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

Chapter 348 The whole factory throws a big party
Because of this, Han Jingfan went to Fanfan's repair shop to talk to her husband about these things. As a result, Yu Dawei reassured her not to worry, as someone had already started pursuing Yao Yao.

So Han Jingfan only found out later that the one who was pursuing Yao Yao was actually Yao Jinfu.

However, Yao Jinfu is steady and meticulous in his work, and according to Dawei, he is a very family-oriented man. She felt that the two of them should be a good match.

However, Yu Dawei brought back bad news this time. If she can see Yao Yao tomorrow, she still has to say a few words of advice for the sake of her best friend's happiness.

Of course, Han Jingfan is no longer the outspoken Han Jingfan of the past. If she finds that Yao Yao doesn't have that intention deep down, she can't say anything more.

There's something else she hasn't told Dawei yet: of the four articles she submitted for the second time, one was selected by Contemporary Magazine, which paid her 200 yuan as a fee, and it was sent to her along with the magazine.

Only she knows about this right now. When the package was received, it was sealed in a brown bag, and the postman even commented that it was quite heavy.

After receiving the money, she thought about sharing the good news, but when she thought about how her husband earned more than 10,000 yuan a month, her two hundred yuan seemed too meager, so she decided against it.

It's not too late to tell him when you've saved up a thousand or two thousand.

Although the money wasn't much, Han Jingfan felt that her life was like the sunflower her mother-in-law had grown, which had finally survived the cold winter and bloomed in all sorts of colors in the spring.

She already had a general direction in life: to write, to express what she saw and heard in her life not with her mouth, but with her pen.

This also aligns with her quiet nature; writing it down actually resonates more with her feelings.

No one knows that in a certain issue of a contemporary magazine in 1994, there was an author named September. People may like her descriptions of rural life, but no one knows that this female writer was actually only in the second grade of elementary school.

Han Jingfan chose the pen name "September" because the first time she met Yu Dawei was on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

That evening, Yu Dawei cooked with Yu Laonian. Originally, the old man wanted to show off his cooking skills and prove his cooking level.

However, Yu Dawei couldn't let the naive and ignorant He Huihui be "tricked" by the old man, so he volunteered to be his deputy.

Yu Dawei bought a piece of pork belly, and the old man prepared a dish of pickled cabbage and pork belly, and a dish of stir-fried eggs with chives.

The rest of them were unknowingly sidelined by Yu Dawei and asked to go back to the inner room.

Yu Dawei's leftover pork belly was used to make a modified version of braised pork, but it didn't contain the quail eggs mentioned in later generations because they weren't available.

He used potato chunks, first stewing the meat until it was soft and flavorful, and then added the chopped potato chunks to the braised pork.

After another twenty minutes or so, turn up the heat to reduce the sauce.

Finally, Yu Dawei made another cold dish: shredded potatoes, shredded cabbage, and glass noodles. He blanched each of them in water, then added appropriate amounts of vinegar, scallions, ginger, garlic, salt, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Finally, he garnished it with some cilantro and chili oil. It looked quite good.

All four dishes were large portions and filling.

He Huihui really likes this kind of stew from Northeast China, and of course she especially likes Yu Dawei's braised potatoes, which are stewed to perfection—soft, tender, and easy to chew.

However, she couldn't quite accept the dipping sauce for vegetables from Northeast China, mainly because it was too salty.

While eating, Yu Dawei discussed the barbecue grill with his father, who was an absolute master at welding.

Based on the mobile whole roasted lamb he had seen in his previous life, Yu Dawei drew a sketch of the oven on paper.

There are two types: one is a hanging oven, which will be used to roast chicken, duck, and pork belly tomorrow; the other is a rectangular oven with pulleys.

When it comes to food, how can you not eat your fill after just one meal? Yu Dawei never skimps on food.

Especially now that I have so many brothers and friends around me, it's time to treat them to a better meal once in a while.

"It's settled then. I'll go to Brother Duan's place tomorrow to get the sheet metal." Yu Dawei briefly discussed the welding and design of the oven with the old man, then slapped his thigh hard.

"Duan Dahai is really unlucky to have met you. At first, he was freeloading, then he was freeloading in other people's yards, and finally he was freeloading all sorts of things that other people had taken back." Old Yu took a small sip of baijiu and chuckled as he scolded his silly son.

“Dad, you’re not right about that. I didn’t just freeload off that yard; I bought it with my own money.” Yu Dawei had also had a few drinks, and his face was flushed. “I have all the transfer documents and the property certificate. As for the dormitories and factory buildings that were built later, we did everything in accordance with the regulations.”

Yu Dawei had suffered the consequences of building a house without going through the proper procedures, and he dared not think about it too deeply, for thinking about it would make him feel like he had acted like a walking idiot in his past life.

All I can say is that his rise in this life is entirely due to the groundwork laid by his various mistakes in his previous life.

After dinner, Yu Dawei took his wife and children back to the front yard.

The chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and pigs in the yard were already starving and were eagerly waiting for their mistress to come back and feed them.

