After becoming a live-in nanny, she saw the emergence of many families and had more opportunities to think about the boundaries of personal independence and freedom.
At 5:30 p.m. on December 17, 2021, at the entrance of a children's training center in Beijing's Chaoyang District, parents waiting for their children to leave class were full, and a little girl wrapped in a black down jacket and wide sweatpants looked out of place among a group of white-haired elderly people. The girl's name was Nemo. She is 29 years old. She is a full-time live-in nanny. At first, people were surprised to find that a post-90s girl who knew violin, piano, English and Japanese and studied abroad would be a "nanny aunt" in the traditional sense of "no technical content" in Beijing to see what she was doing.
Later, Nemo's mother inadvertently swiped up on the daily video of her nanny. The mother's face turned black with anger. She recorded a video in the cold winds of Beijing, unexpectedly encouraged by more people; later, Nemo not only worked as a housekeeper, breakfast, housework, and piano practice with the children every day, but also filmed herself playing with her employer's relatives on her days off, telling her understanding of work, her views on her family, and her endless love for her parents; she would also declare herself "unmarried", loved freedom, and wanted to take firm control of her life.
Become a babysitter
She has been a live-in nanny since 2017. It's also a coincidence that I did this business. She had originally studied art. After returning from studying in Japan, he worked as a makeup artist in Beijing. I met a guest on the show by chance, and later became familiar with it. Once told her that she needed a living aunt who could drive her children to school. I know she can play the piano and speak a little Japanese. Asked if she could go to her house to do it.
At first, there was a little hesitation, and the words "nanny" and "aunt" were still a bit harsh for her at the time. But at the time, being a makeup artist was really poor and tiring. Day and night are turned upside down, and sleepless nights are. She didn't adapt to this rhythm of work. Being a live-in nanny can also solve accommodation problems, which is exciting. At that time, I wanted to try it in three days. If it is not acceptable within three days, she withdraws. Later, she thought it was acceptable. This type of live-in nanny may not be exactly the same as a traditional nanny. It is said that the main thing is to take the children to play the piano and help with homework. In terms of hygiene, just clean the study and your own room. There is an aunt at home who specializes in cooking and doing housework. She has a tight schedule and very little time of her own. She usually wakes up at six in the morning, makes breakfast, and then drives her child to kindergarten and then back to do housework; at noon, she will pick up her child for online classes. After that, she will send the child back to kindergarten. Then she would go home and cook for lunch. After lunch, half an hour later in the afternoon, she had to set off to pick up the children at school and take them to extracurricular classes such as English and fencing. When I go home in the evening, I have to review pinyin, practice piano, and read picture books. You can only leave work at eight or nine o'clock in the evening and after the children have taken a bath.
In fact, she is very satisfied with the current job content and environment, the employer's family lives in a villa in Beijing, where she also has her own room - in this industry, working in a family is called shanghu, and resigning is called xiahu. When she signed a contract with a housekeeping company, her salary was at first less than ten thousand. Later, she had more experience. Every time she went to a new home, she would rise a little. It has now risen to nearly 20,000.
Mom deleted her WeChat
After work, I spent time studying in the evening and finally got the teacher qualification certificate.
She filmed the day's work and posted it online under the title "A Day in the Life of a Post-90s Nanny in Beijing", but the video was seen by her mother. Her mother was very angry after reading it. Her mother sent a WeChat message scolding her and deleting her WeChat. She could only delete the video immediately, but her mother still ignored her. Later, the video disappeared, and so was her mother's WeChat.
Unmarried
Being a housekeeper made her change a lot. At first she was impatient, but later she became more patient because she often dealt with children.
Sometimes she enjoys spending time with her children, but at the end of the day, she still likes to work, not live. In the course of this work, and more importantly, she strengthened her imagination of a future life that she did not want to marry or have children. She saw and heard many families coming out, all of them families in good condition. A large family surrounds their children, entangled with each other. This life was not what she wanted.
Think about this case, she lived out her true self, if it were you, would you also be a live-in nanny?