Qiu Xiaochan set off, tidying up neatly, without the slightest sign of the original owner's apathy before.
Neighbors working in the yard barely recognized her as she walked briskly down the uneven path.
"Is that Jiang Tao who just walked past?"
"No way, I just took a photo, and she is a pretty fair girl."
"Yeah, how can Jiang Tao have such clean clothes, I don't know how many patches have been applied."
At first, the neighbor who thought it was Jiang Tao also became uncertain, "Could it be that I was wrong?"
Others said firmly, "That's for sure."
The municipal party committee compound is quite far away, and it takes about 40 minutes to walk there. When passing by the bus stop, Qiu Xiaochan waited for a taxi with the people waiting for the bus. After more than 20 minutes, an old-fashioned white and green bus stopped in front of her. , Officially going to the city center, the conductor sells tickets at the front door, and you can buy a bus ticket for five cents.
Not only was there no seat in the car, but it was crowded with people and stood like sardines. There was no need to worry about falling out when turning a corner, because there was no room to fall. After sitting for 20 minutes to reach the destination, Qiu Xiaochan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Get out of the car.
There were comrades in uniform standing guard in front of the gate of the Municipal Party Committee. After hearing her coming, he asked her to wait a while, and then went back to the sentry room to call the Song family.
The Song family was eating, and Fu Juan had no time to come back to cook. The food was ordered from the cafeteria. Song Jianlong was not at home, and there were only mother and child at the dinner table.
The dishes in the cafeteria include meat and vegetables, and the meat dish is radish stew. Fu Juan only eats radish and leaves the few pieces of meat for her son.
Song Yuemin knew what his mother wanted, so he quietly put two pieces of meat into his mother's bowl.
Fu Juan smiled gratifiedly after seeing it, "You child..."
It is precisely because the son was sensible and obedient and filial to his parents since he was a child that the current situation makes them even more distressed. If possible, they would rather suffer hardships themselves than a young son who is full of infinite hope.
The "Dinglingling" phone rang, and Fu Juan walked to the coffee table to answer the phone. She was a little surprised when she heard the sentry's words, but she still asked the other party to let the person in.
After hanging up the phone, he sat down at the dinner table and explained to his son with puzzled eyes, "Someone is here for an interview. They were all interviewed for housekeeping before. I don't know how this one came here."
But Fu Juan didn't think too much about it, she thought it was the address given by the person from the housekeeping unit, and she was really in a hurry to find a nanny, so she planned to meet up when she had time.
"Mom, I can stay at home by myself, I don't need to find a nanny."
He has crutches and a wheelchair. Apart from being unable to move freely, he has no problems with basic life.
Fu Juan said disapprovingly, "Your dad and I are both busy with work, so we may not have time to come back for lunch every day."
Before, the family hired a nanny named Aunt Yang, because the daughter-in-law went home prematurely, so there was no time to find a new nanny.
Qiu Xiaochan followed the sentinel's directions to Song's house, an independent small courtyard with two floors, green bricks and black tiles, the iron gate was ajar, and there was no bell at the door, so Qiu Xiaochan stood at the door and knocked. knocked on the door.
After hearing the voice, Fu Juan put down the bowl and chopsticks and went out. She thought that what she saw met her requirements, but she didn't expect it to be a young girl, plainly dressed, with bangs, her cheeks were so thin that she couldn't catch her flesh, and her eyes were big .
There were many cuts on the exposed fingers, and the expression was a little timid, and when he saw himself coming out, he quickly lowered his head.
Fu Juan is a kind-hearted person, and she has lived through a lot of hard times in the past few years, so although the person in front of her does not meet the requirements, she still said a few words gently.
"Little girl, are you here to apply for a nanny?"
At this moment, Qiu Xiaochan was Jiang Tao who was living in hardship, she pursed her lips and nodded, humming lightly.
Fu Juan asked again, "How do you know that my family is looking for a nanny? Didn't the housekeeping side ask you to come?"
Jiang Tao shook her head, her short ponytail swaying with the movement.
"No, I heard someone else mention it. Auntie, although I'm taking the liberty, I just want to recommend myself. I work very hard and don't eat much. As long as I pay less for food."
Fu Juan observed Jiang Tao calmly, and found that although her clothes were a bit old, she didn't have any patches on her body, which meant that life was okay, not as bad as the little girl herself said.
