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Chapter 1556 Good Luck Continues (46)
Since the Li family's life was getting worse and worse, Ding Ping certainly wouldn't stay there forever.

She wasn't as foolish as Li's mother, who quit her job to take care of Grandpa Li for over ten years without pay and refused to leave even when criticized. Ding Ping didn't take care of Grandpa Li, and no one criticized her. In fact, she even managed to make some money from Grandpa Li's need for care.

However, this amount of money is obviously incomparable to the glamorous world outside, so even if she doesn't need to take care of Grandpa Li, she still has to leave.

This was the time when the private economy was booming after the reform and opening up. Ordinary people could either start a company, be self-employed, or work for others.

Ding Ping doesn't think she can start a company or run a business, nor does she want to be a self-employed individual. But she feels she can work for someone else. Not to mention, being a nanny doesn't require any special skills, and now, more and more families in Beijing need nannies.

Some families need nannies to do laundry, cook, and clean; some families need nannies to take care of their children; and some families need nannies to take care of their elderly.

Regardless of the type, the salary offered was substantial, even comparable to Li's father's retirement pension.

This is quite normal. After all, this is Beijing, where there are many wealthy and powerful people who need nannies, but few have the courage to work. As the saying goes, scarcity drives up prices, so the prices they charge are naturally not low.

These wealthy and powerful people naturally have a lot of income; they can afford to pay someone fifty or sixty yuan a month.

Seeing that she could earn fifty or sixty yuan a month as a nanny, Ding Ping naturally went to work as a nanny.

She took on the job of caring for the elderly.

Of course, it's not about stroke patients; it's about elderly people whose children are away doing business and who have no one to take care of them at home.

These wealthy people were afraid that something might happen to their parents if they were home alone, so they hired nannies to take care of them.

Although Ding Ping had never taken care of the elderly before, she had a paralyzed, stroke-stricken grandfather named Li at home. She had seen others take care of the elderly and knew a little bit of the tricks of the trade, so she could be considered experienced in caring for the elderly. Naturally, she went to apply for the job and got the job.

After Ding Ping earned no less than Li's father a month working as a nanny, her mind naturally became more active.

The reason she became active was because after Li's father retired, his health deteriorated day by day, and he had to go to the hospital every few days. She had to help take care of him, after all, she was Li's father's wife. If she didn't take care of him when he was sick, who else could she rely on? Li Qiuyun and Li Zhiguo both had to work and didn't have time to take care of him. Cao Li and Li's sister-in-law were idle at home and had time, but naturally they wouldn't take care of him. They also had their own reasons, saying that they weren't Li's father's children, so why should they take care of him?

So every time Li's father went to the hospital, she was the one who took care of him, which naturally made her increasingly dissatisfied. And the reward she could get from Li's father was still the same little bit of something as before.

That little bit of money would have been quite good before the reform and opening up when she couldn't find a job, but now that she has a job and can earn money, that little bit of money is obviously not enough to entice her. On the contrary, she feels that Li's father is a burden, especially now that she has a job. If she were asked to take leave to take care of Li's father, she would absolutely not do it, because she would be at a huge loss if she did.

So when Li's father fell ill and was hospitalized again, she didn't take care of him. She just left him with Li Qiuyun and Li Zhiguo, saying that if they wouldn't take care of him, she wouldn't either.

He also said that if she was forced to take care of him, she would divorce Li's father.

Li Qiuyun and Li Zhiguo wanted to say, "Take it or leave it," but considering that their situation had worsened day by day since their mother left, they were afraid that their situation would be even worse after Ding Ping left. So they didn't dare to make things too difficult with Ding Ping and force her to leave. Helpless, they could only obediently send Cao Li and Li's sister-in-law to take care of Li's father. At this time, they wouldn't let their partner say anything about them not being Li's father's children.

Of course, Mr. Li didn't want to divorce Ding Ping. After all, he had already been divorced twice, and another divorce would make it his third. At his age, having been divorced three times, it would be difficult for him to find another companion. He didn't want to be without a partner because, firstly, in the eyes of people in this era, not having a wife was a sign of a failed life, and he didn't want to be seen as a failure; secondly, having a companion to chat with was a good thing. Without a partner, he would be too lonely after retirement, not knowing who to talk to.

Since neither Li Qiuyun nor Li Zhiguo, nor Li's father, dared to create a conflict with Ding Ping and force Li's father to divorce Ding Ping, Ding Ping ultimately had no choice but to take the initiative to propose a divorce to Li's father.

There was no other way; she really didn't want to continue living with Li's father because... the old man she was taking care of was very wealthy. Although she didn't have much money herself, his children gave him a lot of money every month. After all, his children were in business and were naturally very rich. She wanted to marry that old man and earn even more money.

The old man was different from Li's father. He would hand over his income to her, which was normal because he wasn't afraid of Ding Ping causing any trouble. After all, his money came from his children. As long as Ding Ping didn't cause any trouble, it didn't matter if the money his children gave him each month was in her hands. But if Ding Ping did cause trouble, his children could control her as long as they stopped giving her money.

Unlike Mr. Li, whose children are struggling financially and rely on him for money, Ding Ping is constantly under his watchful eye, afraid she might take too much money from him. This is completely different from the old man's family, where the children don't need money from him; on the contrary, they give him money. She doesn't have to compete with the old man's children for his money. Instead, as long as she takes good care of him and he treats her well, she can live a good life with the money his children give her.

It would be strange if Ding Ping didn't divorce Li's father because that family offered her so many benefits.

Ding Ping wanted a divorce, but Li's father couldn't stop her. So, soon, Li's father had no choice but to divorce Ding Ping.

After abandoning Li's father, Ding Ping hurriedly married the old man and began living the good life she had longed for.

As for Li's father, he had originally hoped to see if there was any chance of remarrying Ding Ping in the future. After all, he couldn't live alone without a wife. However, upon hearing that she had married a wealthy old man, it was clear that remarriage was impossible. Li's father couldn't help but feel humiliated by Ding Ping. This was the first time a woman had made him feel this way. In the past, because of his level six fitter certification, he had always been a wealthy, influential, and powerful man. Even after a divorce, there were plenty of women who wanted him. But this time, it was a woman who rejected him because he was poor and married someone else. How could Li's father not feel humiliated by Ding Ping?