In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 118 Acquired a Hand Tractor (Apologies)

Li Hao limped out, his right hand covering his swollen right eye: "I did it. I'm not having it! Why should village public assets be given away to just anyone?! You think you're so great, village chief? You think you can just give things to whoever you want?!"

"I refuse to accept this! My grandfather bought this hand tractor from town back then. If we're going to calculate it that way, shouldn't I also have a share of it? Why can't I take it?"

Old village chief Sun Heming gave Li Hao a deep look, his anger overflowing: "It's true that your grandfather bought the car back then, but he used village money. Aren't you just upset? Why should this be allocated to Yu Dawei of the fourth team! Let me tell you why..."

Sun Heming pulled Yu Dawei into the crowd, pointed at the small excavator in the yard, and loudly said, "Because that small excavator in the yard belongs to Yu Dawei! Our village committee entrusted Yu Dawei to do the work for the school! Tell me! He did the work, shouldn't we pay him?"

"Our village is poor, everyone knows that, so they didn't ask for money, but instead took that old, broken-down tractor that's practically worthless! They did our village a huge favor!" The village chief pointed at everyone's heads: "Ask them while holding up the chamber pots on your shoulders! Does anyone have a child in school? Are they also enjoying the conveniences of school?"

"Are you walking on the newly paved road? Are you also enjoying the shade under the trees in the summer?"

"You bunch of people, you're utterly heartless! Let me tell you something else!" Sun Heming's chest was now filled with anger. "The reason why our village was able to get electricity first was because of Yu Dawei! He helped our village come up with ideas and found a way to secure this spot!"

Everyone felt utterly ashamed at this moment, and even the three teams that had caused trouble showed a brief moment of complicated expression on their faces.

Several village police officers who were watching the scene from a short distance away immediately developed a favorable impression of the man named Yu Dawei after hearing what the village chief said, while their expressions turned cold towards the group that had stirred up trouble.

Officer Hao was also thinking to himself that fighting was definitely wrong, but this guy named Li Hao was clearly the one who started the trouble, and he could tell that at a glance.

Moreover, they might not be acting under anyone's orders behind the scenes. The village is full of shrewd people, and it's impossible for such a thing to become public knowledge without some kind of vested interest.

"I can testify! Uncle Manzi and Uncle Dawei are so good to us! They even dug holes for us! They also played with us!" Suddenly, a group of children ran in from the playground next door through the small steel mesh door between the two buildings.

This small gate was originally installed for convenience, and it was just installed a couple of days ago. The village committee and school buildings are right next to each other, so having a small gate will make it easier for people to come and go.

Unexpectedly, the first to pass through this small door were these children.

The children include both boys and girls, and range from lower grades to fourth and fifth grade.

"Uncle Dawei is my idol! He not only brought electricity to the village, but also built roads for our school!" A seven or eight-year-old boy squeezed out from the crowd, his childish voice making the adults around him feel ashamed.

The old village chief's anger subsided considerably. He squatted down and stroked the little boy, his tone laced with sarcasm: "Even children know how to be grateful, but you adults, for a little bit of profit, are willing to do such beastly things, even hitting children."

"Officer Hao, I've said everything I need to say. The rest is up to you." The old village chief stood up and led the children to the side.

Officer Hao glanced at everyone before speaking in a serious tone: "This fight is the first of its kind I've ever witnessed in my career. I never imagined that something like this, which would be a disgrace to every village, would happen in our Heshan Village."

Next, Officer Hao began to give the villagers of Heshan Village a serious re-education.

There's no way around it; there are just too many people, and even if we were to detain them, there's nowhere to put them.

However, there are a few people that Hao Jianqiang absolutely cannot let go of!

Those who led the charge must be dealt with seriously! Whether it's Team Three or Team Four, he must live up to the uniform he wears.

"It seems things should be over." Zhang Baicang appeared beside the old village chief at some point.

