Zhang Jinliang felt particularly uneasy watching his daughter and Xiao Jian, whose clothes were dirty and disheveled, arguing and pulling at each other.
He was aware that Zhang Huihui often used her family's belongings to help Xiao Jiangaohu.
He had talked to his daughter, but Zhang Huihui wouldn't listen to him at all, which left him feeling helpless.
At first, he thought it was just his daughter being kind-hearted on an occasional occasion, and that she would gradually stop paying attention to those two poor boys.
Little did they know that even after more than a year, their daughter was still helping them out as always.
They even started asking themselves for money more and more often, and without a doubt, it all ended up in the pockets of those two poor boys.
Zhang Jinliang was increasingly uneasy, not knowing what had possessed Huihui.
His daughter was the same age as Xiao Jian, a seventeen-year-old young woman. His biggest fear was that something might happen between his daughter and that poor boy.
A family like theirs would never allow their daughter to be with someone like that.
From the moment he picked up Xiao Jian and Gao Hu, he never intended to treat them seriously.
He took advantage of the fact that Xiao Jian and the others were too old to work outside, so he got two free laborers.
But the scene before him made him unable to bear it any longer.
Xiao Jian will be eighteen next year, right?
By then, he would have no reason to use him for free. But if he were to be made a permanent employee, he wouldn't really want to. Besides, the factory was a one-person-one-position job, and apart from the cotton ginning workshop where no one wanted to work, there was no place for Xiao Jian.
Once Xiao Jian becomes a permanent employee, will he still put in so much effort in that dirty and tiring job?
Absolutely impossible.
Whether for their daughter's sake or for the factory's, they had to find a way to get rid of Xiao Jian.
In the end, Xiao Jian couldn't persuade Zhang Huihui otherwise and had to accept the bag of big buns.
"goodbye!"
Zhang Huihui waved goodbye and jogged away from the factory.
"Brother, Sister Hui is such a kind person."
As Gao Hu watched Zhang Huihui's figure gradually disappear, he said something to Xiao Jian.
Xiao Jian nodded.
"Huihui is a kind girl. When we make money in the future, we must repay her properly."
Gao Hu nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, when we make a fortune in the future, we must make it up to Sister Hui."
They walked toward the cafeteria while talking.
The big meat buns were saved for dinner; they couldn't bear to miss the chance to have a hearty lunch in the cafeteria.
Just as they reached the entrance of the cafeteria, they heard someone calling them from behind.
"Xiao Jian, wait a minute."
The two men stopped and turned around to look, only to find that the person who had called them was none other than Zhang Jinliang, the factory manager who usually ignored them.
Zhang Jinliang jumped off his bicycle and asked Xiao Jian with a smile.
"Have some food? How's it going? Not tired working in the cotton ginning workshop?"
Xiao Jian thought to himself, "Don't you know how tired I am?"
However, given that the other party was Zhang Huihui's father in public, Xiao Jian chose to remain silent.
He just shook his head and didn't say anything.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jinliang still smiled and said.
"Actually, I know even if you don't say it, that job is very tiring. There's no other way, the factory workers don't want to work there, so you two have to make do."
Xiao Jian and Gao Hu exchanged a glance, neither understanding Zhang Jinliang's meaning.
Could it be that they've had a change of heart and are going to give us a raise?
Zhang Jinliang thought for a moment, then picked up a bicycle handlebar.
"How about this, starting tomorrow, you won't have to work in the cotton ginning workshop anymore. From now on, you can stay by my side, run errands for me, and be my personal secretary, how about that?"
He looked at the two of them with a smile, his expression very peaceful, like a good leader.
This left Xiao Jian and his companion even more confused.
Having been in the factory for so long, they knew Zhang Jinliang's character all too well.
His nickname "Skinner" was known to everyone in the factory, which gave them a good idea of his character.
"Personal secretary? Factory manager, what do you mean by that? I don't quite understand."
Xiao Jian tentatively asked a question.
"What I mean is, you won't have to do heavy lifting in the cotton ginning workshop anymore. You can work for me from now on, and I'll pay you the standard salary for a regular employee. How about that?"
Now, Xiao Jian and the other man finally understood what he meant.
Xiao Jian still couldn't understand what this guy was up to.
When did the notorious skinflint Zhou Bapi have such a kind heart?
However, he was young and only knew that it was a good thing, without thinking too deeply about it.
"Really? I can become a full-time employee?"
Zhang Jinliang nodded, still smiling.
"That's great. Not only can you become a full-time employee, but you won't have to work in the workshop every day. You'll just have to run errands for me. I'm intentionally grooming you, so don't let my good intentions go to waste."
Zhang Jinliang patted Xiao Jian on the shoulder, smiled at him again, and rode away on his bicycle.
He doesn't eat communal meals in the cafeteria; he has a nanny at home and usually eats at home.
"Hey, Jian, that's great! You've finally been promoted."
Gao Hu felt both envious and happy for his good friend.
Xiao Jian then came to his senses and asked Gao Hu with a blank expression.
"Tiger, what's wrong with Zhang the Skinflint? Is he acting like a lunatic?"
Gao Hu, who was a year younger than him, was even more unable to fathom Zhang Jinliang's intentions.
"Who cares? Isn't it a good thing if they can give you a permanent position? I don't even know when that day will come."
Xiao Jian nodded and offered Gao Hu a word of comfort.
"You're a year younger than me, so another year should be enough, right?"
The two chatted as they walked into the cafeteria.
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