Chapter 26 second quarter

Mimi is in a very depressed mood recently, because the house she rented has expired, and the landlord and the old couple have to raise the price if they want to renew the lease.In all fairness, the price increase is not unreasonable. Now the housing price in Lumen City is rising faster than the 1998 flood, and the rent of houses has also doubled.What made Mimi feel chilling was that she worked so hard to take care of Aunt Lin and his wife with two nurses. Every day, she ran between the hospital and the house, not only cooking and delivering meals for the two old people, but also picking up shit for the old couple. Take urine, wash the toilet, change underwear and other personal tasks.Those two nurses are pure wage laborers, holding a thorough employment thinking.The so-called care, there is no photo but only observation, the so-called nursing, only the nurses have no reason, their job is to sit on the bedside and look at the old patients, and they just call the nurse after the infusion.The man was hired by Hao Dongxi, and he only recognized Hao Dongxi but not Mimi. Mimi treated those two nurses just like ordinary people treat government officials. .

Mimi did her best to take care of the old couple with conscience and morality, and did not dare to have too much hope for the two nurses. The basic requirement for them was that when she went home to cook or go home for a short rest, the two Be able to stay by the bed, and don't let the old couple get the injection and no one calls the nurse.In those days, she had to cook three meals for the old couple every day, and took care of them when they were sent to the hospital.When they were eating, Mimi began to empty the potty for them to clean up, turn on the water for them, and take the dirty clothes home to wash and dry.During that time she slept an average of less than four hours a day.While doing all this, she had to endure Lin's indifference and pickiness.

After finally getting the old couple out of the hospital, the two nurses pestered her for wages and prevented her from letting the old couple get into a taxi.Fortunately, both Hao Dongxi and Qian Liangliang left her their cell phone numbers when they left that day. Mimi hurriedly called Hao Dongxi, but Hao Dongxi couldn't remember who she was, and asked why she asked him for wages, making Mimi anxious. Tiaojiao almost cried, at that moment she almost decided that Hao Dongxi was a liar and threw all the troubles to her.Not bad, Grandpa Lin who got into the car saw that Mimi was in such a hurry, and wanted to call Hao Dongxi to tell Hao Dongxi in person, only then did Hao Dongxi remember that there was such a thing as arranging for Grandpa Lin and his wife to be hospitalized and hire a nurse, let them sit Waited for a while in the taxi with the air conditioner on, and then sent Ah Jin to rush over to settle the bill for the nurse.

When Ah Jin gave Mimi the share of wages that Hao Dongxi had promised to Mimi, Grandma Lin punched Grandpa Lin hard, Grandpa Lin gave her a sideways glance and said nothing.After taking the old couple home, Mimi felt a little relieved that within a week after returning home, Aunt Lin came forward to return the medical expenses of more than 4,000 yuan she had paid on her behalf.At the same time when Mimi took over the hard money she earned from shining shoes for several years, and she was secretly thinking that luck was not in vain, Aunt Lin told Mimi in Lumen Mandarin as hard as a raw sweet potato that her rental When the term is up, ask her whether to renew the lease.Mimi hurriedly said that she wanted to renew the lease, but Aunt Lin said that now that the rent has risen, she must renew the lease according to the market.Mimi tentatively asked how much it would increase, and Aunt Lin opened her mouth and said: It used to be four hundred, but the current market price is eight hundred.Mimi was a little puzzled at the time, she couldn't believe that the skinny Aunt Lin in front of her was able to raise the price so ruthlessly to the person who had just served her for more than two months, and doubled every time she raised it.Mimi couldn't react for a while, how to express her inner feelings, and didn't know whether such a big increase was in line with the market, so she had to deal with it casually: "Then let me think about it."

Aunt Lin said: "Then think about it quickly, and reply to us if you think about it, and I will give you a week to think about it." Then she left Mimi who was still in a daze, turned around and left.Outside, Grandpa Lin's unembarrassed and unembarrassed cough came. In the next few days, Mimi went to the streets and alleys to ask a few companies. If she didn’t ask, she didn’t know. One or two hundred yuan more, and the monthly rent for a small empty house without any facilities is actually one thousand yuan.Mimi was hesitant. After thinking about it, she decided to continue renting the house of the old couple of the Lin family. First, she was used to living here; second, even if she moved to another place, the monthly rent would not be lower than here; third, she wanted to move It's really too troublesome. Although Mimi is single here and doesn't have any big-ticket consumer goods like household appliances, there are still a lot of odds and ends over the past few years. Once she moves, she can be busy for a while just to clean up. It takes a while to settle down, and it takes time to rent the house, pack things, and move, and Mimi can't afford it the most now.The price of everything has increased, except for the price of leather shoeshine. Compared with the price level, the price of leather shoeshine has not only not increased, but is actually falling.In the past, you could buy an egg to polish a pair of leather shoes, but now you can only buy half an egg to polish a pair of leather shoes.

Mimi told Aunt Lin what she meant.Aunt Lin took out the lease renewal contract without saying a word. The old man's family is not old, and they are obviously fully prepared.With a cold heart, Mimi signed her name on the contract and paid the rent. Mimi did not move, but she had to pay more than 400 yuan in rent every month. This made her very depressed. She followed her normal After calculating the average income, I suddenly found that according to the current income level, apart from paying the rent and maintaining my own life, there is not only no savings, but even a deficit.Mimi was very troubled, and felt that every day at dawn with the sun falling on her was just two words: loss.

