Chapter 461: Rapid Progress

Lin Xiaoxia smiled and said again: "Dong Mingliang's current fixed salary is more than 400 yuan per month, but our store also has a lot of bonuses. If he does a good job, it's no problem for him to get an extra 180 yuan a month. Besides, Dong Mingliang is my classmate, so I won't treat him unfairly in the future."

Dong Fulai looked at Lin Xiaoxia and suddenly realized: "You are Lin Xiaoxia? Boss Lin, right?"

Lin Xiaoxia smiled when she heard Boss Lin address her. "Well, I'm Lin Xiaoxia. Uncle Dong can just call me Xiaoxia. Dong Mingliang helped me a lot when we were in school, so it's only natural that I can lend him a hand now. Oh, and this is also our classmate Fang Lan'e, and this is Dong Mingliang's good friend Ju Huiyan. Huiyan and Dong Mingliang also have a special connection."

After that, she turned to Ju Huiyan, who had been too embarrassed to speak, and said, "Huiyan, tell Uncle Dong about your fate with Dong Mingliang."

Ju Huiyan hadn't said anything just now. In her mind, this was a meeting with the parents, and she was quite nervous.

After Lin Xiaoxia talked to her like this, she told Dong Fu about how she met Dong Mingliang: "Uncle Dong, Mingliang saved me. My bag was robbed and he helped me get it back. The drawings in the bag were very important to me. Mingliang was injured at the time, but he did a good deed and left without leaving his name. I didn't expect that he was going to look for Xiaoxia. I am Xiaoxia's friend. That's how Mingliang and I met again and became good friends."

Dong Fulai smiled and said, "Mingliang has always loved doing good deeds. Although our family is poor, he has always been well-behaved. I never thought he would have such good friends and classmates like you to help him."

Then he continued, "Look, I don't have many guests at home, so I forgot to bring you some food. I don't have anything good at home. The only things I have are the apples from the trees on the hill behind my house, which are very sweet." As he said that, he took out a few apples from the basket under the north window and placed them on the edge of the kang where they were sitting.

Seeing that everyone was relaxed, Lin Xiaoxia turned to Dong Fulai and said, "Uncle Dong, what kind of partner do you want Dong Mingliang to find?"

Speaking of this, Dong Fulai sighed and said, "Hey, we don't have any requirements. Look at how poor our family is. He has a younger sister who is only in elementary school. We only have two and a half rooms at home. As long as the girl doesn't despise our family, what else can I ask for?"

He didn't dare to imagine that a girl like this could like Dong Mingliang. Even if she liked Dong Mingliang as a person, knowing that Dong Mingliang had a good family background, it was estimated that there would be no development in their relationship.

Ju Huiyan said, "Uncle Dong, many people nowadays don't care about family conditions. As long as you are a good person and work hard together in the future, you will always be able to live a good life at home."

Dong Fulai looked at Ju Huiyan and smiled: "You are a good girl, but not all girls can think like you." Then he sighed: "Speaking of which, it was our family that delayed him. It's also my fault."

Ju Huiyan said, "Uncle Dong, don't say that. Mingliang is such a good man. It's a blessing for a woman to marry him."

Dong Fulai looked at Ju Huiyan and seemed to have realized something, but when he thought about his own family background and looked at the girl's clothes, he didn't dare to think so.

But he saw Ju Huiyan was happy: "Uncle Dong, I'll borrow your good wishes. I hope Mingliang can marry a girl as good as you."

While they were talking, a middle-aged woman wearing a gray plaid double-breasted coat and with neatly cropped shoulder-length hair came in with a little girl in tow. As she entered the room, she said, "Brother Dong, your old lady beat Xiaohua again. I had a few words with her. You have to teach Xiaohua a lesson and stop letting that old lady beat and scold her all the time."

After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she was stunned to see so many guests at Dong Fulai's house: "Guests at home? Then I won't disturb you."

She came in in a hurry just now and did see the car at the door, but she didn't expect it was coming to Dong's house. She thought it was just a passerby stopping here. Now looking at the three city girls in the house, she was really confused.

Dong Fulai said to the woman, "Auntie, thank you so much. Every time you see a child being wronged, you always stand up for them. A few of my friends are coming today, so I won't keep you any longer. I'll go over and thank you tomorrow."

When the woman heard that they were Dong Mingliang's friends, her eyes lit up and she looked at Lin Xiaoxia and the others: "These are all Mingliang's friends. They all look like the people on the calendar. They are so beautiful."

Lin Xiaoxia and the other three also called the woman "Auntie".

The woman smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, I won't disturb you, you guys sit down." With that, the woman went out in a hurry.

At this time, Dong Mingliang's sister Dong Ronghua was also looking at Lin Xiaoxia and the others. She didn't dare to look at them directly, but her curiosity couldn't help but take a sneak peek.

The little girl was in her teens, wearing a blue cloth shirt and carrying a schoolbag. Her face was as thin and weak as a kitten, crying.

Lin Xiaoxia pushed Ju Huiyan and hurried over to perform.

Ju Huiyan understood what she meant and walked over to Dong Ronghua. She took out a handkerchief and wiped her face. Then she touched her head and said, "Xiaohua, where did your grandma hit you? Does it hurt?"

Dong Ronghua pouted and looked at Ju Huiyan crying: "Sister, I don't feel any pain. I'll get used to it."

This sentence made Ju Huiyan furious. She grabbed Dong Ronghua's hand and said, "Xiaohua, you can't let them bully you from now on. Even your grandma can't do that. If she hits or scolds you again, just cry loudly and ask others for help. As long as your grandma still has some dignity, she won't dare to hit you anywhere."

Dong Ronghua shook her head: "Useless sister, if grandma gets angry, she will make me go to their house. There, I will have no choice. So I just endure it normally, you don't have to worry."

Lin Xiaoxia couldn't bear to listen any longer. After thinking for a moment, she said to Dong Fulai, "Uncle Dong, why don't we move to another place to live?"

I wanted to come and see it before, but seeing the pitiful appearance of the little girl and her twisted thoughts, I really couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

Dong Fulai was confused by what he said. Ju Huiyan and Fang Lan'e didn't know what Lin Xiaoxia was going to do, so they both looked at her.

Lin Xiaoxia looked at Dong Fulai, who looked bewildered, and said, "Uncle Dong, we've heard a lot about your family from Dong Mingliang. As long as you stay in the village, you're bound to be bullied by them. Do you want to try living in the city?"

Dong Fulai still didn't understand: "Miss, I understand your good intentions, but we have never left the village and we won't know anything if we go to the city. Besides, Xiaohua is still in school. We have to let her finish elementary school, otherwise she will become illiterate."

Lin Xiaoxia smiled and said, "Uncle Dong, the reason I can let you go is so I can arrange a normal life for you. Anyway, our business is constantly expanding and we need people. You can also work there. I will help Xiaohua get a place to study on a temporary basis. You can rent a house in the city first. It won't be difficult to buy a house later when you make more money."

Dong Fulai understood, but he was still a little confused: "This, this is just causing trouble for you. Mingliang is someone you took care of and gave him such a good job. How can we go there again?"