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

Chapter 284 Passing through a village, I remembered two extraordinary people
Upon hearing this, Yu Dawei was immediately tempted.

Compared to finding jobs in the general public, students on campus are more likely to stay in the workforce for a longer period. Moreover, young people are more willing to learn and have more drive when they first enter the workforce, which are all advantages.

Although I'm not as skilled as a master craftsman, I certainly have enough theoretical knowledge; I just need to accumulate it over time.

Most importantly, if they are trained well, they could very well stay with you and become your right-hand man in the future.

This is what the future refers to as management trainees recruited from schools.

If even one out of ten is honest, capable, and grateful to the company, then the company has made a huge profit.

The value of talent to a company is always immeasurable.

“In that case, I’ll go to your school when school starts in March and see if there are any suitable candidates.” Yu Dawei finished eating and leaned against the wall of the inner room behind him. “But we should still recruit people. We’ll post a notice at the entrance starting tomorrow.”

Then Yu Dawei shared his thoughts. Currently, Fanfan Repair Shop can still manage with just a few of them. Firstly, Yu Dawei and Lao Ji have decent skills; they are both seasoned veterans, so their car repair efficiency is naturally much faster.

But what about after March?
Yu Dawei needs to follow the car maintenance project. Although he doesn't need to be at the construction site every day, he has to be there immediately if anything happens.

So after much thought, Fanfan's repair shop still needs to hire people.

Old Ji agreed, saying that without the axe and the boss, he definitely wouldn't be able to handle the entire repair shop by himself in the summer.

Even if Boss Yu isn't around in winter, what about wilderness rescue?

Finally, Yu Dawei made the final decision: Fanfan Repair Shop will start recruiting people immediately!
As for the requirements, male, aged 18 to 40, it doesn't matter if you can repair cars, but you must be ambitious and serious about your work, which is very important.

This can be considered as indirectly finding a few apprentices, with a salary of 500 yuan per month.

The salary increases by 10% every year, with no bonuses. If I can become a full-fledged repairman later on, we can talk about that then.

The notice also needs to include the job posting for a road roller operator. Yu Dawei doesn't want to put all his eggs in one basket. If he happens to find a suitable one by chance, then he won't need to make the trip to the county's technical school.

With this matter settled, all that's left is the construction of the factory.

If the business is good in the first half of this year, Yu Dawei plans to build a dedicated prefabricated repair shop in the west. He knows firsthand how cold it was when he and his colleagues repaired cars outside last winter.

However, this is not the most important thing at the moment. If the business is good in the first half of this year, the first thing Fanfan Repair Shop will do is to find Brother Duan and buy the land where Fanfan Repair Shop is located.

Then we'll consider whether we have enough money to set up a prefabricated house repair shop.

He also needs to go to the branch office soon, since it's almost Chinese New Year. He should bring something to visit Supervisor Chang and the other leaders, and also inquire about the progress of the project in Luhe Town.

At present, these are the only important things that Yu Dawei has on his plate.

After going through the process, Yu Dawei was feeling quite exhausted. He was overcome with drowsiness after drinking, so he left the afternoon's work at the factory to Fu Zi and Lao Ji.

Yu Dawei lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and Lao Ji and Fuzi, seeing that their boss was "unconscious," thoughtfully covered him with a blanket.

Old Ji continued to discuss the details of recruiting with Axe.

What kind of paper was used, and who wrote the words?

A calligraphy brush is best, and it should be pasted on...etc.

A day later, Yu Dawei bought a lot of things in town and first went to Minquan to visit his second and third uncles.

After a brief chat about the village-to-village electricity project, he drove to Zhangmujian Village, where he had an uncle, who was also his mother Zhang Yunqin's older brother. He took a quick look and gave him two hundred yuan.

Zhang Yunqin's mother has three sisters and one brother. This is her maternal uncle. Because of the carpentry skills passed down from her father, they live a very good life.

During festivals or when someone gets married, people from all around would ask him to make cabinets.

This maternal uncle was not the person Yu Dawei wanted to see. In Zhang Mujiang's village, he also had a cousin, who was his mother Zhang Yunqin's cousin.

The relationship between the two is like that of Yu Dawei and his uncle Yu Dafu, who are the children of two brothers born to the same grandfather.

His cousin's name was Zhang Xinghua. He used to be a carpenter, but he fell ill and the village doctor prescribed the wrong medicine, which caused him to be partially blind and have a blurry vision.

He was definitely unable to work anymore, and when his wife saw him like this, she ran away, leaving him with their two sons.

Yu Dawei remembered that his family wasn't very familiar with this cousin's family, mainly because the old man looked down on Zhang Xinghua.

Zhang Xinghua is an adult who can't even keep an eye on his own wife, and even let her take all the things in the house. It's clear that he's not a wise person.

Fortunately, Yu Dawei, this cousin, still had some debts from furniture-making projects. Around the 1980s, he started collecting those debts and then lending money out of the village. The interest rates were affordable for the villagers; he was just trying to make ends meet this way.

