We hear these questions all the time, “How much do you pay your ayi?” “Does your ayi do laundry?” and the most hotly debated, “Do you give your ayi an annual bonus?”
Part of life in Beijing involves finding yourself an ayi,
someone to carry out those tedious household chores and help to look
after your kids. For some, the concept can be difficult to adjust to;
the idea of having a stranger doing all the tasks you are perfectly
capable of performing yourself doesn’t always rest easy. For others,
the transition to paying a reasonable wage for a clean home is a
straightforward financial transaction.
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