Chapter 26: All Run Away
"Thank you for your hard work, masters."
"Manager Wang, thank you for your help."
"Our property management is here to serve the owners. Mr. Lin, if you have any needs, just tell me directly."
The property manager was very polite. Lin Ye knew that he was doing it for He Jie's sake. He was transporting several truckloads of rice and meat this time, so it was easy to find an excuse to the outside world. Now that the area is closed all the time, he might as well stock up some rice and meat in advance.
There is a cold storage in the basement of the villa, so there is no need to worry about the food going bad.
"Manager, isn't this exaggerating? Even if the community is really closed, there is no need to stockpile so many."
Listening to his subordinates' words, Manager Wang curled his lips and said, "You don't understand this. Rich people think differently from us. They think long-term. We ordinary people can't afford to stock up on these rice and meat, but for them, it may just be money for a banquet."
"Although our Rao City is small, there are many rich people. Any resident in this community can stomp their feet and the whole city will shake. You have just arrived not long ago, so I remind you again today that you can't work in the property management here like in other communities. Here we are a real service industry."
Cold storage room.
Lin Ye was very satisfied looking at the rice, meat and vegetables that filled the room. The next step was to move them around. He could only carry what he could each time, and it would take many trips. That was why he went to the Taoist priest to ask for help in stabilizing his soul.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll lose my soul before I finish delivering the rice and meat.
One trip, two trips...
Lin Ye didn’t know how many times he had carried the rice. By the time he moved the last bag of rice, he felt so exhausted.
Only one hour had passed in the other world.
Lin Ye transported the food directly to his backyard and filled the entire backyard.
"An Zisheng, tell the eldest brother to go to Qingfeng Temple to get food early tomorrow morning. Qingfeng Temple has food."
"Qingfeng Temple has food? As expected, these Taoists are really good at collecting money and food." An Zisheng snorted coldly, while Daogu on the side looked puzzled. Their own Taoist temple did not have any extra food, otherwise the master would not have made a deal with Master Lin last time.
"Stop talking nonsense and go tell my senior brother the news."
Lin Ye looked at An Zisheng's cynical expression and slapped him on the back of the head. He knew nothing but learned to be an angry young man. If he were in modern times, he would be a keyboard warrior.
After driving An Zisheng away, Lin Ye went to the Taoist temple to meet Taoist Priest Ding Xuan. Taoist Priest Ding Xuan followed Lin Ye to the backyard and was shocked when he saw the backyard full of food. His old face twitched and he kept chanting "Blessings to the Infinite Heavenly Venerable".
"Master Lin, with so much food to move to the Taoist temple, it might be easy to attract attention if we go through the front door."
After a while, Taoist Ding Xuan controlled his emotions. Lin Ye also agreed with this. If he was not afraid of being too conspicuous, he could have traveled back and forth directly in the backyard of the Taoist temple.
"The left side of your backyard is adjacent to my Taoist temple... You can open a passage here."
"Okay, let's do it."
Lin Ye glanced at the wall on his left. He wouldn't care too much about just a wall.
After the wall was demolished, Lin Ye, the Taoist priest, and Daogu started working as porters. They were busy until almost dawn, when they finally filled up several utility rooms in the backyard of the Taoist temple with all the food.
Moo!
In the cowshed in the backyard, the yellow cow was crying unhappily, as if blaming Lin Ye and the other two for disturbing his good sleep that night.
"Master, why don't we kill this cow and eat its beef?" Lin Ye suggested to the old Taoist.
Taoists abstain from meat. Many people have misunderstandings about meat. In fact, meat does not refer to meat, but some spices. Taoists abstain from the five kinds of meat, which refer to five kinds of seasonings such as leeks and garlic, but do not abstain from meat.
"Blessings and blessings to the Heavenly Venerable, in Taoism, we have five kinds of non-eating, three kinds of aversion, and four kinds of food that cannot be eaten, and beef is one of the four kinds of food that cannot be eaten."
Seeing Taoist Ding Xuan's serious explanation, Lin Ye did not continue the topic. He just mentioned it casually, as he still knew the four things not to eat in Taoism.
The transportation task was completed, but Lin Ye couldn't rest yet. He had to put away the bags of rice. These bags of rice could not be produced in another world.
After finishing all these, it was already dawn. Before Lin Ye had time to go back to his house to take a shower to get rid of the sweat on his body, footsteps were heard at the front door of the Taoist temple.
The eldest brother is here.
Not only the eldest senior brother came, but also several other generals in armor. Each of them exuded a sharp aura, and the aura they exuded made it difficult for him to breathe. Among them, the eldest senior brother's aura was the strongest, like a furnace. Only then did Lin Ye realize that the eldest senior brother was so peaceful in front of him because he did not use his aura to the fullest.
