Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Being a nanny? What a fantastic job! ...
"Xiao Lin, although your fever has gone down, Uncle Wang wants you to take another day off today to recuperate and go back to work tomorrow. Don't worry, we have all seen your performance this month. From now on, we can work as nannies for Mr. Zhou together. This is a good job that you can't find even with a lantern." Aunt Li kept chattering, her face showing concern.
"You haven't met Mr. Zhou yet, right? He's very generous. He doesn't live here long. Our work is easy and the salary is high. If we meet an employer like him, we just need to do our best. You can relax..."
Lin Anran responded with "um" and "ah" but looked dazed and didn't even know when Aunt Li left.
Suddenly, Lin Anran jumped up from the bed and went to look in the mirror.
She looked at the haggard woman in the mirror with a serious expression. Her hair was frizzy like a chicken coop, yellow and split. Her face was dark and sallow, and she had obvious bags under her eyes. If you looked closely, you could see the red bloodshot in her eyes. Her eyebrows had obvious wrinkles from years of frowning, and the Chinese character "川" was faintly visible.
There is no doubt that this is a face that is full of fatigue and dejection, the kind that makes Lin Anran frown just by looking at it.
“Bang!”
Lin Anran slapped her forehead and rubbed it hard, trying to flatten the "chuan" mark. She didn't let go until her forehead was almost on fire. She moved closer to the mirror and looked at the woman in the mirror again. She opened her mouth to sigh, but covered her mouth in time halfway through.
"No! I can't sigh. If I sigh, won't I be like her?" Lin Anran muttered nervously. Facing the mirror, he raised the corners of his mouth with his hands and forced a smile.
But the smile is so ugly.
Lin Anran had a wooden face. He flipped the mirror downwards and lay back on the bed in a daze.
Before yesterday, Lin Anran was a senior in 2024. She was on her way to her internship when a car accident occurred. She pulled a child out of the way, then felt a headache. When she woke up again, she was Lin Anran from 1991. This Lin Anran had the same name, age, and appearance as her, but! They were both 22 years old, but the original Lin Anran looked like she was 32!
That haggard face made her look ten years older, no, even more than ten years older.
Although Lin Anran complained that interns were like slaves in the company and wanted a good job with high salary and little work, she did not want to exchange lives with the original Lin Anran and become a nanny. God knows how shocked she was when she got a fever and took over the original owner's memories.
Compared to Lin Anran who studied hard for more than ten years and was about to graduate from university and do internship as a social animal but was still a single dog, the original Lin Anran's experience had many more twists and turns. She got married at the age of seventeen, and divorced her husband three years later because of his infidelity. She stayed at home for two years. Lin's parents used their connections to find someone to take her out to Shenzhen to work, that is, to be a nanny in Mr. Zhou's house as Aunt Li mentioned. The original owner worked diligently for a month and was finally promoted to a regular employee. After she relaxed her tense breath, she suddenly had a high fever. In this way, Lin Anran exchanged lives with the original owner.
After recalling the past, Lin Anran knew that she could not return to her body. As the saying goes, what else can she do except make the best of it?
When Lin Anran was young, her parents divorced and each remarried. She had a shallow relationship with her parents and only visited them during festivals. She was raised by her grandparents, but both of them passed away one after another, and she didn't even have time to take care of them in their old age. She also couldn't bear to leave her close friends.
Lin Anran shook her head and silently wished them all the best, and she would also restart her life here.
1991!
Lin Anran's eyes sparkled. In this era where even a pig can be blown up if it stands in the right place, based on the future she knew, perhaps she, Lin Anran, could also become one of the pigs, become rich and reach the pinnacle of life. Hehehe.
Lin Anran excitedly clenched her fists and waved them in the air, her whole body brimming with energy. Wasn't it just a soul swap? She hadn't received the original owner's most private memories. The original owner had been married and divorced, and most importantly, they had no children! She didn't need to travel through time to be a mother!
