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

Chapter 379 Contradictions
Yu Dawei and his group enjoyed dinner with the Zhang family. Aunt Wu cooked mostly Northeastern Chinese dishes, such as braised pork ribs with green beans, fried eggs with onions, and tomatoes with sugar...

At the dinner table, Wu Fengying talked about many interesting things that happened when she was a child in her hometown, from the hardships of life and schooling, to the dry food she ate back then, and finally to cooking in the kitchen today.

Wu Fengying praised Da Feng a lot during that time, and Da Feng helped her prepare several dishes.

The overall atmosphere was quite pleasant, and everything returned to normal only after the eldest and second eldest sons left the courtyard with their wives after dinner.

The next morning, Yu Dawei took his eldest apprentice to the old house in the suburbs to repair the car. Before leaving, he reminded Er Yan and Da Feng to be careful and not to have any conflicts with Professor Zhang's youngest son.

When Zhang Huaijin woke up, it was already past nine in the morning. The May sun was already standing in the sky, its scorching rays shining on the old locust tree in the courtyard, leaving a huge and mottled shadow.

Zhang Huaijin had originally planned to go with Yu Dawei to the car repair shop today, but as soon as he stepped out of the house, he couldn't see anyone. Instead, he saw Yu Feng and her sister sweeping fallen leaves in the yard.

Compared to yesterday, Yu Feng was wearing an old outfit today: a loose-fitting yellow shirt with rolled-up cuffs, light blue jeans, and patterned sandals made by her family in the countryside. She looked exactly like a country girl.

"Sister, look, that lazybones is awake." Er Yan said, looking up at the blond-haired youth while holding a broom.

"You little brat, you dare call me a lazybones? Watch how I deal with you! Do you really think I'm called the Little Tyrant of Beijing for nothing?" Zhang Huaijin, wearing a white vest and yellow shorts, strode over with an arrogant air, putting on a malicious look.

Er Yan was so frightened that she quickly shrank closer to her older sister, as if this action gave her a little sense of security. She stuck her head out and said indignantly, "Do you think I'm afraid of you? My brother is invincible in the village when it comes to fighting. He can kill a cow with one punch! You, you, don't do anything rash!"

"Hehehe, since your brother isn't here anyway, I'm going to do whatever I want and see what you can do to me!" Zhang Huaijin found it somewhat amusing to see the little girl say the most ruthless things and do the most cowardly things, but he still suppressed his laughter and pretended to be a demon from the Black Mountain coming down the mountain to capture people, and quickly rushed towards Er Yan.

"Ah!" Er Yan was so frightened that she let go of her eldest sister's hand and started running around the old locust tree.

Behind him, Zhang Huaijin, in a playful mood, shouted and stomped his feet hard on the ground, making urgent "tap tap tap" sounds.

Yu Feng didn't even glance at the two of them, and continued to sweep up the debris and fallen leaves on the ground bit by bit.

Zhang Huaijin glanced at the composed Da Feng, seemingly realizing he couldn't attract her attention, then withdrew and leaned against the old locust tree, looking at Yu Feng.

"When did your brother and the others leave?" Zhang Huaijin asked, looking nonchalant and lazy.

"A little after five o'clock." Yu Feng didn't even look up.

"A little after five?! Do you have to work so hard, going out to work before dawn?" Zhang Huaijin scratched his chin. "Hey, are you feeling better?"

"It's alright," Yu Feng replied casually.

"Can you handle spicy food? I know a Sichuan spicy restaurant nearby. My parents are at work and won't be back for lunch, so I'll take you out to eat." Zhang Huaijin smiled at Yu Feng, arms crossed.

"Great idea, sis! My brother and the others won't be back for lunch either, let's have a meal together with them." Er Yan smiled and looked at Huang Mao and her older sister, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

"No, the doctor won't let me eat spicy food." Yu Feng felt she couldn't sweep the yard anymore, so she finished gathering the last few fallen leaves and turned to go to the kitchen.

"If you don't eat spicy food, you can eat something else. I'm rich. What do you two want to eat? It's on me today." Zhang Huaijin was clearly unaware of the extent to which he had been blacklisted by the other party, and he was still trying to coax them into a meal.

This time, however, he crossed Yu Feng's bottom line.

Yu Feng had initially kept her distance from this ignorant and incompetent person, but after their conversation over dinner yesterday, she realized that this young master from Beijing named Zhang Huaijin was just like her former carefree older brother.

I wouldn't say they're too similar, but they're exactly the same!
Originally, they kept to themselves and had little interaction. Yu Feng stayed here for a few days and then left, but she didn't expect this person to use his carefree attitude to disgust her.

She slowly turned around, her face calm, her eyes fixed on Zhang Huaijin like rippling water.

For a moment, Huaijin felt a little uneasy under the stare.

"No need to eat. What if we get blocked by debt collectors when we go out? Do you want us to run away like you, hiding here and there?" Yu Feng said coldly, then turned and walked into the kitchen.

