As soon as Gu Nan walked out of the Gu family villa and walked to the gate, he saw a middle-aged woman squatting on the ground not far away, with two luggage bags beside her, as if she was about to leave.
When the middle-aged woman heard the footsteps, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Gu Nan.
"Miss Kusuichi."
When Gu Nan looked at the woman, she was on the thin side, her complexion was a little sallow, her eyes were red, she had obviously just cried.
"Aunt Zhao, are you leaving?" Gu Nan glanced at the duffel bag next to the woman.
She is the cook of the Gu family and has been working for the Gu family for three or four years.
Although Zhou Yao and Mrs. Gu often sneered at the servants at home, most of them came from the countryside, and the salary offered by the Gu family was high enough for them, so they were reluctant to give up their jobs in order to make money.
She once heard Gu Xiyan say that Aunt Zhao's son had leukemia, and her husband was an alcoholic who was addicted to alcohol. She had to handle all the family affairs. Her son now needed a lot of medical expenses for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, so she
It shouldn't be easy to lose your current job.
Could it be that he was fired by the Gu family?
Aunt Zhao gave a bitter smile: "Miss Nanyi, I have been fired by my wife. I have to leave."
Aunt Zhao who was dismissed by Zhou Yao?
"Why should I fire you?"
Aunt Zhao sighed: "My wife and husband have been having conflicts these days and I'm in a bad mood. We servants have become my wife's punching bag. Sister Wang, who was in charge of cleaning the house two days ago, was fired because my wife's clothes were washed late."
One day, the clothes my wife wore before will not be worn again within a week. It happened to rain two days ago, so the clothes my wife changed into were not washed that day. As a result, Sister Wang was fired by her wife because of this incident. Fired me
The reason is simpler, saying that the food I cooked last night was too salty, and she likes to eat light food, but the amount of salt I added is the same as before, so she is obviously using the topic as an excuse."
Speaking of Zhou Yao's deliberate efforts to make things difficult these days, Aunt Zhao complained.
"Working in the Gu family really requires you to swallow your anger. Although the old lady and my wife often scolded and laughed at us before, they were not overly harsh on our work. Ever since the husband and wife quarreled, my wife has been in a bad mood these days, and she often treats us.
After all the insults, I still didn’t want to lose my job, so I just went to my wife to beg her, but she insisted on firing me.”
Thinking of her next situation, Aunt Zhao wiped away her tears.
Gu Nan heard the key points from Aunt Zhao's words.
"Why were they fighting?"
Mentioning this matter, Aunt Zhao looked around.
"Miss Nanyi, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to the small park over there."
Aunt Zhao pointed to the small park set up in the villa not far away.
"Um."
Gu Nan took the initiative to help Aunt Zhao pick up a luggage bag. It should contain a quilt, and it was not too heavy to carry.
Aunt Zhao hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her: "How can I ask you to help me carry things? Just put it down and I will do it."
Gu Nan said nothing and had no intention of letting go. She picked up the bag and walked towards the park first.
Aunt Zhao followed, sighing in her heart.
They have worked in the Gu family for so many years, and the masters of the Gu family don't treat them as equals at all. Miss Nan Yi is really much better than them.
Over the years, she has gained a general understanding of the situation within the Gu family.
Miss Xiyan is not the husband's biological daughter, but the child his wife had with another man before she married the husband. Miss Nanyi is the only bloodline of the Gu family.
But sir, the old lady is extremely indifferent to Miss Nanyi, and instead treats Miss Xiyan as her own child.
In fact, in the past six months, she had seen the Gu family's unfair treatment of Miss Nan Yi many times, but she was a servant after all, so she was soft-spoken and did not dare to say much.
Speaking of which, although Miss Xi Yan looks kind and kind, she is actually very cold at heart. On the contrary, Miss Nan Yi seldom talks, but she is very kind at heart.
Perhaps she also grew up in a rural area. Aunt Zhao felt pity for Gu Nanyi at the first sight. Thinking of her mother's early death and how she was not favored by her father, when Gu Nanyi lived in the Gu family before,
She will do her best to take care of the child.
"Sit here for a while." As soon as Gu Nan walked to the wooden seat in the park, Aunt Zhao nodded.
After the two sat down, Gu Nan asked, "What happened to the Gu family these days?"
"A few days ago, the old lady's neighbor from the countryside suddenly came to stay at home, and ended up in the study with her husband..."
Aunt Zhao hesitated to speak, but Gu Nan understood instantly, and a flash of surprise flashed in her cold eyes.
Gu Tingjun cheated?
Gu Tingjun has been very protective of Zhou Yao for more than ten years. Maybe he has a woman who is flirting with him outside, but Zhou Yao keeps a close eye on this. He has always been afraid of Zhou Yao and does not dare to raise a woman outside easily.