The pressure of life is like a heavy burden. Mimi has no way to get rid of this heavy pressure. The only thing she can do is to work hard, but even hard work has no chance.There was once a woman in leather shoes who was anxiously waiting for customers to solicit customers. As a result, the impatient customers were slapped twice and fined dozens of dollars by the market manager.In Lumen City, it dawns at five o'clock in summer. Every morning, she sits on the side of the road to attract customers. Whenever passers-by pass by, she keeps inviting them to shine their shoes, using various names. Now, what boss, elder brother, uncle, uncle, young lady, elder sister, aunt, grandma... Men, women, old and young, who wear leather shoes on their feet, call them what they say, and do everything possible to ask them to shine their shoes.Maybe people are reluctant to shine their leather shoes due to the economic downturn. The more she works hard, the worse the business becomes. Sometimes she even sells short, and after a whole day, there is no one who shines her shoes.When she was free, that A Cai who was standing on the street would come over to talk to Mimi nonsense, mobilizing Mimi to "do it" half-truthfully.Mimi knows what she means by "doing". Mimi's ideological awareness has not yet reached the level of distinguishing between different professional ethics and legal levels. I am afraid that the police will not only detain me, but also notify my family with a fine; the second is that I am embarrassed, she can yell at someone to come over to shine shoes, but she doesn’t know how to talk to a man she doesn’t know to solicit him.” Do".

"Even if your business is good, how much can you earn in a day if you don't fail all the time? Ask someone to come to your house, and you can earn dozens of yuan in a few minutes." He said, not only to find the prey in time, but also to prevent himself from becoming the prey of the police at any time, so that Mimi was worried and afraid for her, "With a good capital like yours, you can definitely make a lot of money if you do it." A Cai didn't know why , Maybe it was really sympathetic to Mimi who sat on the side of the road all day in the sun and rain but could not make any money, so she began to seriously mobilize Mimi.

Mimi also sat there chatting and looking around like A Cai. She was looking at the feet of people walking on the ground. Whenever there was someone wearing leather shoes passing by, she immediately raised her head to greet them.Unlike Ah Cai, she didn't have to be on guard against the police, who wouldn't catch her shoe shiners. They belonged to the city management, and under normal circumstances the city management didn't bother to arrest them unless there was an order from the city to rectify the appearance of the city. "Hey, if you're willing, I'll introduce you to two clients. It's fine. Just remember to wear a condom. When you take off your pants and close your eyes, it's like a condom. Who knows anyone in this world? The real thing is if you make money. of."

Ah Cai has nothing to do these days, so while eating melon seeds, she amuses herself by mobilizing Mimi to go to sea.Mimi dealt with her nonchalantly, secretly worried that A Cai would talk to her in such a way that the police would treat her as a street girl, and suddenly remembered the time she "did" with that big brother Qian that night. During the process, before I knew it, my face was a little hot, and my heart began to beat wildly.A Cai relied on observing words and expressions, and Mimi's demeanor changes could not escape her poisonous eyes. She laughed and teased Mimi: "Look, are you excited? Don't make things difficult for yourself, just take a look." How miserable you are now, you can't even bear to eat a box lunch at noon, and you are waiting at home in the afternoon."

Mimi was noncommittal, A Cai also found the target, dropped Mimi and walked towards a middle-aged migrant worker standing on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette and looking at them. In the afternoon, Mimi didn't wait at home. Today's business was really bad. It took me half a day to polish a pair of leather shoes. She didn't even want to eat at noon. Eating would be a loss of money. She bought a 50 cents at a small stall. This kind of glutinous rice cake is also a typical snack of Lumen. If it is placed in a regular store, it will cost two yuan a piece.After eating this piece of glutinous rice cake, Mimi couldn’t satisfy her hunger, so Mimi went to the nearby fast food restaurant to order a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup. Lumen people are generous, and most small shops have this kind of free seaweed egg drop soup.After pouring a bowl of soup into her belly and soaking the glutinous rice cake, she finally felt full. Mimi hurried back to her booth, hoping that someone who had eaten lunch to kill time would come to shine her shoes. At this moment, her PHS rang, and it was A Cai who called, and A Cai said unquestionably: "Go back and wait, I'll fix it for you, and I'll send it to you right away .” Mimi has almost forgotten what A Cai said in the morning, because all her attention is on the feet that come and go.The resolute tone of A Cai's words made Mimi pack up the stall without thinking, and hurried back.A Cai led an unidentified man in his fifties to stand at the door of Mimi's rented house, and it was only then that Mimi remembered that she was asking her to come back to do this.Mimi is not a very independent person, nor is she a quick-witted person. No wonder sometimes people who shine shoes together scold her, "Her mother clamped her brain when she was born."A Cai has already brought all the people here. For their profession, being able to introduce guests to others is a very meaningful and loyal act.At this time, Mimi couldn't care less about thinking too much. She was embarrassed to refute A Cai's face, but also had the real benefit of getting tens of dollars immediately. The double thrust made her throw her fear and shame to the back of her mind.She even politely smiled and nodded at the man and A Cai, while A Cai pursed her lips and pushed the man hard towards her, and Mimi led the man into the house she rented.