Deduct!
It's not free labor after all.
Despite that, seeing the elemental kitchen maids dancing before him, Chen Yu's heart was still melted.
They were so adorable.
Chen Yu was willing to hire them even if they charged.
"How much do they charge?"
"Why don't you officially hire them?" the little demon whispered. Chen Yu blinked in confusion and craned his neck, "How do I hire them?"
"Ask them~"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little demon, with wide eyes, floated to the front of the elemental kitchen maids.
"Hey, report your hiring fees!"
Her expression was as if she were about to devour someone.
Seeing this, the elemental kitchen maids' faces showed fear. They quickly hid behind Chen Yu, their little hands clutching the corner of his clothes, peeking out from behind him.
"What are you doing, you scared them!" Chen Yu exclaimed.
These two little cuties looked so soft. The little demon, with her angry brows, walking up to them was sure to scare the kitchen maids.
"Tch~"
The little demon pouted in disdain.
"Then you ask."
With her arms crossed, the little demon puckered her lips and said no more. She had kindly gone to help, but Chen Yu was unwilling.
Tch~
They're just two elemental kitchen maids.
No backbone.
"Don't be scared, how do I hire you two?" Chen Yu's gaze was gentle, and the eyes of the two elemental kitchen maids suddenly brightened considerably.
It was as if they were surprised that Chen Yu was willing to hire them long-term.
[Dungeon Reminder: Elemental Kitchen Maids have submitted a Maid Employment Contract to you.]
"Oh?"
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows slightly.
He opened the employment contract, and the hiring prices for the two elemental kitchen maids appeared on it.
Renumeration: Any Elemental Crystal Shard 1/h
Hiss!
This remuneration is indeed not low.
Hourly wage.
Working for one hour required one elemental shard. Calculating at 300 resource points per elemental shard, it would cost 7200 resource points per day.
Converted to copper coins, it would be 720 copper coins.
Even the chief engineer for water circulation didn't have a higher remuneration than these elemental kitchen maids.
"Heh, heh..."
Chen Yu pursed his lips. The little demon noticed and turned her head away with a look of disdain.
"You, come here!" Chen Yu didn't even need to grab her; he just took two steps toward the magic kitchen's exit, and the miniature little demon was pushed out of the kitchen by an invisible barrier.
"What for!"
The little demon, forcibly taken outside, cried out. Chen Yu glanced at the magic kitchen.
"Little demon, look at this employment contract. Are the elemental kitchen maids' fees this high?" Chen Yu whispered, his voice low. The little demon glanced at it and shrugged, "This is already quite low. This kind of price is for the lowest-class elemental kitchen maids. Usually, they can only do odd jobs to accumulate experience. Who knew they'd run into a fool like you."
"Ah?"
Chen Yu was stunned.
"Elemental kitchen maids can be changed. There are higher-level elemental kitchen maids who cook more efficiently, save more materials, and have a higher success rate," the little demon whispered. "Some elemental kitchen maids can even imbue the food they cook with attributes."
"Is that so?"
Hearing the word "attributes," Chen Yu became excited.
"Don't get excited, you can't hire any high-level ones right now," the little demon shrugged. "High-level elemental kitchen maids have extremely high demands for orders. You should just hire these two for now. If you place more orders in the magic kitchen, and your salary and benefits here are good, then elemental spirits will naturally come looking for you again."
"The problem is, their hiring price is not low!"
Chen Yu frowned.
The two elemental kitchen maids would cost 14,400 resource points per day.
"Tsk, now you think it's expensive. Just now, I was trying to scare them to see if I could save you some money. Since you don't want me to, now it's like this..." the little demon pouted. "Actually, it's not that bad. You're not lacking that bit of resources, and supporting a few elemental kitchen maids isn't that difficult."
Walking in from outside the kitchen.
At this moment—
The elemental kitchen maids had their hands clasped at their chins, tilting their heads and looking at Chen Yu with expectant eyes. After a moment, the two elemental kitchen maids held hands, their large eyes blinking as if they were discharging electricity, constantly winking at Chen Yu.
Even a complete straight man would be melted at this moment.
"Hire!"
No other words were needed.
With such adorable kitchen maids, even if Chen Yu threw 14,400 resource points a day, he would be willing to keep them as mascots.
[Dungeon Reminder: The current minimum employment for elemental kitchen maids is 7 days. Do you confirm?]
The minimum hire was 7 days.
"Confirm."
Chen Yu was now flush with cash. A few hundred elemental shards were nothing, just a sprinkle of water. Whatever he did now, he would earn hundreds of thousands, even millions of resource points.
Immediately, a commission granting page appeared on his wristband projection.
"I still need to pay first," Chen Yu muttered, but he didn't hesitate. He directly handed over 336 elemental shards.
Almost instantly,
As if receiving Chen Yu's remuneration, the elemental kitchen maids excitedly and joyfully danced continuously before him, shaking their heads and swaying their bodies cutely.
"This money was well spent!"
Chen Yu murmured in his heart.
"Master, please give us work~"
Suddenly, a soft, sweet whisper came to Chen Yu's ears. He subconsciously looked up and saw an elemental kitchen maid wearing a green apron, her large eyes fixed on him.
"It's you?" Chen Yu asked suspiciously.
"Mmm~"
The little kitchen maid nodded slightly, pursing her lips.
"Thank you, Master, for being willing to hire us to be your kitchen maids. We will not fail your trust in us. Please give us work, and we will do our best to complete the tasks you assign us. We also want to grow up quickly."
"Do I need to place the materials in the kitchen?" Chen Yu asked.
"It's best not to," the little kitchen maid pursed her lips. "Transporting raw materials is also part of our training. Master, you don't need to take special care of us; just proceed as usual."
"Understood~"
Chen Yu clicked on the crafting page and produced several hundred glass jars.
The jars were piled up in the kitchen.
Then, he clicked on the fruit can option.
The experiment was complete.
Fruit cans could trigger greedy critical hits, and Chen Yu could now officially put Fire Fruits and Magma Fruits into production.
Fire Fruits, set quantity 10.
Magma Fruits, set quantity 1000.
Other fruits could be combined arbitrarily, either as pure cans or fruit platters. Chen Yu was not particularly concerned about these.
The little kitchen maids mentioned that Chen Yu didn't need to help deliberately.
So, he didn't move the fruits into the kitchen, letting the two of them transport them themselves.
Receiving the order.
The little kitchen maids started to busy themselves in the kitchen again. Chen Yu watched for a moment from his room, stretched lazily, and then left the kitchen.
With his current fruit reserves, it would be enough for the little kitchen maids to work for a while.
Chen Yu should now consider—
The auction and the siege matters!