Anyway, you have to struggle alone wherever you are. Lin Anran feels that it is more exciting to struggle in the 1990s. In the future, all industries will be too competitive, with low wages and a lot of overtime. People will be treated like slaves for the capitalists. At least there are more opportunities here.
The more Lin Anran thought about it, the more excited she became. Her smile was crooked. Suddenly, her smile froze. She had no money!
She hurriedly took out more than 40 yuan from her luggage bag. This money was given to the original owner by Lin's father and mother for her to live on. There were a total of 50 yuan. The original owner lived frugally and only spent a few yuan a month. As soon as the original owner received the 400 yuan salary, she remitted the money back home and did not keep a single cent for herself.
Lin Anran clutched her chest and took a deep breath. What could she do with forty yuan in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone? Food, clothing, housing, and transportation—what was free? The original owner had only a junior high school education. Outside, she couldn't find any good jobs except factory work. She stayed at Mr. Zhou's house as a nanny, with food, clothing, and shelter provided. After becoming a regular employee, she'd earn five hundred yuan a month. As Aunt Li had said, this was a job you couldn't find even with a lantern.
The original owner had not seen the employer, Mr. Zhou, for a month since she started working here. Her daily job was just cleaning under the arrangement of Uncle Wang, the villa's housekeeper, and Aunt Li shared the task with her. The work was easy, but the original owner was diligent and could not sit idle. When she was free, she would go to the kitchen and garden to help out, keeping herself busy like a top.
Lin Anran was fine again. This nanny job paid well with little work, which was perfect for her to save money for the future. Her heated mind also calmed down. She remembered that some places were quite chaotic in this era, with biker gangs and chopping gangs. She had no fighting skills, and going out would just be delivering food to people. She still had to plan well and protect herself first before talking about other things.
At noon, Lin Anran came to the kitchen to eat with everyone. The staff meal was really good, with two meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a soup. Chef Zhao was an excellent cook. Mr. Zhou had hired him at a high price, and now it was a bargain for them, the employees. She also found another advantage of the nanny job - the benefits were good.
"Xiao Lin, you have been converted to a regular employee. You can work here with peace of mind in the future. So you have to work according to the arrangement every day and can't take other people's work. Mr. Zhou will not agree to his employees getting sick from overwork. If you get sick from overwork again next time, it will mean that I, as the housekeeper, have failed in my duty." Uncle Wang said a little seriously.
Lin Anran put down his chopsticks and nodded: "Uncle Wang, I know, I won't do it again in the future. I will definitely listen to your arrangements!"
Uncle Wang saw how serious she was and smiled: "Just follow the instructions. We will divide the work and cooperate with each other."
Lin Anran laughed. Her boss actually thought she was stealing work and didn’t let her do more. What kind of a magical job was this!
Aunt Li smiled and responded, "Mr. Zhou pays us so much every month, but he doesn't pay us to enjoy ourselves. In fact, the daily work is just enough for us to rest after we finish it, which is almost like enjoying ourselves. Xiaolin, if you take my job, I will be embarrassed to continue working here."
Chef Zhao said cheerfully, with his round belly on his shoulders, "I can usually handle all the kitchen work by myself. When it's busy, Xiaolin, you have to come and help me. But if you want to learn from me, you can come to the kitchen and hang out. It's up to you how much you can learn."
Uncle Ding, who was usually taciturn, joined the others in saying, "I take care of the garden. Xiaolin, you don't have to help me every day. I don't have much work to do every day."
Lin Anran looked at everyone, blinked, and whimpered in his heart, what kind of amazing colleagues are these!
Compared to the internship company where she had worked for half a month, this place was definitely paradise.
"I will definitely follow Uncle Wang's instructions, work hard and make progress every day!" Lin Anran's eyes burned with two blazing flames.
Uncle Wang and the other three were stunned, then burst into laughter at Lin Anran.
Lin Anran also laughed. Who understands? The work meal is super super delicious. She can just whine.
Lin Anran ate with such relish that the other four also ate more happily than usual.
After dinner, Aunt Li was afraid that Lin Anran would diligently wash the dishes again, so she pushed him to sit on a chair and worked swiftly, not forgetting to remind him: "Xiao Lin, you are still resting today."
