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

Chapter 330 The cassette tape? The cassette tape is missing.
At noon, just as Yu Dawei returned to the cafeteria to wash his hands, he saw Sun Shunli squatting by the trash can next to the entrance.

At this moment, Sun Shunli also saw Yu Dawei. The two looked at each other, and Sun Shunli mustered up her courage, walked firmly to Yu Dawei, and called out in a deep voice, "Brother-in-law."

Yu Dawei also glanced at Sun Shunli and saw that he looked haggard. The once tall and strong man had lost a lot of weight, his eyes were sunken, and there were dark circles around his eyes. It was obvious that he hadn't slept well.

Looking at his clothes, it was already May, and the weather in Northeast China was gradually getting warmer, but Sun Shunli was still wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, even though his temples were already sweating, he didn't change his clothes.

Yu Dawei guessed that the kid probably didn't have any clothes for the new season, so he didn't say anything like "Welcome back" insincerely. He just reached out and patted Sun Shunli on the shoulder: "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Come in and get something to eat first."

After Yu Dawei finished speaking, he led Sun Shunli into the cafeteria.

The canteen of the Eighth Bureau is very large because workers from more than a dozen construction sections need to eat here. So, a large canteen was built in the very center, and dormitories and offices are also located here.

For repairs, engineering vehicles need to constantly travel back and forth on-site. For repairs that are far away, a car can be driven back with some people.

The food in the canteen mainly consists of steamed buns, with rice being rare. It's considered good if you can eat rice once a week.

The dishes didn't have any meaty smell; they were mostly cabbage and potatoes. Occasionally, they would get some small fish to change things up. There was also pork and mutton, but you had to count them on your fingers.

Today was a lucky day. I don't know which chef in the logistics department got some pork, mixed it with radish and flour, and made it into meatballs. There was a lot of scrambling and scrambling in the cafeteria, and people were cutting in line everywhere.

Yu Dawei and Sun Shunli are both tall and strong; if it really came down to a squeeze, no one could outpace them.

When it comes to meals, the contractors and supervisors don't have any special treatment; everyone eats from the same pot.

So Yu Dawei saw that Manager Xu was also squeezed into the queue by a group of people. His thin figure was almost squeezed into a pie among all the big men.

After Yu Dawei and Sun Shunli finished getting their food, Yu Dawei carried his tray past Supervisor Xu and took a lingering sniff of the four meatballs on his tray: "Delicious! They smell so good. It's a pity that there seem to be very few of these meatballs left in the cafeteria. I wonder if someone can still get some."

"Hmph! So what if he's a big, clumsy guy? He'll waste a lot of food." Xu Huang said, struggling to keep his glasses from falling to the ground as he was jostled around.

"No waste. After all, the food in the cafeteria is prepared by the Eighth Bureau. I wouldn't dare eat this if it were my own food." Yu Dawei saw Xu Huang staring at him with a grim expression, and Yu Dawei felt relieved. He turned around, laughed, and quickly left with Sun Shunli.

Xu Huang stared at Yu Dawei's back, his lips moving rapidly as he lowered his voice, uttering some foul and offensive words.

Sun Shunli was somewhat bewildered. He seemed to remember Wang San saying that his boss had a good relationship with Xu Huang, but this didn't seem to fit the description of "good relationship" at all.

"Eat quickly, and go to your dorm for a nap after you finish eating." Yu Dawei led Sun Shunli to a place to sit down, and then added, "You can move your luggage to my dorm; I happen to have an empty spot there."

A few days ago, Yu Dawei stayed in Tang Chenwu's dormitory. However, a few days later, Zhou Yaowan, who was in charge of logistics, came and insisted that this was not where the boss lived. He specially arranged a single room for Yu Dawei with two beds, but Yu Dawei was all alone.

Yu Dawei felt he couldn't find out anything in the staff dormitory, so he simply left.

Nowadays, Xu Huang seems like a monk, not caring about anything every day, just wandering around calmly, which may give those who look at him a sense of contempt.

All logistical matters were taken over by Zhou Yaowan, who had returned from leave.

Yu Dawei was naturally aware of Xu Huang's intentions, but he disliked the fact that the other man was incredibly idle every day while he himself was busy to death.

"Okay." Sun Shunli nodded and took big bites of the steamed bun.

During the few days he returned to the village, he ate nothing but cornmeal porridge. He only ate one salted egg that his mother had secretly pickled for him when she was alive. Then he went to the village store and bought two bags of salt, which he poured into the earthenware jar all at once.

He wanted to use this method to keep the eggs fresh for longer, but he also knew that no matter how he stored them, they would eventually spoil.

While eating, Yu Dawei was deep in thought. He couldn't leave the construction site now, otherwise he might have been able to find out Tang Chenwu's whereabouts through Tang Chenwu's relatives.

During the meal, Yu Dawei and Sun Shunli did not speak again. After finishing the meal, Yu Dawei told Sun Shunli the location of his dormitory and then left.

Before leaving, Sun Shunli finally took the initiative to speak to Yu Dawei: "Brother-in-law, I should be able to operate a road roller now. If you don't have anyone else, can I give it a try?"

