Volume 1 The Winter of Halma Chapter 86 Master and Servant Agreement
The full moon hanging high in the sky always seemed so bright and clear that even the most discerning astronomer with the most high-end astronomical telescope equipment could not find even the slightest flaw in this flawless, god-like masterpiece.
Pete's efficiency was indeed not to mention, and when Andu returned to the villa, completely different dishes and desserts had already been placed on the large, white dining table.
"You're back so late!" said Elizabeth, puffing out, expressing her strong displeasure at Andu's repeated late dinner.
"It's just a pre-meal exercise, you have to do it, you're young. Andu smiled.
The girl was too lazy to take care of Andu, this ordinary dinner was no different from usual, the only difference might be that Andu's staggering expression and comments whenever he tasted a new dish.
For a coastal city like Halma, the most important thing is seafood, but for Elizabeth's rough preparation method in the past, Andu was very satisfied at the beginning, but no one can stand such a light taste!
Fortunately, the new chef, about fifty years of age and two stout Mrs. Ersa, had obviously been reminded by Pete that the dishes on the table were almost all novelty, and that the simple way of eating caviar was completely lost in today's dinner.
Andu took the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth stained with the tender soup, and nodded to Ms. Ersa, who was a little nervous on the side.
"I'm satisfied, from today onwards, ma'am, you are the official chef here, and Pete will arrange the salary for you. ”
Pete, who was on the side, immediately stood up and smiled politely, "This is what I should do, sir." ”
Andu coughed dryly, which was a good cover for his somewhat flushed face, and he looked at Pete seriously.
"I thought about it carefully, and decided that you should call me young master, I'm only sixteen, Pete!"
"As you wish, young master. Pete quickly lowered his head, after nearly a week of work, he had basically possessed the good character of a housekeeper with the sight and silence that he should have.
Andu looked at Elizabeth, who had hurried back to his room, and the strange melody with a hint of melody, and shook his head helplessly.
For a girl who likes music, playing the piano after dinner is obviously a good activity, of course, this is limited to the young and beautiful girl of the neighbor's house next door, and it is another thing altogether when it is changed to her own sister.
Andu sat up from his chair and was about to go upstairs when he suddenly thought of Arnold and Abt, two children, and stopped in the stairwell, turned to Pete, who was arranging to clean up the table.
"By the way, I heard that you've been reading that book "How the Housekeeper is Made" recently?"
"Yes, young master, that will be of great help to me to complete my work more satisfactorily. Pete smiled a rare smile with a hint of delight.
"Well, I've got two introductory books on drawing and herbology here, and you'll take them to Arnold and Abt in a moment, so that they can learn them instead. Andu looked down and thought for a moment.
"Okay, young master. As soon as the surprise in Pete's eyes appeared, it disappeared without a trace.
Andu gave him a satisfied look, then turned and continued to his room.
There weren't many things in the room, and that's what he had asked for at the earliest, so he walked over to his desk, thought for two seconds, opened the third drawer on his right, picked out two books, and then turned on the light in the room to get to work.
He listed his current situation as usual, and as this period of time passed, he gradually liked this kind of diary-like method, which allowed him to reflect on his actions at the same time, discover his own shortcomings, and let his master personality gradually stabilize.
But maybe it's because he writes too much, Andu finds that he writes his diary much more casually now, unlike at the beginning, when he looked at it and teased himself from time to time.
"Maybe that's what I am?" Andu laughed to himself, and for a moment couldn't help but recall the absurdity of his youth, and it took several minutes to come back to his senses with a flicker of the light, and shook his head with a wry smile, and continued to record today's schedule.
"Today I went to the manor of Baron Cofidale's family again, I really didn't expect that the noble lady in this world would be so unrestrained, this is really a torture for me who is pure!"
"When I was making cards in the afternoon, I finally felt the trouble of preparing again, or when I had a system, I was able to hand in a sum of game gold with a stroke of my finger...... But it seems like a good thing to train two apprentices?"
