Chapter 882: Years Birthday
"Miss Gu Shu, we are free. If you choose a new maid, won't you need to spend some treasures to hire her?" Chunhua said.
After all, Qiu Luo had told them before that he would pay them their commission himself.
If they can stay and take care of the castle, there will be another reward.
"Free?" Gu Shu became even more suspicious after hearing that.
Is Qiu Luo so kind as to send Li'er a free maid?
She probably wanted to take the castle back.
These maids all have ulterior motives!
"Do you think we can't afford to hire a few maids and still need Qiu Luo's charity?" Gu Shu's face darkened again.
"Aunt Gu Shu, why don't we let Xia Mei be the housekeeper of my castle? As for the other maids, we can just hire some more." Yan Li already has a candidate for the housekeeper.
She still trusts the two sisters Xia Ping and Xia Mei.
"Okay, as for hiring other maids, leave it to Xia Mei." Gu Shu nodded when she heard that.
"Ms. Yan Li, if you don't accept us, we will have nowhere to go." Chunhua started to act pitiful upon seeing this.
The other maids also knelt down!
"It's not impossible for you to stay, but you must swear allegiance, otherwise I won't feel comfortable leaving you by my side." Yan Li said and looked at Chunhua.
"Ms. Yan Li, we are just an employer-employee relationship. You have no reason to ask us to swear allegiance." Chunhua suddenly raised her head when she heard this.
"You also know that we are just an employment relationship. I don't want to hire you, but do I have to be responsible for where you go?" Yan Li looked at them coldly.
"This..." Chunhua was speechless for a moment.
After all, what Yan Li said was right. An employment relationship can only be achieved when both parties are willing, and neither party can force it.
However, once the employment relationship is formally established, the restrictions on these maids are still very severe.
Just like Xia Qing before, once they make a mistake, the master can extract their souls at any time and throw them into the prison outside the world to be punished.
"Leave quickly before we get angry. I have to say, you are really bold. You even dare to plot against us." Gu Shu's voice sounded coldly.
Chunhua and others shuddered all over.
They knew that Yan Li would not be able to keep them here today, so they could only leave in shame.
Yan Li and Gu Shu returned to Gu Shu's castle. Xia Ping and her sister had already prepared food with the maids.
Gu Shu and Yan Li sat down and started eating.
"Xia Mei..." Yan Li looked at Xia Mei beside her.
"Miss Yan, what else would you like to eat? I'll go prepare it." Xia Mei said with a smile upon hearing that.
Yan Li: ...
Am I such a foodie?
If Gu Shu knew what Yan Li was complaining about, she would definitely answer her that it looked like her!
After all, every time she called Xia Ping and Xia Mei, she asked them to prepare food.
"I'm not asking you to prepare food. I want to ask you, are you going to work as a housekeeper in my castle? It's just next door. I'm at a loss. I will still live here, and you can come here too." Yan Li's words shocked Xia Mei!
She didn't expect that Miss Yan Li would ask her to be the housekeeper.
"But I have no experience and I'm afraid I can't be a good housekeeper." Xia Mei was very unconfident.
"I believe you. Isn't it Xia Ping's first time as a housekeeper as well? And she's doing a great job," Yan Li encouraged.
Hearing this, Xia Mei looked at her sister.
"Mei'er, go ahead. I believe you can do better than me. Don't let Miss Yan down." Xia Ping looked at her sister with a smile.
"Okay." Xia Mei nodded vigorously.
"Xia Mei, take these pills and go to the employment market to pick out some maids." Yan Li handed Xia Mei a bottle of pills.
Gu Shu said before that in the employment market, elixirs are the most popular.
"Ms. Yan, you're just going to give so many pills to me like that?" Xia Mei was surprised again when she looked at the pills in her hand.
"Don't employ someone you doubt, and don't doubt someone you employ. I trust you, so why can't I give it to you?" Yan Li looked at her with amusement.
"Ms. Yan, I won't let you down." Xia Mei said with determination in her eyes.
After Yan Li and the others finished their meal and prepared to go back to their rooms to rest, Xia Ping accompanied Xia Mei to the employment market.
As soon as they arrived at the employment market, they first used elixirs to hire two powerful people to protect them.
If they didn't do this, in this employment market, if others saw that they were hiring people with elixirs, they would probably be robbed immediately.
After Xia Ping and her friends hired two people to protect them, they headed towards the place where they hired maids.
……
As soon as Yan Li woke up and walked out of the room, Xia Mei came over with a group of people.
"Miss Yan, they are the maids that my sister and I selected from the hiring market. There is one more thing I need to report to you." Xia Mei looked at Yan Li.
"Just tell me whatever it is." Seeing Xia Mei hesitant to speak, Yan Li was very curious.
"When we first arrived at the hiring market, my sister and I used two pills to hire two strong men to protect us in order to prevent our pills from being stolen." After saying this, Xia Mei secretly glanced at Yan Li, fearing that she would be angry.
"Is it just such a small matter? Even if it's not for protecting the elixir, you two delicate girls still need to hire someone to protect you. Isn't this normal?" Yan Li was speechless when she heard this.
Is she fussing over such a small matter?
"Ms. Yan, you're not angry?" Xia Mei looked at Yan Li in surprise.
"Am I such a stingy person? From now on, you can make the decision on such small matters yourself." Yan Li said.
"Yes, Miss Yan." Xia Mei nodded happily when she heard that.
"They will be under your care from now on. Take them back and make some arrangements first." Yan Li looked at the group of maids.
"Miss Yan, these are the remaining pills." Xia Mei handed the remaining pills to Yan Li.
"You've been busy for so long, so here's a reward for you." After Yan Li finished speaking, she looked towards the entrance of the castle, where Venerable Gu Cang was walking towards them.
"Thank you, Miss Yan." Xia Mei knew that Yan Li and the others must have something to discuss, so she left with the maids.
"Master, why are you here?" Yan Li poured a cup of tea and handed it to Venerable Gu Cang.
"In a month it will be our ancestor's 10,000th birthday. As my only disciple, you need to prepare a birthday gift." Venerable Gu Cang took a sip of tea and looked at Yan Li.
"Preparing a birthday gift? What specifications are required?" Yan Li looked at her master.
I have no shortage of good things, but because I have too many good things, I don’t know what specifications to give.
"Just follow your heart." Venerable Gu Cang smiled when he heard this.
“We can’t give Master a birthday gift that would be disrespectful to him, right?” Yan Li said while chewing on a spiritual fruit.
"It's okay. Even if you give me a bunch of... a piece of grass, Master won't feel embarrassed." Venerable Gu Cang said with a smile.
Yan Li: ...
Master, could it be that he almost blurted out, "a bunch of what?"
My master, that is your ancestor!