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

Chapter 385 Returning to the Factory
“Okay. Sigh, actually I’m quite reluctant to leave these children. Although I haven’t had any classes these past few days, the children have been coming to see me all the time. Anyway, they’ve been having a lot of fun.” He Huihui tilted her head, resting her chin on her right hand as she looked out the window. “It’s a pity that the education in the village is really terrible.”

“I heard them say that there were no instruments in music class. The teacher would just hold a pointer and tap the desk to keep the rhythm while singing. The teacher would sing a line, and the children would sing along.” He Huihui turned her head, looking bewildered. “It’s hard to imagine how they got through their childhood without instruments.”

"Hehe, this isn't the city. This is just a small village in the most remote part of Northeast China." Yu Dawei explained with a smile, "Don't say that's how they got through music class. I got through music class the same way when I was in elementary school."

"I even suspect that the teacher who teaches them music is the same one who taught me, and they probably even share the same pointer." Yu Dawei thought of a certain teacher surnamed Yao.

"No way."

"Why not? After all, there are only a few teachers at Heshan Elementary School. Some of them might teach both academic subjects and Chinese, and also social studies, geography, and music." Wasn't that what Yu Dawei's teacher did back then?

He Huihui was speechless; she truly couldn't imagine it.

“The teaching quality in the village is indeed much worse than in the city. People in the village may have already started learning electronic keyboards and accordions in elementary school.” Yu Dawei couldn’t help but feel a little worried. “I’m also worried about how to cultivate Yu Muyu’s interests and hobbies in the future. Maybe we can move to the city, but it’s not the right time yet. I’m not ready myself.”

"To put it bluntly, it's because we don't have enough capital. We can't even gain a foothold in the city." Yu Dawei's thoughts are much clearer now than before.

“Actually, it would be great if there were a training center here. Take Qingcheng for example, now there are interest training centers, after-school care centers, and all kinds of hobby institutions everywhere across from primary and secondary schools. There are also tutoring centers.” He Huihui thought of the institutions in Qingcheng. She could see people standing at the school gate handing out flyers whenever she passed by.

“Of course there are in Qingcheng, but we only have one town here. Let alone the town, I doubt we could find one in the county either. It all comes down to poverty! It’s not just the people who are poor, but the county and the town are poor too.” Yu Dawei felt that running a training class was a thankless task.

It's very simple: no one signs up, so it's not profitable.

"If there were a training class in your town that could cultivate interests and provide tutoring for the children, would you sign up?" He Huihui turned her head and smiled slyly.

“Yes, we should report it! But there are too few people in the town and the village like me who care about children’s education. As you have seen, many children stop going to school after graduating from primary school.” Yu Dawei felt that this was the norm for children’s schooling in the village, not only now, but also in the future.

With a little effort, they might only make it to junior high school before dropping out, and most cases are similar to Er Yan's.

The topic of going to school ultimately ended in silence for both of them.

Yu Dawei believes that given the town's economy, it will probably be at least twenty years before a training class is available, and parents may then realize the importance of hobbies and learning.

He Huihui turned her head and kept looking out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Perhaps she was thinking that if she had given birth to that child back then, in two years, the child would probably be too old to attend extracurricular classes.

The two arrived at the project site in town not long after, but as Yu Dawei had expected, Huang Man had already gone to work in the village.

Now that the road construction project has reached the villages south of Minquan, Yu Dawei, after obtaining Huang Man's exact address, drove He Huihui towards the construction site.

In the end, He Huihui did meet with Huang Man one last time before leaving.

Huang Man is still the same Huang Man, chubby and dull, looking like a tall, round ball from a distance. He tried to lose weight last year, but now he's gained it all back even more. There's nothing he can do about it; it's just his constitution.

But it seems that He Huihui likes this kind of chubby boy, fair-skinned and plump, full of hope.

Yu Dawei was also quite puzzled. Logically speaking, if you're on the bus all day and working, how much sun exposure do you get on your body? But Manzi's skin is whiter than his, although of course it can't compare to Xiaobai's "beautiful whiteness".

Yu Dawei didn't disturb the brief reunion between the two before their separation. He took over from Huang Man and began operating the rotary excavator.

Great. The engine is making strange noises, and there's a problem with the hydraulic brakes, causing them to be slightly unable to stop. There's no oil leak, but the cab fan is broken and needs to be repaired later.

Overall, there shouldn't be any major problems; it can still work. However, it needs to be inspected and repaired as soon as it stops operating, otherwise, it is highly likely that serious problems will arise later.

Seeing that the two people over there had almost finished talking, Yu Dawei stopped the car and gave Huang Man a few instructions on the precautions for using the small excavator, as well as to inform him in time when work was stopped.

