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

Chapter 404 My rules are rules
Dragon Soul Wine

He had drunk this wine more than a hundred times, but the best one wasn't this one. It was Xiong Hun Wine, which was also the wine that the men of the Yu family drank most often. It was said to have been invented by one of the ancestors of the fourth son, Yu Huai's family, by accident.

Not only does drinking it strengthen the body, but you won't feel particularly cold even when walking in the forest at tens of degrees below zero in the dead of winter.

There are even those who drink bear spirit wine in winter and practice martial arts while wearing only a single layer of clothing.

For example, Uncle Six...

"Dawei, how's that old man Yu Quan doing lately?" The second uncle put down his wine cup and finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on his mind.

These words immediately silenced everyone at the table.

Yu Dawei was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and finally could only turn to Yu Zhouzhou for help.

Yu Zhouzhou stared wide-eyed, her face also showing an innocent expression, and then she turned her gaze to her older brother like a football being passed around.

Even Yu Daren, who usually understands the atmosphere best, didn't know how to phrase his words at this moment.

Keep lying to the old man? Can you bear to do that? It's one thing if you don't ask, but if you do ask and he really doesn't tell you, his conscience as his son won't allow it.

To put it bluntly, do you know how much longer the old man can live? Even if his own father always uses his great-uncle as a negative example, deep down he must still care about their brotherly relationship.

"What's going on? Yu Dayi! Do you know what's going on?" The second uncle saw the three young lads across from him exchanging glances and immediately turned his attention to his second son, who was eating his food with his head down, seemingly oblivious to everything.

"Huh? Dad, this... ask my older brother, ask my older brother." Yu Dayi was inwardly groaning. He was prepared to be invisible, but he still managed to be caught.

Yu Daren across from him had a black line on his face. "You don't want to talk, so you just push it onto me! You're really my brother!"
"What do you mean? You're not going to tell me, are you? Then I'm going to the train station right now to buy a ticket and go back to my hometown! Let's see what you're hiding from me!" Yu Cong picked up his cane from the table, got up, and was about to go back inside to pack his things!
His children, who knew his personality well, all hurriedly got up and stopped their father at the door.

This is a living dad who can do whatever he says! Can you afford to mess with him?!

"Still not going to talk?!" Yu Cong's gaze swept over his children, and whenever their eyes met, they all avoided his gaze like mice seeing a cat.

In the end, Yu Cong focused on his youngest daughter, whom he had doted on since she was a child. He couldn't believe that his youngest daughter had angered her father so much.

"Oh, Dad..." Seeing that the old man was determined to ask, Yu Zhouzhou could only coax him in the end, "Dad, sit down first, sit down and I'll tell you properly."

“Actually, when we went back to our hometown to pay respects to our ancestors last year, we saw Grandpa’s grave. Before we left, we specifically asked about it, and we learned that Grandpa passed away last summer…” Yu Zhouzhou sighed. Sure enough, this matter couldn’t be avoided.

"Dad, Dad?" Yu Zhouzhou noticed that the old man was just sitting there, not saying a word, staring at the table without moving, and she immediately became worried.

"It's alright." Yu Cong poured himself a glass of wine with his withered old hand, sipping it as he sighed, "No matter how great you are, you'll eventually be buried in the earth."

"Let's eat." Yu Cong resumed his previous nonchalant manner, picking up food with chopsticks as if he were completely unaffected, and started chatting with his children and Yu Dawei.

Until the end of the meal, the second uncle did not mention anything about the first uncle again.

“By the way, there’s something I should tell you all. The third brother can’t come back from the frontier. If I’m not around anymore, the eldest brother should notify him.” Yu Cong saw that his eldest son was about to object to something, guessed what he wanted to say, and stopped him with his hand. “And your sisters who have married far away, as long as they still have the surname Yu, they will be members of the Yu family for life.”

"Dawei, bring me the gourd that Grandpa gave you." Yu Cong looked at Yu Dawei with a slightly serious expression.

Yu Dawei didn't dare to disobey his second uncle's wishes and handed over the wine gourd beside him.

"Our Yu family, although it couldn't compare to the big families back then, was not nobody either. You could say that being born into the Yu family is something every one of you can be proud of." When Yu Cong spoke of the Yu family, his expression, which had been slightly downcast, instantly brightened.

He removed the copper coin bearing the inscription "Qi Xiang Zhong Bao" from the side of the gourd, and presented it to everyone by holding up a red string in his right hand: "This copper coin was a personal keepsake of the Yu family's ancestor. It is recorded in the family genealogy that in a time of famine, when corpses littered the land, the Yu ancestor, along with his two brothers, trekked through mountains and rivers, heading straight for the Northeast..."

"Later, the youngest brother starved to death on the road, and the ancestor's other brother was beaten to death for fighting with others for food. In the end, only the ancestor survived to reach the Northeast." Yu Cong withdrew his hand and stared blankly at the copper coin in his hand.