The old village chief was furious when he saw Zhang Baicang: "Where were you when the fight was going on! You didn't even try to stop them!"

"Is it my fault? I went to Xianfeng Elementary School to observe classes this morning. Besides, I'm the principal, not the village chief. Do you think those little bastards in Team Three would listen to my side of the story?" Zhang Baicang rolled his eyes first, then laughed self-deprecatingly. They were all students he had taught; he could tell what they were up to just by looking at them.

The old village chief's eyes were gloomy. His gaze inadvertently swept over the accountant, Old Li. On the way back, he had already guessed a possibility. Now that he had connected the dots, all the key points were as transparent to him, and he could see them all clearly.

Minor squabbles on a daily basis are to be expected. Sun Heming isn't a petty person; he can let you retire peacefully and even receive some government subsidies every year.

But you're the one who's not ambitious enough!

"However, thank you anyway, Principal Zhang." Sun Heming turned his head, his eyes filled with gratitude.

The children's testimony and the little boy's words, without Zhang Baicang's endorsement, would never have achieved their crucial effect.

“They hit my students, so they have to pay the price. From first to fifth grade, assign each student an essay as homework, specifically praising Yu Dawei’s heroic deeds.” Zhang Baicang sneered. “We have to disgust those people in Lijiatun. After they finish writing about Yu Dawei, we’ll have them write about Huang Man.”

"Tsk tsk, scholars can be so filthy!" The old village chief thought to himself, and subconsciously moved a little further away from the man.

With Officer Hao's reprimand and re-education session over, many onlookers and those who simply wanted to help were able to leave.

As everyone left, they looked at Yu Dawei and Huang Man with a hint of apology on their faces. However, they also knew in their hearts that after this incident, Yu Dawei would probably never think of Heshan Village again if anything good came his way.

They wouldn't even think about them anymore, and some people who wanted to get on Yu Dawei's good side all backed down at this moment.

It goes without saying that it won't be long before the news of Yu Dawei raising excavators spreads throughout the entire Heshan Village.

Yu Dawei will certainly be regarded as the richest man in Heshan Village by everyone.

After all, in the impoverished Heshan Village, it's already quite a struggle for most families to even own a four-wheeled vehicle, let alone an excavator capable of such construction work.

The thought of missing the chance to build a relationship with the richest man in the village made some villagers wish they could tear those beasts in Team 3 to shreds!

I'm really impressed by Li Hao and his group. If it weren't for their encouragement, they wouldn't have come to question the village chief!
"Dawei, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for saying some things I shouldn't have just said." The old village chief, Sun Heming, walked up to Yu Dawei in a gentle voice and took out a document from his briefcase. "This is the property transfer certificate I applied for in town this morning. From now on, that hand tractor is yours."

The old village chief, Sun Heming, felt extremely wronged. He had meant well and got up early in the morning to go to town to complete the transfer procedures for the tractor. On the way, he ran into Old Han, the village chief from the neighboring village, and the two had breakfast together.

In just a short time, such a big thing happened in the village, and he was devastated!
The impact of this incident was extremely negative, and he would inevitably be blamed by the authorities. Historically, Heshan Village was not the first village to experience a collective conflict, but it would certainly be remembered as a disgrace.

But now that things have come to this, he can only clean up the mess, do what needs to be done efficiently, and make sure the people who need to be removed are dealt with decisively.

"Thank you, old village chief, for your trouble." Yu Dawei looked at the certificate in front of him with a wry smile. He never expected that a broken-down car would cause such a commotion.

At the same time, Yu Dawei was also aware that Heshan Village would likely become "famous" because of this incident. It wouldn't affect him much, but it would be a hardship for the old village chief, Sun Heming.

Although Yu Dawei hadn't known him for long, it was clear that the old village chief had put a lot of effort into the village's development.

He didn't think about climbing the social ladder; he simply wanted the village to become richer and richer.

