baby in the Sun family's yard.

When Yang Ruoqing came to Xiaojie's room, Mrs. Sun was changing the baby girl's diaper and washing her buttocks to sleep.

Yang Ruoqing explained her purpose, and Mrs. Sun said: I was planning to put the baby to sleep and go get it myself, but you delivered it to me, saving me a trip. How considerate!

Yang Ruoqing curled her lips.

Da Sun said again: "Tell Xiaojie to eat first. I'll put the baby in the cradle. I'm not in a hurry."

Yang Ruoqing carried the food box to the bedside and opened the lid.

Xiaojie poked her head to look and sniffed hard: What is it? It smells so good!

Yang Ruoqing glanced at Xiaojie with a smile and said: There are rice, vegetables, soup and pastries!

As she spoke, she took out five small plates at once.

A plate of braised chicken wings, a plate of steamed prawns, a plate of minced cabbage with garlic, a plate of sausage and scrambled eggs, and a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake as white as white jade.

Then came three more bowls, two bowls of crispy white rice, and a bowl of radish and pork ribs soup.

Wow, the portion is so big. Not to mention my mother and I, it’s enough for one more person! Xiaojie said, her throat was rolling, and she couldn’t help but swallow several mouthfuls of saliva.
Chapter completed!