Chapter 75 Every Festival

The Lantern Festival is coming soon. This is a big festival for the Taoist sect, and naturally it is also a big festival for the Western Taoist sect.

Its importance is comparable to the Spring Festival in the folk. It is the annual festival for Taoists and the real beginning of the year. There is essentially no difference between the blessing of the heavenly official and the posting of the blessing character during the Spring Festival.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, the main focus of the Western Taoist sect has also turned to the Spring Festival. Many things can be temporarily stopped, including the construction of the new port. Holding related celebrations is an important annual task. There are mainly two places, one is Danxiu Mountain, where there will be small-scale and high-standard celebrations, and the other is Xinxijing, where there are large-scale celebrations covering the entire city.

As a guest, Qi Xuansu only needs to wait to participate in the celebration, and does not have to worry about holding the celebration. He also took advantage of this time to "greet the New Year" one after another.

Among them are his father-in-law Zhang Juqi, his mother-in-law Tan Taiqiong, Zhang Yuelu's uncle is also his uncle Zhang Jucheng, Cihang Zhenren, who may be his mother-in-law or his master's wife, and his current boss Qingwei Zhenren. There are also several great masters who are relatively close, such as Jiang Dazhenren, Lan Dazhenren, Shi Dazhenren, and even Zhang Dazhenren who is far away in Fenglinzhou. They have worked together.

These are elders.

The third master still cannot be contacted, and Qi Xuansu, at this level, will not join in the fun. Although he is now able to call the wind and rain, after all, he is not even a Canzhi Zhenren, and the Taoist sect does not have a great master. The status of the third master is higher than that of the past three masters, equivalent to half a great master, which is a big gap.

There are also some friends or old bosses, such as Xu Dacheng, Xu Xiaoying, Ye Qingshuang, Ning Lingge, Pei Xiaolou, Lei Xiaohuan, Shi Bingyun, Bai Yingqiong, Lin Yuanmiao, Ji Jiaozhen, several familiar first-grade spiritual officials, Xu Jiaorong, Qi Jiaozheng, Yao Shu, Yao Pei, Li Changge, etc.

The latter few may not be considered friends, but after all, they did not tear their faces, so they still have to say hello.

Some people here are not as good as Qi Xuansu, and they should take the initiative to greet Qi Xuansu, but Qi Xuansu likes to take the lead and lower his posture. After all, friends don’t have to pay too much attention to the status.

For example, Mo Qingdi, this person is very dull, and he has to wait until the Lantern Festival to greet the New Year, so he always takes advantage of it and lets Qi Xuansu greet him on his own initiative. Afterwards, Shi Yu will inevitably scold him for being stupid, how can you let Master Qi greet you on your New Year? Do you also want to stand shoulder to shoulder with Master Donghua, Master Qingwei, and Master Cihang?

Thanks to Qi Xuansu, many people now greet Mo Qingdi on the New Year, and don’t forget to bring some gifts to Mo Qingdi. It’s not valuable, but it’s a kind of thought after all, after all, it’s a matter of human relations.

Mo Qingdi himself understands that these people are not young, and their status is not low. In terms of age, they can be his uncles and rich. Why do they look up to him and take the initiative to greet him on the New Year? Isn’t it because of Qi Xuansu behind him?

If there is no relationship with Qi Xuansu, these people will not look at him straight, let alone know who he is.

There is no way. This is the current situation. Status determines everything. Small people are always ignored, and big people are always praised by the crowd. People who are close to big people can also benefit from it.

In Mo Qingdi's opinion, the greatest luck in his life is to have a classmate like Qi Xuansu, who makes him, a little-known little person, have a place in such a big door and be considered a figure.

In the past few years, although Qi Xuansu never asked to help him, Qingping Bookstore knew about his relationship with Qi Xuansu. Without Qi Xuansu's instructions, they took the initiative to help him solve various difficulties. Not only did they make him a regular editor of the bookstore, but even the remuneration was much higher than others. There were also various subsidies. As long as they were within the rules, they were all arranged for him. He and Shi Yu saved a lot of money and were planning to look for a house in Yujing.

There is also Shi Yu. After graduating from Wanxiang Dao Palace, Shi Yu was assigned to one of the many branch palaces under the Wanxiang Dao Palace, and became a trainee assistant teacher at the lowest level. This position was jokingly called the king of children. The job was not too tiring, but the money was not much. It was not as good as the main palace of the Dao Palace, and life was tight.

Moreover, the phenomenon of comparison in this industry was very serious. The vanity of the female teachers was not less. This man was a fourth-rank Taoist priest, and that man had become the master. They always had to compete secretly about what someone's man bought.

Because Mo Qingdi was not doing well, Shi Yu was naturally at the bottom of the contempt chain and suffered a lot. The upper level also looked at people and served them according to their families. Those with connections in their families were promoted first, and those without connections waited. Shi Yu waited for several years and was still a trainee assistant teacher, and could not get rid of the word "trainee".

In the end, it was because Qi Xuansu became rich and Mo Qingdi was a good friend of Qi Xuansu that Shi Yu also benefited from it. After the Dao Palace knew about the relationship between Mo Qingdi and Qi Xuansu, they immediately made Shi Yu a regular teacher and made her an assistant teacher. A few days later, they promoted Shi Yu to acting teacher. They also promised that if there was a chance, they would immediately remove the word "acting" and make her a regular teacher.

In this way, Shi Yu suddenly became the most popular person in the signing room. Many people flattered her, hoping to get in touch with her and help her. After all, she was the disciple of Master Qi, Master Donghua, and she was even expected to compete for the eighth generation of the head teacher.