"Alright, let's talk at the station." Officer Hao said coldly, raising his arm and shaking the silver bracelet in his hand. "Anyone who instigates a fight will be taken away, and you're no exception. Put it on."

Yu Dawei smiled wryly, knowing he could only follow Officer Hao to town for the time being.

Yu Dazhi and Yu Damin, who were standing beside him, were also wearing bracelets.

Fortunately, at least Team Four only took away the three of them, while Team Three took away five or six, all of whom were the ones who had initially attacked Huang Man and the two children.

Xiao Long and Xiao Ming didn't go, and under Officer Hao's judgment, they assaulted several of Xiao Ming and Xiao Long's families. Not only will they be locked up, but they will also be fined!

The fine of 100 yuan for medical expenses was quite a lot in the village, and the two little guys suddenly had 500 or 600 yuan each.

Huang Man also needed to go, but Officer Hao determined that Huang Man was a victim. She was only exempt from wearing the silver bracelet when making a statement, and she also received the same treatment as the two children. Huang Man also received a share of the fine.

Only Hao Jianqiang himself knows the details of the judgment.

After seeing Officer Hao and the others off, the old village chief, Sun Heming, glanced at the accountant, Lao Li, beside him and asked, "Lao Li, how many years have you been an accountant?"

Old Li, who was standing to the side, had been thinking that everything would be fine and he would be completely unharmed, but when he heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!
"Village chief, it's been almost thirty years." Accountant Lao Li didn't dare to meet the old village chief's eyes and answered with his head bowed.

"You're getting old, aren't you? You're not as quick and efficient as you used to be." Sun Heming revealed a side of himself that no one had ever seen before. His deep eyes were like two black holes, making people feel uneasy and giving them a sense of fear.

"Village Chief." Old Li, the accountant, was trembling with fear. He knew that his secret had been discovered, but he was helpless. He had been an accountant all his life and had always wanted to be the village chief. He really didn't want to leave with such regrets.

"No need to say anything more. Considering you've dedicated most of your life to the village, I'll give you a dignified way to leave." The old village chief pointed his finger and coldly tapped the other man's chest twice. "Tomorrow, I want to hear from the town that you've resigned."

Accountant Lao Li's face turned extremely ugly in an instant. He subconsciously clenched his fist and stared intently at Sun Hemin: "Village Chief, don't push your luck."

“Very good, very principled.” Sun Heming gave him a deep look and patted him on the shoulder: “You may not know this, but the previous village chief of Heshan Village left me a lot of receipts. Tomorrow I have to go to town to investigate and find out exactly how many people with the surname Li are involved.”

In an instant, the whole world seemed to spin around, and accountant Lao Li knelt on the ground like a leaf.

He watched as the village chief turned to leave and hurriedly grabbed the man's trouser leg: "Village chief, everything is negotiable. I will go to town to resign tomorrow and will never cause you any trouble again. Please, please be lenient."

Sun Heming glanced down at the other man, a cold glint in his eyes, and then kicked his hands away. He could already foresee that he would be ridiculed and mocked by the village chiefs of various villages, and even nailed to the pillar of shame and whipped.

So why should he tolerate this bastard?

Originally, given his magnanimity, he was willing to let the accountant off the hook, but the other party was truly ungrateful, did they really think he, Sun Heming, was a clay idol without temper?!
Just wait to be taken away by the authorities!

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By the time the two groups from Team Three and Team Four were taken to the police station, it was already noon.

Li Hao and five or six others were locked together, while Yu Dawei and two others were locked together; the two cells faced each other directly.

They couldn't stand each other.

However, Li Hao and his group were even more annoyed because the two sides treated them completely differently.

Yu Dawei and his two companions were enjoying their boxed lunches, which included shredded pork with garlic sauce, stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and long-grain white rice, a specialty of Northeast China.

Meanwhile, Li Hao and the others on the other side could only watch silently, their mouths drooling uncontrollably.

"Why! Why do they get to eat while we don't!" Li Hao cried out, protesting the unfairness.

