Part 1 Joker Chapter 156: Thinking Long Term Melissa
And I also paid an additional “Joker” formula of merit …… This is the original in order to split the credit twice the sin …… Forget it, recently also can not find the opportunity to say that I actually have the “Joker” magic potion formula …… Klein sucked in his breath and tried to squeeze out a smile. “Joker” magic potion formula …… Klein took a breath and tried to squeeze out a smile and said:
”I hope the examination goes well.”
He raised both hands and feet in favor of Dunn’s decision to let himself go back to continue guarding the Charnis Gate, because not only did he lack expertise in surveillance and investigation, but he also failed to reach the passing line in frontal combat.
In the field of shooting, he was considered good compared to ordinary police officers, but the team members were all extraordinary people whose physical quality had been enhanced, so even if they weren’t sharpshooters, they weren’t that far off.
As for close combat, Klein was even more at the level of only an introductory.
To put it simply, even with the Sleeping Charm, Sleeping Charm and Dreaming Charm, he still belongs to the auxiliary type of Extraordinary Person, it’s easy to deal with ordinary people, but once he encounters his kind that specializes in fighting, it’s quite dangerous.
When I’m promoted to Sequence 8 and become a “Joker” who specializes in skillful fighting and may have a small amount of spells, I’ll be able to complete normal extraordinary tasks on my own……. Well, if I can also successfully steal the power of the seal, “3-0782″, I’m sure I’ll be able to do it on my own. 0782” and create the “Yang Yan Charm”, then it would be even more perfect, it is not impossible to defeat the strong with the weak …… Klein thought with anticipation and walked slowly back to the Blackthorn Security Company.
Until the early morning of the next day, when he ended his watch and left the Charnis Gate, the Night Watchman Squad’s surveillance of the insane asylum Hood Ogan still failed to obtain any useful clues, and for the time being, he could only hope for the so-called informant’s investigations in the inner circle.
Back home, Klein quietly finished his breakfast and lay back in his bedroom, sleeping until twelve noon in one breath.
He woke up naturally and turned around, did a little bit of washing and walked to the first floor smelling the aroma of food.
”Melissa preparing lunch?” Klein looked over at Benson, who was reading a newspaper in the living room.
Benson lowered his newspaper and said:
”Yes, she has a guest visiting today, I asked her to chat with the guest while I prepared lunch, but it turned out that she didn’t trust my cooking skills and dragged the guest into the kitchen with her, which is very rude.”
Benson, it’s surprising that you noticed Melissa’s dislike of your cooking skills so quickly …… Klein stifled his laughter and walked towards the single sofa, casually asking:
”Melissa’s guest?”
”Yes, you should recognize, Elizabeth who I met at Selena’s birthday dinner.” Benson leaned back and continued to read the newspaper comfortably.
Not just met at the birthday dinner …… She actually came to visit …… Klein’s expression stuttered slightly as he glanced sideways at the kitchen door.
Just then, Melissa walked out with a tray, followed by Elizabeth who was also hanging her apron.
”Klein, you’re awake? I was going to go get you.” Melissa placed the meat-scented plate on the table rather gleefully, “This is Elizabeth, whom you know.”
”Hello, Klein.” Elizabeth, who had a cute baby fat face, greeted with a bright smile.
Klein responded mildly without being rude.
When the two had finished greeting each other, Melissa winked and said very seriously:
”Elizabeth will follow us to the ‘Association for Helping Household Servants’ later, their family employs several servants and has rich experience in this area, so they can provide us with certain references.”
”In fact, we’ve already drawn up the requirements for selecting a handyman maid, so listen to them and see if there’s anything you’d like to add.”
Melissa wiped her hands on her apron, took out a piece of paper from the pocket of her home clothes, unfolded it and read:
”1. good health.”
”2. hard working and responsible.”
”3. good at cooking.”
”4. quiet, not noisy.”
”5. Simple family background.”
”6. Ordinary looking.”
……
Requirement after requirement was read out, Klein and Benson listened with their mouths half-open and their eyes blank, neither of them expecting that just hiring a handyman maid would make it so troublesome.
”Melissa, weren’t you against hiring handyman maids before?” Waiting for his sister to stop, Klein subconsciously asked.
Melissa pursed her lips and nodded solemnly:
”Yes, I was against it, but since my opposition is invalid, then I think that we have to do this thing right, and in order to do a thing right, there must be enough preparation beforehand, well, do you guys have anything you want to add?”
”No!” Klein and Benson shook their heads at the same time, causing Elizabeth to cover her mouth and snicker.
After lunch, the four of them rode in a public carriage on rails to the Tingen Society for the Assistance of Domestic Servants, located on Champagne Street.
This is actually very close to the “domestic help companies” that Klein knew in his previous life, but with a semi-charitable nature. On one hand, they register the personal information and work needs of all kinds of servants, so that it is convenient for the hirers to select and at the same time increase the employment possibilities of the recipients, on the other hand, they will organize some basic training to improve the recipients’ On the other hand, they will organize some basic training to improve the working ability of the recipients.
