Qu Mingcong took the medicine back to the ward and received a WeChat message from the nanny.
The nanny said she wanted to resign.
He looked at the message for a long time, thought about it, and called directly.
The call didn't get through the first time, but the other end didn't get through the second time.
"Mr. Qu... I'm really sorry. I know that resigning at this time will cause you trouble, but you also know your mother's situation. Alas... I really can't take care of you. You should find someone else."
Qu Mingcong raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, and said in a helpless tone: "Aunt Xiao, my mother has just been hospitalized and you suddenly quit. It's difficult for me to find the right person right away."
"Ah... I know, I know... I won't quit right away. I will do all the cleaning and cooking at home these days! I, I will do it this weekend, do you think it's okay..."
The last part of his words was a cautious sign of weakness.
Qu Mingcong doesn't like to force people, let alone pester others repeatedly, but with the helplessness of life before him, he can only continue to discuss it patiently: "Let's do this, you can do it until the end of the month, and my mother will be hospitalized during this time, and she will be taken care of by nurses and caregivers.
, you just need to cook some of my mother's favorite dishes, bring them to the hospital in the morning and evening, and talk to her, I won't embarrass you."
The other party hesitated: "At the end of the month..."
"It's better to give me a buffer period until the end of the month. If you change your mind and don't plan to leave at the end of the month, you can continue to work at my house." Qu Mingcong paused and slowed down his tone, "This time there was a fire at home, thank you for your promptness.
Put out the fire, otherwise the burns on my mother's body will definitely be more serious. Let me give you an additional 800 yuan this month as a token of my gratitude."
The nanny said nothing, a little embarrassed.
In fact, the nanny also knows in her heart that Qu Mingcong is already very kind. If something like this happens to an unreasonable employer, complaints and compensation will definitely be inevitable. Who will care that the nanny, as a normal human being, also has the need to urinate and defecate? He will only think that it is her.
The work is irresponsible.
The nanny said hesitantly: "Then...then I will wait until the end of the month and wait until you find the right person before I leave. In fact, your mother is usually easy to take care of and is easy to get along with, but sometimes...sometimes she gets sick, and I
I really can’t get it…”
Qu Mingcong listened to her quietly, "Well, you have worked hard during this period."
…
After making the call, Qu Mingcong put down his phone, lowered his head and rubbed his eyebrows, feeling exhausted all over.
He used to be energetic even if he stayed up for two days and nights to catch the gangsters, but now he seems to be half-breathing and weak.
"Xiao Xiao quits?"
The woman on the bed suddenly made a sound.
Qu Mingcong was stunned for a moment, with a smile in his eyes, "Mom, are you awake?"
"Yeah." Qu Wan opened her eyes, her expression was dull, and her voice was muffled.
"What did I do again?" she asked, looking at the ceiling.
Qu Mingcong replied half-jokingly: "I didn't do anything. I just burned down the kitchen and then had a fight with Aunt Xiao."
Qu Wan frowned, recalled for a moment, and muttered: "With her small body, she definitely can't beat me."
Qu Mingcong is tall, mainly inherited from his mother, and Qu Wan is 172cm without wearing shoes. Although he became much thinner after getting sick, he danced around when he got sick, which was difficult for the nanny to withstand.
"Yeah, I can't beat you." Qu Mingcong agreed with a smile, "I'll have to find a stronger aunt to take care of you next time."
Qu Wan frowned and remained silent.
After a while, she turned over, turned her back to Qu Mingcong and said, "Go away quickly and go about your business."
"Well, I'll divide the medicine before we leave." Qu Mingcong said.
Qu Wan lay silently.
There are many kinds of medicines that need to be taken every day, some medicines are taken once a day, some medicines are taken three times a day, some medicines must be taken after meals, and some medicines must be taken before going to bed.
Qu Mingcong specially bought a separate medicine box and put the medicines he needs to take each time into categories to prevent Qu Wan from taking them randomly when he is confused.
While counting the pills in the pill box, he said slowly to Qu Wan: "The gas at home is temporarily turned off. I want to switch to an induction cooker in the future. It may be a little uncomfortable at first, but it is safer than before. Nowadays, many smart phones
All the home appliances are pretty good... Let’s buy a smart soup pot, it’s more convenient.”
Qu Wan did not respond.
He knew that his mother was most likely pretending to be asleep again, so he didn't care. He divided the medicine and placed the medicine box on the low cabinet next to the hospital bed. Then he stood up and said, "I'll go back first and come back around six o'clock in the evening."
Qu Mingcong walked to the door. At this time, Qu Wan moved uncomfortably and said softly: "I just want to make scallion pancakes."
He paused in his footsteps and heard the person on the hospital bed murmuring, his voice tightly wrapped with grievance: "When I was a child, my mother used to make scallion pancakes for me to eat. They were delicious."
Qu Mingcong looked back at her, speechless for a moment.
Since Qu Wan fell ill, her personality has changed a lot. In the past, she was a cheerful and strong boss lady who opened a shop to support her family. But now she talks about her grandmother from time to time, like a little girl who wants to be spoiled by her mother at any time.
But grandma has passed away many years ago...
Feeling unhappy, Qu Mingcong lowered his head and left the ward, closing the door gently.
He stood outside the ward, thinking about what he had to do next - go home and pack the toiletries and clothes for the hospital, buy paint and find workers to repair the blackened wall in the kitchen, contact the housekeeping company to arrange a new nanny, and also
There is an office to go to, and Wang Wei can't be left alone to keep an eye on it.
