林凡捏着口袋里那五块钱，在老小区门口晃悠了半天。这小区看着破破烂烂的，门口却坚着个锈迹斑斑的保安亭，守着个睡眼惺忪的中年大爷。大爷睡得正香，细长的眼睛眯成一条缝，嘴角还挂着一丝不正经的笑。

「大爷，」林凡凑过去搭话，「您这儿缺不缺人？我……我做好了饭，会打扫卫生，还便宜！」

大爷猛地睁开眼，吓了林凡一跳。他摸了摸自己油光水滑的脑门，嘿嘿笑起来：「小姑娘，你这岁数，来这儿能干什么？拎不动砖头，端不来水。」

林凡心里一沉，正要解释，一个奶声奶气的童音突然插了进来：「阿姨，爸爸说缺人，您要是不嫌弃，就让我妈咪来吧！」

林凡顺着声音看过去，差点没站稳。那是一片 pseudo-forest of towering skyscrapers here, but obviously it was fake. The white walls were covered with handwritten signs, and the plastic trees swayed slightly in the breeze. A little boy with a bright red security guard's badge was standing there, his small body dressed in a uniform that looked too big for him.

The boy's hair was combed neatly, and his eyes were full of intelligence. He tilted his head and looked at the middle-aged man with a playful expression, as if he had seen through his laziness. The little boy said, "Uncle, Dad said we need a housekeeper. My mom is very capable. She can cook, clean, and do everything well. She is also very cheap."