Nanny Aunt Zhang, a hardworking and resolute middle-aged woman, faced with the financial difficulties after her husband's death, chose to be a nanny, a hard and unvalued job.
When she was young, Aunt Zhang's family conditions were quite good, her husband was a small cadre in the unit and had a stable income, while she worked in a small factory, although the salary was not high, but she could live a decent life. However, fate changed dramatically when she was 42 years old, when her husband unfortunately fell ill with cancer, spent the family's savings, and finally passed away. What is left behind is endless pain and a heavy financial burden.
Faced with such a dilemma, many people advised Aunt Zhang to sell her house and remarry to escape. However, she did not choose to escape, because she had a sensible, excellent son, and she could not bear to abandon him. In order to find a way out, she chose to work as a nanny.
Nanny jobs are a relatively easy job for middle-aged women to find and pay well. In the past ten years, Aunt Zhang has earned a lot of money by working as a nanny, paying off mortgages, supporting her son to go to college, and even helping him buy a house and marry his daughter-in-law.
However, over the years of working as a nanny, Aunt Zhang has also suffered a lot. She encountered many difficult employers, who were beaten, insulted and discriminated against. Although some employers treat her like family, there are others who are kind to her on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are taking advantage of her value.
Five years ago, Aunt Zhang moved to a higher-paid employer to pay for her son's graduate school in Beijing. The employer is a 70-year-old single old man named Uncle Zhou. He is a retired old man with a monthly pension of more than 7,000 yuan, a rental house, and a rental income of 2,000 yuan a month. It seems that Uncle Zhou's family conditions are very good.
Uncle Zhou hired Aunt Zhang as a live-in nanny to take care of his food, clothing, and living 24 hours a day. At the beginning, Uncle Zhou was very easy-going and gentle with Aunt Zhang, and even treated her like family. There is no distinction between them and they get along very harmoniously. Uncle Zhou also often helped Aunt Zhang and her family, tipping her, buying school supplies for her son, and even driving her home himself.
As time passed, Uncle Zhou's liking for Aunt Zhang became stronger and stronger, and he began to confess to her and expressed his willingness to live with her. After some thought, Aunt Zhang finally agreed to his request.
However, since Aunt Zhang became Uncle Zhou's partner's wife, his attitude has changed. He was no longer kind and friendly to her, but pointed fingers at her and shouted often. His salary to Aunt Zhang was also reduced, and although he paid part of his son's expenses, Aunt Zhang felt that she had been treated unfairly. She felt that she had been deceived by Uncle Zhou, and suffered from economic and domestic violence.
Faced with such a difficult life, Aunt Zhang finally decided to break up. She realized that she couldn't endure it any longer, and she didn't want to live like this again. She understands that the relationship between nannies and employers is inherently complex and hierarchical, and even though some employers treat nannies like family, most employers treat nannies as outsiders. She realized that she could not hope for a bright future with her employer, and could only work down-to-earth to get money.
Aunt Zhang's story tells us that although the job of nanny is hard, it is also a job that can make a living. Nannies should cherish the fruits of their labor and not overly expect and rely on the benefits of their employers. Only by working hard can we live a comfortable and comfortable life.