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

Chapter 141 The One Destined
A few basic tools will suffice; you can buy more if needed later.

Yu Laonian once gave his tools to Yu Dawei, but Yu Dawei knew that his father cherished his tools so much that he would feel a pang of regret if he really took them for himself.

Moreover, the old man's car repair techniques are different from mine, and there are also significant differences in the choice of tools when repairing cars.

For example, I'm used to using a box wrench to remove screws, while the old man prefers to use a notched wrench.

Therefore, the old man's toolbox contained many wrenches, but very few Torx wrenches.

Every car mechanic needs a set of tools that suits him. Yu Dawei also wants to have a set of tools that belong to him, just like in his previous life.

Now that he's been reborn, Yu Dawei still wants to carefully select his first set of tools from tool shops in big cities.

He planned to go see Boss Liang first. He had heard him say yesterday while they were drinking and chatting that he was going to go to the oil city in the next couple of days to meet the owner of an auto parts store.

Perfect timing! He can take me with him on his way there, and then I can hitch a ride back.

Taking a bus from Luhe Town to Youcheng is very troublesome. It only takes about two hours by car, but if you take a bus, you have to transfer from the town to the county seat, and then from the county seat to the city. You have to get up before dawn to wait for the bus, and by the time you arrive at the Youcheng passenger transport hub, it may already be 11 or 12 o'clock.

If I were to take a bus, I reckon it would take a whole day to get back.

When they found Boss Liang, he was in Brother Duan's new courtyard. Another morning had passed, and not only were some of the fences in the courtyard gone, but even the cow and horse manure had been cleaned up.

The house was originally intended for living, consisting of three brick and tile rooms, two of which had heated kang beds. Previously, there were some miscellaneous items on the beds, but now the two of them have cleaned them up and replaced them with new kang mats.

The door leads to the outer kitchen, with the stove placed under the south-facing window. Next door is the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) in another room. When cooking, the flue can also transfer some heat. In addition, since the heated kangs in both rooms face south, the rooms will naturally be warmer when the winter sun shines down.

There's usually a bit of firewood in the kang (heated brick bed), so I figured it would be quite warm even without a stove in winter.

However, according to Yu Dawei's guess, at this time in 93, the winter temperature was still very low, so a stove was still necessary, but at least it would definitely reduce the amount of coal burned.

To his surprise, besides Boss Liang and Brother Duan, there was also a mother and son in the house.

Yu Dawei had met the middle-aged woman before; she was Duan Dahai's wife, and Yu Dawei often called her Sister-in-law Duan. But when Yu Dawei saw the brat next to her, he was truly shocked.

When the little guy saw Yu Dawei, he excitedly blurted out, "Brother-in-law!"

Yu Dawei was speechless.

The other people in the room were also stunned for a moment.

Yu Dawei carefully examined the chubby boy in front of him. He was about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a blue short-sleeved plaid shirt, with some sparse freckles on his cheeks. He grinned at him and seemed to be a chubby boy who loved to smile.

But this image is not Xiaofang's type at all.

"Brother-in-law, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to see you here." The chubby boy's shiny, mole-covered face was beaming with joy as he pulled Yu Dawei to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed). "You know my dad? Isn't that a coincidence?"

"Don't you recognize me? My name is Duan Xiaowu. I saw you at the school gate before the high school entrance exam." The chubby boy was afraid that his brother-in-law had forgotten him, so he tried hard to recall any old memories.

With a numb expression, Yu unconsciously smacked his lips, ultimately unable to bear hurting the other's young heart, and could only let out a soft sigh: "What a tragic fate..."

He never expected that the boy surnamed Duan he met at the school gate was actually Brother Duan's son.

"So, what's going on here?" Boss Liang looked at the two of them with a grin. "Which girl has this kid taken a fancy to?"

"My younger sister, Yu Fang, is his classmate." Yu Dawei smiled wryly, but it wasn't that he was trying to break up the couple or that he wouldn't agree to the relationship with this guy.

Instead, Xiaofang has her own Mr. Right, whom she will probably meet when school starts in September.

That was the person Yu Dawei wanted to meet when he sent Xiao Fang away, but unfortunately he didn't get to meet him at school.

According to him, in his past life, he was very thin and his family was very poor. They were so poor that his father sold their only old cow to pay for his high school tuition.

Of course, that person and Xiaofang should have a purely classmate relationship now, until they both get into university.

"So that's how it is!" Duan Dahai walked to the edge of the kang with the thermos in his hand. "I was wondering how you, a student who was clearly at the bottom of the class in school, could suddenly study so hard for a semester and get into the county's No. 6 Middle School. It turns out that's where the problem lies."

Duan Dahai picked up his teacup and poured Yu Dawei a cup of water: "I have to thank your little sister. If it weren't for her, this kid wouldn't have been able to get into high school."

