Nanny Diary
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"In the past eight years, my nanny has helped me with most of the housework, and she has earned enough money to buy a good commercial house in her hometown. I often say to her, if you had gone to school for two more years, if your husband hadn't died so early, if you had given birth to a boy, if your child had not been given to others, if..., But for a peasant woman in her 40s, there are so many ifs. It's very natural. Of course, we saw each other's lives. As typical city people and country people, we were both very curious, and she even knew more about the parents in our community than I did. I was happy to chat with her and share the hot secrets of the neighbors - well, it turns out that we are all the same." The author uses a humorous first-person writing style to tell the story of the nanny "Sister Zhang"'s life as a nanny in Beijing. From the fear when she first arrived to dealing with all kinds of people, she gradually got used to the middle-class lifestyle, but she could never truly integrate into it. Table of contents: Author's statement; New arrival; Is Beijing a low-consumption city? ; A key school supports several housing agencies; old nanny and young nanny; illiterate master; one master with many servants; Guo Degang and Li Boqing; who dares to go to the Philippines; Filipino maid Maria was beaten; Teachers' Day; full Mid-Autumn Festival; sleeping companion; free venue at music festival; nanny's homosexuality; developer's parents; family banquet; comparison; Shanghai baby Zhou Libo; moving the capital; BMW girl; I wish you happiness; Career choice of Peking University graduates; Tiger mother = tigress?
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