Zhang Huaijin froze on the spot upon hearing this, his face turning pale and then flushed with humiliation.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. What's the big deal?" Zhang Huaijin muttered, then, feeling embarrassed, he spoke again towards the kitchen, his voice rising eight octaves, "Running away was because I didn't want to bring trouble to my family! That was a strategy, a strategy!"

"In the end, wasn't it your older brothers who filled the hole for you?" Yu Feng opened the wooden window in the kitchen, propped the support rod against the window frame, and Zhang Huaijin yelled at her. Naturally, she didn't hold back either.

Regardless of gender, everyone in the Yu family is inherently brave and fierce; they've never been afraid of trouble. Of course, the main reason is that they look down on him, just like Yu Feng looked down on her older brother back then. Because of her brother's infuriating personality, her mother cried countless times in the middle of the night behind her back.

Perhaps even Yu Feng herself didn't realize that her disgust for Zhang Huaijin at this time was almost instinctive.

"You! Fine!" Zhang Huaijin gritted his teeth in anger, feeling utterly humiliated as soon as he woke up in the morning.

"Well, my sister isn't going, but I'll go with you." Er Yan was quite bold and wasn't afraid of being fooled by Zhang Huaijin at all.

"Er Yan!" Yu Feng's icy gaze fell upon Er Yan, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Er Yan shrank back, somewhat afraid to look her older sister in the eye, but fortunately she held firm to her own desires, and the thought of eating delicious food took precedence.

"Alright! Let's go! Your brother Huaijin will take you to eat the best stuff in old Beijing today!" Zhang Huaijin nodded to Yu Feng, and with the air of a victor, led Yu Yan out the door.

Yu Yan glanced at Zhang Huaijin as he left, then gave her older sister a reassuring yet helpless look. If she didn't give Zhang Huaijin a way out today, how would she get along with the Zhang family in the future?

She was really helpless! Who would have thought that even the most reserved eldest sister would have a day when she couldn't hold her temper, like she had lit a powder keg.

On the way, Yu Yan glanced curiously at Zhang Huaijin walking in the alley: "Aren't we driving? Shall we walk?"

"Ahem!" Zhang Huaijin felt a little embarrassed by the question, but still pretended to be calm and replied, "Sell it. Young people can walk around and get some exercise. Won't they be able to eat more later?"

Yu Yan pouted, thinking, "Does she really think I'm a three-year-old?"

"What are we eating later?" Er Yan asked curiously. The other person was taking big strides, and she had to kick her legs very fast to keep up.

"You've never tried Kyoto specialties like fried dough sticks, tofu pudding, and douzhi (fermented mung bean juice) before, have you?" Zhang Huaijin glanced at the other person's rapidly moving legs, slowed his pace almost imperceptibly, and then said with a smug look, "How about it? Never heard of douzhi before? People who love it absolutely adore it."

Er Yan's eyes held a hint of suspicion, but a disdainful smile finally appeared on her lips: "You want to pursue my sister, but you don't even offer to treat me to something nice. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me, your sister-in-law, to help you, Brother Huaijin."

Zhang Huaijin's eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't hide his rotten tomato-like smile: "You figured it out? You can help me?"

"That depends on what you want to treat me to." Er Yan crossed her arms and tilted her head back, waiting for the other person's reply.

"Tell me, what do you want to eat!" Zhang Huaijin gritted his teeth, even though he didn't have many coins left and the eldest sister from the Yu family wasn't treating him very well.

But how to put it, it's like he saw a wild horse on the battlefield. He liked wild horses, and he liked the process of taming them even more.

"Roast duck! I want to eat Quanjude roast duck!" Er Yan's mouth started watering as soon as she thought of roast duck.

“This…” Zhang Huaijin gritted his teeth and readily agreed, “Okay! Let’s go! Let’s go eat roast duck! Not only roast duck, I’ll also take you to try Kyoto’s donkey rolls later, they’re pretty good too!”

"Okay, okay!"

"By the way, I have a question. Why does your sister dislike me so much? I didn't do anything to offend her."

“Because, your behavior is just like my older brother’s.” Er Yan said with her hands behind her back. “I wouldn’t say it’s like him, but the way you occasionally strike up a conversation, and the expression you have, is exactly the same as my older brother used to be.”

"Your older brother, Yu Dawei?!" Zhang Huaijin was somewhat surprised, looking at Yu Dawei as a rather honest and hardworking fellow.

Could anyone be as dashing and debonair as me?
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The old courtyard of Professor Zhang's family in the suburbs.

"Achoo!" Yu Dawei, dressed in a blue plaid repair uniform, sat on the excavator frame, tightening the muffler screws with a wrench. "The weather turned cold so suddenly, it doesn't hold back at all."

Yu Dawei glanced down at his apprentice who was assembling the walking motor: "Agui, go to my car and get my mechanic jacket. Do you want to wear it? Professor Zhang brought over several old clothes."

Yu Dawei had previously asked Professor Zhang for some old clothes. Firstly, because car repair is inseparable from rags, he used them to wipe cleaned parts and areas with oil stains. Secondly, they could also be worn as work clothes.

(End of this chapter)