The eldest senior brother did not greet Lin Ye, nor did he even look at Lin Ye. He just clasped his fists towards Taoist Ding Xuan and said, "Master, your kindness today will be remembered in our hearts."
"I am not doing this for you rebels, but for the people in the city."
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan had a calm expression. His words made the two generals behind the eldest senior brother look a little embarrassed. These two were the ones who proposed to rob the rich families of their food.
"Don't worry, Taoist priest. The rebels will not harm the people in the city at all."
The eldest senior brother made a strong and generous assurance, and at the same time glanced at the generals behind him. That look made the two generals who had embarrassed expressions earlier look even uglier.
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan said nothing more and took the eldest brother and the others to the backyard. When Lin Ye saw the mountain of food in the backyard, he could feel that everyone's breathing became rapid, even the eldest brother.
But at this moment, the eldest senior brother's gaze happened to look over here, and their eyes met. The eldest senior brother nodded at him imperceptibly.
Lin Ye understood that the reason why the senior brother did not greet him was actually the same as that of Taoist Ding Xuan. It was a kind of protection for himself, to keep himself away from the world. With the wisdom of the senior brother, he must have thought that these foods must be related to him.
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"Mr. Lin, you are still living a comfortable life now."
The day after the next day!
An Zisheng came to the door and looked at Lin Ye basking in the sun on a recliner with envy in his eyes.
Lin Ye smiled and replied, "I am different from you. I have no ambitions. I stay in my small building and don't care about spring, summer, autumn or winter."
An Zisheng was startled and repeated Lin Ye's words.
"Hiding in the small building, I don't care about spring, summer, autumn or winter . What a good poem. I didn't expect Mr. Lin to have such a brilliant literary talent."
Well, this hipster disease has struck again.
Lin Ye looked at An Zisheng mumbling there, knowing that this was a common problem among literati, and explained: "I didn't say that, it was said by a talented scholar named Lu Xun."
"Lu Xun? Why haven't I heard of him?"
"He is someone I met in another county town, Zhou Shuren from Zhejiang, a great talent, who has said many classic words. In his hometown, if you add a sentence like Mr. Lu Xun said it, it is the truth."
"He should be a great scholar who has lived in seclusion. The world is so big, and there are so many talented people. In comparison, our Shangyang County is really too small." An Zisheng nodded in approval, and then said excitedly: "I came here to say goodbye to you. The boats are ready, and General Qiao is preparing to lead the rebels across the river to the north. I will also leave with the rebels."
"You're leaving now?"
Lin Ye knew that his senior brother and the others would not stay in Shangyang County for too long, but he did not expect it to be so soon.
"Yes, now uprisings have broken out in various places, and General Qiao is preparing to go north to join another rebel army."
"Okay, then I wish you safe journey and hope you can overthrow this corrupt old dynasty as soon as possible."
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On the day the rebels left the city, Lin Ye walked out of the house for the first time and saw the city gate. He watched his eldest brother riding a horse and leading the army northward in a mighty procession. He did not turn back until he could no longer see the army.
"Dawu!"
Lin Ye walked into Qingfeng Temple and found that the young Taoist priest did not respond to him. He looked around but could not find the old Taoist priest and the young Taoist priest. There was only the yellow cow left in the backyard.
There was a letter placed in the Sanqing Hall. After Lin Ye finished reading it, his expression became very interesting.
This letter was left for him by the old Taoist priest. In the letter, he said that he was traveling with his apprentice and the Taoist temple was temporarily closed. He was asked to arrange for someone to help clean the temple and take care of the scalpers when he was free.
"What do you mean by wandering? This is running away."
Lin Ye said "Pooh". He was moved by the Taoist's behavior before, but it turned out that the Taoist had already prepared to run away. He didn't even want to be his ancestor.
He didn't even say hello to me. He must be on guard against me.
There was no such thing as charging for tourist attractions in ancient times, otherwise I would have turned your Taoist temple into a charged tourist attraction, just like a Taoist priest in modern times, who goes out to travel for a year and still has to pay for admission when he returns home.
The old Taoist ran away, and Lin Ye searched the Taoist temple and found many scriptures and some miscellaneous books. He packed up all the books and took them away.
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Outside the city.
"Master, we are really leaving like this."
"Didn't you say that Master has never taken you out for a wandering? Today I will take you out for a wandering and let you see the outside world."
"But we didn't even say hello to Master Lin."
"If we say hello to him, we can't leave. This guy is very evil. He will probably stick to us once he finds out." Taoist Ding Xuan muttered in a low voice.
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