Vol 3 Chapter 16.3 (2/2)
The old man’s face displayed a trace of pain. “Your character isn’t the slightest bit good. What are you saying? We’re old friends.” From the perspective of ages, the old man could definitely be Anya’s grandfather, but from his tone, he seemed to highly respect Anya.
Anya no longer paid him any attention and changed her focus to Ye Yin Zhu, saying, “Yin Zhu, how much do you want to get paid?”
Ye Yin Zhu scratched his head in puzzlement, revealing that sapphire ring on his left hand by chance. The old man, upon seeing the ring, stiffened, his expression becoming somewhat strange.
“Elder Sister Anya, it doesn’t matter how high the salary is. Sura is my roommate. Can he also stay here and work with me? We don’t need to be paid very much. Ten silver coins a day is enough for us to cover our expenses.”
At this moment, Sura had already come to clarity. Upon hearing Ye Yin Zhu wish for a waiter’s wage, he couldn’t help getting angry and pinching Yin Zhu. He hurriedly interrupted, “I don’t care as long as I’m not separated from Yin Zhu. Yin Zhu is a musician, however, and his wage must be a bit more. It’s not like a musician of his skill is easy to find. Yin Zhu is also a genius among the Divine Music division’s freshmen.”
Anya didn’t pay attention to Sura and only looked at Ye Yin Zhu, saying, “Silly boy. How can a musician be paid so low. At my establishment, that wage is for an ordinary waiter. Everyday, they make one gold coin total. I know you’re naturally gentle and look at money very lightly. It is not good to be like this. Your wage will be 10 gold coins everyday as well. As for this little brother Sura, I can keep him here as a waiter. One more person doesn’t matter.”
“No, no. Elder Sister Anya, this is really too much.” ‘Ten gold coins a day, that’s ten gold coins!’ One must know that an average family’s monthly expense would only be two gold coins.
Anya smiled and said, “I think you are worth it. If you don’t believe me, ask this old horse about whether your zither music is worth this price.”
Without waiting for Ye Yin Zhu to ask, the old horse sincerely nodded and said, “Worthy, absolutely valuable. I don’t think ten gold coins a day is enough. How can money be used to measure such pleasant zither music?”
Unusually, Anya didn’t debunk him. She smiled and continued, “You see, I’m still paying you cheaply, so this much is determined. Since you just came today, you should stay and familiarize yourself with the environment. In the future, from now on, come in the afternoon for work as that time is our main operating hours. You are both students, so you don’t have to come during lessons. That way, it won’t interfere with your studies.”
An absolutely generous pay. Ye Yin Zhu was silent. There was even a daily wage of one gold coin a day for Sura — other places wouldn’t believe that an ordinary waiter would earn such a high wage.
Floating Orchid Pavilion was divided into three floors. The first floor was the lounge, which had ten tea tables. The second floor was a restaurant with six private rooms. The third floor was Anya’s private residence. Even the waiters of Floating Orchid Pavilion couldn’t easily go up there. From the outside, this small, three-story building appeared quite grand, yet it only catered to 16 guests at a time.
Lunch was very sumptuous. Ye Yin Zhu and Sura followed the waiters and ate with them. Floating Orchid Pavilion’s service staff were all male and headed by the blue-clothed waiter Ye Yin Zhu and Sura saw at the very beginning.
“Big Brother Dida, since Floating Orchid Pavilion is so big, why are there so few tea tables? Can you earn money this way?” Ye Yin Zhu inquisitively asked.
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