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

Chapter 249 My brother-in-law came to the factory to repair the car.

In this town, a repair shop like this is like a boxer beating up elementary school kids, dominating the school from then on.

At the beginning, Yu Dawei also received a lot of ridicule from his colleagues, especially during the period when he brought Lao Ji back to the factory to repair cars. Many people knew that Yu Dawei was young but skilled, and they did not dare to offend him.

But Lao Ji was a new face, and everyone thought he was just a half-baked repairman. Some repairmen who didn't usually have any work would come over and make sarcastic remarks about Lao Ji and Yu Dawei.

The sarcastic remark about Lao Ji was naturally due to his advanced age, and that repairing cars was a physically demanding job, so it was uncertain whether he could still do it well.

The criticism directed at Yu Dawei was that he lacked discernment, and that he didn't even bother to find a younger mechanic when looking for a repairman. He said that older people are too clumsy and inexperienced when it comes to work.

As a result, after seeing Lao Ji's repair skills, many people no longer dared to cause trouble at Fanfan Repair Shop, and even some who had planned to exchange car repair tips with Yu Dawei stopped coming.

There's no other reason than that they're not even in the same league when it comes to car repair. The mechanics that Yu Dawei hired are top-notch in the industry, and it would be considered beneath them for them to come to town to repair cars.

These repairmen, who started out fixing farm vehicles, were really too embarrassed to go there again.

"Why are there so many stamps from the 1980s in this bag?" When Yu Dawei emptied the plastic bag of stamps onto the kang (a heated brick bed), several old stamps appeared in front of him.

Although he wasn't familiar with this kind of thing in his previous life, his uncle's family had it when he was in high school. It wasn't that the family needed to send letters often, but rather that his uncle had two hobbies, one of which was stamp collecting.

These things were very cheap back then, costing only a few cents each. Yu Dawei vaguely remembered that his uncle started collecting them when the post office issued the first edition of stamps. Later, he liked to buy some misprinted stamps when he had nothing to do.

Although he hadn't saved up much, his uncle would take it out and look at it whenever he had free time, just for fun.

"Huh?" Yu Dawei began to examine the stamps one by one on the kang (a heated brick bed). The more he looked at them, the more shocked he became. Finally, his pupils dilated, and he looked incredulous.

The whole bag was initially colorful on the outside, but it became increasingly red as you went inside. The patterns changed from various landscapes, people, and buildings at the beginning to monkeys on a red background in the end.

Yu Dawei recognized the monkey stamp; it was the first edition of the monkey stamp issued in the 1980s, and it is said that it later fetched an astronomical price.

Although Yu Dawei didn't know the exact price of each stamp, he counted them and found that he had a total of 165 monkey stamps in his hand. Adding the miscellaneous stamps from the 1980s, they must be worth at least some money.

Yu Dawei thought for a moment, then quickly put the stamps that had fallen on the kang back into the plastic bag. He then got up, lifted the cabinet on the north wall with his left hand, wrapped the stamps in a piece of red cloth, and put them under the clothes under the cabinet.

“When I have time, I should check the market price of the Monkey stamps. Maybe I can make some extra money.” Yu Dawei closed the cabinet door and smiled slightly. “Even if I don’t make any extra money, it doesn’t matter. My uncle likes stamps so much. I’ll give these stamps to him when I go to Hohhot. He will be very happy.”

At that moment, Yu Dawei was completely unaware of the value of these stamps.

It is unknown whether the first owner of the Daihatsu van had subtly inquired about the stamps with Zheng Sanpao many times, but Zheng Sanpao refused each time, claiming he had not seen them.

Zheng Sanpao never dreamed that he was just a layer of rusty iron away from financial freedom.

Of course, the first owner of the Daihatsu van also misjudged the value of the monkey stamp; otherwise, he would never have just asked about it. Although the price of the monkey stamp has increased, it is still not crazy enough.

Just as Yu Dawei put the stamps into the cabinet, the sound of the curtain being lifted came from the doorway.

"Boss, I heard you're back. This customer said he knows you, so I thought I'd bring him inside to warm up." Old Ji led a man in a black woolen overcoat into the room.

Actually, when Yu Dawei first entered the factory, Lao Ji saw his boss, but he also saw the disdainful look in the eyes of the customer next to him.

Although they were far apart, Ji Youde was still a perceptive man. He could tell from the fact that his boss ignored this person and instead turned around and silently went back to his room that he definitely didn't like the person in front of him.

But because the other person was always around, he kept nagging about how cold it was and that he wanted to go inside to warm up, saying that he was Yu Dawei's brother-in-law and so on.

Finally, Old Ji lost his temper and led the other person into the house.

Yu Dawei glanced at his brother-in-law, who had been at his mother-in-law's house last winter, and just smiled faintly. Before he could even open his mouth to speak, he heard the other man speak first.

"Wow! Brother-in-law! It's amazing that you opened a repair shop here!" The brother-in-law reached out and patted Yu Dawei's arm, but Yu Dawei easily dodged it, leaving his hand awkwardly hanging in the air.

