Chapter 190: Memories
“Chris?” Yue'er hadn't answered yet, but it was Fei'er who was more excited first.
"Are you talking about the Chris I was thinking about?" Excitement is excitement, Fei'er regained her composure as soon as possible, so the wording was still very tactful, frankly, in fact, she almost blurted out the words "my sister's boyfriend Chris".
But considering Leon's presence, she swallowed the words. The reason why Fei'er is a "boyfriend" instead of an "ex-boyfriend" in Fei'er's eyes is actually because she never believed that her sister would break up with Chris.
Of course, when Yue'er and Chris were together, Fei'er and they were still young, where would they know what love and love would be? However, when they used to date, they often took Fei'er and Lu Yichen with them, which can be regarded as helping Lu's mother babysit. Chris is a very patient and caring big brother, he has never blushed with the naughty Lu Yichen, and often takes him with him to go wild, and always humorously tells stories to Fei'er and tutors her homework. They get along very well with each other.
To Fei'er's question, Lu Yichen replied casually: "Yes, when I was a child, I would babysit our Chris with my sister." Who do you think I'm talking about? "That's right, although they know several Chris, after all, this is a very common name, but the Chris that Lu Yichen deliberately mentions in front of Sister Yue'er can only be that one.
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"Babysitter" is a very American English word that refers to the work of helping people babysit on a temporary basis. This kind of work is especially common in American families, because in American society, parents basically take care of their children by themselves, and there is no elderly person to help. First, Americans themselves emphasize independence, and people who have been married have long been independent individuals, and there is no such thing as having their own married life and children, and they still need to mix with their parents; Second, Americans are very mobile, and many people will wander around, and there is a high probability that they will not live in the same area as their parents, so even if the elderly want to help, they generally can't help, that is, they get together every New Year's holiday and that's it. In short, if parents have something to go out, they must find a babysitter to help.
Some of the people who do this kind of work are middle-aged women, but they are usually young people, and many of them are even students working part-time. Chinese may find it incredible, can these inexperienced young people afford the "difficult task" of raising children? After all, in the eyes of Chinese people, raising children is a very difficult and challenging task.
The author can only answer that due to the different concepts of parenting, it is generally easier to help people watch children in the United States.
You may sound incredible, but many babysitters are even a child themselves, for example, you have a 7-year-old child at home who you want to go out and don't worry about her being home alone, you can ask the 15-year-old child next door to help you take care of her for 2 hours, you can give her a small amount of pocket money as a reward, but before the parents go out, almost everything is arranged for the babysitter as much as possible, such as to inform their children to be obedient, where to put toys, where to eat, and other trivial matters are clearly implemented.
As for what the babysitter needs to do, all you need to do is to watch and make sure that there are people at home and the children are safe.
And the United States is generally a multi-child family, so it is not uncommon for older brothers and sisters to come to babysit younger brothers and sisters. So when Yue'er was dating Chris in high school, she would also help her parents take care of her younger siblings, which was reasonable.
Some older children may take this task as a very serious part-time job, and will go to some local websites to find a related part-time job, and then you contact the parents, and if they find that you have relevant experience, they will ask you to referrence. In North America, where your personal credibility is extremely important, they will ask your previous employer to make sure you are a good person with no bad habits.
For example, for example, a pair of young parents with two children, 7 and 9 years old, they have put their children to sleep at night, and want to go to the cinema outside to watch a movie, but it is impossible to leave the children at home alone, whether it is legal or from the perspective of practical safety, at this time, if they already have a babysitter, such as a college student or the big child of the neighbor next door, then they can invite them to the house, in fact, there is no need to do anything, just make sure that the child wakes up, It is enough to make sure that they are not scared and that someone continues to put the child to sleep.
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Although many years have passed, but now that I think of Chris's brother, Fei'er and Lu Yichen are warm in their hearts, because they only have two sisters since they were children, and there is no brother at home, so during the time they got along with Chris, they treated him as their own brother from the bottom of their hearts, of course, the most important thing is that Chris loves Fei'er and Lu Yichen very much, and he treats Fei'er and them like his own sister and brother.
Frankly speaking, Yue'er and Chris shaped Fei'er's love concept no less than their parents, she always felt that Chris and her sister were a match made in heaven, and because of this, until now she also thinks that Chris is Yue'er's boyfriend, not an "ex-boyfriend".
It's just that she didn't know what happened later, anyway, she suddenly heard her mother say that Sister Yue'er broke up with Chris, but out of respect for her sister, no one asked why.
During that time, Yue'er had already started to study in college and didn't live at home, so even if Lu Yichen wanted to gossip, there was no suitable opportunity.
But after so many years, Yue'er doesn't seem to have talked about other relationships seriously, and occasionally I hear her mention sporadic suitors, but she always seems to be not interested. In addition, she is very busy with her studies and busy with work in the later period, and she generally enters marriage late here in the United States, so no one has urged her over the years.
Leon's appearance this time is also a big surprise for Fei'er and them, although he is outstanding in all aspects and grows in everyone's aesthetic points, but his lace news is indeed a little more, plus the aura of his family, the Lu family sisters and brothers will feel that he is a little less worthy of Sister Yue'er, who has a more simple emotional experience.
But in any case, the appearance of a suitor like Leon is not a bad thing, so Fei'er is happy to see it happen, and just wants to wait and see what happens. Now I heard Lu Yichen say that Chris is back, but he was a little shaken in an instant, if he wants to say that he is a good match, then Chris must be better in any way, not to mention that he is still Yue'er's first love.
According to Yue'er's conditions, she shouldn't have tried other people all these years, but she just came all the way independently, Fei'er guessed that she must still have some worries about Chris in her heart, but why they broke up back then is still a mystery. She is not Lu Yichen, and she can't do such a heartless thing to ask her sister loudly.