Yu Dawei helped Han Jingfan prepare good food for the livestock before returning to the house.

He Huihui, being from the city, wasn't used to the smells of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and pigs in the yard. However, this girl was quite adventurous and adaptable in any environment. In just one day, she was playing with her own dog, Shengzi.

Now, the big white dog and its puppies in the yard have completely dominated the front street. No dog dares to bark at their puppies. Of course, this is only if Gou Shengzi is present; with the other three puppies' strength, they might not be able to keep them in check.

The other three puppies, although beautiful, are really bad at fighting and are always getting beaten up by the other dogs.

Even the rooster in the chicken coop, which had grown up, dominated the three dogs, often flying over their heads and proudly raising its head.

He Huihui was probably a wild girl when she was young, otherwise she wouldn't have attracted the attention of Yu Dawei's dog and chicks.

The rooster named Wutong would peck at its male owner, Yu Dawei, but it was incredibly well-behaved when it saw He Huihui.

He Huihui acted like a bandit, wanting to take away both Gou Shengzi and Wutong, the big rooster.

Yu Dawei ignored her and comfortably lay down on the kang (heated brick bed) and fell asleep.

In Northeast China, the kang (heated brick bed) is usually a shared room. If you have the means, it may be divided into two rooms: an inner room and an inner room within that inner room.

When there were many people, the men slept on the kang (a heated brick bed) in one room, while the women slept in another room.

But in most cases, men and women still slept on the same kang (a heated brick bed).

However, there were still ways to avoid suspicion. For example, Yu Dawei would take the initiative to sleep on the far left or far right of the kang (a heated brick bed), with Han Jingfan next to him, then the child, and finally He Huihui.

In Northeast China, people generally don't sleep naked when there are outsiders present. They usually wear a sweater and long underwear, or a short-sleeved shirt and shorts.

He Huihui was initially wondering how a man and a woman should sleep on a kang (a heated brick bed), but now that she saw how well Yu Dawei and his wife had arranged it, she was happy to do the same. After getting into bed, she played with the child for a while and then fell asleep.

I could hear faint chirping of insects. It wasn't the hottest time of summer yet, so the birds were probably still waiting for food, and they weren't chirping as cheerfully at night.

Tranquility has become a synonym for life in the village.

Han Jingfan's published article describes Jing's life in the village.

The next day, Yu Dawei drove his second uncle's SUV, taking his grandfather, He Huihui, Han Jingfan, eldest son, and mother with him.

Then they came back and took Er Yan and A Gui with them, heading straight to Huang Man's dormitory.

Just as the weather forecast predicted, it was raining all day. Otherwise, Yu Dawei could have let the old man drive the SUV first, while he drove the four-wheeler with the two children.

The SUV drove to the dormitory to pick up Huang Man, then went to the health center, and finally to the No. 9 construction site where Fu Zi was located.

Because of the rain, Axe didn't do any work and was just lying bored in his dorm room.

He had been thinking about whether to brave the rain and ride his bicycle to find Mi Yao, but he was afraid that if she saw him looking like a drowned rat, her impression of him would be greatly diminished.

Unexpectedly, Brother Dawei personally came to pick him up for a whole roasted lamb, and Mi Yao, whom he had been longing for, was also in the car.

Actually, when Yao Jinfu first met Mi Yao, he wasn't quite at the point of liking her very much.

But as he got to know her better, he discovered that he liked her personality, her way of doing things, and the fiery temper hidden beneath her gentle exterior.

Of course, it cannot be denied that he really likes Mi Yao's baby face; it's so pretty that he wants to take a bite out of her.

Although SUVs offer ample space, they can't handle a large number of people inside.

Huang Man, being the largest, sat in the passenger seat of the SUV, while Er Yan and A Gui squeezed together in the back. Mi Yao was fine after getting in the car, but it wasn't until Ni Fuzi got in that the situation changed.

The back seat started to feel a bit cramped, and an unusual atmosphere began to develop between Mi Yao and Yao Jinfu.

"Big brother, what are you standing there for? Drive! The back seat is practically a meat patty!" Er Yan was getting impatient from being squeezed so much that she reached out and nudged the back of the seat in front of her.

"Sigh, let's go, let's go, really, you talk too much." Yu Dawei looked away from the rearview mirror, speechless with exasperation at Er Yan, that brat.

Didn't you see how nice the atmosphere was just now? You completely ruined it.

Yu Dawei pressed the accelerator with a sense of regret and drove all the way to Fanfan's repair shop.

The repair shop's gate was painted blue by the guys a few days ago. Lao Ji said that the metal gate rusted after a few rains, and painting it would make it last longer and prevent oxidation.

However, as soon as Yu Dawei passed by the gate, he saw that the hinges were rusty again, clearly indicating that someone had been lazy and hadn't painted over the rusty areas.

However, Yu Dawei was too lazy to bother with such a small matter. He remembered that there was still some paint left in the small warehouse, and he would redo it after the rain stopped.

(End of this chapter)