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

Chapter 420 Yu Zhouzhou's Morbid Curiosity

The Chinese people value respect for the dead, a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years.

So you say you set it on fire? What kind of logic is that? How can anyone leave in peace after that?!

The vast majority of ordinary people hold this view, so the current advocacy for cremation is only being promoted and has not been implemented.

Only a few companies and organizations, because they receive salaries from the government and are government employees, are obligated to provide support, and some people are actually quite open-minded about it.

Yu Dawei hadn't expected that his second uncle would be so uninhibited.

Or perhaps it's not that they're able to let go, but rather the helplessness of being far from home?
"Shut up! What I say goes. Cremation! It has to be cremated! It'll save us the trouble of going back and forth." When the second uncle said these words, his expression was unusually calm. He listened to the chirping of insects and birds outside, but his mind was elsewhere.

Yu Daren struggled and hesitated for a long time, but when he saw the old man's appearance, he finally closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"And after I die, let the second son take your mother back to his hometown. I think the hotel he runs is a hopeless case. It would be better for him to go back to his hometown and take care of his mother." Yu Cong glanced at his eldest son. "Don't tell the second son about this yet. I'll write a will in a couple of days. Whether he listens or not is up to him."

“If you weren’t listening, you would have sent your mother back to the old village. Dawei, I’ll have to trouble you to take good care of her in the meantime.” Yu Cong then looked at Yu Dawei.

Yu Dawei pondered for a moment, and finally softened his heart and nodded, agreeing to the terms.

Although I don't usually live in the old village, most of the villagers are from the Yu family, so helping each other out is a big problem for the little old lady.

“That’s all. Zhouzhou has always had a boyish personality. Even if she’s in her thirties or forties and still doesn’t have a boyfriend, neither you, as her older brother, nor you, as her mother, can force her.” Yu Cong suddenly exhaled a breath of stale air with deep feeling. “You only live once, so live however you want.”

"Having lived to this age, I've come to understand that life isn't a rigid, dogmatic path, but rather an endless wilderness."

Yu Dawei, standing to the side, was immediately impressed. It seemed that those who had studied in private schools since childhood were indeed different; their knowledge was truly remarkable.

"I understand, Dad. Just focus on your recovery." Yu Daren was also helpless. Who knew the old man would pull such a stunt today? He was really annoyed.

How could he not think about what would happen after the old man died? After all, he was already that age. It's just that there are some things he subconsciously wanted to avoid rather than face.

Because we cannot change it, and because we are powerless to change it, we can only let it be.

“Nothing else, Dawei. Next time you come to Shenzhen, don’t stay at someone else’s house. I heard from Zhouzhou that you were staying at your friend’s barbershop. I wanted Zhouzhou to bring you home, but she said you had something important to do there, so she didn’t.” Yu Cong finally fixed his gaze on Yu Dawei’s face with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Just like when I was a child, I looked up at my sixth uncle's face and said, "From now on, this is your home. This house... will be your place to stay when you come to Shenzhen. After I die, the house will be transferred directly to your name, but it will not be given to you, it will be given to the Yu family."

"If any of the Yu family's sons are interested in venturing out, they can stay here. It's not permanent. I'll draw up some rules later. They can stay for free for a period of time, but if they can't establish themselves here after that and can't find a place to stay, then they shouldn't stay here."

"As for Dawei, he can help me manage this house. If it's inconvenient for you, Daren can help you out. In short, I, Yu Cong, have done right by my ancestors and all of you little brats in this life. I have a clear conscience."

Yu Dawei was about to refuse when Yu Daren suddenly grabbed his arm, shook his head, and gestured to him with his eyes.

Helpless, Yu Dawei could only remain silent for the time being.

Only after listening to his second uncle's admonition and leaving did Yu Dawei begin to talk to his elder brother, Yu Daren, about the old house again at the door.

Although this courtyard may not seem like much now, Shenzhen will continue to develop in the future, and this area may become extremely valuable. The value of this courtyard may not be much different from that of a traditional courtyard house in the future.

Yu Daren, however, expressed his approval of the old man's approach. First of all, the old man had said who the courtyard would be given to, but he hadn't specified who it would be given to; it was just temporary management.

Secondly, all of Dad's siblings have their own life paths now, and none of them really need this courtyard.

On the contrary, those who have married and are married to their husbands now own a courtyard of considerable value, and these people may keep whispering in his ear after the old man dies.

At that time, it would cause the brothers and sisters to develop rifts for no reason. Yu Daren has inherited his second uncle's foresight. He knows the personalities of his family members who are brothers and sisters very well.

Including his own wife.

Therefore, Yu Daren did not object to his father's allocation of the courtyard; on the contrary, he approved of it.

If his father were gone, nothing would be more important than family harmony. He didn't want the family to fall apart so easily without the pillar of the family.

Upon hearing his elder brother's explanation, Yu Dawei could only nod in understanding, and that was the only option for now.

Before leaving, Yu Zhouzhou insisted on seeing her young man off. This girl could tell what he was thinking just by giving Yu Dawei a look.

