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

Chapter 28 What's wrong with just coaxing you during the New Year?

"I thought you guys would be here later. I should have started stewing the chicken first." The older sister-in-law rushed out from the crowd, looked down at the two families' children, and said, "They've all grown so much. These kids are all growing taller than my son."

"Sister-in-law, you can't compare like that. This is nothing." The second brother, Han Guofeng, laughed and asked again, "Did my eldest brother go to pick up the car?"

"Yes, they said there wouldn't be anyone there until after the New Year, so they rushed out this morning." The older sister-in-law said with a smile.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the group filed into the house. Along the way, people around them kept asking the two families how well they were doing.

The bigger reason is that they are all people working for the grain depot, and they are all farmers who grow the land. The grain depot decides how much to buy the grain and whether it can raise the price.

After the crowd entered, they left Yu Dawei and Han Jingfan behind.

Han Jingfan looked up and happened to meet Yu Dawei's smiling face.

“It’s cold outside, let’s go inside.” Yu Dawei helped his pregnant wife up. “It wouldn’t be worth it if my eldest son got cold.”

"How are you so accurate? How could you guess that it was your eldest son in her belly?"

"Sigh, we're just not destined to have girls in this life, so let's not even think about it."

In his previous life, Yu Dawei wanted a second child, hoping for a girl. However, an old blind man in a certain village was a real scoundrel. He cast two divinations for him and said that he was destined to have four sons, and if he were to have any, the first four would all be sons.

Yu Dawei didn't believe in superstitions, and then, sure enough, his second child was a boy.

After giving birth to his second child, he sought confirmation from the old man.

The old man loved reading the Book of Changes since he was a child. Later, he became particularly obsessed with divination for a period of time. At that time, his family was well-off, so he bought more than a dozen books, including Plum Blossom Divination, Three Life Connections, and Divine Peak Examination.

However, after reading it, the old man rarely gave fortunes to people, and he even rarely mentioned it in the village.

If someone knows that the old man can tell fortunes and insists that he help them, he will take out three copper coins from the Qianlong era, spread a red paper on the table, and tell their fortune.

For a while afterward, I would always receive a second thank-you gift from other people.

Regarding Yu Dawei's desire to have a daughter, the old man chose a day and carefully performed divination for Yu Dawei. After reading the divination results, he earnestly told Yu Dawei, "If you want to have a daughter, that would naturally be the best."

This statement made Yu Dawei think for a long time, and he finally concluded that the next child would probably be a son.

On the surface, the old man always treated his children, regardless of gender, fairly, but in essence, he was someone who valued the continuation of the family line. The two are not contradictory.

Unfortunately, Yu Dawei couldn't afford to raise so many sons, and the old man was also powerless to do so. If this were the old Yu family, the head of the family would probably come over, excitedly pat Yu Dawei on the shoulder, and encourage him, saying, "Have as many as you want! Our Yu family can afford it!"

The people in the room were still focused on Old Han's eldest son-in-law. He was a long-time employee of the grain depot and could talk to the top boss. Such a good opportunity was rare.

The eldest son-in-law's name is Liu Liguo. He is also from Luhe Town. His parents used to be long-time employees of the grain depot. Before they retired, they did their best to get the eldest son-in-law, who had little education, a job there.

Although Liu Liguo's education was average, he was exceptional in his interpersonal skills. He used various connections and influence to make a name for himself in the grain depot over the years.

Everyone who delivers grain to the town's granary knows Liu Liguo. "Oh dear, little sister, where have you been? Mom said you've been here for a while." The eldest sister took off her wool coat, revealing a red wool sweater. "Hurry up and get on the kang (heated brick bed). Don't wander around this time."

Han Jingfan didn't say anything upon hearing this, but just smiled and sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) with Yu Dawei's help.

She used to be like this at home, rarely speaking, sometimes not at all, and now she doesn't want to say anything at all.

It's the Lunar New Year, and we can't afford to offend people.

She didn't know why, but ever since she looked through some of the books in her father-in-law's book box, her eyesight seemed to be clearer than before.

"Dawei, you have to take good care of my sister during this time." Seeing that her younger sister was silent, the older sister turned her attention to Yu Dawei. "Women are always a little nervous when they give birth for the first time. When I gave birth to Liu Wei, I was very grateful that Liu Liguo's mother stayed with me the whole time."

"Don't worry, big sister. I know you sisters have a good relationship and I feel sorry for your sister. I will definitely be more careful when I get back," Yu Dawei replied with a faint smile.

Han Jingping was surprised that her brother-in-law was so understanding today, and immediately smiled broadly: "Okay, okay, I still have a lot of Liu Wei and Liu Li's old clothes from when they were little. When the baby is born, whether it's a boy or a girl, there will definitely be no shortage of clothes."

"Thank you, sis."

Yu Dawei could indeed feel the sincerity in Han Jingping's last two sentences.

At this time of year, the children in the village can only buy one new piece of clothing during the Lunar New Year. The clothes they wear on ordinary days are often patched. If they find clothes that other children don't wear, they are overjoyed.

So, in today's world, when someone offers to give someone their old clothes, it's not really meant to mock you for not being able to afford clothes; it's because they genuinely care about the hardships people face in the village and want to lend a helping hand.

But does Yu Dawei need this in this life? In his previous life, his eldest son suffered a lot with him and was indeed still wearing his older brothers' and sisters' tattered clothes when he was in fifth grade. But this time, he would never let his sensible eldest son suffer any more!

The second son and his wife of the Han family found that Yu Dawei was unusually easy to talk to today, so they came over and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Liu Liguo was the same, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking like he was giving orders in front of Yu Dawei.

Yu Dawei was indeed very cooperative, frequently giving Liu Liguo and his brother-in-law thumbs up to satisfy their precious vanity.

Meanwhile, Wang Qingyan, the wife of the second brother-in-law, also took off her down jacket, revealing a pink wool sweater, and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) chatting with Han Jingfan.

However, Han Jingfan was not as magnanimous as Yu Dawei. She could ignore him, but she couldn't deceive him.

Yu Dawei seized the opportunity and took over what his second sister-in-law was saying, coaxing all three of them to be happy.

The three men's vanity was indeed greatly satisfied, but after a long time, the satisfaction became boring, and in the end, they all went about their own business.

The second sister-in-law went to the kitchen with the eldest sister to help. Liu Liguo took over the mahjong table from someone whose luck was extremely bad. That guy, whom Yu Dawei should call the third uncle, was so moved by someone taking over that he almost cried.

The second son of the Han family seemed not to have enjoyed the praise of everyone yet, and kept moving among the old and young men, telling them about the trivial matters that happened at the grain depot every day.

(End of this chapter)