"I see that you are well dressed, why do you want to be a nanny?"
There is no room for Fu Juan to be careless. There are not many young girls who are willing to be babysitters.
Jiang Tao looked down at her clothes, grabbed the corners of the clothes and explained loudly, "This is the clothes I picked up, and the shoes are borrowed. I used to pick up garbage at the anti-shakou, and I cleaned it up before I came here..."
Fu Juan understood halfway through the sentence. She is a knowledgeable woman, and she can tell that the girl in front of her is a poor child, but what she plans to find is a woman in her thirties and forties who can work efficiently and cook delicious food. Even taking care of his son won't cause any gossip.
Although she felt a little sympathetic to the girl in front of her, Fu Juan still insisted on her previous request and declined, "You are too young and have no experience as a nanny before, so I can't ask you here."
Tears welled up in Jiang Tao's big eyes when she heard this, and her skinny face turned pale.
"Auntie, please let me try it. I don't have a high degree of education, and I don't have any skills other than housework..."
What Fu Juan was looking for was a nanny, not for charity, and after she had already declined, Jiang Tao still behaved like this, which made her feel slightly displeased, but she didn't show it out of self-restraint.
"Nowadays, many jobs do not require a degree. It is not bad to work in a textile factory, and you can also learn a craft."
Jiang Tao knew it would be difficult to apply for a job, but she didn't expect that Fu Juan would not give her a chance. She was crying and pretending to be pitiful. With this chance, if she couldn't get hired, she could only change the mission target.
So Jiang Tao changed direction and continued, "Auntie, I just want to study while earning money. I have to work twelve hours a day in a textile factory. I don't want to be a textile worker for the rest of my life."
This sentence really moved Fu Juan a little bit, because when she was young, she was a person who refused to bow to fate easily. There were five brothers and sisters in her family, and her parents couldn't afford to send each child to study. As the second child, she was also a girl. , Fu Juan has made a lot of efforts to study, and this is how she has today's life.
"It's good to be self-motivated. If you can work part-time and study part-time if your family is in difficulty, you should go back and discuss it with your parents so that they can support you to continue studying."
Jiang Tao lowered her eyes sadly, and said softly, "My father died of illness, and I am the only one at home now."
Only then did Fu Juan remember that the little girl said before that she lived by picking up trash.
She looked at the girl who was as tall as her, and when she thought about her son who couldn't walk, it was inevitable that she would feel a little affection from the elders.
"Then tell me, what will you do?"
As soon as Jiang Tao heard her relieved, she hurriedly said, "Auntie, I can do all the housework, such as washing, cooking, cleaning, and raising chickens and ducks for Chinese food. The food I cook is delicious."
The last sentence was added after finishing speaking, her big eyes were full of hope, Fu Juan didn't reply immediately, she just nodded.
"In this way, please leave me a phone number or address first, and I will reply you in two days."
One is that she wants to wait to see if there are other suitable ones in housekeeping, and the other is that what the little girl said is very pitiful, but there are many liars in society now. No writing.
When Jiang Tao heard that there was room for easing things up, she quickly nodded her thanks, and after Fu Juan went back to her room to get a pen and paper, she wrote down her home address. There must be no such thing as a phone call.
Fu Juan took it over and saw that the handwriting was beautiful, and the impression was raised by one point. Looking at the address, it was a well-known poverty-stricken area, so she knew that the girl's family was indeed in difficulty.
"Okay, then go back and wait for the notice, even if I don't need you, I will let someone tell you."
Jiang Tao nodded, "Okay, thank you Auntie, then I won't bother you."
Fu Juan watched her leave before closing her iron door.
After returning to the room, Fu Juan pressed the note into the glass frame on the coffee table. Song Yuemin had already finished eating, so she helped Fu Juan collect the bowls and chopsticks on the table, and Fu Juan refused to let him do the rest.
"I'm going to work right away. If you feel bored at home, you can go out for a stroll, as long as you don't go far."
Song Yuemin nodded, and didn't ask a word about the interview just now. After Fu Juan left, he glanced at the small note on the coffee table, a few lines of beautiful lowercase letters, and the applicant's name was Jiang Tao, and he didn't look at it again.
Jiang Tao didn't take the bus when she went back. The crowdedness when she came back gave her a great psychological shadow. She would rather walk more than suffer that.
