NOVPUB26: Chapter 26 The Method to Cultivate a Perfect Maid
26 -26 The Method to Cultivate a Perfect Maid
Teacher Xia Yixin continued the lesson.
She even brought a small whiteboard, setting it up in Lin Shuang’s living room.
Now that’s professionalism!
“According to the different requirements for maid postures, our subsequent training content will be divided into five major parts: daily service, maid literacy, advanced cooking, combat basics, and medical knowledge.”
Maid Chief Xia Yixin wrote and drew on the whiteboard.
The little maid Tong Yao took notes attentively below.
“…It sounds as complex as our professional courses.” She gently poked her cheek with her pen cap.
“To become a perfect maid, there is a lot to learn.”
Under the companion maid posture, Xia Yixin’s smile was very affable, “According to Mr.
Lin’s commission, our training will focus on the cooking part.”
“Based on the schedule, I’ve contacted a nearby Five-star Hotel.
Every Monday and Tuesday, I’ll take you there to learn.”
“Ah?
Five-star Hotel?” Tong Yao bit her pen cap, stunned.
“We won’t learn anything too complicated.
According to Mr.
Lin’s commission, we’ll primarily focus on home-cooked dishes, so don’t worry.
Just concentrate on learning.”
Xia Yixin continued, “Aside from cooking, I’ll be teaching the other courses.”
“Daily service includes all the basic skills of a maid.
In short, it’s about better meeting the needs of the master.”
Tong Yao jotted down every word in her notebook.
That sentence felt a bit off, but the innocent Tong Yao didn’t quite understand; she decided to just write it down and ask Lin Shuang later.
“Maid literacy is about expecting the maid to have some basic knowledge and literary literacy.
Considering that student Tong Yao is a Chinese literature major, I don’t need to go into too much detail about this part.
However, I will supplement some psychology knowledge for you.”
“Okay, Teacher Xia.”
“As for the basics of combat…
your master is very capable of fighting, so you just need to learn some basic self-defense techniques.”
“Then there is the medical knowledge part, mainly learning how to deal with minor illnesses and injuries, as well as some first aid knowledge, just in case.”
Xia Yixin paused here, pondering for a while, “However, perhaps the requirements for student Tong Yao could be less strict.”
Tong Yao immediately spoke up firmly, “No, no, no, Teacher Xia, please demand from me with the strictest standards!”
“So much the better.” Xia Yixin gently nodded and then muttered to herself quietly, “But is this really not just some little fancy of Mr.
Lin and you…
some kind of maid play…”
Tong Yao raised her hand, “Teacher Xia?
I didn’t catch the last part, could you repeat it…”
“It’s nothing, I was just thinking of something else.”
Xia Yixin looked at the little maid’s endearingly innocent appearance.
In her heart, she mischievously thought, just get her dirty already, Mr.
Lin.
…
Mr.
Lin at the moment was being punched and kicked by Miss Su.
“You call me out so early in the morning!
I’ve lost my beauty sleep because of you!”
Sitting on the back seat of Lin Shuang’s small electric scooter, Su Wan threw a flurry of punches on his back.
These weren’t soft punches either, Su Wan really didn’t hold back.
But Lin Shuang was used to it, treating it like she was giving him a massage.
He was in pain yet happy, “The plan for the day relies on the morning, don’t you understand?
The early bird gets the worm, get it?”
“You’re farting, it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird!”
“Hey yo, punch a bit higher, my neck’s been a bit sore these days.”
“Look at you enjoying this.”
Su Wan pinched his neck, her face resting on his back, “Where are we going for the site selection?
Where do you plan to open the milk tea shop?
— Eh?
Did you change your laundry detergent?
Why does it smell so nice?”
Lin Shuang calmly replied, “Yeah, it’s a new laundry pod I bought.
Pretty nice scent, right?”
Su Wan with her dog-like nose!
Thankfully, she couldn’t tell that he had a little maid at home.
The laundry beads were also bought by little maid Tong Yao; Lin Shuang himself couldn’t care less about such things.
Sure enough, Su Wan went on to ask, “Why do you start caring about these things?
Fancy a girl?”
Lin Shuang tried to toughen up, “None of your business!”
Su Wan immediately grabbed his ear, deflating his bravado, “Oh~ Getting tough are we, Lin Dasha?
Forgot your own surname, did you?”
Lin Shuang’s weak spot is his ears, and this childhood friend knew it all too well.
Luckily, they had arrived at their destination, and Lin Shuang stopped the scooter to make a stand.
He struck a Wing Chun pose, “Adah!”
Su Wan laughed and took on a Tai Chi stance, “White Crane Spreads Its Wings!”
The two of them sparred lightly, just a couple of moves, stopping at the right point.
It’s early morning, and this commercial street near Huai City University actually has quite a few people around.
Bystanders craned their necks from a distance, as if watching two fools.
“What are those handsome guy and pretty girl doing?”
“Shooting a short video?”
“Are they from the drama department?”
“Should we call someone to take them back?”
Su Wan waved carelessly, “What are you looking at!
Haven’t seen a handsome guy and a pretty girl before?”
The onlookers dispersed like birds and beasts.
Lin Shuang also grinned, “That’s mainly because I’m too handsome.”
“Am I not a beauty?”
“You, who can’t even make it onto the campus beauty list, step back!”
“Don’t you run!
Eat my ‘Twin Peaks Through the Ears’!”
“Watch as I do ‘Monkey Steals the Peach’!”
“Ah—Lin Dasha!
Stop right there!”
The weather today is splendid, sunlight dotted down through the scattered branches, dancing with the spring breeze.
In a daze, Lin Shuang had an illusion that he and Su Wan were still those kids chasing and frolicking by the riverbank ten years ago.
In the blink of an eye, they’ve grown up so much.
Walking along a small river, their pace was slow, it wasn’t so much chasing, more like morning jogging.
Along the river, there’s a band of greenery, with lush lawns and willows swaying in the wind.
Further away, there are all sorts of shops, popular milk tea and snack stores among the student body, and various clothing and miscellaneous shops, all available.
Above these shops are the second and third floors occupied by various KTVs and internet cafes for entertainment.
Students from the nearby universities all gather on this commercial street to eat, drink, and have fun; the customer traffic is huge.
Lin Shuang and Su Wan walked while scouting out the best location to open their milk tea shop.
Although the customer traffic here is high, it also means the turnover rate is very quick. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Stores that don’t suit tastes or lack competitive pricing will soon put up ‘For Lease’ signs, and not long after, be replaced by other brands.
Some storefronts would even change their signs every time Lin Shuang came by.
He began to wonder if these shops have bad feng shui…
any business that opens seems to close down.
Su Wan, trailing behind, suddenly sped up and with a growl leaped forward, sending Lin Shuang tumbling onto the grass.
“Caught you, Lin Dasha, where did your stinky hand touch me just now?
Hm?”
The young girl’s cheeks were flushed from walking the whole way.
Lin Shuang poked her cheek with a grin, “Wanwan, you wouldn’t be getting shy, would you?”
