country bumpkin

Chapter 302 How Did I Become a Servant?

At 7 a.m. in winter, it's already bright outside. The farmers' market is bustling with pedestrians and vehicles.

Several buyers gradually arrived at Yunya's stall. These buyers were either chefs or their apprentices.

Because there's money to be made, everyone is eager to do this purchasing job.

There are also small restaurants, small shops run by husband and wife, where the owners themselves handle all the purchasing.

Many regular customers weigh their goods and then leave them behind to buy other things, so the sellers have to carry the goods to their cars.

This is naturally the kind of errand that Li Mei and other working women should be running.

The owner and her husband stayed behind to watch over the stall and continue selling goods.

At the westernmost end of the market, there is a large parking lot filled with various cars, pickup trucks, motorized tricycles, and motorcycle-converted tricycles.

At this moment, Li Mei and Yun Ya each carried two bags of seafood to the parking lot to deliver them.

Upon arriving at the parking lot, Li Mei called out to the elderly cleaning lady sweeping the floor nearby.

"Auntie, where is Boss Wang Chengjie's car parked?"

The elderly cleaning lady pointed to a row of cars to the south and said, "Oh, it's in that area to the south. Go look for it!"

Li Mei led Yun Ya and ran south until they arrived at a green pickup truck. Li Mei looked at the license plate number and put the things on it.

He then took the things from Yunya's hands and placed them on a motorcycle tricycle next to the green train.

Yunya asked her in confusion, "Sister Li, why did you put another shipment on the motorcycle tricycle?"

Li Mei smiled and said, "Oh, this green pickup truck is Mr. Wang's car. Mr. Liu, who often comes with him, drives this motorcycle tricycle."

Yunya's brain is overloaded. Why is it so complicated? She has to remember who bought what goods and what kind of car the person drove. How is she supposed to remember all of this? She can't possibly remember it all!

Li Mei seemed to see Yun Ya's predicament and offered her some advice.

"If you deliver the goods yourself and can't remember which vehicle it is, just ask the cleaning lady. She knows whose vehicle it is."

Yunya finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now that someone could help remember it, she felt much more at ease.

After delivering the goods, Li Mei returned to the stall with Yun Ya.

After selling for a while longer, it was already past 11 a.m. Fewer and fewer people were coming to the market to buy goods, so it was time for them to pack up their stalls.

The unsold goods were put back into the plastic buckets, and the various basins were stacked together and put back on the tricycle.

After tidying up the goods on the sales counter, Li Mei pulled the tricycle ahead, while Yun Ya followed behind, helping to push the cart, as they hurried towards the boss's house.

While packing up the stall, the owner and her husband took their wallets and went home to rest.

Li Mei and Yun Ya slowly pulled the cart along. When they passed a privately owned kindergarten, Li Mei stopped the cart.

She asked Yunya to watch the car while she went to the alley entrance to pick up her boss's daughter.

After waiting for about five minutes, Li Mei returned with a four-year-old girl.

The little girl, like her mother, was fair-skinned and very pretty. She wasn't very tall, a bit shorter than other children her age.

After all, her father wasn't very tall either, only about 1.65 meters with shoes on.

The boss is only 1.5 meters tall, very beautiful, knows how to do makeup and dress up, has big eyes, and speaks in a gentle and soft voice, which always makes people feel very close to her.

Li Mei introduced Yun Ya to the little girl, "Niu Niu, this is Sister Yun Ya. After I leave, Sister Yun Ya will pick you up from school, okay?"

The little girl glanced at Yun Ya, then pouted unhappily and said...

"Sister Li Mei, why are you leaving? Can't you stay? Does it mean you don't have to leave if Sister Yun Ya doesn't come?"

After saying that, she glared at the innocent Yun Ya.

Seeing that the little girl in front of her didn't seem to like her at all, Yun Ya felt very bad and thought she was being disliked.

Li Mei glared at her and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Even if Yunya doesn't come, I'm still leaving. If she doesn't come, I'll find someone else to do those jobs for me."

Niu Niu snorted and wiggled her little bottom as she ran home.

Yun Ya murmured bitterly to herself, "Am I really that annoying?"

Li Mei smiled and comforted Yun Ya, "It's not because of you, it's just that this child is too unfamiliar with you. It will be fine once you get to know each other."

Yunya stopped talking and focused on pushing the tricycle from behind.

When we arrived at the owner's house, he had already prepared lunch. After all, some students needed to come home for lunch, so the owner wanted to prepare the meal in advance for them.

Li Mei and Yun Ya began unloading the goods, pouring the remaining merchandise into the large pools to soak.

Everything was tidied up, and the boss called Yunya and Limei to eat.

The boss's family was eating in the living room, while Yunya and Limei were eating around a round table under a shed in the yard.

They ate the same dishes, but since they ate late, they didn't sit at the same table as the owner's family.

The boss's family consists of four people: Niu Niu, a younger girl, and a third-grade girl named Diandian.

Diandian wasn't very talkative. She just glanced at Yunya without saying anything, and Yunya instantly felt looked down upon by the child.

She felt that even the boss's children looked down on her; perhaps this was the true meaning of being dependent on others.

She used to feel like an outsider at her mother's house, not like someone living under someone else's roof. But now, the feeling of not being respected is what's truly painful.

In an instant, Yunya's heart was filled with a myriad of emotions. At this moment, she even felt a little homesick, longing for the home where her mother was.

After finishing her meal, Li Mei went to the boss's back room to settle her wages. Yun Ya, on the other hand, tidied up the table, washed the dishes, and swept the floor.

Li Mei came out with her salary, her face beaming with joy, and the corners of her mouth turned up in a happy smile.

She carefully put the money in her pocket, then felt it through her clothes before taking her hand out of her pocket with peace of mind.

Then she said goodbye to Yunya, gave her a few more instructions before leaving, and went back to her sleeping quarters to pack her clothes.

After packing her things and saying goodbye to the boss's sister and brother-in-law, Li Mei happily took the bus to the bus station, bought a ticket, and went back to her hometown.

Looking at the unfamiliar courtyard and the unfamiliar people, Yunya felt a mix of emotions. Although she had only spent two days with Li Mei, she felt very familiar with her, as if they were family.

Perhaps they are both working-class people, which is why they can feel a sense of shared fate.

Now that Li Mei is gone, she is left alone to face this unfamiliar courtyard.

After cleaning up the pots and pans, Yunya started washing clothes.

The clothes all belonged to the boss's family, including the boss's and her husband's. What disgusted Yunya the most was that there were even some of Dian Dian and Niu Niu's underwear and smelly socks.

Yunya thought this was the kind of work a nanny or maid would do. She was there to help sell and sort seafood, so how did she become a maid in the house?

Yun Ya forcefully suppressed the urge to resign and go home. She had only been there for two days; she couldn't give up halfway, or she would look so useless.

As Yunya washed the clothes in her hands, her mind wandered into a jumble of random thoughts.