Lin Anran was eating the loquats that Chef Zhao had fed him, and on impulse, he blurted out, "I'm so glad I can do this job! Loquats are so sweet."
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter again.
"These loquats were sent by an acquaintance of mine. They are the best batch, a big basket. Xiaolin, if you like, eat more loquats." Chef Zhao ate one loquat at a time.
Lin Anran: “Yeah!”
Chef Zhao turned to Uncle Wang and asked, "When will Mr. Zhou return to Shenzhen? I've researched some new dishes and am waiting for him to come back and try them."
Uncle Wang was about to reply when the phone rang outside. He hurried to answer it. Not long after, Uncle Wang returned to the kitchen and happily announced to everyone, "The master will be home tomorrow at noon. Everyone should cheer up to welcome him."
Upon hearing this, Lin Anran hadn't reacted yet, while the others were all smiling.
Uncle Ding couldn't sit still any longer, so he walked out and said, "I'm going to check out the garden."
Chef Zhao was the most excited. "I'll work on the menu and make sure Mr. Zhou has a different meal each time. Oh, and I need to contact someone to get some fresh ingredients."
Aunt Li turned around and said, "Xiao Lin, tomorrow morning we'll do a thorough cleaning of the villa. Mr. Zhou loves cleanliness and there can't be even a speck of dust."
Lin Anran came back to her senses and spat out the pit in her mouth: "Okay, Aunt Li."
Before leaving, Uncle Wang said to Lin Anran in a soothing tone, "Xiao Lin, just follow Aunt Li and work. The master treats his employees very well."
Lin Anran nodded quickly.
The phone rang again, and Uncle Wang walked over quickly to answer it. Lin Anran thought it was Mr. Zhou calling again, but she didn't expect it was for her.
"Xiao Lin, your family called you. Tell them about your situation." Uncle Wang knew Lin Anran's situation best. After all, he was the one who hired Lin Anran.
It turned out that the person that Lin's parents used their connections to find a job for was a relative of Uncle Wang. As the housekeeper, Uncle Wang certainly couldn't just hire anyone to be a nanny in the Zhou family. He found out everything about Lin Anran and her family before agreeing to let Lin Anran come for a one-month trial. Lin Anran's performance was indeed very good.
Lin Anran calmed himself down and took the phone from Uncle Wang: "...Hello?"
On the other side was Lin's mother, speaking: "Hello? Is this Anran? You silly child, why did you transfer all your salary into your dad's bankbook? If your dad hadn't gone to withdraw the money, we wouldn't have known about it. The family debt is almost paid off, and we don't need your money. Your dad transferred the money back to you. Remember to go to the bank to check if it's been transferred. You have a lot of places to spend money in Shenzhen, so take care of yourself. Spend your money where it counts, don't let yourself get hurt, do you hear me?"
Lin Anran was stunned, and slowly clenched the phone in his hand: "Hmm..."
"My daughter, our family has raised a few more pigs this year, and we will be able to pay off the debt by the end of the year. Don't worry too much about home, everything is fine!" Lin's father shouted.
Mother Lin: "Don't transfer the money to your father's bank account. There is food and drink at home, and the whole family will not starve. Okay, the phone bill is expensive, so I won't say anything more. If you want to say anything, write home and we will write back to you..."
Mother Lin muttered a few more words and then immediately hung up the phone. Lin Anran listened to the beep and put the phone back, still looking a little confused.
"Xiao Lin, is it your parents calling?" Aunt Li asked curiously, holding a rag in her hand.
"Yes." Lin Anran rubbed her face, and the situation of the original owner's family kept appearing in her mind. Compared with her parents, Lin's father and mother were really good to the original owner. Unfortunately, the original owner had traveled to the future, and she replaced the original owner.
Fortunately, Lin's father and mother were far away in their hometown, so she didn't have to worry about how to face them for the time being.
At present, she only needs to think about how to do her nanny job well, and then make a pig plan that will make her a fortune in the future.
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