"From the moment it left its hometown, this copper coin has been with its ancestors."

"Watching the Yu family rise from nothing to something, and then decline..."

"It's like the embodiment of our ancestor, always watching over his descendants. That's why it became the token of the family head throughout the generations." Only at this moment were the three siblings at the table truly shocked, their eyes filled with the copper coins and the image of Yu Dawei.

"At first, I was a little unconvinced that Yu Quan had chosen an heir from the village. After all, what good dates could such a backward village have?" Uncle Er said, handing the copper coin back to Yu Dawei with a faint smile on his face. "As it turns out, that old man Yu Quan has a pretty good eye."

"Now that you understand the significance of this copper coin, from this day forward, Yu Dawei will be the new head of our Yu family." The second uncle turned back, staring at his three children with an extremely serious gaze. "From now on, no matter what the circumstances or the time, you must unconditionally and wholeheartedly support whatever the head of the family commands!"

"Second Uncle, Second Uncle, there's no such thing!" Seeing his second uncle's serious expression and the blank stares of his cousins, Yu Dawei quickly stepped in to smooth things over. "When my great-uncle gave me this copper coin, he didn't say anything, just told me not to lose it."

"Some people in the village also know what copper coins are all about, but they don't take it seriously. It's mainly because times have changed, and there's no need for any kind of head of the family anymore."

The three siblings looked at each other, and after hearing Yu Dawei's explanation, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Aside from one's own father, who would like to have someone above them who's bossing them down? Dawei is right, times have changed.

"No way!" The second uncle, stubborn as ever, slammed his hand on the table and stared intently at his three children. "I don't care about other people's children, and I have no say in their affairs, but the children I gave birth to belong to the Yu family, whether they live or die! As long as they bear the Yu surname, they must listen to you, the head of the family!"

"Did you all hear that? Did you all hear that!" Yu Cong's temper flared instantly when his children ignored him, followed by a tearing pain in his heart.

"Dad, Dad! Second brother, go get the medicine!" When Yu Daren saw his father clutching his chest in pain, he knew that his heart disease had flared up. He quickly ran to his father and said, "Dad, I'll listen to you, we'll all listen to you. Please calm down, calm down."

Yu Dawei, standing to the side, suddenly felt embarrassed. He hadn't expected that his visit to see a relative and have a meal would be taken so seriously.

"Second Uncle." Yu Dawei looked at his second uncle, who was leaning back in his chair with a nitroglycerin pill in his mouth, and felt a little uneasy.

Yu Cong was so uncomfortable that he couldn't move, but he still endured the discomfort and stretched out his withered left hand to tightly grasp Dawei's hand beside him, squeezing it with the slightest bit of force.

It was as if he was telling this younger generation in a calm tone, "As long as I live, the Yu family will not fall apart."

When gathered, they are a blazing fire; when scattered, they are countless stars...

As the sun began to set, Yu Dawei stood in the courtyard, tilting his head to look at the fiery cloud on the horizon.

The second uncle was helped into the house to rest. This dinner, which should have been a harmonious one, unexpectedly ended in this way.

He put his hands in his pockets, feeling a little regretful. He shouldn't have come so rashly.

"Patriarch? What are you pondering?" The second son, Yu Dayi, approached Yu Dawei with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"Second Brother, please stop teasing me. What family head? We don't talk about that in the village anymore." Yu Dawei scratched his head awkwardly.

“No, since we’ve already promised the old man, we’ll definitely acknowledge you as the head of the family.” The eldest brother, Yu Daren, also came out of the house, holding a handful of melon seeds. He shared some with the two of them. “Your second uncle is a very stubborn person, and also a very family-oriented person. If he hadn’t been forced by life to leave, he would definitely be the one least willing to leave the village.”

"Sigh, who isn't forced by life?" Yu Dawei took the sunflower seeds, facing the setting sun, and thought of his grandfather's desperate efforts to send him to study in Hohhot.

He wrote many letters to his sister, and when he finally received the one with all the arrangements made, the old man was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

"Brother, uh, no, Patriarch, my dad said he left the wine gourd with him for a few days, and will return it to you after you leave." Yu Zhouzhou also came out of the house at this time, wiping her hands with a white towel.

"Stop joking, he's just a young man, not some kind of family head. Second Uncle, he..." Yu Dawei's eyes showed worry.

"He should be fine. He was just joking with me about his grandpa. My dad isn't that delicate." Yu Zhouzhou smiled brightly. After her father's recent illness, she had come to a clearer understanding.

The so-called head of the family is nothing more than a father who gave them a sense of family to rely on. It seems that he wants them to listen to Yu Dawei, but in reality, he hopes that when they need help, Yu Dawei, as the head of the family, can lend them a hand.

Supporting each other along the way, that's what makes a family.

Perhaps the second and eldest brothers had already realized this, because after the old man rested, he took the initiative to talk to Yu Dawei.

Having an older brother who's the head of the family seems pretty good...

(End of this chapter)