Chapter 23 Recruiting Knowledgeable Guests
Originally, Aoyama thought that Mariko meant that it was inconvenient to do this kind of thing in an izakaya, but when he took Mariko out of the izakaya and planned to find a hotel to open a room, he was rejected by Mariko begging bitterly: "Hongsuke, Hongsuke, I beg you, I know that I may not understand you by doing this, but I am really the kind of woman who is very traditional, wait, I'll give it to you when we get married, okay?"
The fact that there is such a conservative girl in modern RB really surprised Aoyama, so he asked with some curiosity: "Mariko, you, you haven't had a boyfriend before?"
"I've had two boyfriends, no, but don't worry, my body is still clean, and I will never do that before I get married. Mariko replied shyly but resolutely.
Qingshan has always been very respectful of this kind of clean and self-righteous girl, and this kind of thing is not interesting to force up, but there is still a problem to be solved, so he pointed to the little bald head that was already bulging high below and said: "But I'm already like this, what should I do?"
"IβShall I help you with my hands?"
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Due to the overwork the night before, I did it three times a night, so this day in the temple Aoyama felt that his physical strength and energy were seriously insufficient, in fact, since the "Buddha Face" sold well, coupled with the increase in the business of soothing incense and pure bottle water, Aoyama already felt a little too busy, and now Mariko definitely has no time to help, Fushimi Saika seems to be almost the same, it seems that it is time to complete the task of "Recruiting Knowledge" and find a formal helper!
Thinking of this, Qingshan walked to the door of the temple and touched the demon pestle on the shoulder of the statue of Veda to the ground. According to the rules of Buddhism, if the demon-slaying pestle of the statue of Veda at the entrance of a temple touches the ground, it means that the temple welcomes the monks to come and place orders; (Pending order, a Buddhist term, refers to a foreign monk who temporarily stays in a local temple for a few days, after all, the monks in the world are one family.) οΌ
The reason why this method is adopted is mainly to avoid the embarrassing situation that foreign monks want to place orders, but the local temple cannot receive them, so that they can see at a glance and not hurt each other's face.
In modern RB, this model has become a sign of whether a temple recruits monks, in fact, the so-called multi-gold monks in RB refer to the abbots who have ancestral temples and large cemeteries, and other monks have similar incomes to ordinary workers, and in essence, they are working for the abbots, so the phenomenon of applying for and recruiting is also very common.
What surprised Aoyama was that the recruitment signal had just been released, and several little monks came early the next morning to apply, and Aoyama, who had been interviewed in his previous life, was very excited at the moment, and asked Fushimi Ayaka to help organize the order, and he sat firmly in the room as an interviewer.
The little monk who came in first looked a little wooden, and as soon as he came in, he clasped his hands together and said, "Hello Abbot Qingshan, the little monk is called Kawashima Zhenma." β
As soon as he heard his name, Qingshan complained in his heart, "You said that your parents have already named you Zhenren, and the road is so clear, why do you still leave the Taoist Golden Strip and come to be a monk?"
Kawashima replied seriously: "Recently, I heard that there have been many miracles in Hongfa Temple, and it must be that the abbot of Aoyama has studied Buddhism and the Buddha is profound, which moved Guanyin Bodhisattva and sent down miracles, so the little monk hopes to have the honor to practice Buddhism and understand Buddhism with Abbot Aoyama, and strive to achieve the state of Great Perfection as soon as possible." β
Hearing Kawashima say this, Qingshan couldn't help but feel that he said, it's over, it's over, this real person seems to have reached the realm of obsession with cultivating Buddhism, but don't you know that if the direction is wrong, the more knowledge, the more reactionary? It seems that the two of us are really different from each other, and it is suitable for you to go to the deep mountains and old forests to find an ascetic monk to practice together, so it is estimated that it will be more quickly consummated.
So Aoyama pondered for a moment, and then said: "Well, Kawashima, I can feel your dedication to Buddhism, but at present, our Kobo Temple is still mainly focused on entering the WTO, so I don't think the path you and I are currently pursuing is different, so I'm sorry!"
"It seems that the little monk is disturbing!" Kawashima folded his hands and apologized, but before he left, he still said to Qingshan, "Abbot Qingshan, although the cultivation of Buddha needs to be born into the world, it must not be contaminated with too many red dust fetters. With that, he turned around and left.
To be honest, in the face of a true Buddhist like Kawashima, Aoyama is still under a lot of pressure, because he knows that he is not a pure monk, so although he doesn't understand Kawashima's persistence, he still admires such a person who has a persistent and firm pursuit of life.
Fortunately, there are not many pure Buddhists like this, and the next monk who came in, Toyoda Division, was not only not a devout Buddhist like Kawashima Masa, but even the fake monk Aoyama could not compare, as soon as he came in, he said to Aoyama: "Abbot Aoyama, I have a good way, and I will definitely be able to increase the income of our Kobo Temple by at least ten times!"
"Oh, what's the solution?" asked Aoyama, a little curious.
Toyoda said with great interest: "Aoyama Abbot, you see, now our Hongfa Temple has three major money-making tools, namely the face of the Buddha, the incense of the soothing gods and the pure bottle of water for the child, but the little monk feels that you are too conservative, and you have not fully played the potential of these three weapons, and you are still in a relatively primitive sales model. β
"Then what kind of sales model do you think can give full play to the potential?" asked Aoyama playfully.
Toyota Division waved his hand and said: "Advertising, crazy advertising, first publicize the reputation of the three major weapons, especially Anshen Xiang and Qiuzi Jing Bottle Water, this is simply to fill the gap in the medical field, if we don't monopolize the market for such a miraculous product, it will simply be into......lerable."
PS: Some friends said that I don't like to read the comment area, this is the truth, because I think it is not very convenient to communicate in the comment area, and it takes too long to go back and forth, after all, there is a problem that you are online and I am not online, so I still hope that everyone can communicate with everyone in the book friend group, which is more convenient and timely, group number: 589826716!(This is a book friend group of my old book, but it is all RB text.) οΌ