Pawn Crossing the River

In a blink of an eye, the Shangyuan Festival is coming. This is a big festival for Daomen, and naturally it is also a big festival for Xidaomen.

Its importance is comparable to the Chinese New Year among the people. It is the annual festival of Taoist priests and the real beginning of the year. There is essentially no difference between blessings from heavenly officials and affixing blessing characters during the New Year.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, Xidaomen's main focus has turned to celebrating the New Year. Many things can be temporarily suspended, including the construction of the new port. Holding related celebrations is an important annual task, mainly in two places , one is Danxiu Mountain, where there will be small-scale high-level celebrations, and the other is New Xijing, where there will be large-scale celebrations covering the whole city.

As a guest, Qi Xuansu just waited to attend the celebration without having to worry about holding the celebration. He took advantage of this period to continue to give people "New Year greetings."

Among them are his father-in-law Zhang Kuqi, mother-in-law Tantai Qiong, Zhang Yuelu's uncle is also his uncle Zhang Kucheng, Cihang Zhenren who may be his mother-in-law or his master's wife, and his current boss Qingwei Zhenren. There are also a few close relatives, such as Jiang Dazhen, Lan Daren, Shi Dazhen, and even Zhang Dazhen who is far away in Fenglinzhou. They have worked together at least.

These belong to the elders.

The third division still couldn't be contacted, and Qi Xuansu, at his level, didn't join in the fun. Regardless of how powerful he is now, in the final analysis he is not even a true master of knowledge, and the Taoist sect does not have a great master. The status of the third master is higher than that of the previous three masters, and it is equivalent to half a major master. This gap is huge. .

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, and several familiar first-grade spiritual officials, Xu Jiaorong, Qi Jiaozheng, Yao Shu, Yao Pei, Li Changge and so on.

The following people may not be considered friends, but after all, they have not broken their skin, and they still want to say hello.

There are some people here who are not as good as Qi Xuansu and should take the initiative to greet Qi Xuansu. However, Qi Xuansu likes to be the first to take the initiative and keep a low profile. After all, friends do not need to pay too much attention to their status.

For example, Mo Qingdi was a very dull person and would not pay New Year greetings until the Lantern Festival, so he always took advantage of it and asked Qi Xuansu to take the initiative to greet him. Afterwards, Shi Yuer would definitely give him a shout-out and scold him for not being enlightened. , how can you let Master Qi pay you New Year greetings? Do you also want to stand side by side with Master Donghua, Master Qingwei, and Master Cihang?

Thanks to Qi Xuansu, many people now wish Mo Qingdi New Year's greetings, and don't forget to bring some gifts to Mo Qingdi. They are not valuable, but they are thoughtful at least. After all, people are wise in the world.

Mo Qingdi himself also understood that these people were quite old and had a high status. They could be his uncles and were rich despite their age. Why should they look up to him and take the initiative to give him New Year greetings? Isn't it because of Qi Xuansu behind him?

Without Qi Xuansu's relationship, none of these people would take a look at him, let alone know who he is.

There is no way, this is the current situation today, status determines everything, small people are always ignored, and big people are always praised by the stars. People who are close to big shots can also benefit from them.

In Mo Qingdi's view, the greatest luck in his life is that he has a classmate like Qi Xuansu, so that a little-known person like him has such a place in the Daodao Sect and can be regarded as a figure.

In the past few years, although Qi Xuansu had never asked him to help him with anything, Qingping Bookstore knew about his relationship with Qi Xuansu and took the initiative to help him solve various difficulties without Qi Xuansu's instructions. Not only did he become a regular employee, he became an official employee. The bookstore where he edited was much better than others in terms of editing, editing, and pen polishing. There were also various subsidies, as long as they were within the rules, they were all arranged for him. He and Shi Yu had saved a lot of money and were already planning to look for a house in Yujing.

There is also Shi Yu. After graduating from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, Shi Yu was assigned to one of the many branch palaces under the Wanxiang Taoist Palace as the lowest-level trainee assistant teacher. This position was jokingly called the king of children, and errands did not count. It's too tiring, but Taiping doesn't have much money. It's not as good as Dao Palace Bengong, and life is tight.

Moreover, the phenomenon of comparison in this industry is very serious, and the female instructors are very vain. This man is a Taoist priest of the fourth grade of wine, and that man has already taken charge. There is always a secret competition between which man buys something. Ichiban.

Because Mo Qingdi didn't do very well, Shi Yu was naturally at the bottom of the contempt chain and was often offended. The superiors also decided who was in charge. Those who had connections in the family were promoted first, and those who didn't had to wait. Shi Yu was still a trainee assistant teacher after waiting for several years, and could not let go of the word "trainee" for a long time.

In the end, it was because Qi Xuansu became prosperous and Mo Qingdi was Qi Xuansu's good friend, Shi Yu also benefited from it. After the Taoist palace learned about the relationship between Mo Qingdi and Qi Xuansu, they immediately promoted Shi Yu to a full-time position and became an assistant teacher. A few days later, Shi Yu was promoted to Dai Zhengjiu. And he made a clear promise that as long as there is an opportunity, he will immediately remove the word "generation" and directly practice orthodox teaching.

As a result, Shi Yu suddenly became the most popular person in the pledge room. Many people fawned over her, hoping to gain connections and support her. After all, she was a disciple of Master Qi and Master Donghua, and they were even expected to compete for her. The eighth generation master.

