We decided to hire our helper that we tried out. She seems to be a fairly good cleaner, but I think I might have to give a little more pointers on cleaning. She comes 3 times a week for now and cleans the house. Most people hire them everyday, but that seems too much to me. The house really needs to be cleaned almost everyday because this place in China acquires alot of dirt. We also said we might be interested in having her cook for us, especially Chris while I am gone. She said she would. Wednesday I tried to take her shopping and the first place she took me to was to buy some Chinese bowls and serving dishes. I told I wanted to wait. Of course she didn't understand so I finally called someone to help translate. Trying to pick out food was another difficult task. I had a sichuan menu in English and Chinese and pointed to items. It didn't go so well. Finally she starting bringing vegetables and some meat and I would nod my head yes or no. We left there with a bunch of food,but I was pretty tired from the whole experience. We decided to have her cook for us on Friday. She cleaned and cooked the meal while our driver, Mr. Long and I headed out to find some plates. Chris's boss's wife offered to watch the girls at the hotel. They had a blast!!! Mr. Long and I found 8 plates, 8 bowls, 8 spoons, and 3 serving bowls and got it all for 16 dollars. He took me to a street that sold nothing but dishware. That night, Sho Jia (our helper) made us stir fried tomato and egg, broccoli, chicken and celery, and cabbage soup. It was all good. I think Chris has decided to have her cook for him while we are away. Hopefully it will continue to workout. Attached is a picture of Mr. Long helping finding plates.
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