Unexpectedly, this time he would actually have sex with another woman at home. How could Zhou Yao, with his arrogant character, endure such bad breath?
Later, Aunt Zhao told Gu Nan everything about Zhang Li moving into the Gu family and the old lady secretly brokering the relationship between Zhang Li and Gu Tingjun.
Gu Nan was deep in thought.
The old lady obviously had ulterior motives in arranging Zhang Li to live in the Gu family. Judging from the fact that Gu Tingjun and Zhang Li got involved together, the old lady probably wanted Zhang Li to give birth to a son for Gu Tingjun.
It's impossible for a shrewd woman like Zhou Yao not to be able to see what the old lady was thinking. Why would she let Zhang Li move in?
Including after Gu Tingjun had an affair with Zhang Li, Zhou Yao behaved extremely calmly and just asked Gu Tingjun to send Zhang Li away, which was obviously not in line with her character.
Unless she and Gu Tingjun negotiated a certain condition, and this condition was tempting enough, she could tolerate Zhang Li's appearance.
What will be the conditions?
At this moment, what the gangsters in the underground bank said suddenly flashed through her mind.
Gu Tingjun recently transferred more than ten properties under his name. To whom did he transfer them?
Zhou Yao or Gu Xiyan?
Transferring it to Zhou Yao belongs to the left pocket and is put into the right pocket. It is the joint property of husband and wife. It makes no sense to do so.
The possibility of transferring it to Gu Xiyan is relatively high.
Thinking of this, everything can be easily understood.
It seems that something big happened to the Gu family in the past few days when she was away.
However, it's a good thing for her.
"Aunt Zhao, what are your plans for the future?"
Aunt Zhao shook her head: "I want to find a job as a nanny as soon as possible, but it's not easy to find someone like the Gu family."
Gu Nan thought for a moment: "How much will the Gu family pay you?"
"Seven thousand."
In a second-tier city like Pingcheng, a nanny earning 7,000 yuan is indeed a high salary.
Thinking of Aunt Zhao's difficulties, Gu Nan thought for a moment and made a decision.
"Will you follow me?"
Aunt Zhao looked at Gu Nanyi in confusion and surprise.
"Miss Nanyi, do you want to use me?"
"I can give you eight thousand a month, but it may be a little harder at my house because you are the only one. Are you willing to come?"
Aunt Zhao was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I am willing. Don't worry, I can do it by myself."
"Well, come with me."
After the two left together, Gu Nan took a taxi and took Aunt Zhao back to the Royal Garden.
Aunt Zhao followed Gu Nan into the villa in Yuyuan and entered the living room. She was instantly attracted by the large living room in front of her.
The living room is exceptionally spacious and bright, and the simple decoration style looks very fashionable. Although she is just a country woman, compared with the Gu family and the decoration style here, although the Gu family is magnificent, it still has a sense of nouveau riche everywhere.
Temperament, in comparison, has more connotation and cultural heritage.
"Miss Nanyi, is this your home?"
"Well, but I don't live here recently. My uncle and cousin live here. Your job is mainly to clean and wash the clothes at home. As for cooking, my uncle prefers cooking, so follow his advice.
"
Aunt Zhao nodded, thinking to herself that the total area here is smaller than that of the Gu family, and there are fewer furnitures. In fact, it is very convenient to clean, and she will definitely be able to do it.
Aunt Zhao felt a little embarrassed when she thought that Gu Nan had offered her a high salary of eight thousand.
"Miss Nanyi, I think the salary you offer me is a bit high for working here."
Although she only cares about the kitchen in the Gu family, Mrs. Gu and Zhou Yao are very extravagant and wasteful in food, so she is as busy as a top every day.
She gets up at five o'clock in the morning to prepare breakfast for the family. After breakfast is served at seven o'clock, she rushes to the morning market to buy the freshest vegetables.
The old lady would ask Aunt Mei to come over and inspect the vegetables she bought that day. If she found that the vegetables were not fresh enough, she would be blamed.
Gu Nan said: "As long as you work hard and do your job well, it will be worth the price."
Aunt Zhao felt moved in her heart.
"Miss Nanyi, thank you."
She could feel that Miss Nanyi was trying to help her, and she must work hard to repay Miss Nanyi's kindness.
"Nan Yi? You're back." Ye Haisheng walked in carrying large and small bags.
Gu Nan hurriedly walked over and reached out to help him carry the shopping bag in his hand.
"Did you go to the supermarket?"
"Yes, the supermarket has a special sale today. The vegetables and meat are very fresh, so I bought some more at once."
"Don't buy so much. It will be tiring to carry it all by yourself."
