A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 476: Lack of people at home
Today's dinner, under the supervision of Mother Li, prepared three dishes and one soup.

Vinegar mustard, cabbage with sesame sauce, stir-fried vegetables, tomato and egg pimple soup.

She came in a hurry and happened to bump into her daughter-in-law who was rushing back.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made a total calculation and cooked these dishes with only what they had at home.

Both Li Xiang and Qiu Fanghua in the family are good at cooking.

But in terms of deliciousness, it is definitely not as good as Mother Li’s years of craftsmanship.

When she was not busy in the past, Qiu Fanghua could cook two dishes with great care when she came back from get off work.

If they get busy, the family will usually cook dinner in one pot or eat out.

Recently, he couldn't even take care of dinner, so he could only let Xiao Huang get some food to fill his son's stomach before getting off work.

The two of them just make do in the work unit.

But ultimately, it turns out that Li Xiang is too biased in employing people, and is now more private than public.

Mother Li frowned as she looked at her eldest son's family of three. The older one and the younger one ate up the not-so-rich meal. It looked like they hadn't had a smooth meal for a long time.

The decision I had originally planned in my heart became a little firmer.

After Xiao Huang was assigned to him, Li Xiang inevitably focused more on the attributes of his life.

"Mom, Li Rui has Xiao Huang to help take care of her. He won't be hungry or cold." Li Xiang held his wife's hand under the table and motioned her to stop talking.

The work content of all staff who work around the leader will be involved in the leader's family affairs to some extent.

Mother Li spoke in a leisurely manner, but she succeeded in stopping Li Xiang's family of three.

When there are conflicts at home, he rarely lets his wife confront his biological mother.

Mother Li's words were reasonable and well-founded, and Li Xiang was speechless for a moment.

Usually Li Xiang would stand up and coordinate personally.

"Xiao Huang is an outsider after all, and he is still a grown man. Let him take care of the children, how can he be as considerate as his own family? Besides, he is your driver, not your nanny. Even an uneducated old lady like me knows that, okay Steel should be used on the edge.”

"I don't want to retire early, but you two have taken good care of my eldest grandson."

During the meal, when the family's waving of chopsticks and spoons slowed down, Mother Li told them her decision.

"I plan to go through the retirement procedures next week."

It is an objective fact that Li Xiangjia lacks a person with housework attributes.

Although Li Xiang was not the first to do this kind of behavior.

Li Xiang was indeed somewhat unreasonable in his handling of this matter.

But because of his own reasons, he didn't want to have unfamiliar people in his family, so his family didn't have a nanny to take care of the family's daily life.

"You still have two years, why are you retiring early?" Li Xiang asked in confusion before he could swallow the food in his mouth.

Mother Li glanced at her son and daughter-in-law, and then gave her grandson a piece of pork with chopsticks.

According to the rules, Li Xiang's rank has reached the level of a service worker, and he can't talk to outsiders.

Li Rui was picking up the vegetables in the bowl while observing the expressions of his grandma and parents with his big eyes.

For a little guy like him, he naturally welcomed grandma's arrival with both hands.

"Why don't you hire a nanny? Mom can retire in two years. It would be a pity to retire early." Qiu Fanghua bit her lower lip and suggested.

She was quite conflicted at this time. It is of course a good thing to have someone to help take care of the home and children so that she can do her own thing without any worries.

But on the other hand, Qiu Fanghua was not embarrassed to let her mother-in-law work so hard for their housework, even to the point of early retirement.

The last thing that is hard to explain to outsiders is that if there is a choice, there are probably not many daughters-in-law in the world who would be willing to live under the same roof with their mother-in-law.

No matter how good the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is on weekdays, it doesn't matter to mother-in-law. She is the elder and is naturally a head above them.

As a daughter-in-law, she is used to being the master of the household, but now that she has a big Buddha above her head, she is definitely not as comfortable as before when doing things and speaking.

As soon as Qiu Fanghua's suggestion came out, both mother and son fell into brief thought.

Mother Li herself said that she also wanted to wait until she retired safely before helping her children.

There are not many people in this world who are born to worry about their lives. They live like this because they are forced by family affairs and worldly affairs.

Blessed, who would not enjoy it.

The biggest difference between Mother Li and many so-called professional women today is that she has reaped the dividends of being a professional woman.

Being able to make money for oneself, being able to spend money on oneself, being able to help others, and having time to spend money.

With such a comfortable way of living, if she wasn't really worried that her grandson wouldn't be well taken care of, she wouldn't be willing to let her retire early if you asked her to.

If, as her daughter-in-law said, the family hired someone to help take care of their daily life, Mother Li would not be so determined to leave early.

Li Xiang was in trouble here.

If there really are more than one person in the family, naturally no one is as reliable as his own mother.

But judging from what the wife just said and the mother's reaction, it seems that the two mistresses of the house prefer to hire someone to take care of them.

In order to reduce family conflicts, Li Xiang could only consider this direction.

"What do you think, should you apply with the organization or ask someone close to you for help?" Li Xiang asked his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

There is no talent market during this period, and only a few channels are feasible for work arrangements.

If ordinary people are not admitted to colleges and universities that assign jobs, there are only three formal paths waiting for them.

Arrangements are made by the subdistrict office, factory recruitment, and family pick-up classes.

Irregular, although the paths are wild, there are not many.

Either you spend money to buy a position, lie about the two parties being related, and the person in the middle who handles the formalities will turn a blind eye and handle the matter after accepting your gift.

The rest is to find it on your own, or be introduced by acquaintances to places where there are temporary jobs, and do some hard work that can pay you a daily salary.

Nanny is an "alternative" job extended from this temporary job.

Although the work performed by service staff and nannies are very different, the former is legal, while the latter is illegal for a long time.

Until now, if Li Xiang's family wanted to hire a nanny, they couldn't go out and greet her openly. They could only ask privately among familiar relatives and friends if they could help recommend a reliable one.

If you invite someone to your home and others come to visit and ask about you, it is not easy to directly introduce you to them as a nanny.

Either by the name of a relative, or by saying that he is a part-time worker.

In the early days, Xu Damao's mother worked in Lou's house as a part-time worker, going to Lou's house to do some things every day.

This was done for more than ten years, until Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e got married.

The Lou family didn't want to bear the reputation of enslaving their in-laws, so this job was just that.

(End of this chapter)