"Claude is back to his own life, and for him it may be that the day he wants, but how many people in Halma can finally resist the coercion of those who are really powerful? I can only help a small part of them......
"Today's dinner was good, well, there was fried bincy crab, which was really interesting, and ...... Damn, how did I write it on dinner!"
"And Pete......"
Andu recorded carefully, and before he knew it, nearly an hour had passed, and he habitually read the questions and the notes he had made several times, and after confirming today's problems and the changes that should be made, he slowly came to the position in front of the window, which was facing the sea in the distance.
He first glanced at the night outside, but when the cold wind blew on his bare skin, he immediately stopped this stupid act, quickly took out a matchbox from his pocket, lit the paper full of words that did not belong to this world, and turned it into pitch-black and fragile flying debris with the swaying of the cold wind, and quickly drowned out the window, like a flood of beasts.
Andu returned to his chair and closed his eyes for a while, calculating the time, Pete's work should be almost busy.
To his surprise, there was a knock on his door ten minutes later, and Pete's voice was heard through the door.
"Come in. Andu changed his posture again and said slowly.
"Master, today's work is almost over, do you have any other arrangements for tomorrow?" Pete walked into the room, his head lowered slightly, and finally closed the door.
Andu closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and said, "I'm going to the auction house tomorrow, by the way, has Tonali sent someone here recently?"
Pete thought for half a second and said, "Probably not, I specially ordered George and Carl who were in charge of the guards, but I didn't receive any report." ”
"Since there isn't one, forget it, by the way, what's going on with the accommodation?" Andu suddenly remembered what Elizabeth had mentioned to herself a few days ago, and continued: "Is there a suitable apartment nearby, you can't always live in a warehouse on such a cold day, you still have to have a place to live." ”
Pete was a little embarrassed: "But the prices of the apartments in the neighborhood are too high, and I personally don't think there is actual value." ”
After speaking, he looked at Andu's expression, and saw that he still closed his eyes and did not move, and was silent for two seconds before gritting his teeth and saying, "If the young master really wants to improve the accommodation conditions, I think the only way to do this is to renovate the warehouse and transform it into a house." ”
Pete buried his head very low, his body trembled slightly, the roots of his clenched teeth were even a little pantothenic because of the excessive force, he knew very well what he was saying, and seemed to be ready to accept punishment, if Andu opened his eyes, he would find that Pete at this time was like those students who had made mistakes he had seen in his previous life, waiting for the teacher to punish him.
In fact, the other children had mentioned these things to him more than once, but no one dared to mention them in front of Andufit and Elizabeth, because it was inconceivable for a lowly servant to ask his master to build him a house!!
You must know that they signed a master-servant agreement, and the moment they signed the agreement, they represented that they sold themselves to Andu, just like the goods that were placed on the shelves in the market, and Elizabeth went to Mrs. Goethe's house to help at the time of the relationship before, which is essentially different!
To be more precise, Andu actually controls their power of life and death!
According to the laws of the Imperial Agreement, before the expiration of the agreement, they must not disobey any orders issued by Andu, even if they are allowed to kill! Of course, when the law enforcement team enforces the law afterwards, they must find the person who did it, and as for the person who issued the order, they only need to compensate.
It's just that the signing cost of the master-servant agreement is much greater than the binding general labor agreement, and the average family is mainly a labor agreement signed, after all, except for those nobles, the average family does not need those domestic servants like dead soldiers, and the former servants of Mrs. Goethe's family are all labor agreements for money, and Elizabeth signed this kind of labor agreement.
And now Pete has made such a request for a group of servants who have signed a master-servant agreement, which is undoubtedly an extremely excessive approach, and if he is a normal master, his position should have changed at this time.
But Andu didn't accuse him, but seemed to remember something, he put his right hand lightly on his temple, tilted his head sideways and still closed his eyes, and said: "When they signed the contract, I remember that you arranged it, when Akmund actually signed the agreement, there were three kinds of it, why did you let them all sign the master-servant agreement, not the labor agreement?"
As soon as his words fell, Pete's whole body fell into a tense state, and he looked at Andu in shock, speechless.