At the beginning, they didn't have much money, and life was very difficult. My mother was kind-hearted and had always had a good relationship with this young man, so she helped him out a few times.

The old man's words, his face, and even his actions all showed his disagreement and disapproval, but he wasn't heartless. Besides, they were all genuine relatives, and his family had lived a decent life in the past, so he didn't care about a few measly things.

Yu Dawei was relieved that the old man was unusually magnanimous and didn't argue with Zhang Xinghua's family.

Otherwise, this favor would be lost.

Yu Dawei only remembered his cousin's two sons when he drove past Zhang the carpenter today.

These are Yu Dawei's two cousins, one named Zhang Yuming and the other Zhang Yuheng.

These two men also did very well in the future, but unlike his second uncle Hou Wanqiang and his cousins, these two cousins ​​pursued official careers.

Perhaps these two inherited Zhang Xinghua's naturally sharp mind; after all, his cousin never used paper notes to cover his various debts and loans—since he was blind, he wouldn't be able to see them anyway.

He always used his brain to keep track of all kinds of accounts. His mother, Zhang Yunqin, said that her cousin had a naturally good memory and could remember everything he saw.

Yu Dawei was impressed; his maternal relatives did indeed share a common trait: they were born with excellent memories.

His mother, Zhang Yunqin, could recount a small incident from over ten years ago in perfect detail, down to the day, week, and time of the event, without missing a single word, as long as you only gave her a rough outline.

When it comes to her own father, Yu Laonian, things are different. Two or three years ago, when he borrowed money, he had to go to the cabinet to get a little notebook to check. His mother, Zhang Yunqin, would tell you exactly how much money it was, which day, whether it was in the morning or afternoon, and when it would be repaid...

But my mother just has a good memory; she doesn't have the miraculous ability to remember everything she sees.

In the Yu family, only Da Feng had a photographic memory, but her brain was damaged and she couldn't study.

Yu Da felt that he hadn't inherited his mother's memory in this aspect, but his memory was still a hundred times better than his eldest son's.

He also possesses excellent mathematical abilities and can readily demonstrate them.

It's a pity he doesn't like studying, otherwise, would that brat Yu Muyu even dare to surpass his father? Don't even think about it.

Soon, the little red car drove into the courtyard of an adobe house. The gate was made of two broken wooden planks, with several vertical planks in the middle cracked and broken.

Further away, there was a cowshed with an old cow with black and white spots inside. When Yu Dawei got out of the car, a strong smell of cow dung wafted out of the cowshed and into Yu Dawei's nostrils.

Yu Dawei looked up and saw a pile of various kinds of manure right next to the cowshed.

Goodness, no wonder it smells like this.

It turned out they were composting manure.

Composting manure is a very common practice in rural areas. Once the manure is properly composted, it becomes natural fertilizer the following year. My cousin's manure pile is just enough for his garden.

That makes sense; nowadays, even if my uncle had the eyesight, he couldn't do any heavy work.

The family's few acres of land had already been rented out, yet Yu Dawei's cousin, Zhang Xinghua, still worked tirelessly to support his two children's education.

"You are……"

When the little red car drove into the yard, a young man who looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with medium-length hair, wearing a cotton-padded jacket and trousers, with a very simple dark blue coat on top.

Behind him followed a young man who looked similar, but more energetic. He had a buzz cut, wore a worn-out cotton-padded jacket, and tucked his hands into his sleeves, curiously watching Yu Dawei's little red car.

"My name is Yu Dawei, and my mother is Zhang Yunqin." Yu Dawei closed the car door and smiled at the two people who were about the same age.

No one could have predicted what these two would be like in the future.

"You are... Dawei?" The young man standing in front frowned. Didn't he remember Yu Dawei going to study in Hohhot?
How come you're driving a car now, after all these years?

"What, don't you recognize me? We used to climb that crooked tree in your village together when we were kids." Yu Dawei looked at Zhang Yuming's second cousin behind him. "As far as I remember, that guy was a complete klutz when it came to sports. He could only watch me and your eldest cousin climb it."

"Stop, stop, stop!" The young man, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, hurriedly reached out to stop him. "Let's not bring up those old, trivial matters anymore. Even if you asked me to climb up now, I couldn't."

The young man looked utterly hopeless. For some reason, he could study, but getting him to do some exercise or play a game was worse than death for him. He even tripped and fell flat on his face while running. Who could believe that?
"That's really something, Dawei!" Zhang Yuming, the older cousin in front, smiled and patted Yu Dawei's arm. "Good lad, haven't seen you in years, and you're driving a car now, you've struck it rich!"

"What do you mean 'make something new'? It's more like 'make dough'." Yu Dawei opened the back door of the car, glared at the two men, and then took out several boxes of fruit, handing them to the two brothers one by one. "This car was given to me as payment for repairs when I was getting it fixed."

(End of this chapter)