Now there is a rumor that Master Qi will soon become the head of the Wanxiang Dao Palace, becoming the boss of each branch palace, and truly mastering the life and death of each branch palace. Shi Yu's status has risen again. Other female teachers have to accompany the drinking, and they may even be taken advantage of. Shi Yu was toasted by a group of big and small bosses - it's up to Master Shi to drink or not, we'll do it.

Shi Yu received various warm receptions, first from her direct superior, then from her superior's superior, and finally from the assistant of the First Palace, who personally came out to host a banquet for Shi Yu in the place of the Branch Palace that was specially used to host superiors.

In the past, when Shi Yu was an apprentice assistant teacher, she passed by the door here several times, but never went in. She thought that even if she had the opportunity to go in, she would probably serve others, stand while others sat, and watch others eat. She didn't expect that she would be invited in as a guest.

This was the most glorious time in Shi Yu's life, and she truly realized why power was more attractive than any beauty.

The assistant didn't ask for anything else, just for insurance. Once Master Qi asked about the Branch Palace casually, Shi Yu didn't have to say a few good words, and she just had to behave properly and not say bad things about the Branch Palace. Of course, if Shi Yu really wanted to say a few good words, it would be even better.

After the banquet, Shi Yu was directly promoted to a regular teacher, and she was also transferred to the main palace, arranged in the upper palace, and was specifically responsible for various matters related to high-quality Taoist priests. Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Yao Pei and others had studied here. It was easy to contact some big figures here, expand their network, and maybe there would be some opportunities, which was a good position that many people could not ask for.

Why give it to her? It was because Qi Xuansu was about to become the head of the palace.

From beginning to end, Qi Xuansu did not say hello, nor did he give any hints, and he was not even aware of it. It was all spontaneous behavior by the subordinates. This is influence.

However, Qi Xuansu must have known the truth behind it, so he did not need to say hello and take care of his old classmates. That would be inferior.

Qi Xuansu's classmates were not only Mo Qingdi, but Qi Xuansu only interacted with Mo Qingdi, which made many people jealous to death, but they could not blame others, but themselves. When Qi Xuansu was in Wanxiang Dao Palace, he was not very conspicuous. He did not like to interact with others because he did not come to the temple for no reason. Only Mo Qingdi, who was equally dull, had close contact with him. It was not a good thing to want to heat up the stove now.

As for why Qi Xuansu promoted Zhang Wuyue instead of Mo Qingdi, it was not as simple as Zhang Wuyue was his brother-in-law.

As Huangfu Ji said, Zhang Wuyue himself was valuable. He had connections with Zhang Yuelu and even the Zhang family, which was conducive to the business expansion of Xingang. This was mutually beneficial. Zhang Wuyue was able to make a little noise in Lion City, and he opened up various connections without telling Zhang Yuelu. Many people also depended on him for food. Although he did things wrong, it can be seen that he still had merits in his ability. He was not a dandy who could do nothing.

Some dandy children had to ask their elders to come forward and greet them in person when they started a business, and they had to ask their elders to escort them. The final result was likely to be a mess. Compared with these people, Zhang Wuyue did not let Zhang Yuelu come forward, and secretly handled everything under the banner of Zhang Yuelu. The difference is obvious. As the saying goes, curing diseases and saving people, correcting mistakes, and still being a good Taoist friend.

And what does Mo Qingdi have? Nothing, he can't even organize a classmate reunion properly. Even if Qi Xuansu is willing to give his old classmates a fortune, Mo Qingdi can't take it, he doesn't have the ability. As soon as possible, he should hold a stable job in the Taoist system, and don't think about anything else.

Of course, there are also many people who take the initiative to "greet the New Year" to Qi Xuansu, after all, Qi Xuansu's identity is here.

There are both his own people, and some people who are not so close but have intersections with Qi Xuansu.

The people who belong to us are Chen Jianchou, Liu Hu, Chen Jianqiu, Lu Yuting, Mu Jin, Ning Yuqing, Ke Qingqing, Han Yongfeng, Sun Yongfeng, Huan Ji, Xu Kou, Lingquanzi, Zhang Juping, Shi Yu, Li Qingnu, Audrey, Shangguan Ya, Xie Jiaofeng, Gong Jiaojun, Xiao Yueru, Cheng Lixue, the people of Taiping Money House Nanyang General Store, several assistants and deputy palace masters of Borneo Daofu, etc.

Those who are not considered as our own people but have intersections, such as Liu Gui, Li Zhuyu, Yuheng Star Master, Shen Yuqing, Zhou Jiaoxian, Lu Yushu, Shen Mingxin, etc.

If you count carefully, there are dozens of people if not hundreds of people. Even if everyone says a few words, it is a big project.

So every festival, human relations become the top priority.

This is why Qi Xuansu is in the New World this year. He just needs to say hello. In the past few years, when he was the chief deputy chief of the Daofu in Borneo, his place was always crowded with people during festivals. Even if he said hello in advance and asked not to give gifts, there were still many people who came to his house to express their holiday congratulations to Chief Qi in person, one after another, which was very annoying. Qi Xuansu wanted to close the door to refuse visitors, but he didn't want to give people an impression of being too arrogant, so he couldn't rest for a moment.

During festivals, others came to Qi Xuansu, and Qi Xuansu had to go higher to greet his superiors, elders, and friends. Therefore, every festival, the Dao sect was particularly lively and busy, not just because of the celebration.

There was no way, everyone wanted to make progress too much.

Compared with most people in the Dao sect, Qi Xuansu was already very stiff. People said that "no one comes to the temple for no reason", which was not a good thing.

But compared to Zhang Yuelu, Qi Xuansu is quite adept at dealing with people. The comment that Zhang Yuelu is difficult to deal with is not in vain.