Chapter 144 Spring Recruitment
The two gentlemen from Fox Court went back to celebrate the New Year, while the remaining fox spirits stayed in Fox Court.
It’s not that Gong Mengbi was so cruel as not to let them go back, but during every festival, people would offer sacrifices to the gods and pray for blessings. It was the time when the righteousness in the world was at its strongest, and it was also the time to welcome blessings and auspiciousness and for all evil to retreat.
For example, during the New Year, people worship their ancestors and gods, get rid of the old and welcome the new, pray for blessings and drive away evil spirits. None of these things are easy for fox spirits.
If they abide by the right path and have pure and clean aura, it is not a big deal. However, foxes like those in the fox yard with impure aura and excessive yin energy need to be eliminated.
Even if you really want to visit friends during the New Year, you must choose a time when there are no obstacles. Otherwise, if you walk around casually on earth, you will easily be killed by the gods being worshipped.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival, when all evil spirits are driven away, the same is true for the New Year’s Day.
Gong Mengbi did not stay in Fox Court to put pressure on them, letting them deal with it on their own. He went back to Wuhuan Peak to celebrate the New Year.
Fatty Kang, Xiangjun, and Xiaoyier are planning to invite their neighbors and friends to have dinner together and celebrate the festival.
"Brother, what do you think? I told you I'd be back soon." Fatty Kang said cheerfully, bringing the little fat fox to the front and saying, "Come, let Xiao Yier show you his skills this time."
Xiao Yi'er is no longer in fox form. When he was in Jinhua, because his shape-shifting skills were not good enough, Fatty Kang locked him up in the kitchen to cook and would not let him out. So he learned from his mistakes and studied shape-shifting skills with great effort. Finally, he succeeded in his practice and was able to maintain his human form most of the time and would not easily reveal his true form.
Nowadays, even a half-grown child wears a woolen coat, has a chubby round face, and has palms like meat buns.
Gong Mengbi rubbed his head and said, "How is it? Have you made any progress in your cooking skills?"
Xiao Yi'er shook his neck and said, "Of course I can cook a lot of dishes. Who in or outside the ferry doesn't like the food I cook?"
Xiang Jun chuckled and said, "Isn't it because you love eating meat that your cooking is always full of oil and water, making the ferrymen feel very economical?"
Xiao Yi'er's face flushed instantly, "Senior Xiangjun!"
Fatty Kang snorted, "You son, you don't feel bad selling your father's land. You've spent almost all the money I worked so hard to earn."
Xiao Yier stuck out his tongue and ran to the kitchen: "I'll go prepare the food."
Gong Mengbi laughed out loud and said, "Xiao Yi'er is kind-hearted and behaves like a brother."
Fatty Kang said, "I'm not a kind person." Then he went into the kitchen.
Xiang Jun smiled and said, "He has a thick skin sometimes and a thin skin sometimes."
When it comes to saving face, he really does, but when people praise him sincerely, he becomes shy.
Xiangjun told Gong Mengbi what had happened during this period. As an outsider witch, Xiangjun had a lot of experience in Jinhua in the past six months. She had fought against local witches several times before she was able to gain a firm foothold.
Fatty Kang and Xiao Yi'er were also not idle. They opened a restaurant at Jinhua Ferry to serve customers from all over the country.
Guests coming from all over the country have different tastes, which is a good opportunity to hone your cooking skills.
But the majority of people at the ferry were coolies. These people were not so particular about food, they just wanted cheap and big portions, so they gave the job to Xiao Yier to practice on.
Seeing how miserable these people were, Xiao Yier couldn't help but feel pity for them and secretly added oil and water to their food.
Didn't Fatty Kang know about this? Impossible, but he still acquiesced. The two monsters opened a restaurant in the human world not to make money, but to help the poor people, which made them feel at ease.
But also because of this, Fatty Kang's restaurant business became better and better, which really made people around him jealous, and caused a lot of trouble because of this.
Ordinary people might not be able to keep the restaurant going, but these two monsters, with the witch Xiangjun as their helper, were able to escape danger several times and deal with it calmly. Gradually, they became famous and established a firm foothold.
The three of them talked about nothing more than family matters as they wandered around in the crowd, but Gong Mengbi listened with great interest and said with a smile, "If I go to Jinhua in the future, I can go and join you."
Xiang Jun laughed and said, "I'm afraid you look down on our small temple."
Gong Mengbi laughed: "If you think the temple is too small, I have lived in the deserted garden of Wuning County for ten years and have been quite peaceful."
Fatty Kang and Xiao Yier worked together to prepare a sumptuous meal, and invited the wine, poetry and tea from Ruyun Peak, the bird fairies from Zhuling, the Wangxiang from Yudai River, the Yaksha ghost from Xiaosheng Temple, the three sisters from Meiren Ridge and the golden toad from Wuhuan Peak to gather together.
The new year was welcomed with great enthusiasm.
After the Lunar New Year, everything naturally returned to normal. Fatty Kang left a few large jars of wine for Gong Mengbi to sip slowly, probably enough to last until the next Lunar New Year.
After the New Year, Fox Courtyard had an important matter to attend to.
Originally, the Fox Academy enrolled more than fifty foxes, but after school started, they stopped enrolling any more.
Those who were reluctant to come to the Fox Academy to practice, saw that other foxes who had been to school had high knowledge, bearing, and skills. They were originally indifferent, but later they could not sit still.
Isn't this just like people, who don't want what is offered to them with good intentions, but after Gong Mengbi raised his attitude, they come to him from many sources, hoping to be admitted to study.
Gong Mengbi replied uniformly that they were waiting for the spring recruitment.
After the Lantern Festival, when the Heavenly Official blessed all living beings and they returned to their places, the universe became clear and the Fox Academy began its school year.
Gong Mengbi asked Kang Wen to preside over the enrollment work, formulated a publicity plan and enrollment policy, and Linghu Mei announced it widely, and decided to start the enrollment process in early February.
If you miss this year, you will have to wait until next year.
Over the past six months, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji have done a remarkable job of cultural enlightenment. This is due in part to the teachers' dedication, and also to Fox Charm's own spiritual practice. This practice opens up spiritual wisdom, improves comprehension, and enables faster learning. Faster learning, in turn, fosters spiritual wisdom, creating a positive cycle.
Although he often shows various foxy behaviors, the two gentlemen have long been accustomed to it.
On the contrary, because they are too serious, they are often teased by vixens. Seeing them blush and get humiliated seems to be a great pleasure for these female foxes.
But because it was just wild words and no real action was taken, Kang Wen turned a blind eye.
The enlightenment of this group of students has come to an end. From now on, there will be no need to teach basic courses such as literacy and writing. They can start studying and devote more energy to spiritual practice.
When new students come in, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji can take turns teaching literacy classes. Besides, with so many students already taught at their disposal, it won't be too tiring.
After the foxes spread the word, before February, fox spirits began to come early to study with Shu Xiu, fearing that they would not show their sincerity.
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