Chapter 495: Hiring a nanny, the water broke
With the previous example of fetal movement in mind, Lin Siqiao chose to remain silent this time.
After Lu Jianchuan had finished speaking, she discussed with him the idea of hiring a live-in nanny.
Lin Siqiao had this idea a long time ago, but it just came into being a little earlier now.
She has no choice but to take the leave, as there are only 56 days of maternity leave. For those who are pregnant with multiple babies like her, 15 days of maternity leave will be added for each additional child. If the birth is difficult, an additional 15 days will be added.
Lin Siqiao felt that a difficult delivery would not happen, so her maternity leave would be less than two and a half months at most.
Regarding taking care of the children, the elders on both sides did talk about it during the Chinese New Year, and they would take turns to help take care of them.
But it is not easy to take care of two children, and considering their age, Lin Siqiao doesn’t want to make them work too hard.
For Lin Siqiao, making money means many things, including enjoying life better.
As for hiring a live-in nanny, Lin Siqiao didn't think it was a big problem.
Even when the movement was popular before, hiring a nanny to take care of children was a very common thing, but no one talked about it openly.
Lin Siqiao’s only worry now is that he won’t be able to find someone that satisfies him.
You have to know that good nannies are hard to come by in any era. Often, before the job is done, there will be a bunch of people waiting to "poach" the nanny, and the nanny is simply not available on the market.
Fortunately, most larger units, streets or military units have their own nurseries, and the fees are not expensive, only about two yuan per month.
Most of this cost is borne by the unit, and parents only need to pay a little for meals.
Lin Siqiao said, "Let's look for one first. If I can't find a suitable one, I'll take the child to the nursery at my workplace when I get to work."
Lu Jianchuan had no objection to this, but when he heard his wife mention the nursery, he suddenly remembered something.
He remembered that at the beginning of the year, several childcare workers at the military district nursery retired. These were experienced in taking care of children and had come from the military district, so they were naturally more reliable than those found outside.
Thinking of this, Lu Jianchuan went to the military district nursery early the next morning to find out about the situation.
After Director Ding learned the purpose of Lu Jianchuan's visit, he immediately recommended him an aunt named Wang.
Aunt Wang has been working in the nursery for nearly 20 years. She is honest and hardworking, very patient with children, and most importantly, she is also very good at making complementary foods.
If she hadn't reached retirement age and there were not so many military wives queuing up behind her waiting to enter the nursery, Director Ding would really be reluctant to let her go.
Having said this, Director Ding whispered again.
Recently, many people have come to their nursery to inquire about childcare workers. He asked Lu Jianchuan to hurry up, because as far as he knew, Aunt Wang was very popular now.
When he returned home that night, Lu Jianchuan told Lin Siqiao what he had learned, and Lin Siqiao was not surprised.
Although the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination will not be officially announced for a few days, people with some connections in Beijing should have known about it a long time ago.
The most likely reason for hiring a nanny at this time is to free up hands to prepare for the college entrance examination.
Lin Siqiao didn't think much about it. Since Director Ding had given his guarantee, she would naturally go over to take a look.
The next day, Lin Siqiao contacted Aunt Wang.
The fact is indeed as Director Ding said. There have been quite a few people looking for Aunt Wang recently. When Lin Siqiao arrived, the last group of people had just left less than ten minutes ago.
Aunt Wang lives in a large courtyard. Her family of more than ten people, young and old, are squeezed into a house of less than 40 square meters.
There were so many things inside that the door couldn't be fully opened.
When Aunt Wang saw that Lin Siqiao was pregnant, she quickly turned out the high stool at home and put a cotton mat on it.
After Lin Siqiao sat down, he looked around the small house inconspicuously.
Although the room is a little small and there are many things in it, it is still tidy.
At this time, Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law Xiao Su brought her a cup of hot water.
"Comrade, this is freshly poured hot water, be careful of the burns." Su Hong reminded in a gentle voice.
Lin Siqiao thanked him. She had noticed it when the man was boiling the cup with hot water.
Su Hong smiled and said to Aunt Wang, "Mom, you guys chat first. I'll take these clothes to wash first."
"No, I'll wash it later."
"It's okay, Mom. Just sit down and rest for a while. It's not tiring to wash clothes."
Since there were guests present, Aunt Wang couldn't keep refusing and just nodded.
After the two chatted for a while, Lin Siqiao explained his purpose with a smile.
Aunt Wang was not surprised by this, as many people had asked her to help look after their children recently.
At first, the employer said nice things, saying that as long as she took good care of the child, she didn't have to worry about anything else.
But when she went there for a trial job, she found that it was not the case. In addition to taking care of the children's eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping, her employer also threw all the chores such as buying groceries, cooking, washing clothes and cleaning the house on her.
Seeing this, Aunt Wang spoke out in advance.
"Comrade Lin, I am also used to doing housework. On weekdays, as long as the children fall asleep, I will do what I can."
"It's just that my main job is to take care of the children. If I have to do all the big and small things at home, I really don't have the energy for it."
"Don't worry about this, Aunt Wang. I asked you to go over there to look after the child. You just need to take care of the child and you don't have to worry about anything else. We can write this into the contract when the time comes."
As he spoke, Lin Siqiao took out a sample of the contract.
Aunt Wang is also literate, but when she read the terms of the contract, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
Before, she received a second-level salary of 35 yuan per month in the nursery, but it was a public institution and the salary and benefits were not comparable to those in the private sector.
