Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1218 - 127 Pay (Second Watch)

Chapter 1218: 127 Pay (Second Watch)

Lin Yuan’s words instantly made the confident crowd realize the crisis at hand, and their gazes towards each other carried a hint of hostility.

Seeing the look in everyone’s eyes, Lin Yuan’s eyes darkened slightly. Although she wanted everyone to have a sense of competition, she did not mean for them to be hostile towards each other. That would only lead to continuous trouble in the future if they stayed.

Decisively, she decided to eliminate such thoughts early on.

With her arms crossed, Lin Yuan paced back and forth in the gap between the two groups. At only fourteen years old, her height was nearly equal to that of ordinary women, and her graceful silhouette stood out among the crowd, leaving Xia Zheng shining-eyed and his heart stirred.

She said, "I see some hostility in some of your eyes? Hehe, there’s no need for that, because the person I am looking for needs to be truly outstanding. Even if you perform the best among everyone, if you don’t meet my requirements, I will not hire you. As the saying goes, pick the best among the best. If need be, I won’t hire any of you and will find another group instead."

Stopping her walk, Lin Yuan lifted her bright and charming little face, very endearing, "Anyway, I’m not in a hurry to open the restaurant, I don’t mind the effort. However, if you don’t perform well, then the salary, which is three times higher than others, will not be yours. I assure you, you won’t find such good treatment anywhere else in the Capital city!"

Her words indeed did the trick. Instantly, everyone’s morale was boosted and their enthusiasm increased, any hostility vanished, and instead, many friendly individuals tightly clasped each other’s hands, encouraging one another to secure the job.

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Lin Yuan was reassured and returned to her table, gesturing to Yin Xing, "Yin Xing, these girls are now in your charge. Within a month, you must train them to meet my standards."

Yin Xing bowed and nodded in acknowledgment.

These days, Lin Yuan and the others had been learning etiquette under Sister Chang, while Yin Xing and Shui Xian hadn’t been idle. Lin Yuan had planned to align some young girls as emcees according to the standards of her past life, and she rigorously trained Yin Xing and Shui Xian to match those. Among them, Yin Xing learned the most diligently and now represented exactly what Lin Yuan envisioned; she could trust her to train these girls.

As for the young men, since they are needed for waiting tables and serving dishes, they firstly need to possess excellent physical strength, and secondly, they must be sweet-tongued, capable of dealing adeptly with tricky customers.

Naturally, Dong Qing was the most suitable one to handle this task.

"Dong Qing, these boys are under your care, in a month, I want to see them all as slick with words as you are capable of driving a carriage!"

Lin Yuan smiled at Dong Qing and noticed his astonished expression, which amused her.

Xia Zheng shook his head amusedly. No wonder Lin Yuan had been somewhat sneakily watching Dong Qing these past days, she had been waiting for him here!

Though surprised, Dong Qing was very pleased with this task and promptly agreed. Just as he opened his mouth to demonstrate his verbal skills, Lin Yuan timely stopped him.

"Does anyone have any questions? Feel free to raise them now," Lin Yuan asked loudly, looking at the eager men and women in the hall.

A tall woman, surrounded by several young girls, was pushed to the front. She chuckled nervously and asked the question on everyone’s minds, "Boss, we want to know, if after a month we can’t meet your requirements, does that mean we must leave? Can we do other work?"

As soon as she finished, another young girl added, "Yes, Boss, even without the triple salary, we would be happy just to stay at Yi Ran Residence."

"Exactly! I’ve finally made it to the Capital city for work; I don’t want to go back to the countryside," a girl firmly clenching her fist added, seemingly ready to start working immediately.

"I, I don’t want to go back either. If I do, my older brother and sister-in-law will definitely force me to get married," the girl who previously mentioned working without the triple salary muttered with a troubled expression.

Lin Yuan frowned as she looked at the girls before her; they were all around fifteen years old, the age at which they would typically be getting married in their homes. If it were not for her job advertisement drawing them here, they would all be at home, waiting to get married!

However, by their expressions, they seemed not ready to marry so early, or else they wouldn’t be here.

Although Lin Yuan was not in favor of early marriages, her place was not a charity. After all, she intended to run a business; if she harbored so many idle people, her Dong Tian would become the former Yi Ran Residence.

Frowning, Lin Yuan said, "Please be quiet. I know you all are very eager for this job. However, I am sorry. If you can’t meet my requirements, I truly can’t keep you. So, in the upcoming month, I hope all of you will study diligently and practice seriously. I hope that after a month, every one of you present can meet my requirements and stay at Dong Tian."

Amidst a sigh from the crowd, Lin Yuan added a piece of surprising good news.

"Of course, because training will take up a month of your time, if in the future you cannot stay, I will give each of you one tael of silver as payment for this month. I won’t let you waste this month for nothing."

A tael of silver for not working?

Everyone’s eyes widened in disbelief at Lin Yuan, as if the brightly smiling girl was a Goddess of Wealth sent to distribute wealth. But could such a good thing be true? Forget the triple salary, even the one tael of silver for a month was a lot compared to what ordinary workplaces in the Capital city offered!

Many recalled what they had heard about this young girl recently arriving from somewhere afar; perhaps she didn’t understand the Capital’s rates and was thus quoting such high prices. Everyone’s questioning looks turned towards Xia Zheng who was quietly drinking tea beside. Being the second son of the General Mansion, surely he must know!

However, Xia Zheng, in the eyes of the crowd, was sipping his tea with an unconcerned smile, showing no intention to correct Lin Yuan’s statement, as if what she had just said was entirely unproblematic.

Seeing the pair act this way, the doubt in everyone’s heart faded as they joyously thanked Lin Yuan.

Watching everyone’s jubilant reactions, Lin Yuan smacked her tongue and sat back in her chair, smiling until Yin Xing and Dong Qing took them to the elegant room upstairs to start their training, she sighed somewhat heart-achingly.

Pfft!