The owner is looking for a nanny and offers a high salary of 303 yuan a day. What is the trick here?
Shao Pu spent a day at the job market, sending out dozens of resumes, but to no avail. Just as he was getting anxious, a middle-aged couple approached him. The man was in a suit and the woman was still graceful. They asked him if he was looking for a job, and Shao Pu nodded.
The middle-aged man said to Shao Pu: "My last name is Wang. We have a seriously ill old man at home. Are you willing to take care of him?" Shao Pu felt uncomfortable when he heard this: I am a young man, and I am a college student. It is a waste of talent to do such a thing. The middle-aged man seemed to see what Shao Pu was thinking, and said very sincerely: "We have observed you for a day and think you are very suitable for this job. As for the salary, we will provide you with food and accommodation, and pay you 303 yuan a day. How about it?"
Shao Pu was shocked: How can this be the treatment of a nanny? He couldn't help but blurt out: "Are you kidding me?" The middle-aged man said firmly: "Since we have offered this price, we will not pay less. But let me make it clear in advance, if you agree to take this job, you will be her grandson in front of the old lady, that is, in front of my mother."
"Grandson?" So they wanted me to be their grandson for such a high price! Shao Pu couldn't help but feel strange: What is this family doing? He wanted to ask clearly, but the middle-aged man shook his head at him: "Don't ask so many questions. If you are willing, come with us."
Shao Pu was full of doubts, but the offer was too tempting. He saw that the couple looked kind and he couldn't find any other work for the time being, so he decided to go. What was there to be afraid of? So he followed the middle-aged couple into a black car parked on the side of the road.
In the car, the middle-aged couple told Shao Pu the truth. It turned out that they had an old mother in her seventies who not only suffered from a terminal illness but was also blind. The doctor asserted that the old woman would not live long. The old woman's last wish was to see her grandson again before she closed her eyes. However, after the middle-aged couple sent the grandson to study abroad, he did not make any progress in his studies but became addicted to drugs. He died suddenly three months ago due to excessive drug use. Of course, the couple did not dare to tell the old woman about this, so now the old woman keeps talking about when her grandson can come back to see her, otherwise she will die with regrets. The middle-aged man said to Shao Pu, "We want you to act as our son and accompany the old woman through her last days."
Although Shao Pu was moved by the middle-aged man's filial piety, he thought carefully that even if the old woman couldn't see with her eyes, she could always tell with her ears that he was not her grandson! He hesitated and said to the couple, "Your plan sounds good, but when it comes to doing it…" The middle-aged man smiled slightly, "Don't worry, your voice is very similar to our son's, which is one of the reasons why we chose you. Besides, our son's voice changed in the past few years when he was away, so it should be no problem to hide it from my mother. We are worried about you, and we don't know if you can agree to this request?" The middle-aged couple then picked out the main things about the old man and his grandson and introduced them to Shao Pu. Shao Pu said confidently, "I am the backbone of our school's drama troupe. Acting is no problem. Since I have taken your money, I will do my best to take good care of the old man."
When the middle-aged man heard what Shao Pu said, he immediately took his hand and said, "Young man, if you can really do this, we will always be grateful to you! In another thirty-three days, the old man will die, and we will pay you enough money at that time." Shao Pu was stunned: "How can you be so sure that the old man will die in thirty-three days?" The middle-aged man suddenly stopped talking and his face turned pale. Seeing him like this, Shao Pu didn't dare to ask any more questions.
The car soon stopped in front of a house on the street. Shao Pu followed the middle-aged couple out of the car and walked into the gate of the house. The middle-aged couple led Shao Pu to the old man's room. Shao Pu looked up and saw an old lady with white hair lying on the bed against the wall, sighing constantly. Shao Pu ran over, took the old woman's hand, and called her affectionately: "Grandma, I'm back, I see you are here!" When the old woman heard the voice, the muscles on her face suddenly twitched. She didn't know where she got the strength from, and she sat up suddenly from the bed, grabbing the air with her hands: "My grandson is back? Is this true? My dear grandson is really back? Oh, God, thank you!"