The thought of finding a new nanny gave him a headache.
It's hard to find a suitable nanny these days. You have to check your character and coordinate your working hours. Even if he doesn't pick anything, the nanny might pick on him.
When many nannies choose an employer, they don't even consider it once they hear that there is an Alzheimer's patient in their family.
Trivialities and complexity fill Qu Mingcong’s daily life.
After finishing his work, he carried a bag of toiletries to the office - not far away, just downstairs in his community, sandwiched between a convenience store and a pet hospital.
The name is also very down-to-earth, called Wang Xiaoming Investigation Office.
"Wang" refers to the buddy he grew up with, Wang Wei.
"Xiao Ming" refers to him.
He left the SWAT team a year ago. It happened that Wang Wei was urged by his parents to find a job at that time. Wang Wei didn't like going to work, so he took him to open this investigation firm together. From then on, he worked in the firm from nine to five every day.
Play games, watch videos, and watch live broadcasts.
Although he was still not doing his job properly, he was still in class. Since then, Wang Wei's parents have never urged him to work.
When Qu Mingcong walked into the office, Wang Wei was watching the live broadcast on his mobile phone with his legs crossed.
Seeing Qu Mingcong coming back, Wang Wei quickly put down his legs, walked up to Qu Mingcong with flip-flops, and asked quickly: "How are you doing? Is your mother okay? What did the doctor say? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
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"Fortunately, it's nothing serious. I will stay in the hospital for observation for a few days." Qu Mingcong put the big bag of things in his hand on the sofa, walked to the water dispenser and poured himself a glass of water, "You go back, I will lock the door later."
The office was open until six o'clock in the evening, and when it closed, he could go to the hospital again.
"Then I'll go back to eat first. Have you eaten?" Wang Wei put the keys on his phone and prepared to go home. He glanced at Qu Mingcong again and said, "...How about you go back with me and eat together? My mother made lamb scorpion today.
hot pot."
"No, I'll go to the hospital to eat later." Qu Mingcong put down the water glass and asked casually, "Is there any business in the afternoon?"
"There is no business. There are only two people looking for cats. I put the information sheet on your computer desktop." Wang Wei clicked his tongue and said in a sigh, "More and more cats have died recently. I can't tell which household in the community lives there."
The pervert who tortures cats... Oh, by the way, have you heard of that? The urban legend of Cat-Headed Girl."
"A woman with a cat head?" Qu Mingcong sat down at the computer desk, moved the mouse to find the file, and clicked to open it.
"No!" Wang Wei described vividly, "The legend of the cat-headed woman is that after 11 o'clock in the evening, a woman will appear on the side of the road carrying a headless dead cat. If someone approaches her, she will raise her hand.
Headless dead cat, ask the other person, Lend me your head~~ Lend me your head~~"
Wang Wei held his voice and pretended to shout a few words.
Qu Mingcong was concentrating on reading the information table and had no reaction. When Wang Wei saw this, he felt bored, shrugged and left.
At present, the firm mainly relies on two businesses to support it, one is investigating extramarital affairs and finding mistresses, and the other is searching for missing pets.
The former often pay well, while the latter pay less but have large quantities.
The first information sheet is to find pregnant stray cats. The client wants to find orange cats that he feeds on weekdays. He plans to take care of the female cat until she gives birth to kittens, then take her to be neutered, and then find the kittens for adoption.
The information sheet has a photo of the cat and a location where the stray cat often appears. There is a high hope of finding it.
Qu Mingcong had a rough idea and opened the second information sheet.
A string of numbers came into view, and Qu Mingcong couldn't help but be stunned.
He set the price list of the firm. The price for finding a pet usually hovers between 500 and 800. The deposit is 200. No matter whether the pet is found or not, the deposit is non-refundable. If the pet is found, the remaining amount will be paid.
of the final payment.
But the owner of this cat actually paid a deposit of 1,000 yuan directly, and the remuneration upon completion was listed as 10,000 yuan.
Could it be some kind of rare species?
He dragged the mouse down and found that in the column of pet photos, it was just an ordinary white native cat.
Qu Mingcong wanted to ask Wang Wei, but when he looked up, he saw that the guy had already left.
No matter what, it is always a good thing to have money in your account. Qu Mingcong continued to look at the information sheet.
The phone screen suddenly lit up.
He glanced at it and saw that an app called Sweetheart Girlfriend had popped up. In the pink game interface stood a beautiful girl with twin ponytails, her little cherry mouth opening and closing as she spoke: "Qu Mingcong, listen to me..."
Qu Mingcong frowned and reached out to take the phone over——
"I know these words may sound ridiculous and unbelievable, and I am a little confused now...Hey, anyway! Please listen to me carefully, I am definitely not joking!...I am actually a human being, do you understand? Really
Human being, I don’t know why I am in your phone. It seems that there is an invisible force that traps me... Uh-huh, I just studied it carefully and found that there is a software called Sweetheart Girlfriend installed on your phone.
Love game, I am in the body of a newly created character in this game. The character level is too low and the permissions are very few. I don’t know how to get out of here. Can you click on the icon in the lower right corner to buy the first one for me?
Newbie gift pack, only 16.8 yuan..."
Qu Mingcong connected the data cable, plugged it into the computer, and opened the anti-virus software.
"My mother is in the hospital, the kitchen was burned down, the nanny is about to resign, and now there's one more thing: the phone is poisoned." He looked unhappy and was in a terrible mood.