My name is Li Yujuan, I am 38 years old and I am a live-in nanny. Three months ago, I started working at Zhang's house, taking care of Mrs. Zhang, who was in a wheelchair.
The conditions of the Zhang family are relatively simple, but I feel that it is my responsibility to take care of the elderly, so I come here to work willingly.
I can get a salary of 2,000 yuan a month, as well as food and housing, and I feel that I have gained a lot.
I will treat the Zhang family as my own home and take care of this old couple with all my heart.
Mrs. Zhang had a lot of restrictions on my salary and life, and she only gave me 30 yuan a day for food. The 30 yuan should include the cost of ingredients for three meals, which is too little for me as an adult.
Mrs. Zhang only fried some simple vegetables at every meal, and rarely had fish and meat. She often said that you should save some money and not waste it.
I saw that she ate so frugally, and I was embarrassed to ask for an increase in the food bill.
She also limited the number of times I bathed and didn't let me use too much electricity and water. I understand that their family conditions are not good, but I think she is too harsh, and I also need a normal life.
One day, I went to the market to buy vegetables and saw fresh prawns for sale, which was very tempting. It's been a long time since I've eaten shrimp, and I really want to buy some to make a nutritious shrimp dish at home.
But thinking that Mrs. Zhang only gave 30 yuan for food, I knew that if I bought shrimp, I couldn't afford to buy other vegetables, and Mrs. Zhang would definitely scold me for wasting.
I hesitated in front of the market for a long time, and finally I couldn't help but take out my own money to buy a pound of prawns, with a total price of 65 yuan. When I returned to Zhang's house, I excitedly told Mrs. Zhang in advance that I had bought shrimp with my own money and wanted to make a shrimp dish.
She didn't speak, just looked at me with a strange look. I didn't want to pay attention to her and started to make the shrimp into my favorite fried shrimp.
Clean the shrimp first, then fry it in hot oil, add a little green onion, ginger and garlic, then add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, stir-fry evenly and you can get out of the pot.
I couldn't help but drool at the steaming fried shrimp and immediately brought it to my room to enjoy it. I ate this alone.
Jin shrimp, the stomach is finally full, and the mood is also very happy.
I hid in my room alone and ate the pound of fried shrimp alone. I didn't give it to Mrs. Zhang, Grandpa Zhang, and Mrs. Zhang. Because this is the shrimp I bought with my own money, and it is also a dish that I cook by myself, I don't think there is any need to share it with them.
Moreover, a pound of shrimp is just that, and it is too little to give to three people, and it is embarrassing. What's more, Mrs. Zhang usually gives me so little food money, and I also have a lot of grievances, so I don't want to keep them after eating. I see that they eat so lightly on weekdays, and they don't mind if I eat shrimp alone.
After I finished eating the shrimp, I returned to the dinner table as usual, pretended to be easy-going, and had a bland dinner with Mrs. Zhang.
When Mrs. Zhang saw me, her face looked a little ugly, but she didn't say anything. I guess she might have seen that I had just eaten shrimp and was not happy. But she didn't say a word, and she didn't question me. I thought it was over.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhang suddenly told me that from today onwards, their family would not need me as a nanny, and asked me to pack up my things and leave.
I was shocked and quickly asked her why, did I do something wrong? She said no, but they didn't think they needed babysitting services for the time being, so they didn't renew my contract.
I cried and asked her if it was because I ate shrimp yesterday. She didn't admit it, but told me to leave quickly with a cold face.
I packed my bags with red eyes, and my heart felt like a pinprick in a pin. I felt like I was a toy that they used and threw away.
I really can't accept that I have given so much for this family to be fired so ruthlessly. Although Mrs. Zhang didn't say anything, I guess the reason she fired me was because I didn't share the fried shrimp for them to eat.
Maybe she was very upset when she saw that I ate shrimp but didn't give them to them. I also understand that I was a bit selfish and disrespectful of them.
But I still don't think she should have fired me suddenly because of this little thing, and the reaction was too violent.
The next day, when I cried and asked Mrs. Zhang if she had fired me because of the shrimp incident, she refused to admit it, but defended that it was because their family didn't need me as a nanny now.
I think that's a clear quibble. Because the Zhang family obviously has two elderly people who have difficulty moving and need to be taken care of. If you really don't need me, why don't you suddenly want me when you were okay the day before?
I could see that Mrs. Zhang was pretending, and she was unhappy because I didn't share the shrimp for them to eat, so she excused herself and said that she didn't need my services.
In fact, she also knew that with the physical condition of her and her wife, as soon as I left, they would need the care of the nanny again.
She did this out of sheer anger and wanted to drive me out of anger. I think her prevarication is very dishonest and irresponsible.
Just because I didn't share the shrimp with them that time, she just kicked me out of the house, which was really unreasonable.
I think she may have had an opinion about me, and this shrimp incident was just a fuse, and she used the topic to kick me out as a nanny for no reason.
Her behavior is too immature and rude. I really hope she doesn't hurt other babysitters like this again. After being abruptly dismissed by Mrs. Zhang, I was very sad and angry. I think she didn't make sense.
I've been working hard in this home for three months, and I treat her and my wife as my own relatives. Just for a trivial matter, she kicked me out of the door so ruthlessly, and didn't even give me a chance to explain.
In fact, I also understand that I ate shrimp alone, which is indeed a bit selfish and disrespectful to them. But I spent my own money, and I missed the taste of shrimp dishes in my hometown too much for a while.
Besides, I don't usually ask for too much, I just want to eat a good meal once in a while. I think Mrs. Zhang should be considerate of my difficulties and understand my intentions, instead of punishing me for losing my job because of this little mistake.
I could have apologized or compensated them for a shrimp feast, and I didn't mind sharing it with them. But Mrs. Zhang didn't give me a chance to explain at all, so she cut off my job very ruthlessly.
I'm really disappointed that she doesn't put herself in people's shoes at all.