Chapter 155: New Cook (Part 2)
——A few gold coins!
Even though Nasha didn't care about money, she couldn't help but be shocked by such a generous salary. After all, she only received 30-50 silver coins per month for living expenses from her cheap father. Even then, she still had to depend on her father's mood.
When she heard the word "internship period", Naxia subconsciously thought that the lich wanted to take her in as an apprentice, but looking at the salary level, it didn't seem likely.
The salary of an ordinary cook in the city is mostly around 50-60 silver coins. If it is an apprentice, it will be even less, around 5-10 silver coins.
However, the relationship between apprentice and master is more than a simple employment relationship. Regardless of the profession or occupation, once apprenticeship is established, a special magical inheritance relationship is formed between the master and the student, sometimes closer than family. Apprentices live and eat at the master's home, facing numerous restrictions. They are essentially subject to the master's instructions, with little freedom and no expenses.
Apprentices' skills are all learned from their teachers. If they are expelled from their teachers, they will suffer the consequences of the inherited magic, which can lead to the loss of everything they have learned, or even death. Of course, the latter only happens if the apprentice betrays or backstabs their teachers. The inherited magic itself prohibits teachers from abusing their power and position to harm or bully their apprentices.
Although the Duchy of Huntington attaches great importance to the master-disciple relationship and has a fully mature protection and punishment mechanism for both parties, Nasha does not want to enter into such a serious magical relationship with anyone for the time being - after all, she has a cheap father who is determined to become a noble, and she is just a bargaining chip for her cheap father to climb up the social ladder.
If she became a chef's apprentice, who knows how much trouble that person would cause, whether it would cause a stir in the whole city...
No, no, for now she just wants to work and save some money so that she can find an opportunity to become independent from home in the future.
The lich continued his explanation: "Don't get too excited yet. I'm just saying a possibility. If you don't do a good job, your salary won't increase."
"I see." Nasha thought to herself, "It makes sense to pay according to performance."
"Also, I have another request," said Jiang You. "My brewing workshop has many original dishes and brewing recipes. While you work here, you will inevitably learn and know these recipes. I need you to sign a magical contract with me - unless I agree, you cannot disclose any of my recipes to anyone else, nor can you copy, modify these recipes, or make any dishes sold in the shop outside of this brewing workshop."
"That makes sense." Nasha nodded. She had made a similar magic contract when she worked in another shop before. "I can accept it."
"Hehe, that's easy. We also have a knight from the Kingdom here to witness it." Jiang You rubbed his bone claws happily. "We'll sign the contract after dinner!"
So after dinner, Andrei fetched the contract paper, ink, and quill from his saddlebag and expertly wrote the magical contract. Highly educated, Andrei wasn't one of those illiterate knights who needed clerks to write even the most complex case reports. He immediately understood the terms and conditions of Little Bone's demands.
A moment later, three contracts were placed on the table without any changes.
Naxia carefully read the terms. This magical contract was extremely rigorous, detailing the rights and obligations of both parties: including the specific length of the internship period, clear and understandable internship qualification standards, and the salary scale for interns and regular employees...
She silently calculated in her mind and realized that what the lich said was true. If she could really reach the highest standard, she could indeed get a salary of several gold coins.
The rules that the lich asked her to follow were also very reasonable: regardless of whether she passed the internship test or was fired in the future, she could not steal any assets, ingredients or products from the store; she could not disclose the recipes to anyone, or use these recipes to cook and take private jobs outside the workshop; she could not damage the store's reputation or destroy the store's business in any way... Otherwise, she would have to bear the corresponding breach of contract liability. The lich could fire her, make her pay compensation, or even have the Kingdom Knights imprison her in accordance with the laws of the Duchy of Huntington.
Apart from this, she only needs to work diligently in the store, work and cook well, not be absent, be late or leave early... Well, she can definitely do it.
The employment contract didn't specify a time limit; Jiangyou could fire her at any time during her internship. However, if she successfully completed her internship and didn't break any rules, she could theoretically continue working there as long as the store didn't close. Of course, both parties could still "break up" amicably by giving the other party a month's notice of their intention to terminate the employment relationship.
As for vacations, she gets two days off every seven days and can decide when to take a break, as long as she gets the lich's approval in advance. She can even take two weeks off! However, she can't take leave when there are special events in the store - such as when the owner is away or the store is too busy with marketing activities.
"That's reasonable... or rather, it's simply too generous." Nasha picked up the quill without hesitation and signed her name and address. "I'll do my best, boss!"
Naxia and Jiangyou were both very satisfied after signing the contract. Jiangyou looked out the dark window and winked at Andrei: "It's late, Andrei, can you help take Naxia home?"
"Okay." Andre asked Nasha casually, "Where is your home?"
"It's also in the southeast district, just a few blocks away, not far." Naxia wanted to refuse, but to be honest, when she thought of the recent rumors of bandits in the city, she was a little afraid to walk at night.
"Let's go then." Since they were so close, Andrei didn't plan to ride. "I'm going on night patrol. The city's security has been bad lately. Even the Baroness has received complaints from nobles. The city lord has specifically requested that we increase our night patrols."
The knight acted businesslike, so Nasha didn't refuse. They walked out of the shop, one in front of the other, almost half a mile apart. Takumi scratched her head, muttering to himself, "At such a distance, is this an escort or just bait?"
The courtyard where Nasha lived was indeed not far away. Before Jiangyou and Jericho finished washing the dishes, Andrei came back and said, "I checked where she lives. It's the same address as the one on the contract. She didn't lie."
"Yeah, that's all I need to know now!" Jiang You wiped the bowl dry and looked up to see Andrei with a thoughtful expression: "Why, do you have any other questions?"
"It's not a big deal, but her last name is exactly the same as that of a nouveau riche in the city." Andrei stroked his chin. "Tomorrow I'll go ask around and see what kind of person and family background she has."
“Hmm~” It’s good to have a reliable investor who can even handle background checks on employees.
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