Xiao Xun wanted to help her carry something, but he couldn't even manage the smallest backpack.
Yun Mei smilingly took the bag from Xiao Xun's hand, "Let me do it! Your hands are for holding a pen, how can you carry heavy things like this."
They reached the car. He opened the trunk and let Yun Mei put the things in.
As Yun Mei put the items into the car, the vehicle visibly lowered. "Wow! This car is beautiful, it must be worth tens of thousands!"
Xiao Xun didn't answer. He let Yun Mei sit in the passenger seat, thinking, "I should have driven the SUV."
On the road, Xiao Xun asked her, "Is everything okay at home?"
Yun Mei kept looking at the car's interior decorations, but she was too nervous to touch anything. "Everything is fine. When your parents called me, I was preparing to harvest the autumn crops. They said they would find people to help my family with the harvest and that I should come to your place before the New Year."
"What grade are the children in?"
Yun Mei blushed and said, "Little Uncle, you really know how to joke. I'm still a maiden."
Xiao Xun was speechless. "Have you worked as a nanny before?"
"Look at how you put it. If your mother found me, would I not have worked before? I even took care of your mother during her confinement, bathed you, and changed your diapers."
Xiao Xun said, puzzled, "Then I must have met you when I was very young, but why don't I have any memory of it?"
Yun Mei explained, "What can a newborn baby remember? I only took care of her during her confinement and then returned to our village."
The two chatted idly, and soon the car drove into the villa area.
Yun Mei looked at the security guard saluting their car. "Wow! Someone's guarding us here? What kind of unit is this?"
"Stop talking nonsense, these are the community security guards."
Yun Mei clicked her tongue in amazement. "Good heavens, these security guards are so spirited. Uncle Li from the east end of our village is also a security guard in the city."
"..."
Xiao Xun parked the car at the entrance, opened the trunk, and let Yun Mei take her things inside.
After entering the house, Yun Mei's eyes widened. "The houses city people live in are so strange. They have to go to the bathroom inside the house, how smelly!"
Xiao Xun told her to change into slippers at the entrance, which were the light switches, what could be moved, and what could not.
He specifically reminded her that the second floor was absolutely off-limits and that no matter what happened, she must not go up there. She could ignore all other rules, but the second floor was a complete no-go zone.
Seeing Xiao Xun's serious expression, Yun Mei quickly nodded, "I won't, I definitely won't. I wouldn't go up even if you beat me to death."
Xiao Xun smiled, "It's not that exaggerated."
Then he took Yun Mei to her living quarters, which was the room he used to live in.
"I'm staying here?"
Yun Mei couldn't believe her eyes, her expression mirroring Xiao Xun's when he first arrived.
"See, I told you, we have everything here. You can just live here with peace of mind!"
Yun Mei knelt on the floor, gently touching the carpet. "What material is this made of? It's so soft!"
Xiao Xun took Yun Mei to the kitchen and showed her which was the natural gas valve and what each thing was for.
Yun Mei waved her hand, "No need to teach me this, I've really done it before. This is the same as in my previous employer's house, just bigger." After speaking, she opened the fully stocked refrigerator.
"My goodness, did you bring back the whole convenience store? Why is there everything?"
Xiao Xun smiled, "Someone replenishes things here every day. Oh, right, let me tell you what you need to do here."
Yun Mei looked at Xiao Xun seriously. "Little Uncle, you tell me! I can do laundry, cook, take care of the children, and clean the house."
"You don't need to do anything. You just need to look after the house."
Yun Mei pouted, "Then you might as well keep a dog..."
Xiao Xun frowned, "What kind of talk is that? Letting you look after the house means you don't have to work. Besides cooking, the rest is handled by specific people. Your job is to watch these people work and make sure they don't damage our things."
"That's what you meant! I understand now. It's like the housekeeper on TV, right?"
Xiao Xun nodded enthusiastically, overjoyed. "Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly it. You are the housekeeper."
"If you put it that way, I understand!"
Xiao Xun felt a bead of sweat on his forehead, thinking, "If I had known you knew the word 'housekeeper', I wouldn't have wasted all that time explaining."
