Chapter 10: A Fruitful Winter Vacation

From childhood to adulthood, Chen Xu has constantly faced various problems and solved various problems. The undergraduate dormitory is closed during the holidays and cannot continue to live, so she stays here to work if she does not go home during the holidays and needs to solve the accommodation problem. After many inquiries, Chen Xu decided to go to the graduate dormitory to share, and after many days of hard work, he finally found the person who shared the dormitory. Chen Xu shared a house, she had a request, Chen Xu needed to clean during the sharing period.

At the beginning of the holiday, Chen Xu's temporary "landlord" Meng Xiangyu found that Chen Xu rarely came back, only occasionally came to change clothes, cleaned up and left. When Chen Xu came over, he only dragged a suitcase, which contained a few changes of clothes and a few books. Chen Xu put down his things, took toiletries and a book and left, and it was more than 20 days when he went out, and the two of them did not interfere with each other.

The day before the Spring Festival, Meng Xiangyu saw Chen Xu coming back, and finally couldn't help asking, "What are you doing outside?" Chen Xu didn't hide it from her, "I work as a nurse in the hospital. Meng Xiangyu was stunned, she thought that Chen Xu would be a tutor, maybe to sell clothes, maybe to be a model for people, but she never thought that she was actually a nurse, isn't this all done by those laid-off uncles and aunts?

Chen Xu didn't hide it, and told her generously, "I've been doing this since I started at the beginning, and now it's been more than six years, and I still have some experience in this area, so I'm more familiar with this industry, and there is more money here than our county." Chen Xu quickly took a shower, and then cleaned the room with his hands and feet, and when everything was done, Chen Xu lay on the bed and took a nap for a while. Meng Xiangyu admires Chen Xu very much, he can fall asleep at any time, such a reversal of black and white really hurts his body.

When he woke up, Chen Xu went to work in the hospital again. On Chinese New Year's Eve, she accompanied the patient in the hospital, and on this day of family reunion, Chen Xu, who had no home, was happy for the five hundred yuan that was about to arrive, because today was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the patient's family offered to add money.

Chen Xu's grandmother Jiang is an old man who lingers on the sickbed, although her children have successful careers, but there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, everyone has no energy, no patience to continue to take care of the elderly day and night, so it was agreed to hire a nurse to take care of it on weekends, so that everyone can take a breath. Shortly after the start of his freshman year, Chen Xu came here every Friday night to take care of the elderly and left until Sunday evening.

In the past, when Chen Xu was in Beicheng, he worked as a nurse, earning dozens of yuan every night, but here, it was 100 yuan at night and 80 yuan during the day, and he also provided boxed lunches, and his family members occasionally sent fruits. At the end of the semester, Chen Xu not only did not use his spare living expenses, but also accumulated more than 3,000 yuan.

Grandma Jiang is over 80 years old, this old man is a retired cadre, she does not spend money on hospitalization, her salary is high, and her children put her in the hospital all year round. The children of the elderly are not young, and it is difficult for the elderly to serve, so the five children usually take turns to take care of them, and hire caregivers every weekend. Because the old man has a bad temper, the nurse changes like a marquee. Only Chen Xu put himself in the right position at the beginning, so the old man didn't make her silent or angry no matter how difficult she was, and later Grandma Jiang fell in love with her and no longer embarrassed her.

When it was time for the winter vacation, it was Grandma Jiang's family who made an appointment in advance and asked Chen Xu to come every day. Because of Chen Xu's presence, Grandma Jiang's family is really worry-free. It's almost the Spring Festival, and they all want to spend a Spring Festival quietly. During the Spring Festival, most people returned to their hometowns for the New Year, and there was a shortage of nurses, and Grandma Jiang's family members proposed to increase money to keep Chen Xu. For Chen Xu, it was exactly what she wanted, because she no longer had a home in Beicheng, and she had nowhere to go.

In contrast, Chen Xu still likes this job, and has been working as a nurse during holidays all these years. She can choose female patients without worrying about being harassed by her, and in addition, wearing a mask here looks normal to cover her face and not cause unnecessary trouble. Another point is that the wages here are not owed or owed, and they will be paid off every day.

From the 28th of the lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month, the patient's family took the initiative to process money according to the market, 300 in one day and night, and 500 on Chinese New Year's Eve. Chen Xu didn't expect that he could earn more than 8,000 yuan at once during the winter vacation. Before the start of school, Chen Xu felt that he needed to go back to clean Meng Xiangyu's room thoroughly, so he proposed to the old man's children that he would leave the day before the start of school, and asked the family to make arrangements in advance. When Chen Xu left, Grandma Jiang's eldest daughter told Chen Xu to come every Friday, because the old man likes Chen Xu and talks about it every day, with Chen Xu here, the old man's children are also very worry-free. Chen Xu readily agreed.

The hard work of a semester's weekend and a holiday has increased Chen Xu's deposits, and the previous six-month fixed deposit of 5,000 yuan expired, and she took out part of the money in the card and put together a fixed deposit of 20,000 yuan. There are more than 3,000 left in Kari, and even if he doesn't work in the next semester, his living expenses will be enough. Chen Xu bought a set of coats, a pair of shoes, a few underwear, and a set of ordinary skin care products to reward himself.

When Chen Xu returned to Meng Xiangyu's residence, Meng Xiangyu couldn't help but feel very strange, this person said that he was living with him, but he didn't stay here for one night during a vacation. Chen Xu explained, "I need to stay here for one night today, tomorrow the students can return to school, I will clean the dormitory thoroughly here during the day tomorrow, and go back in the afternoon, Meng Xiangyu asked her puzzledly: "Are you all in the hospital this holiday?" Can your body afford it? ”

Chen Xu smiled faintly, "That old grandmother is very good, she just gets up twice at night, drinks water twice, takes medicine once, I can sleep most of the time, the old grandmother lives in a double ward, but there is only one patient in the old grandmother, I can also rest." I was busy during the day, and I originally wanted to do it only during the day, but the old lady asked me to stay with her all the time, so I had to do it day and night. ”

Meng Xiangyu said: "You don't want to make money, what kind of line can you do during the day and night?" Chen Xu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have done a lot of rough work since I was a child, and now these are nothing compared to before." It's not tiring to accompany that old woman in the hospital. Although it is a hospital, I think it is a bit like a hotel, that ward has a separate bathroom and TV to watch. And that old grandmother is lonely and pitiful. She also told me stories about the war, which was very interesting, so I also benefited a lot. And I also earned some living expenses during this holiday, so I think it's pretty good. ”

Meng Xiangyu couldn't help but remind, "Chen Xu, take care of your body and do what you can." Chen Xu nodded, "I will, I promised my mentor that I would live well." ”