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

Chapter 303 An Extraordinary Night

Yu Dawei arranged for Sun Shunli and Tang Chenwu to stay with Duan Dahai, and then went to Boss Liang's place to borrow Boss Liang's phone to contact Manager Chang.

The road roller driver has been found. It all depends on how Manager Chang arranges things. Yu Dawei called to sound out the other party's intentions, in case he went there and there was nowhere to arrange for him, which would be too embarrassing.

The good news is that after inquiring, it was found that there is a section of highway south of the oil city that is short of vehicles, so it can be arranged. Moreover, the construction period is not short, and it will definitely not be completed this year.

After thanking the leader, Yu Dawei and the other man agreed to go there with their men and vehicles two days later, and they would also prepare the contract together.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dawei breathed a sigh of relief. He had invested at least 60,000 yuan to repair that Bomag double-drum road roller.

This is absolutely crazy in the eyes of ordinary people today.

However, the cost of maintaining a car is very high. For someone like Yu Dawei, who has to pay for both repairs and installations, this already saves a significant portion of the cost.

When Dawei returned to Brother Duan's room, he found Tang Chenwu teaching Sun Shunli to read. There were several old books on the kang (a heated brick bed) with missing pages, some open horizontally and some turned vertically.

"The boss is back." Tang Chenwu looked towards the door when he heard it open and quickly greeted Yu Dawei.

Nowadays, the boss is your bread and butter. Not only do you have to be quick and efficient at your work, but you also have to make sure that you arrive before your words are spoken.

"Where did you get this book from?" Yu Dawei asked with curiosity.

“It’s from Boss Duan’s yard.” Tang Chenwu put down his book. “Boss Duan said he has a lot of old books collected from various places in his yard. You can go and see if there are any related to driving. I figured Brother Sun can’t even drive a four-wheeled vehicle, so he should at least learn from the basics. So I went and looked through them.”

"It's quite a coincidence. I found two books on agricultural machinery repair, one on construction machinery operation, and another on dump trucks. If Brother Sun reads more of these books, it will only benefit him in operating the road roller."

Yu Dawei nodded in agreement. If he could read all these books, he would at least have a foundation in the mechanical engineering field.

"Okay, you can continue." Yu Dawei didn't disturb them and turned to go to the next room.

Duan Dahai spent the whole day loading up waste recycling materials. It wasn't until around three or four in the afternoon that he left with several large trucks, heading straight for the waste recycling plant.

Yu Dawei sat by the stove, poured himself a cup of hot water, added some Monkey Brand tea leaves, and placed the teacup on the stove, which could be considered a unique way of brewing tea around the stove.

At present, Hitachi's rotary excavators are on the right track, but the rotary excavators themselves have too many problems. Several problems were fixed during the overhaul last winter.

Next, Yu Dawei should make time to visit Huang Man more often, just in case she causes any trouble.

We also need to find someone to quickly build the repair room and dormitory in the factory. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to leave so many tools and equipment brought back from the oil city equipment factory outside all the time, and it might even accelerate their aging.

"I'll go find the barbarians tomorrow or the day after, and then ask my third uncle and the others to find some bricklayers. I can draw the sketch myself." Yu Dawei said as he went into the inner room, found a pen and notebook in the place where Brother Duan usually wrote things down, and then began to write and draw.

The dormitory-style room is actually quite simple. It uses a design with the kang (heated brick bed) facing south and the walls facing north. There are a few windows on the kang, and two large beams are placed in the middle. The area of ​​the kang cannot be too small; it must be able to accommodate at least ten to twenty people.

However, to avoid wasting firewood when there are too many people and too few people, Yu Dawei directly cut the sketched kang in the middle to divide it into two kangs, and then put two sets of cigarette butts on the right side. This way, when there are few people, the first set of kangs can be used, and when there are many people, both sets can be used.

The house is divided into an inner room, an outer room, and an outermost room.

The outermost room is for storing firewood, right next to the main door. The reason it's separated from the heated brick bed inside is mainly to prevent drafts from getting in during winter when people walk back and forth.

"Well, Fanfan Repair Shop only has a dozen or so people at most. If it reaches a scale of twenty people, I probably won't be able to afford it." Yu Dawei had a general idea of ​​the customer flow of Fanfan Repair Shop and knew roughly what the limit of natural flow was.

In his past life, he had run a repair shop three times on the national highway, so he knew very well that natural flow was the real source of income for repair shops.

After setting up the dormitory-style sleeping quarters for the employees, Yu Dawei began to study the size of the prefabricated rooms for the repair shop.

This kind of thing can actually be imitated from the repair shop of the oil city equipment factory, but it can't be completely imitated because the investment cost is too high!

“Actually, we can choose to lower the height appropriately, and the repair room can be separated from the tool room, creating a dedicated tool room… Hmm, that’s a good idea.” Yu Dawei’s idea quickly took shape in his mind, and his pen danced wildly on the thin paper.

Soon a sketch of the repair shop was completed.

A larger rectangle is next to a slightly smaller square.

