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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
I am 62 years old this year, and before I retired, I was a teacher in a local elementary school, and after I retired, the school leaders talked to me and told me to go back and work for two years, with new people, and the salary was the same as before.
I don't agree, I'm so old, what are you doing in your position, now that you're retired, give up your position and give young people more opportunities, it's much better than systematically training them.
Seeing that I insisted, the school leaders did not keep it anymore, just a month or two before I retired, I formed a group with my wife and a group of old colleagues, and went to the great rivers and mountains of the motherland to have a look.
Strange to say, when I was working, I wished that twenty-four hours a day would be used as forty-eight hours, and even if I didn't relax for a moment all day, I always felt that time flew by, and the day was over before I could do anything.
After retirement, I have a lot of free time, and I seem to have nothing to do all day long, staring at my wife every day, and I don't know what to do.
After my daughter heard my troubles, she joked and said, Mom, you are tired of life, you have worked for most of your life, now it is hard to rest, I still feel bored, if I retire so early, I will definitely go out every day, eat, drink and have fun, everything without repetition.
Saying that, my daughter suddenly screamed, and said to me excitedly, Mom, why don't I send Xiaoya (granddaughter) to you, anyway, you are also idle, just help us watch the children for a while, and save us from hiring a nanny and sending a child.
After it was over, my daughter said, you and your father are both retired teachers, and you can do my daughter's enlightenment education, so that the money for the early education class will be saved.
I hesitated and said, I can help you with the child, but it may not be possible to do enlightenment education, we are all old ideas, and we can't keep up with the changes of young people now, can we do early education for Xiaoya?
After hearing this, my daughter laughed a few times and said to me, what's wrong with this, didn't I also teach it by you and my father, and in the end, I was admitted to a first-class university and had a good job, so you just taught Xiaoya according to the previous method.
After finishing speaking, my daughter hurriedly said to me, then say okay Mom, when the weekend comes, we will send Xiaoya to you, okay, I won't continue to tell you, I have to go to the custody to pick up Xiaoya.
Before I could answer, my daughter hung up the phone in a hurry, put down the phone and thought about it again, anyway, idle is idle, help my daughter take the child is OK, as for the enlightenment education, the child is still so young, you can go to school later.
After hanging up, I went to the kitchen to work with my wife on the lunch meal, and at about eleven o'clock, there was a sudden violent quarrel upstairs, accompanied by the crying of children.
My wife and I looked at each other, and we were used to it, and upstairs lived a young couple, a child about the same age as my granddaughter, and a father who was paralyzed in bed and couldn't take care of himself.
Since they moved to our community a year ago, it has hardly stopped, a small quarrel every three days, a big quarrel every five days, and it is not peaceful anyway.
Probably because of her parents, the little girl upstairs was dragged until she was five years old before she was sent to kindergarten, the same school I used to teach.
Until we finished eating, the quarrel upstairs had not stopped, and my wife and I said that we should not think about taking a lunch break today, and that we should take a break when we read a book and meditate quietly.
My wife told me that we should not go upstairs to have a fight, persuade them to go, and don't let them quarrel all day long, others will be weird when they listen to it.
I glanced at my wife and said to him, you still want to persuade him, you don't look at how old you are, people's young temper is up, whether you can walk down is still a question, you still don't care about other people's affairs!
Two days later, the weekend came, and after my daughter sent her granddaughter to us, she hurriedly drove away, saying that the company was going to work overtime, and if Xiaoya had anything, just contact her on her mobile phone.
My granddaughter is quite obedient, even if my daughter left, she didn't cry and make a fuss, and she didn't worry about eating, not picky eaters, unlike when her daughter was a child, she didn't eat onions and carrots.
The only drawback may be that my daughter doesn't have a playmate here, at first my wife and I can take turns to tell her some stories, but after a long time, how can there be so many fresh stories to tell, always turning over and over those few things, my granddaughter is tired of listening to it, and I am also tired of telling it.
So, I took advantage of the good weather to take her downstairs to play a few laps, sometimes lucky, I can meet one or two friends, when I am unlucky, she can only sit on the sidelines, listen to us old ladies gossip.
Once when I went downstairs to play, I happened to meet the little girl upstairs who also came down to play, so I asked my granddaughter to play with her, but I didn't expect the two of them to get along, and they became "good sisters" in an afternoon.
After that, they made an appointment to play together, and when the weather was good, they ran outside together, and when the weather was bad, they made an appointment at my house, and I taught them both to read and write.
It was probably in May last year, one day at noon, Xixi (the little girl upstairs) suddenly came to my house crying and said to me, Grandma Wang, can I stay at your house for a while, my parents are arguing again, and they are throwing things, I am afraid......
Xixi cried a handful of snot and tears, so that I saw a lot of distress, I quickly beckoned her in, hugged her and comforted her for a while, and after she was emotionally stable, I asked her if she had eaten, Xixi shook her head, and said to me, not yet, my parents quarreled when they came back from work, and they haven't cooked for me.
