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

Chapter 402 Examining Teachers
Not long after, the eldest and second sons of the Yu Cong family returned one after the other.

The second uncle's family has three sons and four daughters. The eldest and second sons live in Shenzhen, while the youngest son is stationed on the frontier for work and rarely has time to come home.

Three of the four girls have already married and moved to other cities, leaving only two sons and one daughter with Yu Cong. The youngest daughter is a staunch non-marriage advocate; although she is pretty, she seems to look down on other men.

At least since she became an adult, she has never had a crush on any boy, and she has never even had any so-called erotic dreams.

Deep down, she always saw herself as a boy.

Before preparing dinner, the old lady made some Northeastern-style dipping vegetables, but asked Yu Zhouzhou to take them to the well in the yard to wash them. Yu Zhouzhou then pulled Yu Dawei, who was talking with his older brothers, along with her.

“I went back to Yujiatun last winter.” After washing the bok choy, Yu Zhouzhou put it into the basket that Yu Dawei was holding.

“I know, we found it when we burned paper money for our ancestors during the New Year. My grandfather guessed that it must be the return of my second uncle’s family.” Yu Dawei turned his head and glanced at his second uncle in the house through the window.

To be honest, he didn't have a deep impression of his second uncle when he was young. He just had a little old man in his mind who often appeared in the village and spoke loudly. Later, his memory seemed to become very vague.

During this meeting, he discovered that his second uncle not only had a loud voice but also a very bad temper. He said that others were stubborn, but in fact, he seemed to be more stubborn than anyone else.

"Thank you, Dawei. When I received the call from my dad, I was really afraid that he would find out that Uncle had passed away." Yu Zhouzhou put all the washed vegetable leaves into the vegetable basket that Yu Dawei was holding. "As you can see, my dad's health is not very good. He needs to use a cane to walk, and he always has heart problems."

“He usually has to take his heart medication regularly every day. It must be because you came today that he’s in such good condition and doesn’t seem to be experiencing any heart pain or discomfort. Anyway, thank you.” Yu Zhouzhou raised her head and smiled at Yu Dawei. “I was really worried that you would tell my dad about Uncle’s situation and he would have a heart attack because of it.”

"Don't let his strained relationship with Uncle Yu fool you; he actually talks about Uncle Yu Quan the most every day." Yu Zhouzhou sighed, brushing her wind-blown hair behind her ear.

"I can tell that your father is a very sentimental person." Yu Dawei nodded with a smile.

"What are your plans next?" As the two walked toward the kitchen in the courtyard, Yu Zhouzhou turned her head and asked again.

"Let's check on the repaired excavator. If it's in good condition, I can go home after I get paid. But before I leave, I need to get in touch with the parts suppliers. That's the real reason I came to Shenzhen."

Yu Dawei then briefly explained the difficulties his factory was currently facing, and then recounted the stories of several major distributors he had learned about in Shenzhen.

Yu Zhouzhou thought these people were quite famous in Shenzhen, but perhaps because they were in different industries, she looked blank when she heard their names.

She even felt a little embarrassed, as Yu Zhouzhou had hoped to help Yu Dawei, but it seemed she couldn't be of much help.

"Why don't you ask your older brothers when we eat later? They have a lot of cronies, maybe they can find out something for you," Yu Zhouzhou suggested.

"Okay, thank you then, sister." Yu Dawei smiled at her. Although he hadn't spent much time with Yu Cong's siblings, they were family after all, and he felt an inexplicable sense of closeness.

There was no fake politeness between them; instead, an indescribable sense of kinship naturally flowed between them.

Before dinner, the second uncle took out two bottles of old Moutai that had been sealed for a long time from his cabinet. When these two bottles of liquor were taken out, the first one to feel jealous was Yu Cong's second son.

He stared at the two bottles of wine on the table with a sour tone: "Dad, when did you become so generous? Didn't you say you'd drink this much no matter what? Look at this, look at this! Even when we brothers come home, Dad has never been this generous."

"Get out of my way! Do you think Dawei is the same as you? Look at Dawei, he's more than ten years younger than you, and now he not only owns his own repair shop, but his business has even expanded to Shenzhen." The second uncle took the opportunity to scold his second son. "And look at you, you're not young anymore, and you've accomplished nothing. You got married, and in the end, your wife ran off with someone else. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

The second son, Yu Dayi, simply smiled silently, seemingly used to his father's daily outbursts of anger.

When the eldest brother, Yu Daren, saw that his second brother had been scolded by the old man again, he could only step in to smooth things over, and the atmosphere at the meal was harmonious again.