According to Yu Dawei's calculations, the repair shop should be about 300 square meters, enough to fit two large excavators at the same time, so that all maintenance work can be carried out smoothly in winter. "The door needs to be made bigger, otherwise it will be very inconvenient to send a vehicle out later." Yu Dawei made some minor modifications.

And so it went until evening. Yu Dawei took the two people from the inner room, got into Xiao Hong, and went back to Fanfan's repair shop for dinner.

Because two new people came today, Lao Ji went to the market and bought two cabbages and some dried green beans from the countryside. He stewed the dried green beans with potatoes and added a couple of slices of meat. Actually, it tasted pretty much the same as stewing regular green beans.

Tang Chenwu quickly became friends with Taozi and the others in the second team after returning to Fanfan Repair Shop. Because of his cheerful personality, he spoke freely and without restraint, which suited Taozi and the others' temperament.

Sun Shunli, on the other hand, chatted with everyone for a while, but soon chose to help Lao Ji cook and tend the fire.

Yu Dawei simply observed the two men's behavior without doing anything, then turned around and went to the scrap metal transfer station where Duan Dahai worked. When he passed by Boss Liang's parts shop, he casually called him over.

The food at the factory is alright tonight. Brother Duan will definitely be back before he's eaten, so I'll just take everything with me.

Sure enough, as soon as Yu Dawei and his companion entered the courtyard, they saw Duan Dahai rushing home, looking travel-worn, boiling water and washing his hands and face.

"Old Duan, you must have made a good profit from these truckloads of goods, right?" Boss Liang asked with a grin as he stood at the door.

"It's alright, it's hard-earned money. Can you smell the stench coming from me?" Duan Dahai chuckled self-deprecatingly, then looked at Yu Dawei, "Wait for me a moment, I need to change my clothes before I go, otherwise they won't be able to eat here with me around."

"With me here, bro, you can wear whatever you want." Yu Dawei wasn't just saying this casually. If anyone dared to even frown at Duan Dahai, they wouldn't be working at Fanfan's Repair Shop anymore.

Is there a difference between garbage collectors and car repairmen? Essentially, they both do dirty and tiring work, and they both smell strange.

“You can’t say that. We still have to be considerate.” Duan Dahai asked again while changing clothes, “Is your employee named Sun Shunli the one you told us about before?”

The three of them are now so close they're practically inseparable. They can talk about anything, big or small, over drinks.

Sun Shunli was someone Yu Dawei had mentioned before, and Duan Dahai also remembered him.

"Yes, but you can't even imagine what this ruthless person has done." Yu Dawei, having waited around, briefly explained Sun Shunli's actions.

After explaining the situation, Boss Liang stared wide-eyed at Yu Dawei in disbelief: "You still dare to keep this ruthless person alive? Are you out of your mind?"

"What could I do when he begged me? Besides, I had posted a job ad on the door." Yu Dawei said, his head aching as he talked about it.

“Since you’ve accepted him, you should be more careful. I’ve seen this kind of person often. There are actually quite a few honest people like this in the village. If you don’t provoke him, he’s not a bad person. If you do provoke him, it’s okay, just don’t push him too far.” Duan Dahai thought that Sun Shunli still had some potential.

At least it shouldn't be condemned outright. If Sun Shunli continues to work as a driver, completing his work independently every day and not socializing much with those around him, it's actually acceptable.

On the way, Duan Dahai shared his thoughts and suggestions with Yu Dawei, who also reconsidered Sun Shunli's situation.

But the general idea remains unchanged. It would be best if he could give up on his own initiative, but if he really learns how to operate a road roller, it would prove that he has good comprehension. Keeping such a talented person would not be a bad thing for Yu Dawei.

When the group entered the house, the food was almost ready. Sun had already served the stewed potatoes and green beans. Since it was late at night and there was nothing else to do, Yu Dawei didn't mind having a little bit of baijiu (Chinese liquor), which was a way of welcoming the newcomers.

The crowd started urging the two newcomers to introduce themselves, with some of the more provocative ones directly demanding their measurements and hobbies. After that, all sorts of risqué jokes, both light and dirty, flew around like smoke rings under the lights.

After they finished eating, everyone went home.

It wasn't until midnight that something happened!
First, at Fanfan Repair Shop, someone in someone's bed on the kang (a heated brick bed) let out a loud fart, followed by a series of farts that kept coming.

In the darkness, someone finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up: "Guys, hang in there! We can't keep going like this in bed, or the blankets will shatter to pieces!"

"No, this room stinks too much. I'm going outside to hide." Taozi got up first and dressed in the dark.

That's what they say, but the truth is they're already in trouble. If they stay any longer, there will definitely be big problems!
“We really need to hide. I don’t know what you guys have been eating all day. It smells awful.” Old Zhao, from the second team, who also belonged to the rescue team, got up in the dark as well. He dressed much faster than Taozi next to him.

Taozi heard a rustling sound even faster than himself in the darkness, and immediately frowned, instinctively clenching his buttocks and dressing even faster!

There's no other reason than that Fanfan's repair shop only has one earthen toilet these days, so it's first come, first served!
One more chapter, at 12 o'clock. Does anyone remember someone from that particular place? I happened to see a courtesan who was from Northeast China…

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