"What's all the noise about! What's all the noise about!" A prison guard banged on the iron bars with his stick. "Their food was brought by a friend, but you don't have any friends to send you food! You're all being detained now, and until you're officially sentenced and taken into custody, you'll have to rely on yourselves for food!"

The prison guards, standing to the side, couldn't resist taking a jab at them. The deeds of these guys surnamed Li had already spread throughout the town's sentencing center. Trash, the worst of the worst!
Even if he gets food, he'll spit in it a couple of times. Just wait!
In the afternoon, the two groups of people were called to the interrogation room separately. In the end, Yu Dawei, Yu Dazhi, and Yu Damin walked out of the cell unharmed.

Before leaving, he made a point of glancing at Li Hao and the others.

"Brothers, it's cold here at night, so wear an extra layer so you don't catch a cold. We'll be going now." Yu Dazhi smiled and looked at the group.

"Why waste your breath on them?" Yu Damin shoved Yu Dazhi and coldly swept his gaze over Li Hao: "Serves you right! Go to jail, I hope you rot in jail."

Seeing that the other group had not only left but were also acting so arrogantly, Li Hao angrily roared at the prison guard, "Why! Why can they leave! We were just fighting with them, why should we be locked up for more than a month!"

"What's all the noise about!" The prison guard slammed his baton against the iron bars. "Are you even comparable between these two groups?!"

"You guys are guilty of provoking trouble and fighting! They were just acting in self-defense! How can you call that the same thing!" The prison guard stared at Li Hao and the others with disdain. "The three of them have been judged to have acted excessively in self-defense and have been sent home to write self-criticisms."

Li Hao could no longer contain his anger. He reached out and grabbed the prison guard by the collar, roaring, "What did you say! Say it again!"

Yu Dazhi's eyes lit up: "Assaulting a police officer! He assaulted a police officer! What crime did Dawei commit again for assaulting a police officer?!"

Yu Dawei's lips curled into a smile: "Violent assault on police officers can result in a maximum sentence of three years in prison."

"Huh?" Yu Damin perked up, then his figure shot out like an arrow, grabbing Li Hao's hand and pinning it tightly to the prison guard's neck. He then shouted at the top of his lungs, "Assault on the police! Someone is violently assaulting the police!"

Prison guard: "..."

While it wasn't exactly violence for him, well... he could certainly be guilty of assaulting a police officer.

This kind of person is a menace if left outside; let him go in and reflect on his actions.

Then, for no apparent reason, Li Hao was sentenced to two more years as a judge.

When Yu Dawei and the other two came out, they were in a good mood. Officer Hao stared at Yu Dawei with resentment, as if he were a wronged wife who had been betrayed.

"I really didn't know my second uncle had been looking for you behind my back." Yu Dawei was frightened by Officer Hao's gaze and quickly raised his hands in surrender.

"Get lost, you brat, and don't let me see you again." Officer Hao stood at the entrance of the sentencing center, then angrily turned and went back inside.

"About the self-criticism..."

"Write! Ten thousand words, not a single word less!" Officer Hao, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, turned to glare at Yu Dazhi and Yu Damin. "And you two! Are hammers for hitting people?! You two are really working together flawlessly! One of you hit my butt, and the other hit my toes! If you two want to try somewhere else, I guarantee you'll both be in jail for a few years!"

"Ten thousand words, no one can be short!" Officer Hao vented his anger and turned to leave.

It's infuriating! They can't seem to give him a break! Yu Dawei is one example, but his troublemaking subordinates are even worse!

They've turned a simple case of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" into a violent attack on the police. Now I have to submit a new report to my superiors. It's so annoying!

Yu Dawei had no idea that Officer Hao was so worried that he was losing almost all his hair. He just stood at the gate, letting the autumn sun shine on his face. After this battle, he felt much more relaxed!

Protecting the weak was one of his ideal lives, though his methods may have been a bit radical, but he didn't regret it.