"I'm not tired. The supermarket is near our home. It only takes about ten minutes to get there. What's so tiring?" Ye Haisheng noticed Aunt Zhao beside him.
"Who is this?"
"She is Aunt Zhao, the former cook of the Gu family. I invited her to work at home. From now on, I will leave the cleaning work of our house to Aunt Zhao."
Ye Haisheng was slightly startled: "Nan Yi, we have a small family, I can handle this on my own."
He wanted to save money for Nan Yi, and he really felt that there was no need to hire a nanny.
Gu Nan looked at Ye Haisheng: "You are still recuperating, so you shouldn't be too tired. I know you like to cook, so you can arrange the cooking yourself."
After finishing speaking, Gu Nan turned around and said to Aunt Zhao: "Aunt Zhao, I will take you to the guest room."
"good."
After Aunt Zhao nodded to Ye Haisheng, she followed Gu Nan to the room where she lived, carrying her own salute.
There are two bedrooms on the first floor. The one where Ye Haisheng lives is the master bedroom near the front yard, with floor-to-ceiling windows and an open-air balcony.
Aunt Zhao was given a secondary bedroom, which was about fifteen square meters and fully furnished.
Aunt Zhao was very happy when she saw the room assigned to her.
"Aunt Zhao, you clean up, I'm going out first."
"Don't worry about cleaning up. It's dinner time now. I see that Mr. Ye bought a lot of vegetables. I'll go to the kitchen to help."
When Gu Nan saw her working so actively, he was very satisfied with her performance.
"Go ahead."
Aunt Zhao walked to the kitchen, where Ye Haisheng was picking vegetables. She walked over and said politely: "Mr. Ye, let me pick vegetables. Just tell me what you need to do."
Ye Haisheng was used to being busy, so he felt uncomfortable when Aunt Zhao came to help, so he rejected her.
"I can do it myself..."
Seeing Aunt Zhao standing next to her at a loss, he hurriedly added another sentence.
"It's time to change Nan Yi's sheets and quilt. Go up and help her change into a new set. It's the first room on the left on the second floor."
"OK."
Aunt Zhao was in high spirits now that she had work to do, and happily went to the second floor.
"Uncle, if Aunt Zhao is here from now on, you should give her some work appropriately." Gu Nan said with a smile.
Ye Haisheng smiled helplessly: "I have been used to living a hard life over the years, and suddenly I am not used to the feeling of being taken care of."
"Where's Ye Fan?" It's already seven o'clock in the evening, why hasn't Ye Fan come back yet?
"He just called and said he was playing at a classmate's house and should be back soon."
Ye Fan gradually became cheerful when he came to Pingcheng and made some like-minded friends. She was very happy for him.
As soon as Gu Nan returned to her room with her schoolbag, Aunt Zhao had already changed the sheets and quilts for her and was putting away the changed ones to wash.
"Miss Nanyi, the sheets and quilts have been changed. If you have any orders, just call me."
Gu Nan put his backpack on the chair in front of the desk: "Okay, go and do your work."
"Yes." Aunt Zhao nodded, turned and walked towards the door.
Gu Nan suddenly remembered something and turned around to call her.
"Aunt Zhao, is your son also in Pingcheng now?"
When she mentioned her son, the smile on Aunt Zhao's face froze slightly and she turned around to look at Gu Nanyi.
"Well, he is in Pingcheng."
"I remember that you are not from Pingcheng. Where does your son usually live?"
Aunt Zhao has been living in the Gu family. If her son also lives in Pingcheng, he must have a place to stay.
"I rented a house for him near the Fourth Hospital. He now undergoes chemotherapy once a week. It is more convenient to live there. I will go there to see him when I have time."
Gu Nan stared at Aunt Zhao without saying a word. Although she had never been a mother, she had seen many great mothers who would sacrifice everything for their children. This spirit was really admirable.
"When you have time, go see him more often. If you need to take time off, tell me. I will arrange a day off for you on Saturdays and Sundays, so that you and your mother can be taken care of."
Aunt Zhao could no longer control her emotions, and tears instantly fell from her eyes.
"Miss Nanyi, you are so kind to me. I really don't know how to repay this kindness."
"I still remember that when I first came to the Gu family, I fell seriously ill due to a viral infection. It was you who cooked all kinds of nourishing medicinal meals for me every day. I will remember your kindness in my heart, and now consider it as my repayment of kindness."
When the original owner first came to the Gu family, she was ignored. Even the servants of the Gu family were bossy and sarcastic to her. Aunt Zhao was the only one who never made sarcastic remarks. Moreover, she took good care of the original owner when she was sick.
This is why she helped Aunt Zhao at this time.
Aunt Zhao was secretly surprised. She didn't expect that her kind act at that time helped her.