"You? You drive a road roller?" Yu Dawei stood not far from the cafeteria entrance, his brows furrowed deeply.

He hesitated, mainly because he was afraid that Sun Shunli might break the road roller that he had worked so hard to repair.

"How about this, you go to sleep first, and we'll talk about operating the road roller after you wake up." After thinking it over, Yu Dawei decided to give Sun Shunli a chance to try.

Actually, Yu Dawei had let Sun Shunli try out the road roller a month ago, but Sun Shunli turned the road into big waves with the roller, making it hard to have any intention of training him. This emergency repair of the road roller was also extremely difficult. Two mechanics from Fanfan Repair Shop were sent to help, and expensive parts were purchased, which allowed them to complete the disassembly and reassembly within three days, including the replacement of parts inside the engine.

Yu Dawei has put more effort into the Bomag road roller than into the other two vehicles.

So letting Sun try again actually took a lot of courage from Yu Da himself.

"Okay! Thank you, brother-in-law." Sun Shunli grinned. "I've been thinking about this for the past few days. My mother wants me to live a comfortable life, so I want to earn more money. I want to live a comfortable life."

Yu Dawei nodded: "That's right. Beliefs may not seem important in everyday life, but when they take root in your heart, you'll feel that you have energy for everything you do and your whole body is full of power."

Yu Dawei then offered Sun Shunli a few more words of encouragement before leaving. In his heart, he thought that if Sun Shunli really couldn't do it, he would get him a job as an apprentice at the repair shop, so that at least he would have something to eat.

If you spend a lot of time repairing cars, you'll learn to disassemble and reassemble them, and you could become a mechanic in the future.

These repeated calls of "brother-in-law" did indeed stir Yu Dawei's compassion.

In the afternoon, Yu Dawei continued working. When he returned to the dormitory in the evening, he saw Sun Shunli still fast asleep, but this time Yu Dawei did not point at him like he did at Tang Chenwu.

Because of their different behavior, he could tell that Sun Shunli was very tired and exhausted, both mentally and physically.

He didn't disturb Sun Shunli. After having dinner at the cafeteria, he brought Sun Shunli a meal and put it in the dormitory.

"Brother-in-law?" Sun Shunli had already woken up and was taking his luggage out of his silk bag. "Did you see the tape recorder and cassette tapes in my silk bag?!"

He heard from Yu Dawei today that he had stayed in his dormitory for a few days, so he asked anxiously.

Yu Dawei was taken aback: "You mean your tape recorder and cassette tape? I don't know that."

"Now that you've gotten your revenge, just let those tapes go." Yu Dawei felt that Sun Shunli still wanted to keep some evidence against Han Yanyan, but he didn't think it was necessary.

"No, it's not that..." Sun Shunli stopped what she was doing, then walked to the door and peeked out. Finding no one outside, she closed and locked the door, then whispered to Yu Dawei, "Brother-in-law, I can't hide it from you, actually, I wanted to tell you the day you hit me..."

Afterwards, Sun Shunli told him about Wang San's secret contact with him. He was careful at the time and recorded the entire conversation between the two of them with a recorder.

Now that the tapes are gone and the tape recorder is gone, anything I say seems utterly meaningless.

After hearing Sun Shunli's explanation, Yu Dawei was filled with remorse. He was speechless. Why did he have to punch Sun Shunli twice? He had caused so much trouble for no reason!

"Don't rush." ​​Yu Dawei remained relatively calm. He steadied himself and said to Sun Shunli, "Go to the dormitory and ask those people if they took it, and see if you can have it if they do."

“Then I’ll go find Xu Huang tomorrow, and I’ll go to the dorm to ask you for it.” Yu Dawei frowned, stroking his chin with his right hand.

“But now I’m mainly worried that they might listen to the contents of that tape…” Sun Shunli was a little flustered. That guy called Third Master Wang didn’t look like a good person at all.

He had never seen those kinds of thugs before, and he was just a genuine farmer, so it was impossible for him not to be nervous.

“I guess they haven’t heard of it yet.” Yu Dawei continued rubbing his chin. “If they had, they would have come to you today and given you a warning, but look, they haven’t done anything.”

Hearing Yu Dawei's analysis, Sun Shunli felt much more at ease: "Then, what should I do, brother-in-law?"

"Don't rush, go first, it's okay if you come back empty-handed."

"Come back and get some sleep. Tomorrow, practice driving with me first, and then I'll find some time to talk to Xu Huang. It would be best if we could get the tape back, but if not, we can make other plans later." That was all Yu Dawei could think of.

Wang San and his group were clearly unaware of the importance of that cassette tape. Given their calculated strategy against the unsuspecting, they weren't without a chance!

He was just a little worried that Xu Huang, this traitor, wouldn't be able to handle things by using his power to intimidate others. After all, Xu Huang and he were in a very awkward situation now, especially Xu Huang, who was being taken less and less seriously by the entire construction site.

"Well, okay then." Sun Shunli could only nod, then composed herself and went to her original dormitory.

However, the result was indeed as Yu Dawei said: no one in the dormitory admitted that they took the tape recorder and tapes.

For now, we can only wait until the next day and have Xu Huang step in.

(End of this chapter)