Shao Pu grabbed the old woman's hand, hugged her in his arms, and let her touch his face. In the eyes of the middle-aged couple, the young man really treated the old woman as his own grandmother, and they were so affectionate, just like a grandparent and grandchild.
But the old man was very weak and couldn't sit still for a while. Shao Pu let the old man lie down again, and then followed the middle-aged couple to the living room. The couple excitedly held Shao Pu's hands and said repeatedly: "You did a great job, and we are relieved!" That night, the couple arranged a comfortable bedroom for Shao Pu.
After the victory in the first battle, Shao Pu felt relieved and slept soundly that night. But he was woken up by a middle-aged couple before dawn the next day. The middle-aged couple came to say goodbye to Shao Pu. They said to Shao Pu, "We are going on a long journey, and I ask you to take care of the old man." They left Shao Pu their phone number and told him that if there was anything urgent, he could call them. The couple's behavior seemed very mysterious, and they never showed up again. The old man was completely dependent on Shao Pu to take care of him.
Fortunately, the old lady never doubted Shao Pu's identity. One day, she even took off a green jade pendant from her neck, handed it to Shao Pu and said, "My dear grandson, this is what your grandfather bought for me from abroad when he was young. I have been wearing it. You should keep it well, just as if it is a family heirloom left to you by your grandma!" Since it is a family heirloom of the old lady, how can he accept it? Shao Pu knew that he couldn't take it, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he thanked his grandmother and accepted it first, and decided to give it to them after the middle-aged couple came back.
The days passed one by one, and it was almost the thirty-third day that the middle-aged man said the old man would leave this world. Shao Pu thought that the middle-aged couple would come back, but they were nowhere to be seen. Shao Pu couldn't help but feel nervous.
Speaking of which, this matter is really amazing! That morning, Shao Pu just got up and found that the old man, who was originally sleeping well, suddenly started coughing. The coughing became more and more severe, and he couldn't breathe. Shao Pu was panicked and quickly dialed the number left by the middle-aged couple. Unexpectedly, a strange voice came from the other end of the phone: "Who are you looking for?" Shao Pu was stunned: "Isn't this Mr. Wang's phone? This number was left for me. Please tell him that his son has something urgent to find him." The other party said: "What Mr. Wang? This is the crematorium." "Crematorium?" Shao Pu thought he had dialed the wrong number. He dialed it again, and it was still this person's voice. Shao Pu felt his scalp tingling and quickly turned around to dial the hospital's emergency number.
The ambulance from the hospital arrived quickly, and the emergency personnel lifted the old woman into the car. On the way, Shao Pu held the old woman's hand tightly and kept shouting in her ear: "Grandma, you can't leave, you can't leave!" However, the old woman didn't make it to the hospital and stopped breathing halfway. Shao Pu couldn't help crying. Over the past month, he and the old woman have established a deep relationship.
An emergency worker asked Shao Pu, "Who are you to their family?" Shao Pu thought: Since the old man had passed away, there was no need to hide his identity, so he told the whole story. But when he heard it, his face changed immediately: "This is impossible, you can't have met the Wang family, you must have made a mistake."
Shao Pu asked: "Why not? They clearly told me that the old woman is their mother and her last name is Wang!"
The first aid worker said, "The couple had died in a car accident two months ago. We were on duty that day and used this car to rescue them. Mr. Wang was still alive at the time. He grabbed the corner of my clothes and said to me, 'I can't die, I can't die. If I die, my seriously ill mother will have no one to take care of her!' Later I learned that the couple were the owners of this house. Mr. Wang was a filial son. Everyone in this area knew it."
Shao Pu felt like he was dreaming when he heard what he said. However, despite the strange things he encountered, he did not feel scared. He thought: Even if I really encountered a ghost, they must be kind-hearted ghosts. Even as a ghost, they still serve their mother. What is there to be afraid of such a ghost !
What made Shao Pu feel awkward was what to do with the jade pendant that the old man had given him. He had a friend who owned a jewelry store, so Shao Pu took it to him and asked him to take a look. But before his friend could even open his mouth, a buyer nearby immediately quoted a price: "9,999 yuan." Shao Pu was shocked: Mr. Wang had offered him a daily salary of 303 yuan for 33 days, wasn't that the same amount?