"Yes, I really have to thank Dawei, and also Dawei's sister. I'll buy some things for Fangfang later, and Dawei can take them to her." The woman standing to the side carried a handbag in her right hand and wore a bright and shiny woolen coat, which contrasted sharply with Duan Dahai's attire. "Sister-in-law, no need, no need! This is the result of your own child's hard work, it has nothing to do with my sister." Yu Dawei sighed inwardly. Duan's sister-in-law was generous and unpretentious, but she was just too fond of showing off.

This may also be related to Brother Duan's profession. Since they got married and started collecting garbage, they have been ridiculed by the people in the village. They have come a long way with many setbacks.

Yu Dawei certainly wouldn't believe that his sister-in-law wasn't deliberately seeking revenge against those gossipy women who looked down on her back then. But some people can get over this kind of thing, while others will never understand it.

There's really nothing to be angry about; ultimately, living is about making yourself comfortable.

Sister-in-law Duan was a shrewd woman. Seeing Yu Dawei's decisive refusal, she probably knew that he had no intention of bringing the two children together.

However, she wasn't annoyed. Perhaps this was a good thing. She even thought that if Xiao Wu tried harder for love and got into university, that would be fine.

Then the Duan family truly had something to be proud of in Chuhua Village.

Duan Dahai and Boss Liang naturally understood what was going on.

But the chubby boy was a persistent person. He grabbed Yu Dawei's hand and pleaded with him, "Brother-in-law, I went from being last in my grade to beating two-thirds of the students in order to get into No. 6 Middle School for Xiaofang. Now I'm in the same class as Xiaofang. I have a great chance. Please help me out for my dad's sake."

Yu Dawei grinned wryly, picked up his teacup, took a sip of hot water, and then looked at Duan Xiaowu curiously, asking, "What do you like about my sister?"

"Straightforward, sincere, loving, good, good-looking..." Duan Xiaowu's chubby little face flushed slightly.

The adults beside him grinned even wider. This child was fifteen, a chubby little boy. They had thought he would be timid, but they hadn't expected him to be so outspoken.

"Good eye!" Yu Dawei gave Duan Xiaowu a thumbs up. After all, his daughters all inherited the thick eyebrows and big eyes of the Yu family. They were all quite good-looking and did not inherit the broad shoulders of the Yu family men. Instead, they resembled their mother's figure when she was young, neither fat nor thin, and with a well-proportioned body.

Yu Dawei had a brief encounter with the chubby boy and had grown to like his personality. He was cheerful, optimistic, brave, and could be shy but was not timid.

Unfortunately, he was not the right person for her; they were destined to meet but not to be together.

"So that's what they mean!" the chubby boy exclaimed excitedly.

"Fine, I'll show you the way." Yu Dawei still didn't want this nice little fat guy to get too deeply involved; a simp will eventually end up with nothing.

"Brother-in-law, please speak, I'm all ears." Duan Xiaowu snatched the thermos from his father's hand, uncorked it, and refilled Yu Dawei's thermos with hot water.

Yu Dawei took a sip of water: "Let's cut our losses. It's not that you're bad, it's just that my sister doesn't like your type."

"Huh?" Duan Xiaowu's bright smile slowly disappeared, the light in his eyes dimmed, and his expression was full of disappointment: "Then, what type does she like?"

Yu Dawei tilted his head back, holding the teacup, and recalled: "He was a bit dark-skinned, a bit thin, a good student, taciturn, very frugal, gentle, responsible, and capable... that's about it."

Duan Xiaowu pouted, trying hard not to cry: "Okay, I understand. I'm going out to play."

Then everyone saw Duan Xiaowu alone in the courtyard, picking up a tree branch and squatting on the ground drawing circles.

His back view did indeed look somewhat lonely.

"Sigh, this kid is so young and he already understands love. It's almost heartbreaking to watch." Boss Liang leaned on the kang (a heated brick bed), his gaze shifting from the window. "Dawei, what you just said, is it true? There's really no chance between these two?"

"Actually, if your two families could become in-laws, that would be even closer than marriage," Boss Liang added.

"I'm so sorry, brother and sister-in-law. I really didn't lie about my little sister's situation." Yu Dawei put down his teacup, spread his hands, and sighed. "I overheard my little sister talking to my second sister once when I came home. She said that the girl actually has someone she likes."

Yu Dawei told a white lie, which was good for his younger sister, for Xiao Wu who was full of expectations, and for everyone else.

Next, Yu Dawei told Boss Liang about his plan to go to the oil city to buy tools, and the other party could decide the time.

Mr. Liang was naturally happy to have a companion on the road.

Duan Dahai suddenly said he also wanted to go to the oil city and needed Yu Dawei's help with a small favor. Now that the yard was almost tidied up, he planned to get a second-hand mini excavator for the yard.

I wanted to ask Yu Dawei to go to the oil city and help me take a look. If he could find a bargain, that would be great. If not, it wouldn't hurt to try my luck.

If Yu Dawei hadn't suggested going to the oil city today, Duan Dahai wouldn't have been in such a hurry to find an excavator.

(End of this chapter)