It was during the meal that Yu Dawei learned that his second uncle's eldest brother, second brother, and younger sister all worked in the hotel industry, but in different sub-categories.

The second uncle left each of his children a hotel, which was considered a division of the inheritance. As for how well they could run the hotels, that was entirely up to them. Even if they didn't run the hotels, they could sell the properties and do other businesses. In short, they wouldn't go hungry.

Of course, the second uncle didn't leave all his businesses to his children. He also kept a two-story hotel, which is currently managed by his eldest son. The second uncle's way of managing his family is similar to that of Yu Laonian, both emphasizing relative fairness. Even though his eldest son is helping to take care of his hotel, he will still give his eldest son 20% to 30% of the revenue each year as compensation for taking care of the hotel.

Now, the eldest son, Yu Daren, has turned what was once a guesthouse into a large hotel in Shenzhen, and there are already plans to open a second hotel in Luohu District.

However, the location hasn't been finalized yet. Real estate in Luohu District is too expensive, making choosing a location a significant challenge.

As for the second son, he turned the hotel into a guesthouse. There are some ethnic minorities near Shenzhen, and he has been promoting the development of ethnic minority tourism guesthouses.

After hearing this, Yu Dawei had a different opinion of his second brother. The other party was obviously a very insightful person, but getting into tourism now was really too ahead of his time.

After all, most people in China are still struggling to make ends meet. If you run a tourism-oriented homestay business among ethnic minorities, you're lucky if you don't lose everything at this point.

However, Yu Dawei overheard Yu Zhouzhou whispering to him that his second brother had other jobs, but it was not convenient to reveal them. Even the old man did not know exactly what he was doing, so it seemed to be a matter of confidentiality.

However, after returning from military service, he never revealed any further details.

Besides these, there were several other girls who married far away. They had also been allocated a hotel property, but later they sold it off for cash through various means. Whether they went to their mothers-in-law's house to do business or to live a leisurely life is unknown.

The youngest son of the second uncle is the most miserable. He listened to his second brother Yu Dayi and started a guesthouse together. Now the guesthouse is deserted and the business is in dire straits.

Fortunately, the youngest son also had a regular job, so he didn't care too much about these material possessions.

Finally, there's Yu Zhouzhou, the youngest daughter of the second uncle's family. Back when she was in college, she turned her inn into a hotel. Now she has several more in Shenzhen. They are basically large apartments on the second floor that she rented and renovated into simple hotels.

Unlike her older brother's high-end hotels, hers is geared towards the average person, but it's still quite upscale compared to a hotel, like a nicely decorated guesthouse.

At the dinner table, the siblings shared their opinions on how to develop the hotel, and the second uncle was very happy to see this.

In his view, a family should be like this: everyone does similar things and is deeply involved in different fields, complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses, and relying on each other to form a mutually supportive relationship.

Even if unpredictable situations arise in the future, brothers and sisters can still stick together for warmth.

It can be said that the thing Yu Cong is most proud of in his life is bringing the children out of that mountain valley and binding each family member together in the oldest way that the Yu family has always done.

Of course, times have changed, so he also agrees that children don't need to follow in his footsteps. If you like running a hotel, then just use my previous template and keep innovating.

If you don't like it, you can sell the hotel and do whatever you want, or pursue any dreams you have! No one will stop you!
Most importantly, unlike the past when sons were favored over daughters, Yu Cong's feelings for his children were the same from beginning to end, but his feelings for his grandsons and granddaughters were subtly different.

For example, the two daughters of the second son's family, and the two sons of the eldest son's family. If the children are on holiday during the Spring Festival or other holidays, it doesn't matter if the granddaughters can't come because of other things. The main thing is to spoil them.

But try blaming your own grandchildren! They'll beat you to a pulp and they won't be your grandfather anymore!
"Dawei, what are your thoughts on hotels and guesthouses? Do you think it's better to open a hotel or a budget guesthouse?" Seeing his eldest son and daughter arguing back and forth, the second uncle suddenly had an idea and turned his gaze to Yu Dawei.

This is the "head of the family" chosen by that bastard.

Deep down, he also had a sense of scrutiny. In fact, from the moment he met Yu Dawei, he had been observing this younger man from all aspects.

Compared to the few in the village, Yu Dawei was indeed outstanding. However, he had heard that many of Yu Dawei's peers had gone out to make their way in the world in recent years.

Even his own sons are not necessarily worse than him.

"Oh dear, you old geezer, Dawei is a skilled worker!" Aunt Er was displeased when she heard her husband intentionally asking about Yu Dawei, and immediately turned on him.

(End of this chapter)