As an ancient city, Shanghai in the 1980s was even more beautiful. The historical sites that can be seen everywhere made her not feel tired along the way, and the original owner was in good health, so she didn't feel tired at all after walking more than ten miles.
When we arrived near the original owner's house, we met many neighbors, and everyone seemed a little surprised to see her.
"Jiang Tao? It's really you, I almost didn't recognize you after such a tidying up."
"I haven't seen you wearing these clothes. You won't collect garbage today?"
Usually, Jiang Tao often goes out with a snakeskin bag. Although she tries her best to tidy herself up, she will inevitably smell a bit after picking up the garbage, and the neighbors don't say it.
This Jiang Tao is no longer that Jiang Tao, the original owner is inferior and introverted, but she won't, and replied with a smile, "I'm going to find a job, and I won't pick up trash in the future."
Regardless of whether she can apply for a babysitter or not, she will not pick up garbage again, and she is not in a hurry to work now. Anyway, the points in the system are enough for her to live for a period of time, so she doesn't have to worry about starvation.
The neighbors were quite surprised when they heard this answer, and felt that Jiang Tao was a different person. Not to mention, it was not bad after tidying up, but she was too thin.
"Really, then what kind of job are you looking for? There are indeed quite a lot of factories recruiting workers recently."
Jiang Tao didn't reply clearly, and went back after greeting everyone.
The neighbors waited for her to leave before they got together and said, "This girl was stimulated by something, why did she suddenly figure out not to pick up trash?"
"It means that she is not stupid. It is better to enter the factory than to pick up garbage. She is not ugly. After entering the factory, find a boy to marry, and the next life will be easier."
"That's right, girls are so popular, even if they are reincarnated badly, as long as they marry well, they can turn around."
When Jiang Tao got home, she felt stuffy when she saw a lot of picked up things piled up in the cramped room. She spent a lot of effort to clean up the room, leaving only the necessary daily necessities. After such a tidying up, even the air was fresh. a lot.
In the evening, Jiang Tao boiled half a pot of noodles, added eggs and vegetables, the eggs were exchanged in the space, and the vegetables were grown in the yard by the original owner, after eating, he cleaned up the pots and bowls, put them on the top of the door and went to sleep.
Fu Juan made a special trip to housekeeping after get off work, and met two nannies, one was a little older and had no eyesight, the other was of the right age and could work quickly, but her cooking skills were mediocre, so after struggling for a long time, she still didn't want one.
The person in charge said rather embarrassed, "Director Fu, you see it's very hard to find a nanny now, the market demand is too great, I'll pick up the ones and show them to you."
Fu Juan also sighed, "Xiao Lu, I know you've helped a lot, and I'm very grateful to you, but what I'm looking for is a live-in nanny, who I've been with for a long time, and if it's not suitable, it's troublesome to change, isn't it?"
Xiao Lu, the person in charge, nodded with a smile, "Yes, this is indeed the reason, then I will help you look at it, and call you if there is a suitable one."
After Fu Juan thanked her and left, she took dinner home from the canteen of the municipal party committee compound, and her husband Song Jianlong didn't get home until half of the meal with Song Yuemin.
She asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Song Jianlong took off his shirt and nodded, "Have you eaten, did you order food in the cafeteria?"
He also ate in the cafeteria, the dishes were the same.
Fu Juan nodded, "Yes, I didn't come back until 5:30, and went to Xiao Lu's again."
Song Jianlong knew that his son was not interested in this topic, so he didn't ask him carefully in front of his son, and talked about other things instead.
His son's leg injury is a pain in his body. Even if he is back in office now, as long as he thinks that his son is in his twenties, he should spend his youth wantonly, but now he has to be accompanied by a wheelchair, and he himself cannot Arranging a job for his son, seeing him struggling to even go out at home, made him very uncomfortable.
After returning to the room at night, Song Jianlong asked his wife, "Is there any clue about the nanny?"
Fu Juan shook her head and sighed, "I'm just worried about this matter. Xiao Lu said that it's not easy to find a good nanny, and it's even more difficult if we're so anxious. I've met a few, and there are always things I don't like. I'm going to look at it again."
Song Jianlong frowned, "It's really impossible to find a place to try first. The above has issued a notice to carry out medical activities in the countryside. Maybe your place will be busy in two days. Yuemin can't be unattended at home."
