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

Chapter 245 Repairing the Jiefang truck is complete; the van is being modified.
Now that all the engine parts have arrived, the remaining disassembly and assembly tasks can be completed more quickly.

After Yu Dawei instructed Lao Ji and Yao Jinfu to finish their urgent tasks, they began to focus on repairing the Jiefang engine, aiming to install it into the chassis today.

Because of the repair accident that happened yesterday, Yu Dawei and others were extra careful when repairing the car today, but they were still quite fast.

After a quick lunch, everyone worked hard to get the engine into the chassis of the Jiefang truck before sunset, using an old Hitachi excavator.

All that remained was connecting the engine to the various connection points, which was a piece of cake for a few people, but the sun was about to set and time was running out.

To catch up on the schedule, Yu Dawei turned the searchlights in the yard back on and later bought two or three flashlights from a store. The truck driver paid for all of these things himself.

The fact that Yu Dawei and the others were willing to work tirelessly to repair it for him was already more than enough, especially considering that it was in temperatures below minus thirty degrees Celsius.

After connecting the engines, Yu Dawei restarted the engine, and everything went smoothly. Apart from the engine, there were no other problems with the truck.

The truck was running normally again, and the truck driver was very satisfied with the progress made by Yu Dawei and his team. He readily gave Yu Dawei 1,500 yuan.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the mechanics, he unsteadily climbed into the car, turned the steering wheel, and drove back onto the highway, leaving the town behind.

"I really can't imagine how desperate this guy must be to go after that old woman at Chengcheng Hotel." Old Ji isn't blind; when the truck driver came to check the parts this morning, he could tell that the guy was a bit drained.

When the other person came back in the afternoon, his steps were completely unsteady. He was really afraid that the other person might trip over some old parts in the yard and fall.

“Driving alone on the road must be incredibly tedious,” Yu Dawei said, extending his clean left hand to pat Lao Ji on the shoulder. “You have to be understanding.”

Yu Dawei turned and walked into the yard, picking up the waste oil drum on the ground as he did so.

“Old Ji, you have to think of it this way: 20 yuan a night, plus beautiful women to serve you, he’s making a killing.” Even Yao Jinfu, a man who is usually taciturn, expressed his opinion on the matter.

Old Ji could only give a wry smile: "If this were you, would you go or not?"

"No way, I'd rather die than go!" Yao Jinfu said, indicating that he was very principled and not someone who would do anything like a truck driver.

After the repairs were completed, everyone felt more relaxed and spoke without much restraint.

However, Xiao Agui, who was standing next to him, became curious. In the past, he would not have asked so many questions, since it was very inconvenient to express things when one cannot speak.

But things are different now. He can talk, so he tugged at Yu Dawei's sleeve and asked, "Master, what do you mean by 'being pent up' and 'being so hungry that one will eat anything'? It sounds like that truck driver ate the innkeeper's wife next door."

"Hahaha." Old Ji and Yao Jinfu couldn't help but burst into laughter from behind.

Yu Dawei turned around and glared at the two of them, then thought for a moment and explained with a very serious expression: "Agui, you know, being a driver is hard work, you don't eat or sleep well. So of course he would be very touched to have a warm and hospitable landlady in the hotel asking after him."

“The boss is right.” Old Ji walked past the two of them carrying a plastic bucket containing wrenches, a smile on his face: “So moved that he pulled the boss’s wife into the room to pour out his heart to her, and they were truly moved to tears.”

"Pfft." Yao Jinfu swept past the two of them at the same time, and couldn't help but chuckle out loud: "That makes sense. It's just a pity that he didn't sleep all night. He must be exhausted. I hope he can deliver the truckload of fireworks to its destination safely."

"Yes, yes, that's it." Yu Dawei said with a straight face, holding a socket wrench in his left hand and a plastic bucket in his right, and quickly left A Gui's side.

He was afraid that if he left any later, he wouldn't be able to suppress the smile on his face.

Some things children will understand when the time is right, but not now. It's like the three adults secretly ate the tempting candy without sharing it with little A-Gui.

It's not that I don't want to give it to him, but I hope he can have a few more years of innocence in his life.

After the truck from Jiefang was repaired, there were still four or five vehicles in the yard that needed repair, some of which had just arrived today and others that had been there for the past two days.

These vehicles are not in a hurry to be repaired or maintained; most of them are just left here, waiting to be used as construction vehicles next year.

That concludes today's repair work. Tomorrow, Yu Dawei plans to further test the Bomag road roller. Vehicles cannot withstand being left idle; the longer they are left, the more likely they are to develop problems, and the same applies to vehicles that have just been repaired.