I glanced at the clock on the wall, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and I hadn't cooked for the child yet, even if it was a big event, I had to cook for the child first, and then quarrel!
I asked the two of them to play in the living room for a while, and went to the kitchen to make a bowl of noodles for Xixi, who seemed to be hungry for a long time, and ate the bowl of noodles in three or five bites, and then smiled at me embarrassedly.
Looking at Xixi's smile, I was a little distressed, and asked her, didn't she eat in the morning? Xixi shook her head and said, no, my parents were busy with work and didn't have time to cook for me, so I ate a small bread with my grandfather.
I sighed and thought to myself, what an irresponsible parent this must be, not even having time to make breakfast for the child.
After eating, Xixi and Xiaoya fell asleep together, about half past three, I heard a knock on the door, afraid of waking up the two children, I quickly opened the door, but found that it was a woman with raw eyes.
The woman looked at me with a wary look on her face, sighed and introduced herself, and when I learned that she was Sissy's mother, I quickly invited her into the house.
In the living room, Xixi's mother asked me, Xixi came to you, I guess is, these days when I go home, Xixi always tells me that I have met a good grandmother Wang and sister.
So as soon as I found out that she was gone, I came to your house, thank you for taking care of Cissy these days, and since I was with you, Cissy's smile has become more.
Seeing that I kept looking at her with a straight face, Xixi's mother said again, you also heard our quarrel at noon, Xixi was probably scared, so she ran out.
Actually, we didn't want to quarrel, but after moving to the city, the pressure was too great, and there was a father-in-law who was paralyzed in bed to take care of.
In order to make our children live a better life, we worked hard to earn money, and we neglected to take care of the elderly and children, and there were more quarrels with our husbands.
About half a year ago, my husband and I said that we should move back to the countryside to live, the pressure is a little less, and Xixi can go to school on time, but my husband refuses, he said that since he moved out, he will not move back.
In this way, the contradiction between the two of us is getting worse day by day, almost quarreling when we meet, Xixi is also becoming more and more autistic because of the reason for our quarrel, and is reluctant to communicate with others, but fortunately I met you, and she began to slowly get better.
As she spoke, Xixi's mother suddenly knelt on the ground, crying and said to me, Auntie, I have something to ask for today, I can ask you to help me take care of Xixi in the future, just take care of her three meals a day and pick her up to school every day, we really have no choice, so we are cheeky to beg you.
After finishing speaking, Xu was afraid that I would not agree, Xixi's mother raised her hand again and said, We can give you money, auntie, I will give you a thousand yuan a month, as long as you can help me take care of Xixi.
I helped Xixi's mother up and told her that I can help you pick up and drop off Xixi, and I can also take care of her three meals a day, but this is not for money, but because I feel sorry for Xixi.
Cissy is about the same age as my granddaughter, but she is much more sensible than her peers, and every time she comes to my house, she either helps me sweep the floor or helps me water the flowers, which makes people feel distressed when they look at it.
It's okay for me to help you take care of Sissy, but you also have to promise me one condition, that is, you can't quarrel in front of the child anymore, she is still young, do you want to instill in her the idea of parental discord at such a young age?
Xixi's mother wiped the tears on her face and said to me, I promised your aunt that I would not quarrel in front of the children in the future, and asked you to help me take care of Xixi more in the future, I promised her.
After that, I picked up Xiaoya and Xixi to and from school every day, in addition, I was also responsible for sending three meals a day to Xixi's grandfather, in fact, I didn't have this idea at first, but Xixi's mother gave me a thousand yuan a month, and I was not happy to be missing her, so I simply took care of the old man's meals upstairs.
After a young couple in the same building, they also sent their children to me, and said to me, "Auntie, you also send two children, and help us take care of them by the way."
My work with the child's father requires a long business trip, and the parents on both sides are not in good health, so it is inconvenient to come, so you can help us take care of us for a while, and we will also give you a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan, just to trouble you, when we are not there, take in the children for a few days.
I was a little hesitant and said to them, we are not familiar with each other, can you rest assured that you will hand over the child to me, what if something happens?
The young couple looked at me and said, we know that you and your husband are teachers, I graduated from that elementary school, we can also trust your character, we are not unreasonable parents, we will definitely not blame you indiscriminately if something happens.
In this way, I went from taking care of my granddaughter to taking care of three children, with an extra salary of 2,000 yuan per month.
Putting aside the money, in fact, I still like children, since they came, the house has been a lot happier, full of laughter, and it is no longer as lifeless as before.
My wife and I are also retiring, starting the old business, usually after school, they will tutor them to do their homework, Saturdays and Sundays, will also accompany them to do some small games, in short, very happy.
I really didn't expect that when I was old, I could still find such a happy and profitable job, which not only made me comfortable, but also helped others, why not do it!