As expected, Fu Juan was in a hurry, and went through all the selection candidates she had met in the past few days, only one named Zhao Guiping was skipped.
"Then I will contact Xiao Lu immediately tomorrow."
The next day, Fu Juan remembered this matter and called the person in charge of housekeeping. After mentioning the candidate she liked, she received the disappointing news that Zhao Guiping had already signed a contract with another family.
"It's only two days before and after. Director Fu, there is really nothing to do. The other party is also very anxious. I think you have refused, so let her go and try."
The main reason is that the other party's identity is not ordinary, he is the leader of a state-owned enterprise, and his mother suddenly suffered a stroke and asked a nanny to take care of him. Let's modernize, after all the calculations, it is still cost-effective to find a nanny.
Fu Juan is not the kind of unreasonable person, she refused first, and the other party went to another house later, it can only be said that it was a coincidence.
"Xiao Lu, I still have work to do, so I won't delay you, and I'll call you if necessary."
Fu Juan thought of Jiang Tao. Although she was young, she looked quite calm and her speech was orderly. What impressed her the most was Jiang Tao's small script. To be able to write such characters, at least she must be diligent and eager to learn.
She remembered that Jiang Tao mentioned that her cooking was good, but Fu Juan didn't know if it was really good, but as a mother, Fu Juan hoped that the nanny would have good cooking skills, so that her son would not be unsatisfied with the food.
Once she had this idea, Fu Juan couldn't sit still anymore, she left get off work early, and went to the address Jiang Tao wrote.
Forty minutes later, when she stood outside Jiang Tao's temporary dilapidated house, she felt a little complicated. First, she confirmed that Jiang Tao hadn't lied, and second, she was heartbroken and pitiful.
Fu Juan found this place after asking the way, and she also knew from other people's mouths that Jiang Tao was not easy. While thinking about it, Jiang Tao, who was about to cook, came out of the house to pick vegetables, and when she saw Fu Juan, she was stunned. He said awkwardly, "Auntie, why are you here..."
She wanted to invite Fu Juan to come in and sit down, but thinking of the shabbyness of the room, she was afraid that Fu Juan would dislike her.
Fu Juan smiled gently, "Are you going to cook?"
Jiang Tao nodded, "Yes, Auntie, have you eaten yet? If you don't mind me, I'll cook an extra serving for you to try."
Fu Juan smiled, "That's not necessary, I have to hurry back, I'm here to inform you that I will start working tomorrow, 15 yuan a month, including food and lodging, if you have something to say in advance, you can ask for leave, do you think it's okay?"
She originally wanted to investigate Jiang Tao's cooking skills, but after meeting people, she chose to believe in Jiang Tao's honesty. If Jiang Tao deceived herself on this point, then Fu Juan would admit that she was deceived.
After Jiang Tao heard this, she nodded quickly, almost crying with joy, and Fu Juan also felt that she had made the right choice, so she said goodbye to Jiang Tao with a smile.
After she went back, she mentioned this matter to her husband and son. Song Yuemin had no objection, but his impression of Jiang Tao was only the beautiful handwriting, while Song Jianlong had more opinions.
"Is nineteen too young?"
Although he became an adult at the age of eighteen, the nannies he met were generally a little older. Jiang Tao was younger than his son, and his attitude was difficult to handle.
Fu Juan explained, "She is small, but she is very stable. A poor child has long been in charge of the family. Her father died young, and her mother remarried. There are no other relatives in the family. Try it first and treat it as a good deed. If it doesn't suit you, you can change it in time." .”
Once Song Jianlong heard about Jiang Tao's background, he stopped saying inappropriate words and nodded in agreement, "That's fine, let's try first, as long as you are down-to-earth and hardworking, our family is not the kind of family that treats the nanny harshly."
Fu Juan laughed again, "This kid is quite self-motivated. I asked her why she didn't go to the factory, and she said she still wanted to go to school, and she couldn't go to night school after going to the factory. This is very worthy of recognition."
Only now did Song Jianlong have six-point affirmation of Jiang Tao, "Really? That's really good. I'll see her when she comes tomorrow."
"It's seven o'clock. It's her own time. Didn't you leave at a quarter past seven? It's just a matter of time for you to have an interview."
At night, Jiang Tao didn't go to bed until she had packed her luggage. The original owner didn't have many things, except for two sets of clothes.
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