"Okay, you familiarize yourself with it first. I'm going to rest. If you have any questions, we'll discuss them tomorrow."
Yun Mei said, "Little Uncle, it's late at night, have you eaten?"
Xiao Xun just remembered. He had only thought of himself. "You haven't eaten yet, right? Then make yourself something."
"Little Uncle, you eat too, and then you can taste my cooking."
Xiao Xun thought it over. If her cooking could satisfy him, it could certainly satisfy Mu Jiahe, and then he wouldn't have to cook himself.
Xiao Xun sat at the dining table. "Alright, then make something simple. I'm not too hungry."
Yun Mei briskly took off her jacket, tied on an apron, and said, "Little Uncle, just wait and see!" With that, she busied herself in the kitchen.
Xiao Xun sat at the dining table, waiting, and checked the news on his phone. The press releases for President Mi's mobile phone launch conference were already being widely circulated. The launch model itself had been criticized by many peers for being 'plagiarized.' The direct online sales model also led many to question the inconvenience of after-sales service.
However, the comments below the news were almost entirely in favor: "Support domestic products," "Pride of our nation," "Warmly anticipate," and similar phrases.
Especially the image showing the price after the configuration, with question marks covering it, adding an air of mystery and continuously increasing public attention, clearly indicating the use of 'public opinion' power.
As Xiao Xun was engrossed in reading, the dishes were served.
They looked a bit unappetizing, but the taste was okay. They were just common home-style dishes, but the portions were generous.
"Um, Yun Mei, Yun Mei..."
Xiao Xun called Yun Mei over. Looking at someone two years older than his mother, calling her "niece" was really inappropriate, and calling her anything else was even more so. In their region, seniority was highly valued. There was no other way but to call her Yun Mei.
Yun Mei looked at her "Little Uncle," "What is it, Uncle?"
"Since there are only three of us eating at home, there's no need to cook such large portions of each dish. You can make one dish with a smaller portion, but more variety."
Hearing Xiao Xun's suggestion, Yun Mei instinctively said, "That's too much trouble. When I worked as a nanny in other people's homes, they usually cooked one or two dishes per meal, sometimes a few more when guests came. Besides, you're stir-frying one cabbage and one tomato together, isn't that wasteful?"
Xiao Xun smiled, "I know, but since you're here, please listen to me, okay? We're paying you over five thousand yuan a month, so this small request shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"
Upon hearing the salary, Yun Mei's face crinkled into a 'bun' shape. She quickly waved her hands, "Not too much, not too much. Little Uncle, please don't be polite, feel free to make any requests."
Xiao Xun thought for a moment. "I don't have many other requests, but it would be best if you changed your clothes. Dress more elegantly and appropriately."
Yun Mei grabbed the hem of her clothes. "I bought this for over a hundred yuan at a department store in the city before I came!"
Xiao Xun nodded. "How about this? Tell me your size later, and I'll buy you some clothes."
"How can I keep spending your money?"
Xiao Xun said to her, "It's work attire. As long as you are in this house, you must wear the clothes I buy for you. Is that okay?"
While eating, he browsed an online mall and indeed found specialized housekeeper uniforms. He selected a few comfortable and elegant-looking styles and placed the orders. Then he stood up and said to Yun Mei, "Alright, you can get busy now. Call me if you need anything!"
"The upstairs and downstairs are right here, you can just call out."
Xiao Xun smiled and said nothing. He walked to the kitchen and saw her washing dishes. "Oh, right, you are only responsible for cooking. The dishes will be washed by someone else."
"Ah! It's nothing, I'll wash them as I go, since I'm idle anyway."
Xiao Xun remembered something else. "I'll connect your phone to the internet so you don't get bored. You can watch TV and chat."
"Okay."
Yun Mei handed him her brick-like phone. "I didn't know phones had this function."
Xiao Xun took the brick-like phone and looked at it. No wonder it made such a loud noise, it had eight speakers. "Who still uses feature phones these days? I'll get you a new one later." Saying that, he placed the phone on the kitchen counter. "I'm leaving now!"