Their maintenance funds partly came from charitable organizations and partly belonged to additional payments from employers. By virtue of their agglomeration, wholeness, convenience and organization, they soon forced those individual agents to either join or change their jobs.
Upon entering the association, Klein and the others were immediately greeted with a warm welcome, and a young woman in a pale yellow dress with ruffles guided them to the sofa area and sat down, smiling and asking:
”How can I help you guys?”
”We need to hire a handyman maid.” It was times like these that Benson was pushed forward by his brother and sister.
”Do you have specific requirements?” The young lady asked skillfully.
Benson carefully recalled the comparison between his cooking skills and Klein’s, and said rather pleadingly:
”Good at cooking.”
”Good at cooking?” The young lady frowned slightly, “Frankly speaking, no one within the handyman maids is good at cooking, why don’t you guys hire a chef? If you need female cooks, our association has quite a few.”
”There’s no one within the Handyman Maids who is good at cooking?” Seeing that the request she had formulated had suffered a setback right off the bat, Melissa couldn’t help but interject a rhetorical question.
The young lady nodded in affirmative reply:
”Handyman maids are either the daughters of bottom laborers or girls from the countryside, and the cooking skills they themselves have access to are quite poor; even after the association’s simple training, they can at best ensure that the food they make won’t make anyone sick.”
”……” Melissa fell silent for a moment, finally realizing what it meant to say that plans don’t change fast enough.
”That’s a shame to hear.” Benson thought for a moment, organizing his words, “Perhaps we could change the requirement: a willingness and that ability to learn to cook.”
Not bad at all, Benson’s mind is spinning so fast …… I don’t need to interrupt …… Klein sat next to him, staff in one hand, hat in the other, relaxed and at ease.
”That’s no problem, during culinary training we keep track of the girls who excel.” The young lady smiled professionally, “Any other requests?”
”Yes.” Feeling Melissa’s gaze, Benson swallowed, took the piece of paper out of his coat pocket, and read it off one by one.
The young woman listened in stunned silence for a long moment before responding:
”I, I’ll go ahead and sift through the information and recommend you some handyman maids that meet the requirements, you can make a decision without rushing, first pick two to four, and I’ll lead them to your home to try out the job for once before determining who to hire, of course, this will cause you to pay a little bit more in extra fees to the association, and the ingredients will need to be prepared by yourselves. ”
”Okay.” Benson folded the paper and nodded politely.
The young woman stood up, took two steps toward the office inside then turned back and smiled sardonically:
”May I have that paper? I’m afraid I missed your request ……”
”No problem.” Benson replied, stifling a laugh.
After a while, the young lady in the long pale yellow dress came out with a stack of information and handed it to Benson to pick from.
These profiles were labeled with information such as the handyman maid’s real name, year of birth, family situation, description of her facial features, physical condition, past experience, corresponding characteristics, and expected salary.
Taking the opportunity when Benson and Melissa were carefully looking through the information, Elizabeth approached Klein and asked in a low voice:
”Don’t you have any requirements?”
”Yes, but not specific enough.” Klein said casually and perfunctorily.
Elizabeth became more interested:
”And how would you choose?”
Klein gave a low chuckle and pointed to the spirit pendulum hidden within his left sleeve:
”Of course, I would write down the corresponding statements, eliminate them one by one, and divine the one who is most suitable to become our family’s handyman maid.”
”……” Elizabeth froze for a moment, nodding her head in slight confusion only after a dozen seconds, “The simplest and most effective way …… I can’t believe I forgot you are ……”
She didn’t finish as Melissa, keenly aware of the two whispering, cast her gaze over.
Taking a deep look at her best friend and brother, Melissa revealed an expression as if she was thinking.
”Hey, sister ah, don’t misunderstand! We are just communicating normally …… Klein coughed lightly twice and took the initiative to take some of the information and casually flipped through it.
Soon, they finalized three candidates, and the price ranged from 4 Soule 8 pence to 5 Soule 2 pence per week.
Benson did not bother to press for the salary of the handyman maid, but earnestly discussed with the young lady the extra money that would be required to be paid to the Society.
After some friendly negotiation, he succeeded in changing the fee from a two-week salary for the handyman maid to a week’s salary, but with an additional payment of 1 soule for the association’s carriage for bringing the handyman maid to try her hand at housekeeping.
With this matter finalized, Elizabeth excused herself and left, while the three siblings returned to Daffodil Street in the public carriage.
Along the way, Klein was very uncomfortable by Melissa’s scrutinizing gaze, and just after entering the house, he had to go straight to the second floor.
”Klein.” Melissa called out to stop him, and said in a solemn tone after repeated thoughts, “If you want to be engaged to Elizabeth, you need to work harder, her father is an import/export merchant, and her mother is a daughter from a baronet, often referred to as a lord ……”
Wait, engaged? When did that happen? Klein looked at his sister with a blank expression.
How far did she worry about this?