Huang Man has a cell phone, but she never uses it. Now Yu Dawei has one too, so they can contact each other remotely if needed.

If work had to stop, Yu Dawei would have Lao Ji drag the excavator to the factory so the brothers could inspect it properly. With nothing else to do, Yu Dawei left with He Huihui.

The two did not return to the town immediately because they had to catch a bus. Yu Dawei took He Huihui to the county town and did not leave until she boarded the bus from the county town to the oil city.

Currently, there are no direct trains to Qingcheng. Whether it's Harbin or Youcheng, you have to take a train to Kyoto first, and then transfer in Kyoto to Qingcheng. Fortunately, you should be able to buy sleeper tickets on the train.

Before returning to town, Yu Dawei thought of Wang Zhuo, the manager of Longmen Laundry Detergent. After all, if Wang Zhuo hadn't introduced Bo Xiao to him, he wouldn't have met Professor Zhang, let alone been able to treat Da Feng's illness.

After thinking it over, Yu Dawei decided to buy something to visit her. However, not wanting to cause trouble, he only bought some fruit, glanced at her, and left.

Regarding whether the internal conflict between her and her brother-in-law had been properly resolved, Yu Dawei was neither a saint nor did he covet her beauty, and he showed no curiosity whatsoever.

He simply greeted them and then drove off to Fanfan's repair shop.

Because the repair shop is located next to a machinery rental market, there are usually only six or seven old and dilapidated construction vehicles on the bumpy, open ground, and occasionally buses and large semi-trailers parked there.

But when Yu Dawei arrived here today, he found that there were many more vehicles of all types, not just construction vehicles, but also bulldozers, excavators, road rollers, and tanker trucks, a total of six or seven tanker trucks of all sizes.

Judging from the license plate, it's not from the north; it must have passed by on the other side of the highway.

Yu Dawei glanced at it and then stopped paying attention, driving his SUV into the yard.

Fanfan Repair Shop's factory building has been completely completed and put into use. Yu Dawei saw that the factory gate was open, and there were busy figures inside carrying tools in and out.

In addition, there were also repairmen from Fanfan Repair Shop in the yard. When Lao Ji saw Yu Dawei in the car, he immediately put down his work, put on gloves, and came over.

"Boss, when did you get back? Let me know in advance so I could prepare some good dishes for lunch." Old Ji said with a big smile, unable to help but praise, "It's been a while, boss, you've even developed a bronze skin, impressive."

"So what if you got a tan? What's with this weird bronze skin?" Yu Dawei rolled his eyes at him. "How's business at the factory lately?"

"There are too many people watching outside, let's go inside and talk." Old Ji glanced at the people who had come to repair cars around him, then turned and led Yu Dawei into the small brick house next door.

This small brick house was built by Brother Duan before Yu Dawei bought this courtyard. Later, after the new factory and dormitory were built, someone suggested that it should be demolished and a new one built.

However, after experiencing some things in the past, Yu Dawei's perspective on things has changed. He has gone from being fickle to having a kind of attachment to old things that he is reluctant to throw away.

The old, dilapidated house in front of him was just like that. He felt that the house could last for many more years. As long as people lived there and there was life inside, the house would not collapse. In addition, his business started from this little house.

Yu Dawei decided to keep it, so that it could witness his own wonderful start.

Yu Dawei's so-called "start of life" is not yet fully underway.

According to his life plan, the first step is to maintain a car fleet. As soon as he makes money, he will start by maintaining a car fleet and then build a fleet of cars to achieve accelerated wealth accumulation.

Once his capital reaches a certain level, he will enter the oil city and begin to lay out some capital there. At the same time, he will use his size 44 shoes to flatten out every regret and remorse he had from back then.

"Boss, the income in May, excluding the field rescue work, should be around nine hundred yuan a day." Old Ji took out his tobacco pouch and lit a cigarette for himself. "It's mainly because there are more large trucks on the road recently. During the process of patching tires and changing air, Taozi and his team have discovered some hidden problems of large trucks in time, which has increased their income."

Yu Dawei nodded: "That's good. Whether it's a car or a truck, if it can be driven, it definitely can be driven. But we still need to pay attention to some hidden problems. We are mechanics. We can't just look at the car and think it can be driven, knowing what problems might occur in some parts, and then not even remind the other party. That would be a breach of professional ethics."

"Yes, yes, although it's not your exact words, I've made my meaning clear." Old Ji nodded, took out a match from the winnowing basket, and lit the welding smoke hanging from his mouth. "There's another matter. Regarding the rescue efforts, the income in late May didn't drop as drastically as we had anticipated; in fact, it increased."

"It went up?" Yu Dawei raised an eyebrow in surprise, indeed a little unexpected.

(End of this chapter)