However, the advantage of letting it sit for a few days before debugging is that you can more accurately grasp the existing working parameters after the repair. Water temperature, oil temperature, and various switch controllers all need to be checked again after starting up to see if there are any differences compared to the previous debugging.

After that, Yu Dawei started cleaning up the van in the yard. He had to take all the parts out, including the engine, the gearbox, and the front and rear axles.

Now that it's his own car, Yu Dawei can disassemble it however he wants. At this stage, the government doesn't have many rules about modifying cars, so even if he changes the color of his car, no one will care.

After a night's rest, Yu Dawei began to carry out his plans in an orderly manner.

Xiao Agui helped Lao Ji repair a four-wheeled farm vehicle, which was also the first four-wheeled vehicle that had recently been brought to their repair shop.

Previously, a four-wheeled vehicle passed by their door, but seeing all sorts of high-end and incomprehensible construction machinery inside, it didn't dare to drive in.

Yu Dawei saw it, but didn't run out to ask, "Is your car broken? Does it need fixing?"

It's like a pharmacy owner seeing an old man walking by, grabbing his arm and asking, "Sir, are you sick? Do you need some medicine?"

Both have the same behavioral logic and are disliked by others.

This time, a villager from a village north of the town took the initiative to drive his four-wheeled vehicle here. He was a little timid at first, but since he had a younger brother who was in a technical school, he figured they were all in the same boat, so he didn't have many reservations and drove the four-wheeled vehicle into the yard.

The four-wheeled vehicle is fine; the engine is fine, but the water tank is overheating, which is probably due to the antifreeze.

Of course, this was just Yu Dawei's guess after taking a quick look. The truth would only be known after Lao Ji disassembled it.

The good thing is that the farmer wasn't in a hurry to use it, and since the village wasn't far from the town, he figured he could leave the vehicle here for a few days and pick it up when the market day came around.

The repairmen had no objections, after all, the factory was quite large, and there was more than enough space for a four-wheeled vehicle.

While Yu Dawei was adjusting the road roller, he took the opportunity to compact the snow outside the yard. It was pointless; the main purpose was simply to pass the time.

The area below the north wall to the left of the main entrance is covered with snow that doesn't melt in winter; when an adult walks in, the snow is so thick it reaches up to their calves.

When the road roller rolls over the snow, it doesn't compact it properly. Some of the snow is pressed under the wheels, while some is pushed to the sides.

After playing with the roller for a while, Yu Dawei compared its current condition with that during the previous debugging, and then parked it back in the yard.

He then began preparing to dismantle the Daihatsu van, and casually called over Xiao Agui, who was some distance away.

Old Ji repairing four-wheeled vehicles is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; having more people is pointless. It's better to come to him to disassemble your van.

Yu Dawei has already turned down a wilderness rescue job in the last couple of days. He's busy getting the van ready, which will also improve the efficiency of the rescue.

"These seats are really unusable." When Yu Dawei opened the door of the Dafa van, he saw that the sides of the seats were covered with rat bite marks, tattered and unsightly.

"Master, here's a dime!" Little Agui was squatting down in the back seat where the sliding door was open, disassembling the seat, when he saw a brown dime under the seat. He happily held it up to show off to his master.

"What do you mean by splitting it in half when we meet?" Yu Dawei was disassembling the driver's seat when he looked up at the boy with a teasing smile.

"Master, can I keep this to buy candy, the kind that costs one cent a piece? We can split it when we get back." The boy's face turned slightly red, whether from the cold or from embarrassment.

Yu Dawei was taken aback. He then remembered that the little guy in front of him was still a child. No matter how precocious or sensible he was, he still had the child's nature of loving candy and snacks.

Having brought him to Northeast China for so long, I don't think I've ever thought about this aspect, or even given the little guy any pocket money.

"Let's do as you say." Yu Dawei smiled slightly, but his eyes were thinking about other things.

The Daihatsu van has six seats in total. The first two are separate, while the last two rows of seats are connected, making disassembly relatively easy. After removing the seats, you can peel off the old leather covering of some unknown material and see all sorts of trash underneath.

Most of the trash was rat droppings. After all, the six seats had been gnawed on by rats. Some seats even had the foam pierced through. It has to be said that the rats were really desperate, gnawing on anything they could get their hands on.

The master and apprentice spent half a day collecting the rat droppings and various kinds of garbage from the car. After sweeping the garbage into the latrine with a broom, Xiao Agui ran around and threw the garbage outside the yard.

Ten meters away from the gate of Fanfan's repair shop, there is a windbreak forest that extends far to the left. Next to it is a ditch where several people from the garbage dump dump their waste.

(End of this chapter)