Let’s not talk about the ones far away, let’s just talk about the one we just came to.
They also have two children, one is just 8 months old and the other is two and a half years old. Anyone who has raised children knows that children of these two ages are very lively and active.
So the host family made it clear that they would provide food and accommodation but would not give vacations, and the salary was 20 yuan per month.
Similarly, Lin Siqiao's side also provides food and accommodation, but also has 4 days of vacation every month. Not only is the salary 45 yuan, but there are also many holiday benefits.
Aunt Wang's husband has a chronic disease and cannot do heavy work. The family's several sons also have a heavy burden, so she had been hoping to find a job to supplement the family income.
Now that such a good thing has happened to her, Aunt Wang is naturally overjoyed.
She didn't dare to say anything else, but taking care of children was her forte, and with such a high salary, there was no reason for her not to do her best.
After signing the contract, Su Hong quickly set up the small square table.
"Comrade Lin, if you don't mind, how about having a simple lunch at home?"
Aunt Wang also advised, "Yes, Comrade Lin, you can have a meal here at noon. My daughter-in-law may not be good at other things, but she is a good cook."
Lin Siqiao smiled and nodded. She was very hungry now. When she smelled the fragrance outside just now, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
Su Hong was very happy to see that she agreed.
"Mom, wait a minute, I'll go get two more dishes."
Soon, several delicious stir-fried dishes were served on the table. It was too late to buy meat, so Su Hong only cooked common home-cooked dishes.
Because Lin Siqiao was pregnant, she steamed a bowl of egg custard for her.
Lin Siqiao took just one bite and gave a thumbs up.
Everyone can cook home-cooked meals, but it is rare to cook them so deliciously.
Considering that she and Lu Jianchuan are both very busy at work, the family will have to hire someone to take care of the two little ones' three meals a day.
So after dinner, Lin Siqiao extended a sincere invitation to Su Hong.
Su Hong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and when she came to her senses, she almost cried for joy.
She didn't expect that she just cooked a few ordinary meals, but the other party gave her such a good job.
In fact, Lin Siqiao was not only interested in Su Hong’s cooking skills.
During the meal just now, Lin Siqiao was deeply impressed by the interaction between her and Aunt Wang.
If the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can get along like mother and daughter, the family atmosphere will definitely not be bad.
Lin Siqiao can feel more at ease leaving the child in the care of such a person.
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Time flies, and it is December in the blink of an eye.
The arrival of a heavy snowfall caused the temperature in Beijing to drop by more than ten degrees. The snow was expected to get heavier, mixed with freezing rain.
Mother Lu acted promptly and sent Lin Siqiao to the hospital with her delivery bag early the next morning.
Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu originally wanted to go along, but were finally persuaded by Lin Siqiao.
There are still more than ten days before her due date, and no one can tell when she will go into labor. She asked her parents to wait for news at home, and Lu Jianchuan would inform them in time if there was any situation.
As soon as Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu heard this, they agreed. If they went there at this time, it would only cause trouble, so they should just stay at home.
After Lu Jianchuan settled Lin Siqiao, he said.
"Wife, there is something going on at the military district. I'll go take care of it and come over to accompany you later."
"Go ahead, and drive carefully on the road."
Lu Jianchuan nodded, and walked away looking back three times before taking the last step.
After a while, Lu's mother came back. After completing the hospitalization procedures, she went to find the person in charge of the hospital.
Mother Lu was really worried because her daughter-in-law was pregnant with twins, so she planned to deliver the baby herself.
Lu's mother is a famous surgeon at Shanghai People's Hospital, so Friendship Hospital naturally had no reason to refuse.
The person in charge of the hospital immediately agreed. However, just after lunch, the director of the obstetrics and gynecology department of Friendship Hospital suddenly came to find Lu's mother with a group of people.
Mother Lu was a little surprised until the other party said with a smile on his face.
"Vice President Yao, these are all interns in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. They all want to learn from you. Do you think it would be better to let them..."
“No, no, no…” Mother Lu refused directly, with no intention of negotiating.
Although this kind of thing is very common in hospitals, Lu's mother knows that her daughter-in-law is very thin-skinned.
If there were a bunch of interns watching her during childbirth, she would definitely be nervous and uncomfortable.
Mother Lu said, "I can spare some time to guide these interns later, but I'd rather not have them go to the delivery room."
The person in charge said repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry to trouble you this time."
Mother Lu waved her hand and said nothing more. After the group of people walked away, she hurried back to the ward.
"Mom, what do they want from you?"
Lin Siqiao couldn't hear clearly through the door, she only heard her mother-in-law keep saying "no, no".
Mother Lu picked up an apple and told her what happened while peeling it.
"What?"
Lin Siqiao almost jumped up from the bed when she heard this. Fortunately, her mother-in-law refused, otherwise, with so many people staring at her private parts, she would really have collapsed.
It wasn't a collapse, it was the feeling of jumping off the building right there and then.
"Mom, you still understand me!"
"Of course not."
Mother Lu looked proud and then handed over the peeled apple.
"After you eat the apple, you can go to sleep for a while. When you wake up, mom will make you some chicken noodle soup. How about that?"
Lin Siqiao smiled and said yes, but just as she took a bite of the apple and hadn't had time to chew it, she heard a "puff" sound.
Very lightly, and then a stream of heat flowed down uncontrollably.
Lin Siqiao's expression froze. It was over. She might not be able to eat the chicken noodle soup because her water seemed to have broken.
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