Full-time housewives "don't lack money" and work in housekeeping just to enrich themselves. Introduced by her sister, Xiao Chen came to Xu Min's Housekeeping Service. She thought she was diligent and efficient, good at doing housework, so she wanted to become a housekeeping service provider. At that time, Xu Min's Housekeeping Service was worried about a "picky" employer. It was an elderly couple over 80 years old living on Wuhu Road. They had tried out six or seven part-time workers but were not satisfied with any of them. Some of the workers didn't even last three days before being dismissed, and the part-time workers also reflected that the employers were too talkative and difficult to deal with. Xiao Chen happened to come for registration at this time and was immediately recommended to the elderly couple. To everyone's surprise, the next day the old lady called the company to say that she wanted to sign a contract with Xiao Chen, and by the third day, the two elders even invited Xiao Chen to have meals together.
According to Xu Min, the person in charge of Xu Min's Housekeeping Service, in recent years, there are more and more people like Xiao Chen working in housekeeping. These people are not doing housekeeping for economic reasons; they do it entirely to enrich their personal lives. The self-reliance, confidence, enthusiasm, and progressiveness they exhibit are gradually becoming the spirit of the new generation of housekeeping service providers.
As for what magic trick "captured" the hearts of the elders, Xiao Chen laughed and said that actually there was nothing special. It is normal for the elderly to be talkative. I don't take it to heart. A housekeeping service provider should treat the employer as if they were family, without worrying too much about gains and losses. It is understood that once the old lady accidentally fell and fractured her leg. After Xiao Chen finished her daily chores, she voluntarily helped the elderly woman go to the hospital to change medicine every day, spending twice as much time as usual, but never mentioning a raise. A month later, the elder was fully recovered and told everyone that Xiao Chen was as close as her own daughter.
Xiao Chen, who is 31 years old, is from Lujiang. In 2006, after giving birth to her daughter, she came to Hefei with her husband, who was doing decoration business outside, while Xiao Chen stayed at home to take care of the child. In 2009, when the child went to kindergarten, bored Xiao Chen conceived the idea of finding something to do.
Fashionable curly hair tied back, slightly powdered face, driving a private car to and from work every day... This is the daily life of a housekeeping service provider in Hefei named Chen Chunmei. Xiao Chen goes to an employer's house every day to work as a part-time worker, earning less than a thousand yuan per month. Some people say these incomes are barely enough to cover the cost of gasoline, but Xiao Chen is very happy. She believes that she does housekeeping not for money, but to enrich herself and not to be out of touch with society.
"Putting aside my pride," Xiao Chen says happily, "I find satisfaction in ordinary work." Xiao Chen's family situation is relatively affluent. In December last year, after obtaining her driver's license, her husband gave her a private car. Xiao Chen said that she did housekeeping not for money, but to integrate into society and enrich herself. "Before, I spent all day in front of the computer, not interacting much with the outside world. Over time, I felt uncomfortable all over and lacked energy. Now, from 8 am to 1 pm every day, I am working, feeling very happy, and more spirited."
Xiao Chen said that so far, she has only worked for two families, but she has a good relationship with each employer. Through interacting with her employers, she has learned many new things and gained a lot of knowledge. Because she enjoys her work, her husband also supports her. Some people don't understand her behavior, but Xiao Chen thinks that being a part-time worker is not a shameful thing. It is better to live a full life than to stay idle at home.
Xiao Chen's happy life has also infected many of her younger sisters around her, and they have also joined the ranks of housekeeping service providers. On February 14th, Xiao Chen personally drove her private car and took several sisters to Xu Min's Housekeeping Service and helped them register. "These are my close friends from my hometown. They are also like me in the past, bringing their children to Hefei with their husbands, and now they have nothing to do." The youngest one is only 24 years old this year. "I hope they can also find happiness, confidence, and satisfaction from this ordinary job like me."
(Interns Shi Wenjun, Huang Lianxiang, reporter Qin Ming, Yu Junjie)