Now there are rumors that Master Qi will soon become the Master of the Wanxiang Dao Palace, the immediate boss of each branch palace, and truly control the life and death of each branch palace. Shi Yu's status has been rising again. Other female teachers will inevitably accompany him with drinks and may even be taken advantage of. Shi Yu is toasted by a bunch of bosses - Teacher Shi drinks or not as he pleases. We did it.

Shi Yu received all kinds of warm hospitality, first from his immediate superiors, then from his superiors' superiors, and finally from the Assistant Minister of the First Palace in person. He chose a place in the branch palace specially designed to entertain superiors to entertain Shi Yu.

In the past, when Shi Yu was a trainee assistant teacher, she walked past the door here several times, but never went in. She thought that even if she had a chance to go in, she would probably serve others, while others sat and she stood, and others ate her. Looking at it, she didn't expect that she would be invited in as a guest.

This was the most beautiful time in Shi Yu's life, and she truly understood why power was more alluring than any beauty.

The assistant manager didn't ask for anything else, just for insurance. Once Qi Zhenren casually asked about the palace division, Shi Yu didn't have to say a few nice words, as long as he could behave and not say anything bad about the palace division. Of course, it would be better if Shi Yu really wanted to say something nice.

After the banquet, Shi Yu was directly promoted to the rank of orthodox disciple, and she was also transferred to the main palace and arranged in the upper palace to be responsible for various matters related to high-quality Taoist priests. Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Yao Pei and others They have all studied here. It is easy to get in touch with some important people here, expand your network, and maybe there will be some opportunities. It is a good position that no one can ask for.

Why give it to her? It's not because Qi Xuansu is about to become the real person in charge of the palace.

From the beginning to the end, Qi Xuansu didn't say hello, didn't give any hint, or even knew about it. It was all the subordinates' spontaneous behavior. This is influence.

But Qi Xuansu must know the reason behind this, so he doesn't have to go out to greet and take care of his old classmates. That would be a disgrace.

Mo Qing was not the only classmate of Qi Xuansu, 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 the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, he was a very quiet person. He had the temperament of not going to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, and he didn't like to interact with others. Only the equally dull Mo Qingdi had a close relationship with him. At that time, we didn’t use the cold stove, but now we want to use the hot stove, but there is no such good thing.

As for why Qi Xuansu promoted Zhang Wuyue but not Mo Qingdi, it was not simply because Zhang Wuyue was his brother-in-law.

As Huangfuji said, Zhang Wuyue himself is valuable. He has connections with Zhang Yuelu and even the Zhang family, which is conducive to Xingang's business expansion. This is mutually beneficial. Zhang Yuelu was able to make some noise in the Lion City. He opened various joints without telling Zhang Yuelu, and many people relied on him for a living. Although things were not done right, it can be seen that he still has merit in terms of ability. I'm not a playboy who can't do anything.

When some dandy kids start a business, they have to ask their elders to greet them in person and escort them, and the end result is likely to be nothing but chicken feathers. Compared with these people, Zhang Wuyue didn't even let Zhang Yuelu come forward. He secretly took care of everything under Zhang Yuelu's name, and he was very clear-cut. As the saying goes, cure illnesses and save people. If you correct your mistakes, you will still be a good Taoist friend.

And what does Mo Qingdi have? He had nothing, and it was difficult for him to organize a class reunion. Even if Qi Xuansu was willing to give his old classmate a fortune, Mo Qingdi couldn't take it, and he didn't have the ability. As early as possible, you can secure your iron job within the Taoist system and don't think about whether you will have it or not.

Of course, many people took the initiative to give Qi Xuansu "New Year greetings". After all, Qi Xuansu's identity lies here.

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

My own people are Chen Jianqiu, Liu Hu, Chen Jianqiu, Lu Yuting, Mu Jin, Ning Yuqing, Ke Qingqing, Han Yongfeng, Sun Yongfeng, Fan Ji, Xu Kou, Ling Quanzi, Zhang Kuping, Shi Yu, Li Qingnu, Audrey , Shangguan Ya, Xie Jiaofeng, Gong Jiaojun, Xiao Yueru, Cheng Lixue, everyone from Taiping Bank Nanyang Head Office, several assistant managers and deputy palace masters of Borneo Taoist Palace, etc.

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

After careful calculation, there were not hundreds of people, but dozens of people. Even if each person said a few words, it would still be a big project.

Therefore, during festive seasons, human relations and sophistication become the top priority.

This is why Qi Xuansu is in the New World this year. All he needs to do is say hello. A few years ago, when he was the chief deputy head of the Borneo Taoist Palace, his place would always be crowded during festivals. Even if he said hello in advance, don't give gifts. , but there are still many people coming to the door, and they have to express Chief Qi’s holiday congratulations in person, one after another, which is very annoying. Qi Xuansu wanted to thank guests behind closed doors, but also didn't want to give people the impression of being too arrogant, so he really couldn't take any time off.

During festivals and festivals, when others come to Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu also has to go higher up to greet his bosses, elders, and friends. So every festival, the whole Daomen is extremely lively and busy, not just because of the celebration.

There is no way, everyone wants to make progress too much.

Compared with most Taoist people, Qi Xuansu is already very stiff. It is not a good thing to be said that he "does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything".

But compared to Zhang Yuelu, Qi Xuansu was even better at dancing. Zhang Yuelu's comment about being difficult to deal with was not for nothing.