"Brother-in-law, are you not working at the grain depot?" Yu Dawei turned around and went to the front desk to pour a few cups of hot water for his brother-in-law and the others. "Working at the depot? With my status, do I need to work at the depot? You should say your second brother works at the depot, I don't need to." His brother-in-law sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), showing a "I'm very powerful" expression.

But Yu Dawei, who had been through it all, knew Liu Liguo's position very well. In fact, it was similar to Xiao Fan's second brother's position. It's just that Liu Liguo was a seasoned veteran, and everyone turned a blind eye to whether he was around or not.

His brother-in-law, however, was different. He was still a relative newcomer to the grain depot and generally adhered to its rules and regulations. In addition, he was an honest man and would never do something like skipping work during the day.

"By the way, did you buy this yard? It must have cost a lot of money, right?" Liu Liguo finally managed to subtly bring up the issue of money.

As the saying goes, money makes the world go round, and that's no exaggeration.

Over the years, he has accumulated some wealth. With some money, he can give small favors to everyone in the grain depot. Whenever there is a good thing, his brothers will always think of giving some to themselves. With this money, he can buy a second-hand 212 off-road vehicle. Although it is drafty, it is still very impressive to drive it!

The idea that "money talks" has unknowingly taken root in Liu Liguo's mind.

He had heard before that his brother-in-law, Yu Dawei, owned a car, but then his brother-in-law said that wasn't the case; he didn't own a car at all, but just worked in a construction team.

Later, I heard that Yu Dawei had opened a factory in the town. The rumors became even more outlandish. Some people said that the factory owner was a man named Yao Jinfu, and that Yu Dawei was just working for his good friend.

Some people say that Yu Dawei opened the repair shop in partnership with his good friend, and that his good friend, who can drive an excavator, actually helped him out.

But Liu Liguo had his own thoughts, because he had passed by the repair shop several times and could clearly see the five big characters on the sign: "Fanfan Repair Shop".

Fanfan is referring to his sister-in-law, Han Jingfan.

That means that even if this repair shop is a partnership, Yu Dawei is the one in charge, or rather, the big boss, otherwise he wouldn't name it after his wife.

At first, he was also concerned about his reputation. Since Yu Dawei hadn't looked for him when he arrived in town, he couldn't very well offer his warm face to a cold backside, could he?
But since Dawei was in the town, the rumors about Fanfan's repair shop were becoming increasingly outrageous, one of which was that it was making money.

Someone has seen the number of vehicles repaired at Fanfan Repair Shop each day, and it's estimated that they earn at least 10,000 yuan a month!
When this number was mentioned, Liu Liguo couldn't sit still any longer. Ten thousand a month! That's one hundred thousand a year! Even if it's inflated, let's say it's fifty thousand a year!
This guy is definitely a tycoon!
After several days of internal struggle, Liu Liguo finally couldn't sit still any longer. Today, he made up his mind to drive his several-times-used 212 over and fix the heater while he was at it.

"You mean this courtyard?" Yu Dawei sat on a small stool, warming himself by the stove. "This courtyard is rented. The landlord is the owner of the scrap metal recycling station."

"You mean Lao Duan?" Liu Liguo picked up his teacup, took a sip of hot water, and raised his head slightly. "We know Lao Duan well. I helped him a lot when he was running a scrap metal recycling station. We often eat together. I'll talk to him and ask him to lower your rent."

Old Ji, who was also sitting on a small stool, was completely dumbfounded! Where did this guy come from, trying to act all high and mighty?
I thought that even though my boss, Lianqiao, drove a lousy car with lots of repairs everywhere, she couldn't be too bad a person.

As a result, this is it?
If you really knew Boss Duan, shouldn't you have known about his acquaintance with Yu Dawei long ago?

Boss Liang always refers to everyone he talks to as "Little Brother Dawei," a phrase that has been confirmed by Boss Liang himself.

Besides, when he's not busy, Boss Duan is always drinking with his boss, and occasionally he'll bring himself and Axe along. He doesn't have time to drink with you.

You've really blown your own horn; nobody can compare.

"I know Brother Duan, so I won't trouble you, brother-in-law." Yu Dawei didn't want to dwell on the topic any longer, and to save face for his brother-in-law, he turned to Lao Ji and asked, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with your car?"

"Oh, the heater is broken. It's nothing serious. It's probably a problem with the thermostat." Old Ji thought for a moment. "Didn't we have a 212 that also had a problem with the heater not working? It's probably the same issue."

Yu Dawei nodded: "We'll fix it when it needs fixing, and give you a quote. My brother-in-law works at the grain depot; he's much richer than us laborers."

The implication is clear: ignore the repair price list on the wall and charge me whatever you want!

Yu Dawei can't stand these pretentious people the most. Since you want to show off, I'll let you show off. I'll make sure you show off perfectly and flawlessly!

The reason he had this feeling was either because he was genuinely disgusted, or because he saw the version of himself he used to hate.

(End of this chapter)