"Go home?" Yu Dazhi glanced at Yu Dawei.

"Let's go home!" Yu Dawei put his arm around their shoulders. "We'll slaughter a pig tonight to bring good luck. Which of you can contribute one of your pigs?"

"Come on! Why don't you contribute your own pigs!" Yu Dazhi was the first to object.

"That's my wife's precious treasure, her closest friend and family, an inseparable part of her life!" Yu Dawei said, indicating that his pig had to stay.

Yu Damin suddenly suggested, "I remember Li Hao only lives alone, right? Didn't his wife run off with someone else and take the kids?"

"What do you mean?" Yu Dazhi looked at Yu Damin. "What's wrong? He can raise pigs?"

“He doesn’t raise pigs, but he does raise chickens. And when I went to his house to confront him, I even saw a piece of pork in his big vat!” Yu Damin’s big eyes darted around as he recalled. “It must have been newly bought; I guess he wanted to celebrate today.”

"That son of a bitch! He even planned out this celebration, this guy must have been plotting this for a long time!" Yu Dazhi said angrily.

Yu Dawei narrowed his eyes slightly. He had a feeling that there was more to this than met the eye. The price of a dime of pork, while not as high as that broken-down car, was still about a third of the price.

This doesn't seem like someone causing trouble over a car.

He just didn't know much about the messy affairs of the village committee, otherwise he might have been able to guess Li Hao's real purpose in doing this.

"Brother Dawei, look how badly Master Huang has been beaten up. Shouldn't he eat some meat to help him recover?" Yu Damin's lips curled into a wicked smile.

Huang Man, who had been silently standing beside Yu Dawei, glanced at Yu Damin and then at Yu Dazhi, who was winking at him, and nodded subconsciously: "That's right."

Yu Dawei rolled his eyes: "Alright, since Li Hao won't be able to come out for a while, his chickens will starve to death if we don't feed them. Let's just take them back. And the pork, it'll get maggots in two days if we put it in a big vat. Let's hurry up and give it to Manzi to help him recover. Consider it his compensation to us."

“Let’s call all the brothers who are helping out in the village tonight and go to…” Yu Dawei thought for a moment, “Let’s go to my house. My yard is big, and we can find a few more tables. We can definitely have a good time.”

"Brother, that's exactly what I've been waiting for!" Yu Damin laughed heartily, putting his arm around Huang Man's shoulder: "Little Master Huang, tonight I'll show you my skills in making braised pork with vermicelli, it's absolutely amazing!"

Yu Dazhi nodded in deep agreement: "When Uncle Eleven was alive, he used to cook for the county leaders, but he was dismissed for giving them special treatment, so he went home and started raising horses. Master Huang, you may not believe in Yu Damin's cooking skills, but you must believe in my Uncle Eleven's cooking skills. They are absolutely comparable to your brother Dawei's grandmother's!"

"Thank you!" Huang Man turned to look at Yu Damin, who was not tall and had dark skin, but also had thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Don't mention it!" Yu Damin then changed the subject and chuckled, "But if my kid doesn't do well in school, he can learn to drive an excavator from you. Don't look down on my kid."

"Huh?" Huang Man was a little confused. How did she suddenly end up learning to operate an excavator?

The problem is, he doesn't seem to be able to refuse.

What should I do? My mind is spinning, and I'm getting anxious...

Yu Dawei looked at the two of them speechlessly: "Don't make things difficult for the barbarians. Your Sanluzi is only three years old, what's the rush?"

"Besides, isn't it good to have high-speed rail? The retirement benefits would be incredibly good too."

Yu Damin was taken aback: "Brother Dawei? What's a high-speed rail? What are you talking about?"

"Never mind that. In short, I can say with certainty that your son has a bright future. My father predicted it for him." Yu Dawei concluded definitively and ignored them.

(I can't eat or sleep, and my heart is hurting. I have a very self-destructive personality. I feel speechless and sorry for everyone.)
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