Sure enough, as soon as she got in the car, Yu Zhouzhou started asking about Jiang Shang and the Su family.

Yu Dawei was quite helpless. When did the Yu family start having such curious people? So he briefly explained what happened next.

Yu Zhouzhou was stunned. After hearing the name Ye Qian, she remained silent for a long time before turning to Yu Dawei and warning him, "Brother, I don't think that guy surnamed Ye is a good person! Be careful when you cooperate with him in the future, and keep your eyes open."

"This guy looks like he's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve and a lot of bad ideas!" Yu Dawei chuckled, but he couldn't say anything now. He could only try cooperating with that Boss Ye for the time being. He had already ordered all the parts, enough to fill two trucks, all in cardboard boxes covered with tarpaulins.

Striped tarpaulin, also known as PE tarpaulin, will be thicker and better in the future. Its main purpose is to protect against rain, as well as sun, insects and dust.

"Sigh, your poor Erdan brother. When I brought you something to the barbershop last time, he looked so haggard, like he was about to collapse at any moment." Yu Zhouzhou's comments were tinged with sympathy.

"Anyone would feel bad in that situation. People's hearts are complicated. I can only say that you should be more careful when looking for a partner in the future, so you don't get scammed and end up counting money for them." Yu Dawei raised the corners of his mouth with a hint of teasing.

After spending a lot of time with this girl who was the same age as him, he really started to treat her like his own sister. After all, Yu Dawei also felt that she really treated him like her older brother.

"Hmph, I'm not getting married. Isn't it good to be alone?" Yu Zhouzhou suddenly remembered something, turned her head and excitedly told Yu Dawei, "I've already finished the membership card and storefront you mentioned, and the effect is really good. Not only that, because the membership card can store value, I've made a lot of extra income out of nowhere."

"Hehe, now even my older brother is starting to copy me and wants to implement that membership system too."

Yu Dawei nodded, but still reminded them, "Now that you're using a manual system, you must make sure all the members' amounts are accurate. Don't make any mistakes. It will be much more convenient once computers become more common and hotels are equipped with computers for work."

"Okay, but will hotels in the future really use computers for work? I can't even imagine it."

"Yes, times are progressing, and technology is advancing. It's 1994 now, and I think computers will develop exceptionally rapidly after the turn of the century." Yu Dawei crossed his arms, gazing ahead as if he could see that incredibly technologically brilliant future.

When he's old and feeble, let alone computers, there's cloud computing, big data, brain-computer interfaces, artificial intelligence (AI), and finally, the moon landing program...

If he were to recount all the brilliant technologies he had ever witnessed, Yu Zhouzhou would probably think he'd gone mad.

But that's just how it is.

The human species seems to have been born to conquer.

After dropping Yu Dawei off at the barbershop, Yu Zhouzhou drove away.

Yu Dawei also began packing his things. The two old Jiefang trucks were parked on an open space 200 meters away from the barbershop, with the Futian River not far away.

Yu Dawei was so excited about going home that he couldn't sleep. He wasn't the only one; Jiang Shang, who was lying on the sofa, was too.

Since his wife ran away, he has been living in the barbershop, occasionally checking on the business of the other two barbershops, and he always sleeps here at night.

As for Claw and Biaozi, Jiang Shang arranged for them to stay at his own home. Anyway, he wouldn't go back to live there; it would be too much of a hassle.

"Brother Erdan, are you asleep?"

"not yet."

In the darkness, the two men asked each other questions from across the room, both seemingly having mixed feelings.

"When we leave tomorrow, remind me to buy some dry food next door. I'm worried we won't find a place to eat and will go hungry on the way," Yu Dawei said.

"No problem. Thanks, Dawei." Jiang Shang, lying on the black sofa, suddenly said this.

Although Yu Dawei couldn't hear clearly from inside the cubicle, he still heard it and knew what Jiang Shang was thanking him for.

The thing that Boss Ye gave him was something that was absolutely shocking to the world. Yu Dawei didn't open it to look at it. Before he left, Boss Ye reminded him that the fewer people who looked at it, the less risk there would be if he wanted to continue to make a living in Shenzhen in the future.

Therefore, Yu Dawei guessed that the document must contain a lot of inside information and complicated details.

The fact that Jiang Shang didn't call anyone after reading it and handled it all by himself shows that things were far more complicated than they seemed.

Even during the two days that Dawei was repairing the car, Jiang Shang was inexplicably summoned by the officials several times.

Every time Jiang Shang returned, he looked exhausted, as if his soul had been drained.

Fortunately, Erdan is a person with a strong will, and now that things have settled down, he has pulled through.

And all the effort was worthwhile.

"Brother Erdan, if you had another chance to choose back then, would you choose to take the risks and continue to venture out, or stay and live in the old village?" Yu Dawei suddenly asked curiously.

"I'll still choose to come out. I might die if I come out, since it's so chaotic outside, but I'll definitely starve if I don't." Jiang Shang recalled how poor his family was back then.

He couldn't help but lie on the sofa and give a wry smile.

Looking at it this way, everything else seems insignificant compared to living.

(End of this chapter)