Chapter 111 Mobilizing villagers to open B&Bs
It was already past four in the afternoon when the plane arrived in Yunyan City.
It would take more than three hours to get back to Yantai Temple from Yunyan City, so they found a private car.
When she first entered Yantai Town, she was a little puzzled to see many unfamiliar faces, but after gradually seeing some Taoists wearing Taoist robes or holding magical instruments, she finally reacted.
Unexpectedly, the people from Xuanmen were so quick that they had already rushed to Yantai Temple to buy talismans.
However, seeing that they were discussing with each other while heading towards the town, Qing Yanrou asked the driver to stop the car and take them here.
"Hello, are you coming down from Yantaiguan?"
She casually asked a girl in a Taoist robe. This was the first time she met a female Taoist priest other than herself.
The female Taoist priest was studying the talisman she had just bought. When she found someone asking her a question, she looked up at the person in front of her.
When he found out that it was a pretty young lady, his eyes lit up and he replied in a brisk tone:
"Yes, Miss, are you from Yantai Town too?"
"Yes, are you going back?"
"Yes, the villages here are relatively backward, and there are no homestays. Yantai Temple is also relatively small, mainly because there are few people and no accommodation. I can only go to the town to find a hotel and go to Yantai Temple tomorrow."
The girl holding the talisman frowned slightly when she spoke of the latter part. This Yantai Temple is good in every way except that there is no place to live and no food to eat.
"Then I won't bother you anymore. Go find a hotel first."
After saying goodbye to the young lady, the two continued walking towards Yantai Village. Along the way, they met many people coming out of the village, all heading to the town.
Seeing this scene, Qing Yanrou began to ponder.
"There are too few people in the temple to provide food and accommodation for pilgrims, but we can consider having the village set up a few homestays, which would also increase the income of the villagers."
Chu Tingbai's low and pleasant voice sounded beside her. Her eyes lit up when she heard it, and she said excitedly:
"You and I have the same idea. Come on, let's go to the village chief's house now."
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It was completely dark at this time. The white lights from the street lamps on both sides of the village and the warm lights from every household in the village complemented each other, creating a particularly harmonious scene.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Li"
Qing Yanrou had just arrived at the door of Village Chief Li's house when she shouted inside.
"Yanrou! You're here, come in quickly, come in quickly."
The first one to come out was Li Yuanxiang. The moment he heard her voice in the house, he couldn't wait to come out.
However, when he saw Chu Tingbai, his surprised expression froze for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and invited her in.
Chu Tingbai no longer worried about him and followed her in calmly.
"Yanrou is here. You haven't eaten yet, right? Come and have dinner together."
The Li couple spoke enthusiastically when they saw the couple coming in, but they had almost finished eating.
Seeing them coming, Aunt Li went to the kitchen.
"Aunt, stop working, we've eaten."
Knowing that she was definitely going to cook a few dishes, Qing Yanrou quickly stopped her.
Aunt Li couldn't persuade her, so she had to quickly clear the dishes from the table and asked Li Yuanxiang to bring up some fruit, peanut candy and the like.
"Uncle Li, this is the case. We will definitely have a lot of pilgrims coming to our temple in the future, but you know our temple is small and has few people. We can't provide food and accommodation for those who come from far away."
"I was wondering if we could have a farm stay or a B&B in Yantai Village, so that the uncles and aunts could make some money."
"That's a good idea!"
As soon as Qing Yanrou finished speaking, Li Yuanxiang couldn't wait to speak loudly.
Village chief Li was startled by his voice and couldn't help but hit him with his pipe.
"Your voice is going to scare your father to death!"
"Yanrou, this is a good idea. You and Master Jianyi are both people with real abilities, and now you can finally show them."
The people in Yantai Village, no, it should be said that the people in the entire Yantai Town, all know that there is an old man and a child living in the Yantai Temple on Yantai Mountain.
Both Taoist priests are people with real abilities. Whenever there is any problem in any family, they always like to go to the temple.
But the temple was still poor, and the mountain gate was always dilapidated and looked shaky.
Many people who had received their kindness wanted to help them repair the house for free, but the grandfather and grandson refused.
Yantai Town is such a poor place!
Every household has little money, so how could Qing Yanrou and the others let them work for free?
But they themselves were poor, so they let the mountain gate be like that.
However, in recent years they have all gone out to work, and with the support of the government they have gradually lived a good life.
Before the Yantai Temple, Qing Yanrou also asked them to renovate it, and of course she paid them for the work.
Now that there is such an opportunity, Village Chief Li certainly agrees with her idea.
Li Yuanxiang was immediately asked to call the villagers for a meeting.
At this moment, every household had just finished their meal and everyone was at home. When they heard that the village chief had something to discuss, they quickly went to the village chief's house.
Soon, forty or fifty people came. Fortunately, the village chief's house often held meetings, so there was a particularly spacious yard that was big enough to accommodate these people.
Because it was winter and the weather was cold, Village Chief Li passed the message to them briefly, explaining to them the idea that Qing Yanrou had just raised.
This is a money-making business, how could the villagers refuse!
Moreover, in the past few days they have indeed seen an endless stream of outsiders heading towards the Taoist temple on the mountain, and many times it is already night when they come down from the mountain.
I went to my house to ask if there were any B&Bs, but the villagers had no idea what a B&B was. Only after listening to their explanation did I understand what it meant.
Nowadays, every family in the village has built a two-story or three-story house with many rooms.
But they had never done that before. The villagers were simple and honest, and they refused them one by one for fear of not providing adequate hospitality, and asked them to go to the hotel in the town.
They heard that the hotels in town have been making a lot of money recently!
This is all the traffic brought by Yantai Temple.
Now that Qing Yanrou personally came to suggest that they open B&Bs and farm stays, they were of course happy to do so.
I immediately told her and the village chief that I must run this farm stay and B&B well so that others would not think that their village is not good and is a scam.
After the affairs in the village were resolved, Qing Yanrou and Chu Tingbai slowly went up the mountain and returned to the temple with the fruits, vegetables and meat sent by the villagers.
I didn't want these things at first, but they were so enthusiastic that I couldn't refuse, so I had to accept them.
As soon as the two of them walked to the mountain gate, they heard the sound effects of the game coming from the temple, as well as the exaggerated voices of admiration from Han Nianlu and the others.
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